PAGE 2 PAGE 9 PAGE 13 New scholarship Bishop’s dream LGBTQ youth get honours Primate closer to reality a safe place TheTHE NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO AnglicanA SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL www.toronto.anglican.ca SEPTEMBER 2018 Andrew Asbil elected coadjutor bishop Will become next Bishop of Toronto BY STUART MANN THE Very Rev. Andrew Asbil, rector of St. James Cathedral and dean of Toronto, has been elected coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Toronto. He will become the 12th Bishop of Toronto when Archbish- op Colin Johnson, who currently holds the position, retires at the end of the year. “I am overwhelmed,” he said to about 600 Synod members after his election at the cathedral on June 9. “And I am humbled. To my core. Never in a million years would I have imagined this moment. But I am deeply grateful for it.” Bishop-elect Asbil, 57, was elect- ed on the third ballot, ahead of Bishop Victoria Matthews, the for- mer diocesan bishop of Christch- urch, New Zealand and a former suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto. The other nominees in the elec- tion were Bishop Jenny Andison, the area bishop of York-Credit Valley; the Rev. Canon David Harrison, the incumbent of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto; Bishop Kevin Robertson, the area bishop of York-Scarborough; and Bishop Riscylla Shaw, the area bishop of Bishop-elect Andrew Asbil receives applause from his wife Mary and Synod members after his election at St. James Cathedral. PHOTO BY MICHAEL HUDSON Trent-Durham. They withdrew after the second ballot. Asbil praised and thanked his you will pray for me.” to look into those cracks and to Bishop-elect Asbil received 167 fellow nominees and said he was He thanked the congregation help lift up the broken-hearted so votes from the clergy and 198 votes looking forward to working with of St. James Cathedral, where he that they have hope and are not Donations from the laity on the third ballot. them. He then addressed Synod: has served since 2016. “We were forgotten.” Bishop Matthews received 120 “A word to the clergy of this just getting warmed up,” he said. He added: “I may be a little support votes from the clergy and 106 votes diocese: I am overwhelmed at how “As I move across the way (to the frightened right now. In fact, I from the laity. They required 145 gifted a group you are – how tal- Diocesan Centre), know that our may be really frightened. But I newspapers votes from the clergy and 153 votes ented and faithful, serving at a relationship will continue in a know that if you walk with me from the laity to be elected. After- time when it is very difficult to be new way and we will always walk and I walk with you, we will be As we begin another season of wards, Synod passed a motion to a shepherd of the faith when faith together.” He thanked his wife one always in Christ. And may The Anglican, please con- declare the election unanimous. seemingly is not talked about much Mary and their five children. God give us that glory and hope.” sider making a donation to the The election has been confirmed in the market square. I pledge to Finally, he said, “This world In an interview afterwards, Anglican Journal Appeal (an by the bishops of the Ecclesiastical walk with you if you will walk with needs the Church – desperately. he said he is looking forward to envelope is tucked inside this Province of Ontario. A consecra- me, to pray for you if you will pray This world that so often settles working with and learning from issue for your convenience.) tion service for Bishop-elect Asbil for me, that we will move together for second best with cynicism Archbishop Johnson in the coming This will ensure that the paper will be held on Sept. 29 at 10:30 a.m. and bring faith deeply into the and putting others down needs to months. “I’ve long admired his continues to carry photos and at the cathedral. All are invited. world and the market place. hear from us what it means to be leadership and the way he’s been stories of Anglicans in our His installation service as Bishop “To our laity: I have always a community of love and compas- able to create space for the entire diocese who are living out of Toronto will take place in Janu- learned the most important les- sion, of being transformed by the diocese. It’s an ethos that I share their faith in so many different ary. He will automatically become sons of ministry from lay leaders, gospel of Christ. In a province that with him. It’s one thing to admire and fascinating ways. Thank Bishop of Toronto on Jan. 1, 2019 who are deeply honest and know has just changed politically, when that from a distance, but now sud- you for your support of this after Archbishop Johnson retires what it means to be disciples of the winds of change happen and denly I have to imagine slipping important ministry. on Dec. 31, 2018. Christ, especially in these tumul- the most vulnerable so often fall Stuart Mann, Editor After the election, Bishop-elect tuous times. I will pray for you if into the cracks, it is for the Church Continued on Page 11 A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY – SEE PAGE 10 2 TheAnglican NEWS September 2018 New scholarship honours Primate BRIEFLY Conference focuses ed Primate in 2007, the Anglican Clergy, laity Church of Canada and the Diocese on making disciples of Jerusalem have undertaken Registration is open for several initiatives to strengthen Discipulus’18, a new national can study in ties with each other. Canadian conference on discipleship Anglicans observe Jerusalem Sun- and evangelism being held Jerusalem day each spring. The Companions in Toronto on Oct. 18-19. of Jerusalem was established to The event will focus on how BY STUART MANN support the Anglican Church in churches can make disciples the Middle East. Archbishop Hiltz in their own communities who A major new scholarship fund has and national church staff have will be energized to share been created to help clergy and visited the diocese five times and their faith with others. In laity attend courses at St. George’s Archbishop Suheil Dawani of the addition to a keynote speaker, College in Jerusalem, one of the Diocese of Jerusalem has come to there will be workshops on leading centres of continuing edu- Canada on several occasions. strategies, tools and resources cation in the Anglican Communion. Archbishop Hiltz says the schol- for evangelism and disciple- A $250,000 grant from the Diocese arship fund is a recognition of the making. The cost is $250. Learn of Toronto’s Our Faith-Our Hope close ties between the Canadian more at www.discipulus.ca. campaign has established The Most and Jerusalem churches. “In many Reverend Frederick James Hiltz respects, when I look at the schol- Web page explores Scholarship Fund, named after the arship with my name attached Indigenous justice Primate of the Anglican Church Archbishop Fred Hiltz takes part in the Children’s Talk during a visit to St. to it, it’s very humbling. For me, of Canada. Olave, Swansea in Toronto in 2017. PHOTO BY MICHAEL HUDSON it’s a recognition of the Anglican A new page on the diocese’s “I’m enormously grateful for Church of Canada’s commitment website explores Indigenous the generosity of the diocese to apply. Preference will be given to surprised that the scholarship was to the Diocese of Jerusalem and justice and reconciliation establish this scholarship,” says applicants in the Diocese of Toronto named after him. “It came right out St. George’s College.” in the diocese and beyond, Archbishop Hiltz. “It’s a wonder- but others across Canada can ap- of the blue. It’s beautiful.” Although One of the college’s most popular including forms of territorial ful act and it’s very humbling to ply as well. he has visited St. George’s College courses is a 10-day program called acknowledgement. Visit www. have my name attached to it. My The scholarships will cover the many times, he has not actually The Palestine of Jesus, which gives toronto.anglican.ca/Indigenous. prayer is that the scholarship will full cost of tuition and related ex- studied there – a situation he hopes people the opportunity to study at prove to be a great blessing for the penses for programs at St. George’s to remedy soon. “To do a course the college and then explore the Registration open for people who receive it and have the College, which offers a variety of there is on my bucket list,” he says. major holy sites in Israel. While outreach conference opportunity to go to St. George’s.” courses on Jesus, early Christian- He is pleased that the funds will there, students can worship at St. The diocese’s annual Outreach Four to five scholarships will be ity, the Holy Land, the Bible and allow people to visit the Holy Land, George the Martyr Cathedral in and Advocacy Conference awarded annually. All active clergy Muslim-Christian relations. Several which he says can be a life-changing Jerusalem, which has a Sunday will take place on Oct. 27 at of the Diocese of Toronto, members courses combine classroom learn- experience. “Most people who’ve service in both English and Arabic. Havergal College, 1451 Avenue of religious orders, postulants and ing with visits to key sites in the been to the Holy Land, particu- “We hope that people who take Rd., Toronto.