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Volume 33, Issue 5 Tuesday, October 10, 2017 MORNING STAR

Jeanne d’Albret, Huguenot Jeanne was the daughter of Faculty: Leader, and the French Wars of Marguerite of Principal Religion - Alan Hayes Angoulême, a well Bp. Stephen Andrews educated, cultured, Room 103, x3521 and religiously devout AD Director Marion Taylor* woman of the Celebrating versus Protestant, is Room 227, x3542 the Reformation, as deeply repugnant to Renaissance. She has BD Director we’re doing in this me. Wars of religion been called the first Glen Taylor symbolic anniversary ravaged Europe, modern woman. Room 218, x 3541 year, is double-edged. inflicted immense Marguerite was Librarian/AD Coord. There’s much to destruction and celebrated in her day, Tom Power affirm, but much to human damage, and or notorious, for her Leonard Hall, x3526 regret. alienated many poem “Mirror of the On the one modern people from Sinful Soul,” in which Permanent Faculty: Annette Brownlee hand, I’m grateful for all religious claims. she mystically Room 233, x3540 the leadership of Which brings identified with a succession of women Terry Donaldson women in the religious me to Jeanne d’Albret Room L304, x3537 in Scripture who affairs of the (1528–1572), Queen of Alan Hayes Reformation period. Navarre and leader of experienced God’s Room L302, x3532 Who was more the (French grace. The poem was Ann Jervis influential, in the Protestants influenced condemned by the Room 232, x3539 second half of the by the Reformed theologians of the David Kupp sixteenth century, than theology of John Sorbonne as heretical, Room 231, x2561 Elizabeth, Protestant Calvin) during the first but, as it happens, Wanda Malcolm* Room L303, x2557 Queen of England, and three French wars of Marguerite’s uncle was Joseph Mangina Catherine de’ Medici, religion. king of France, so, Room 231, x3523 Catholic regent of Navarre, an ‘nuff said. The future Queen Elizabeth of Judy Paulsen France? Not that their independent kingdom Room 229, X3534 England, at the age of leadership was always, in those days, Ephraim Radner or maybe even usually, straddles what’s now eleven, translated Room L301, x3533 wise. But, if nothing southwest France and Marguerite’s poem Peter Robinson* else, their example northwest Spain. into English as a gift Room 225, 3529 sparked some fresh Jeanne’s authority also for her Protestant Christopher Seitz engagement with extended over much of stepmother, Katharine Room L305, x3551 Scripture, challenged to the north Parr. unhelpful views on (it was called Guyenne With such a Permanent Part-Time gender, and opened then), an area that mother, Jeanne grew Faculty: Marilyn Draper opportunities for later includes and up Biblically literate, in Catherine Sider Christian women. the port town of La touch with God, high- Hamilton On the other Rochelle, which spirited, and resolute. In 1548, for hand, the militarized prospered from * on sabbatical Fall 2017 religious hostility of shipping Bordeaux dynastic reasons, she the period, Catholic wine to the English. married the handsome (Continued on page 2) MORNING STAR

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Admin Staff: Accountant Editorial (cont’d) Sophia Chen Room 105, x3522 (Continued from page 1) eminent young Geneva Huguenot movement. Business Office theologian, Theodore She felt confident in Peter Patterson but philandering Antoine Beza (soon to be Calvin’s God’s support for her Room 106, x3549 de Bourbon. In 1555, on successor), came to visit and, frankly, in God’s Paul Patterson her. She was touched, Room 107, x3546 the death of her father, promised help for her too, by the persecutions Chaplain she inherited the throne armies. She felt called to Annette Brownlee of Navarre, which she of Reformed believers. make her realm a Room 233, x3540 chose to share with her Finally on homeland for the Bible- Communications husband. Christmas day 1560 the believing Christians of Patricia Paddey For various Queen attended a the Reformed faith. She Room A10, x3548 Reformed service of Connie Chan reasons, recognized her own Room A10, x3590 and Guyenne had worship in Béarn and vocation in the stories of Development developed Protestant publicly announced that the Old Testament: she Rob Henderson sympathies. In it had “pleased the Lord would thwart the Room 102, x3538 particular, La Rochelle to extricate me by his prophets of Baal, raise the Shelley McLagan grace from the idolatry in Room 101, x3524 was a Reformed prophets of the Lord, and Peter Herriman stronghold. And which I was deeply make safe the promised Room 101, x2559 Reformed churches were mired, and to receive me land for the beleaguered Front Desk springing up all across into his church,” as she people of God. Andy Witt, x3535 France, planted by recalled later in her The Loire River Indigenous Ministries fascinating narrative, the Julie Golding Page missionaries organized was the northern Room A10, 4001 from Geneva. In 1559, “Ample Discourse”. boundary of her territory, IT the first national Three weeks later and as Reformed refugees Matt Glandfield Reformed synod was came a letter from Queen crossed over it into safety, Basement, x3531 held in Paris. Jeanne was Elizabeth of England they thought of Israel Maintenance congratulating her on David Durance open to the Reformed crossing the Red Sea. “her affection for the true Paul Mason faith, and many of her They sang out Psalm 114, Basement, x3543 advisers and nobles religion.” “When Israel went out of Principal’s Office encouraged her in that As the highest Egypt, the house of Jacob Karen Baker-Bigauskas direction. John Calvin ranking Protestant in from a people of strange Room 104, x3521 wrote her frequently. An France, Jeanne became (Continued on page 3) Registrar/Admissions the leader of the Barbara Jenkins Room 226, x3530 Sean Otto Room 228, x3525 Jon Clemens/Rachel Lott LIBRARY DROP-IN SESSIONS Room 230, x3547 Wednesdays in September/October 2017 Residence Don Lane Scruggs October 18, 2017 x3030 12 noon-1 p.m. Ask Me Anything You Like! Wycliffe Serves! Location: Graham Library Classroom Steve Hewko Room A10 No Sign-Up Necessary. Just Drop-In. Bonnie Kung Can’t Make It? No problem. Just email me or drop by the Graham Library Room A10, x2558 Karine White Tom Power, Theology Librarian Room A10, x2558 [email protected] , 416-978-2653 (Trinity), 416-946-3526 (Wycliffe) VOLUME 33, ISSUE 5

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(Continued from page 2) exploded. Antoine chose de’ Medici had poisoned Paris in 1593, he was the Catholic side, while her. A few months later heard to say, “Paris vaut language; Judah was his Jeanne remained loyal to the St. Bartholomew’s une messe”: Paris is well sanctuary, and Israel his the Reformed Church, Day Massacre, perhaps worth a mass. And I dominion.” Guyenne despite criticisms for plotted by Catherine, thoroughly understand was the new Israel. disobeying her husband. decimated the Huguenot the charms of Paris. But I Jeanne was the Lord’s Antoine sought to have leadership, including don’t think that’s what anointed. his wife arrested and Coligny. was on his mind. He had Jeanne sent forced into a convent, but Jeanne was learned from his Reformed pastors across she was safe in her succeeded in Navarre by amazingly strong, her territories, imposed kingdom. Antoine died her son Henry, also a faithful, and brilliant limitations on the practice soon thereafter from committed Huguenot. In mother and grandmother of the Catholic faith, wounds in battle. Jeanne 1589 he would become quite a bit about the commissioned the was sorry. King Henry IV of France, mysteries of grace, and translation of the New Jeanne steered and he would end the the duties of government, Testament into Basque towards neutrality in the eighth and final French and the need for peace, and Béarnese, and first two wars of religion, War of Religion by and the fallibility of established a Protestant but with the third war in granting religious liberty human judgment, and the seminary. She was 1568, her kingdom was to Protestants in the Edict vocation to serve God. To denounced and threatened with attack. of Nantes of 1598. do what he needed to do threatened by Pope Pius She actively supported But by then he as King of France IV and became the object the Huguenot cause from had accepted Roman required setting aside of violent plots. the walled city of La Catholicism. A cute but some personal Religious Rochelle. She looked mischievous legend predilections. And, after hostilities escalated. Both after refugees, rallied the implies that he changed all, the religious Protestants and Catholics troops, inspected the churches for somewhat landscape had changed turned to condemnatory defences, and supported epicurean reasons. The over the past generation, rhetoric, recriminations, the military leadership of story goes that Catholic and perhaps he conspiracies, vandalism, the brilliant Admiral Paris refused to let him considered that, whether and marauding. Efforts Coligny. enter the city as a in a reformed Catholicism towards peaceful Queen Jeanne Protestant King, and as he or in a matured coexistence faltered, and died in 1572 of natural prepared to receive the Protestantism, the same in 1562 the first French causes, though a rumour Catholic mass at the Jesus Christ could be War of Religion circulated that Catherine basilica of St-Denis in adored and served.

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Financial Support for Doctoral Students

DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FTE offers the Fellowship for Doctoral Students of African Descent and the Fellowship for Latino/a, Asian and First Nations Doctoral Students. Each fellowship recipient receives an award up to $25,000. Qualified candidates must be:  Students of African, Latino/a, Asian, Pacific Islands or First Nations descent  Enrolled full-time in a Th.D. or Ph.D. program in religious, theological or biblical studies  Completed with coursework by the beginning of the award fellowship year  In a position to write full-time during the fellowship year if the applicant is at the dissertation stage Please go to this link for more information, and online application: http://fteleaders.org/ grants-fellowships/c/doctoral-fellowships-for -students-of-color

All online applications are due by February 1, 2018.

BURSARIES AVAILABLE

The Prayer Book Society of Canada is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of bursaries of up to $1000, for Anglican students engaged in religious studies who value the Book of Common Prayer, use it in their daily prayer life, and wish to support its continuing use in the Anglican Church in Canada. Students in the ordination stream are particularly encouraged to apply.

Students wishing to be considered for one of these bursaries should submit a copy of their curriculum vitae and the names, addresses and phone numbers of two references, together with a covering letter explaining their interest in this bursary and in the Book of Common Prayer, to: Dr. Diana Verseghy, PBSC Bursaries Committee, 12 Sherbourne Dr., Maple, ON, L6A 1G8. E-mail: [email protected]. The deadline for applications is Friday, November 10, 2017. Candidates will be interviewed by a selection committee in late November, and awards will be made in mid-December. VOLUME 33, ISSUE 5

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DATE: 11 October, 2017, 3:00 - 4:30 PM Location: Reading Room, Wycliffe College. Professor Alec Ryrie, noted historian from University of Durham, UK, will address the issue of the impact of the Protestant Reformation then and now. "Martin Luther unleashed a spiritual revolution that neither he nor anyone else could define or con- trol. And it’s not over yet," says Ryrie. MORNING STAR

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2017-18 Student Council: Executive Committee Student Council Info Senior Student Oktoberfest! Oktober for standing Jodran Dursrtein LET'S GO TO THE 20, 2017 section...No seats) VP Theology BMO STADIUM All are invited to James “the Jury” Sholl TOGETHER: TO Please sign up on the Wycliffe’s autumn VP Spirituality WATCH SOCCER TFC notice board community event. Chritsine Ivy VS MONTREAL Secretary Please contact your Enjoy decorating the Jordam Smith IMPACT SOCCER sports Rep for any college with autumn Treasurer GAME clarifications or decorations, line Jole Steiner Game: TFC Vs questions dancing, eating some Montreal Impact delicious seasonal Position Reps Thanks treats like German Social Chairs When: Sunday, Sports Rep sausages and Belgian Corina Ramamirez October 15th beers, and of course a Sweta Bhimain Time: 3PM good time spent with 2nd Year Rep good company. Dress Micahel Reardon Where: BMO Field is casual (although House Advocate Stadium lederhosens are Sydney “Stop” Caron Day Student Rep Ticket: $25+tax highly encouraged!) Ruth Baertlett (Group discount ticket Decorating starts at Sports Rep 6:30pm! Meet in the Dayo Olusegun Reading Room! Green Chair Shelly Pollard Mission Chair Luis Dizon 1st Year Rep Billy Weiland

WGS (WADSA) Heejun Kim Parker Cotton

In the Residence.. Residence Don Blame Scruggs X3030 Floor Dons Joan Morris X2329 Anthony Fredette x2206 VOLUME 33, ISSUE 5

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Chapel Schedule for this week...

Date & Sacristan Service Officiant/Homilist Readers, etc. Greeters

Monday—J. Smith MP

EP—Taize

Tuesday—B. Poole MP +S. Andrews/D. Smith A. Fung S. Monk

J. Smith Sung D. Badgley J. Mangina/D. Butorac D. Butorac Evensong

Wednesday—B. Poole MP K. Steiner Liturgics Class A. Fung

A. Polhod HE E. Radner/A. Ryrie S. Monk/C. Ivy, Server—D. Lee; Sub- D Butorac/J. Hen- Deacon—S. Pollard derson

Thursday—A. Johnson MP A. Brownlee/A. Jervis D. Choi J. Henderson

D. Badgley EP G. Taylor/J. Morris C. Curtis L. Hurst

Friday—A. Polhod MP A. Brownlee D. Olusegun/K. Baker-Bigauskas

D. Badgley EP J. Duerrstein E. Rowe/A. Pohlod

Fellowship Groups Sign-up sheets for Fellowship Groups are on the bulletin boards in the main Lobby. Students, residents, staff, and faculty are encouraged to sign-up and attend weekly groups.

Meetings will start next week, so sign-up soon! Mondays Judy Paulsen—1:00-2:00 p.m.—Cody “Encounters with Jesus in the Scriptures” Glen Taylor—evenings Alpha Please Pray… Tuesdays Ephraim Radner—1:00-2:00 p.m. Wycliffe is a community that prays for each other, for Reading Group our families, and for life events. If you have something you would like prayer for, please let Karen Baker- Thursdays Bigauskas know—she can be found in Room 104, via Ann Jervis—1:00-2:00 p.m. phone at 416-946-3521, or email at Studying as a Spiritual Exercise [email protected] . Here are some David Kupp/Tom Power—1:00-2:00 p.m. alternate weeks prayers for this week: MTSD Students  Lambeth Meetings taking place in UK +Stephen Andrews—1:00-2:00 p.m.  For the Principal’s Dinner—planning team, Living Anglican Liturgy speakers, and staff Alan Hayes—1:00-2:00 p.m.

“visio divina: art and Christ” Please remember to only sign up for 1 group/term. WYCLIFFE COLLEGE

Visionary leaders with Good News for a vibrant church in a changing world.

Calendar of Events—October 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Thanksgiving Day MP: David Smith WE: A. Ryrie MP: A. Jervis Scripture & Scripture & (College closed) Pr: A. Ryrie EP: Joan Morris Theology Collo- Theology Collo- Principal’s Dinner quium quium

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Writing Workshop MP: Joan Morris WE: PWRDF Panel MP: +S. Andrews – Logic—How to on Gender & Int’l make sense Dev.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Messy Church Board Mtg. Conf. Messy Church

READING WEEK

29 30 31 1 November 2 3 4 Writing Workshop MP: Joes Steiner WE: Book Launch MP: R. Dean - Rhetoric. How Pr: Susan Bell EP: Jordan to Sound Good. Duerrstein

Refectory Hours Reformation Events @ Wycliffe Monday—Friday 7:15 a.m.—Open for October 11- Afternoon Talk by Professor Alec Ryrie, University of Durham Continental Breakfast How the Reformation Made Our World (And It's Not Done Yet)

7:30-8:30 a.m.—Breakfast October 12– Principal’s Dinner served “500 Years After the Reformation, Where is Protestantism Going Next?” – Speaker: 9:00 a.m.—Refectory closes Alec Ryrie 1:00-1L30 p.m.—Lunch served October 13 – One-Day Reformation Conference 2:00 p.m.—Refectory closes The Bible and Mission in the Wake of the Reformation With Alec Ryrie, Carl Trueman, Eckhard Schnabel and Cheryl Peterson 6:00-6:45 p.m.—Dinner served November 22 - A Celebration in Song of Hymns Inspired by Reformation Ideals 7:00 p.m.—Refectory closes Now Thank We All Our God: Hymns of the Reformation and the Rise of Congrega- Saturdays tional Singing 11:30-12:30—Brunch served 1:00 p.m.—Refectory closes 5:30-6:15 p.m.—Dinner Coffee Hour served Office Hours is back!! 6:30 p.m.—Refectory closes College—8 00 a.m.—8:00 p.m. M-F Coffee/tea will Coffee Hour Principal’s Office—8:00-4:00 M-Th be available in Monday—Thursday the Reg Soward Reading Room 10:50-11:10 a.m. in the Development Office—9:00-5:00 M-F each Monday—Thursday @ Reading Room (sponsored 10:30-11:30 a.m. Brought to you by the Alumni Association) Business Office—9:00-5:00 M-F by the Alumni Assoc.