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Read the June Issue of the Anglican PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 6 Deacon works Ministry grows Online worship on front line crops at church is here to stay TheTHE NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO AnglicanA SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL www.toronto.anglican.ca JUNE 2020 ‘I would do it all over again’ Bishop Fenty reflects on ministry as he prepares for retirement BY STUART MANN WHEN he was just five years old, Bishop Peter Fenty told his family that he would like to be a priest when he grew up. Today, after 45 years of ordained ministry, his passion for God and the Church remains undimmed. As he heads towards retirement at the end of November, Bishop Fenty, 68, has no regrets about the path he has followed from an early age. “I’m convinced that God called me to ordained ministry and I would do it all over again,” he says. “There is no other vocation I would choose than a priest of the Church and now a bishop. It’s something I enjoy getting up to do every single day, in its good moments and not so good moments.” After attending Codrington Col- lege in Barbados, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and served in three parishes there, as well as being a chaplain to the University of the West Indies. From 1980-82, he at- tended Huron College in London, Ont., earning a Master of Divinity degree. He ministered in Barbados until 1992, then answered a call to be the rector of St. Lawrence, LaSalle in the Diocese of Montreal, moving there with his wife Angela and two young children. He says he learned an important Clockwise from top left: Bishop Peter Fenty, the area bishop of York-Simcoe; with Sr. Constance Elizabeth Murphy, SSJD, during his collation as Archdeacon of York in lesson during his early years in 2003; with his spouse Angela, daughter Peta-Anne and son Andre at his consecration as bishop in 2013; with the Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields, one of the founders ministry, one that has stayed with of the diocese’s annual Black heritage service; preaching at the consecration of three new bishops at St. Paul, Bloor Street in 2017. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL HUDSON him all his life. “I learned that it was important to listen to the other of St. Joseph of Nazareth, Bra- diocese’s annual Black heritage He says being the area bishop of in York-Simcoe. “I’ve enjoyed the voices whom God has placed before malea, in the Diocese of Toronto, service, which celebrated its 25th York-Simcoe has been a joy and a privilege every week to be in a us in sharing God’s mission, espe- serving there until 2003, when anniversary this year. He was also pleasure. “I’ve worked alongside parish with the clergy and people, cially those of the laity,” he says. “I’m he became the Executive Assis- a member of the committee that wonderful clergy and lay people. doing what we do well, which is grateful that I was able to quickly tant to the Bishop of Toronto and drafted the diocese’s guidelines for I’ve really valued the leadership of to worship an awesome God – to learn that it’s not all about me – it’s Archdeacon of York. He held that the blessing of same-sex couples. our regional deans, our two liturgi- celebrate God’s unconditional love about many others whom God has position until 2013, serving under In 2013, he was elected bishop at cal officers, our area council, our for us and for all of God’s creation. also called. That helped me to be a Archbishop Terence Finlay and St. James Cathedral and has served youth coordinator and of course “I am also proud of the manner team player – to value and respect then Archbishop Colin Johnson. as the area bishop of York-Simcoe Jennipher Kean, my wonderful in which a number of our parishes, the gifts of others and to affirm and During those years, he was in- since then. York-Simcoe is one of administrative assistant.” who even with their challenges, are encourage the raising up of those volved in a number of important four episcopal areas in the diocese, Like many bishops, he says his doing creative things to fulfil their gifts in ministry.” initiatives in the diocese. He was comprising 47 parishes with 74 Sunday visits to parishes have been ministries. That has been a real joy In 1997, he became the incumbent part of the planning group for the congregations. the highlight of his ministry Continued on Page 8 10 THINGS I WANT TO DO AFTER COVID-19 – SEE PAGE 5 2 TheAnglican INTERVIEWNEWS June 2020 I can’t imagine living anywhere else Deacon Elizabeth Cummings is the coordi- found myself at Holy Trinity. nator of the Open Hours Program at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square in Toronto. This When I moved north to Toronto, I was interview took place on April 29. definitely in a place of spiritual ques- tioning. Very religious, my family had The Open Hours Program and the Peo- moved around a lot and attended many ple Presence Volunteers work together different Christian churches, but I wasn’t to keep the church sanctuary open six sure if Christianity had anything more to days a week for all the different kinds offer me going forward. When I decided of people who come through Trinity to attend St. Stephen in-the-Fields here Square, which is close to Yonge-Dundas in Toronto, it was only because a friend Square and the Eaton Centre. We create had recommended it and I was wonder- a uniquely welcoming and relaxing space ing if the more Anglo-Catholic tradition in a part of the city that is only getting was what I needed. The physicality of the busier and more closed off. We also part- smells, bells, bowing and liturgical calen- ner with the monthly Homeless Memorial, dar had always intrigued me – a potential which remembers the growing number bridge between the more cerebral ways I of people who have died un-housed in the had known God before and the physical- city. At the start of this year, we recorded ity of the day to day. This insight proved the 1,000th name. largely correct and, combined with the high level of preaching and teaching I During this time of COVID-19, food and was receiving, I decided to start attending other survival supplies are always at church regularly for the first time of my the top of my mind. Crisis situations own volition. like this not only reveal current inequali- Always drawn to the issues of social ties and failures in our social imagina- justice, I had never heard of the position tion, but also dangerously exacerbates of deacon in the Anglican Church before them. We have seen a quadrupling of the a few years ago. It took at least another number of people who we serve daily, and year of thinking about it before I decided an intensifying of need. While there is to officially discern. The process brought always some small hope on the horizon, plenty of hoops to jump through and fears people have lost most of the systems they of not being good enough, but it’s also depended on for food and all the indoor taught me a lot about myself and pushed spaces where they could sit down out of me in my spiritual development. the elements. Like every other Canadian, they are scared, but they have nowhere Becoming a deacon was hugely affirm- safe to retreat to. Deacon Elizabeth Cummings with food supplies at Holy Trinity, Trinity Square. PHOTO BY ZACHARY ing and I would encourage everyone Our second focus is connecting our GRANT to become more familiar with the wider communities with ways that they Community of Deacons. The office of can make a meaningful difference. Watch- commute so that I don’t have to actually Appalachian trail and then move north deacon is still relatively unknown in ing these social injustices unfold, even touch anything besides my subway seat. for a few years. Starting out only know- many corners of the Church, which is a from isolation, is extremely difficult. For That said, staying home and watching ing my roommate, I quickly found a com- limitation on how people understand the many of our older volunteers, the people the growing need from afar would be munity in Toronto to call home, and now mission of the Church, not to mention a who I am serving are their friends and equally stressful. I’m extremely grateful can’t imagine living anywhere else. While concern that some may be missing out on family. Staying connected, supporting for the way that the team at Holy Trinity my father worked as a coordinator in a their vocation. The Diocese of Toronto’s one another, and advocating to all levels has come together to support each other, similar program while I was growing up, I website includes a short synopsis of the of government has become even more cru- making sure each of us feels valued, and never imagined following in his footsteps. process on the page “Diaconate Ministry,” cial at this time. providing us with the tools to remain as with a more in-depth overview entitled safe as possible. Graduating with a BA in graphic de- “The Iona Report” available through the The best and worst part of working sign, I really enjoyed working in that national church’s website. right now have to be the same thing, Originally from the (United) States, I industry for a number of years, both which is being an essential worker needed a change after university and as a freelancer and in-house.
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