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THIS WEEK Features 5 Prayerful Anticipation Advent retreats offer opportunities for spiritual renewal 14 Life on the Edges A visit to Hondur as and the ministry of El Hogar BYC AROLYNS. ELLIS 16 ashville's Community of Healing A fresh start gives broken women wisdom and hope BYJOHN SCHUES LER News 10 Convention Planned to Fom1 New Anglican Province Opinion 18 Editor's Column ew Province Raises Many Questions 19 Editorials 5 They Will Be Missed 20 Reader's Viewpoint Treasures of a Different Kind BYJOHN D. ALEXANDER 22 Letters Apply to All OtherDepartments 4 Sunday's Readings 24 Books 25 Short & Sharp 26 People & Places
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DECEMBER 7, 2008 · THE LIV ING C HUR C H 3 8c-tid Oa-l SUNDAY'S READINGS CHOIR CHAIR Prophetsof God 'Prepare the way of the Lord' (Mark 1 :3)
TheSecond Sunday of Advent(Year B), Dec. 7, 2008 BCP:Isaiah 40: 1-11 ; Psalm 85 or 85: 7 -13; 2 Pet. 3:8 -15a, 18; Mark 1: 1-8 RCL:Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2 , 8-13; 2 Pet. 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 There is probabl y no Jud eo-Christian worthy to stoop down and untie." It is concept mor e widely misund erstoo d Jesus through whom life in its fullness is than that of prophecy. In the popular now given, for "he will baptize you with mind , for instanc e, it's something the Holy Spirit" (1:7-8). closely akin to fortune telling. It's sort of Proph ecy, underst ood in this way, cer like faith-based tarot card reading. tainly didn't come to an end with the Even many peop le of faith hold a sim closing of the scriptural canon. In fact, ilar view. A rap idly growing American proph ets are present in the mod em religious body, in fact, teac hes that a world. Martin Luther King, Jr., rightly with FIBRE RUSH SEAT prop het is genuine to the extent that his perceived the Lord working for racial predictions come to pass. Another , equality throughout this land - and he Since 1877 noted for doorb ell-ringing, believes the successfully persuaded millions of peo R.Geissler-l Inc. accuracy of scriptural outlines for the ple to join in that clearly divine mission. future to be a cool 100 percent. Mother Teresa, in the midst of tremen 2641 E. Greystone Ct. The problem with this popular notion , dous doubts about her own faith, man Eagle, ID 83616 of course, is that prop hecy in the scrip aged to see God's hand at work among Phone: (800) 862-3159 tures has nothin g to do with soothsay the poorest of the poor in Kolkata. By www.rgeissler.com ing. Far from laying out some progran1 the time of her death, her Missionaries for the futur e, the proph ets of our tradi of Charity nwnb ered some 5,000 female tion proclaim what the Lord is doing and 450 male religious joinin g God in DEDICATEDTOSTAINED right now, even as they urge God's peo that work And neither is true prophecy GLASSEXCELLENCE ple to take an active part in his work limited to the Christian community. Ten John the baptizer, in today's gospel, zin Gyatso, the Dali Lama, for instance , FORMORE TI-iAN A functions clearly within this model. He sees clearly God's striving for peace proclaims God's new, present work of among people everyw here, and his CENTURYROHLFS /1/[_ ~ ....li -tl,V,-"1 leading faithful people to repentance example, on a daily basis , leads count & THEPAYNE and freeing them from captivity to self less others to become peacemakers ishness , "proclaiming a bapt ism of with God. STUDIOHAVE repentance for the forgiveness of sins" Proph ets in the tradition of John the BEENCREATING (Mark 1:4). At the same time, he invites baptizer are active today in the Church & CONSERVING hearers to follow Jesus, even now com as well as in the world at large. Today's ing into the world. This is surely he, pro gospel calls us to identify and follow STAINEDGLASS clain1S John , whos e sandals "I am not them , and so join in God's own work WINDOWS WORLDWlDE. LookIt Up Why is teac hing abo ut the so-ca lled "raptur e" really not prophetic ? FORMORE INFORMATION & LITERATU RE PLEASEWRIT E,PAX , PHONEOR E-MAIL TO: ThinkAbout It RohlfsStudio Inc. Who might qualify as prophets in the Chur ch and in the wor ld today? Why? 783 South. 3rd. Ave. MountVernon , NYI 0550 ,. , •.,. --- PAX- 914-699-7091 800-969-4106 , OS 0~ NextSunday ~ol .,_ BESURE TO TheThird Sunday of Advent(Year B) , Dec.14, 2008 : ,. ; VISITOUR WEBSITE BCP:Isa iah 65:17-25; Psalm 126 or Canticle 3 or 15; 1 Thess. 5:(12-15)16-28; ~ ~ ~ www.Rohlfstudio.com John 1 :6-8 , 19-28 or John 3:23 -30 .~ :.;-·:~:.. e-mail: [email protected] RCL: Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8- 11; Psalm 126 or Canticle 3 or Canticle 15; 1 Thess. 5: 16- Traditional•Contemporar y • Restorations 24; John, 1 :6-8, 19-28
4 THE LIV ING CH URCH · DECEMBER 7. 2008 Prayerful Anticipation Advent retreatsoffer opportunitiesfor spiritualrenewal
a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Tues Ch Mst the King Spiritual Life Center Many Christians make a special day-Friday. Retreat cost : $230. Christ the King Spiritual Life Center, effo rt in Advent to set aside time Greenwich, N.Y. for quiet reflectio n and spiritua l Dec. 5-7 As Christmas approac hes, it's easy renewal. One popular way to do Women's Advent Retreat. to become overwhelmed with details, this is through a retreat, either by Divine Romance (Continued on next page ) pa rticipating with a group or in self-directed meditation. "A retreat is a time of prayer, a time to go apa rt, even a time of Q yde E. Fant & Mitchell G. Reddish rest and refreshmen t," writes teacher and spiritual direc tor the Rev. Margaret Guenther. "But our LOST TREASURES openness to an encounte r with God is what distinguishes a retreat from a vacation. In the praye rful of the BIBLE silence of a retreat, we are listen ing and receptive ." Understandingthe Bible through Following is a sam p ling of ArchaeologicalArtifacts in WorldMuseums retreats and other programs offered during the Advent and Christmas seasons, a long with a : listing of organizations that offer "Lost Tt·easuresof the Bible is inge niou s, year-round opportunities to arra nge self-directed retreats at fillin g a nee d chat both scholars and lay their facilit ies. people have prob ably felt quit e often .... A great ge neral reference work and fun to browse throu gh as well!" - WIL LIAM G. DEVER
"T his engaging book highlight s how archaeo logical artifacts and texts can be used to piece together a pictur e of the biblic al past. T he auth ors prese nt infor mation in a clear, balanced, and highly
Holy Cross Monastery readable format th at will have broad Dec. 5-7 appeal. ... Can be used as a textbook as well as a suppl ement Advent Retreat to guid ebooks on visits to mu seum s and archaeo logical sites." Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, N.Y. - JODI MAGNE SS The Advent themes of darkness and light, endings and beginnings, longing and fulfillment will be "woven 116 black- and-white figures • 16 color plates together through reflection , silence , music, and story, to help you prepare ISBN 978-0-8028-2881-1 • 499 pages • paperback • $28.00 for the living of the coming mystery of Christ among us." Led by author and retreat facilitator Suzanne Guthrie; Br. Bede Thomas Mudge, OHC, prior of At yo ur books tore, WM . B. EERDMANS or call 800-253-7521 PUBLISHING Co. Holy Cross Monastery; and Sr. Helena 8550 ~ 1140 Oak Indu st rial Dri ve NE Marie, OHC. www.ee rdm ans.com - l' Grand Rapids , Ml 49505 Contact: 845-384-6660, ext. 3002, 9 II'
DECEM BER 7. 2008 · TH E LIVING C H URC H 5 Prayerful Anticipation Spiritual Retreats
(Continued from previous page) emptiness ." Participants also will cre plans and celebrations that don't sat ate a simple fabric prayer cloth under isfy the hunger for deeper spiritua l the guidance of artist Danby Ludgate. connection. "Come join us as we pre Contact: 828-963-4453.Retreat cost: pare our hearts to hear God's voice $245, includes program , all supplies , and soften our spirits to live in the meals, and lodging. light of his love." Contact: E-mail Mother Laurie at Valle Cruels Conference Center. lgrohr @albanydiocese.org. Retreat Valle Cruels, N.C. cost: $125. The Rev. Jeanne Finan, rector of St. John's Church, Asheville, .C., will Dec . 7-10 "offer meditations, prayers and poetry Advent Retreat: Holy Space, around the retreat theme of creating Sacred Emptiness holy space and celebrating sacred
THINK ON THESE THINGS Konugo Confe rences by The Rev'd Robert W. Bosworrh,Jr. Dec. 7-11 Advent Retreat A delightfully unique book of daily/weekly meditarions for spiritual and intellecrual Kanuga Conferences, development. Brand new, and based on holidays, Holy Days, the lives of saints and the 23rd Psalm, this collection covers an entire year. Hendersonville , N.C. Morning keynote addresses by "ft is as if Father Bob has looked into my heart and knows the issues teacher and author J. Philip Newell, I struggle with daily. Then he provides answers to my problems through evening preaching by professor and the teachingsof Christ, prayer;an d his own "down to earth" advice!" author the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor. - The H on. Moses \Y/. H arriso n I I, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois (Rec.) Conta ct: E-mail Kate Bakko at Only$14.95 (signedcopy) kate.bakko @kanuga.org. Retreat cost: For more information, e-mail: FrBob@Dcvotions-R-Us .com $615 per person , double occupancy , includes program , lodging, meals, Christmas Gift facilities use. qaeas from CWippefrs
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AuthonzedSignal,..,.. SIient Retreat Trinity Center , Salter Path, N.C. Guests are invited to spend two nights or the full week at the center's Pelican Retreat House. "Bring a good book, the Good Book, writing materi als ... whatever you need to find rest CanterburyCross and peace. " Guests pray, meditate or SilverPlate , $125 rest in a private room, at a variety of 3. CWippdf& Compan1CJLmitect reflective outdoor locations , or in the 6 THE LIVI G CHURCH· DECEMBER 7. 2008 THE MANDALA CENTER A Non-Profit, Ecumenical Retreat Center Dec. 11-14 Welcoming Three-Day Companioned Retreat Society of st. John the Evangelist, To All Cambr idge, Mass. A quiet, peacefit! place.for rest and re Each retreatant meets with a newal known for its beautifit!.facilities , excellent meals and breathtaking views brot her for individual spiritual direc of the high plain s and volcanic peaks P.O. Box 158 - Des Moines, NM 88418 of northeastern NM. Upcoming events (575) 278-3002 tion . Guests join the broth ers for three www.mandalacenter .org meals daily, eate n communally in the include: refect ory and normally taken in Marr iage Enhancement for Clergy Couples. Tues.-Thurs., Feb. 17-19. Clergy couples silence , accompanied either by a exper ience the same challenges as other s but their marriag es and fami lies are under more scru tiny. Exp lore ways to be more emo tion ally respons ive to each other 's needs and brother reading aloud from a boo k or exper iment with ways to handle difficult emot ions surrou nding ofte n unchangeable by recorded music. circumstances. Workshop leaders, Jim and Melissa Leehan, bring extensive training and Conta ct: 617-876-3037. Suggest ed experience in pastoral ministry, soc ial work and marri age and family therapy to their work with donation: $300, discount available for coup les. Fee: $750 /couple, includes tuition , room and meal s. full-time students . Listening to the Voice Within: A Disce rnment Retreat for Clergy. Tues.-Fri., April 14-17. Are you doing work that you are tired of or for which you have little energy? Do you yea rn for a renewed sense of direction or a fresh understandin g of your ca ll? Examine person al and work Dec. 12-19 needs, explore block s to hearing holy invitation, and practice listening to the voice within with Silent Days In Advent Bob G Stice, LPCC, a clinical memb er of the America n Association of Marriage and Family The Bishop's Ranch , Healdsburg , Calif . Therap y and facu lty member of the CRE DO Institute, a national clergy we llness program. An individual, self-direct ed silent Fee : $400. retreat with optional daily offerings Painting with Soft Pastels. Fri.-Sun., May 8-10. When teac hing pastels, Mar tin Pavletich concentrates on the basics: drawing sk ills, composi tion, perspective , color theory and use of provides a "meditative framework to material s; he enco urages eac h person 's individual style and teaches peopl e to have fun with art. experience the mystical, prepare for Martin has exhibited in numero us national and international juri ed shows and is a signature the coming of the memb er of the Paste l Societ y of New Mexico and a juried assoc iate member of the Pastel Christ child , and Societ y of Ame rica and Oil Painters of Ame rica. Fee: $300. refresh and renew Fees include tuition, double occupancy room and meals. yours elf through the Holy Spirit." Retreata nts may part icipat e for as The Bishop's Ranch many days as their time allows, but reservat ions must be made in advance. Conta ct: 707-433-2440. Retreat cost: $65 for day use ; $110 for one night; Discounts for multiple nights. (Con tinued on next page) For more informat ion about these retreat WE BELIEVE th at a suc cess ful cap ital oppor tunities, ca mp aign is abo ut m ore than raising m on ey. including retreat Awareness. Our Discern-Study-Ask approach welcomes center webs ite Involvement. every m emb er to be an inform ed, involved addresses and email stewa rd . We help pari shes hear Go d 's call-and Commitment . contact information , answe r it, throu gh o rga ni zation and pra yerful visit the "Web par ticipati o n. To learn more, call 800-697-2858 Exclusives"sect ion or visit www.EpiscopalFoundation.org. of THELIVI NG CHURCH NEWSSERVICE webs ite, ~ EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOUNDATION www.livlngchurch.org. DECEMB ER 7, 2008 · T HE LIV ING C l IURC J-1 7 Prayerful Anticipation SpiritualRetreats (Conti nued from previous page) this retreat, designed to bring men and DeKoven Center, Racine, Wis. women together in community to A celebration of the "study and expe rience the balanced Holy Eucharist, "quiet ~ way of life as envisioned in the Rule of and reflect ive," at 9 St. Benedict." The framework will be a.m. Reception follows the corporate worship of God, includ with "good friends, Mandala Center ing Matins, the Eucharist , Vespers and good food, good con Dec. 14 Compline. versa tion ." Contact: Festival of Lessons and Carols, Contact: 707-433-2440. Retreat cost : 262-633-640l. Potluck Dinner $205, including meals. Mandala Center, Des Moines N.M. Individual Retreat Opportunities This traditional service "weaves Dec. 19-Jan. 1 Throughout tne Season together scripture and song to carry Christmas and New Year's Cedar Hill Retreat Center, Corlisle, Ky. us from the Hebrew Bible's proph e - The Monastery Way The center is available for weekend cies of the canting of the Messiah to Holy Cross Monastery, West Park N.Y. or weekday retreats, including individ the fulfillment of those prophec ies in A time of celebration, feasts , story ual retreats. A retr eat facilitator is the birth of Jesus." The 4:30 p.m. serv reading and carol singing. "It is a time available for group retreats. ice will be followed by a Christmas to gather, as those shepherds did in Contact: The Rev. Sandy Stone, 859- potlu ck dinner. Contact: 575-278-3002, Bethlehem, to offer praise to God and 289-2832 or information and rates . for information and directions. pray for peace on eart h using the ancient cycle of monasti c prayer." Julian House, Waukesha, Wis. Dec. 19-21 Contact: 845-384-6660, ext. 3002, 9 The Order of Julian of Norwich Benedictine Weekend Retreat a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Tues maint ains two guest room s in its The Bishop's Ranch, Healdsburg, Colif. day-Friday. Fee: $70 per night. monast ery and is "eager to share the The Rule of St. Benedict in the read silence , prayer, and peace of our life ings and sacre d music of Advent will Dec. 25 with thos e seeking for rest, inspire the meditations and lectur es of Christmas Morning at DeKoven recollection, and a deeper connection DISCERNING THE BODY The Gift and Dis ciplin e of Communion Th e Anglican Communi on is facing an identity Bishop James Monce Stanton was con secrate d crisis, wirh a host of com pet ing voices proclaiming rhe sixth bishop of rhe Episcopa l Dio cese of Dall as whar ir means robe Anglican. To und erstand who on Ma rch 6, 1993. A strong advoca te of bibli cal we are, how ever, we need first ro understand what auth o rity, Bishop Stanto n is actively involved in reasserting trad itio nal values of C hri stian fait h, it means robe in "communion " with each oth er order, and mor ality at the national chur ch level in C hrisr. Co me spend a day as we explor e what while stren<>th enin g mission and evangelism communion is from a bib lical, th eo logical, and mini stries tl1roug hout the diocese. Bishop Stanton is th e aut hor of TheABCs of Faith. hisrori cal perspective. Th e day will be filled with stimulating addresses and lively discussion. 11,e Rev. Dr . Ephraim Radn er earned degrees A one -day conference hosted by the Cove nant website from Dartmouth and Yale D ivinity School. Aft er (http :// coven an r-com mun ion .com ) & spon sored by the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas four years serving as a m issio nary in Burundi , Saturd ay, December 6, 2008, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Africa, Fr. Rad ner rernrned ro che US to comp lete To register, go to www.incarnar io n.org/ pages/covenanr_regi srrarion a PhD at Yale in histo rical theolo gy. Since 2006 , he has served, by app ointm enr of th e Archbis hop C hur ch of th e Incarnation 3966 McKi nn ey Ave. of Cante rbur y, as on e of 10 memb ers on th e Dallas, TX 7 5204 Ang lican Co mmunion 's Cove nant D esign Gro up . 2 14-5 21-5 101 8 T H E LIVI NG C H URC H · D ECEMBER 7. 2008 with God." The ministry of spiritual direction also is offered. Contact: E-mail the guest steward at [email protected]. Roslyn Conference and Retreat Center Kirkrldge Retreat and study Center, tions allow an atmosphere conducive Bangor, Pa. to prayer." Meals are available when Opportunities are available for pri guests are in residence. Angel vate retreats. Private spaces are avail Reservations: E-mail request to con 14kt $185 able, each with its own bath, a fully [email protected] Silver $37. 95 equipped kitchen, and beds for one or or call 804-288-6045 for information two people. Private retreatants pro and rates. vide their own food and prepare their own meals. Spiritual books to guide St. Margarers Convent Boston, Mass. Angelic Seraph ',:__.~ 14kt $365 I the retreat are provided in each The convent welcomes individuals Silver $55.95 J retreat space. Spiritual direction is and groups for self-directed retreats. Matching I available; call for details. Call for information on directed Earring set -~ Contact: 610-588-1793.Fee: $88 per retreats. Retreatants are invited, but person or $110 per couple. not required, to join the Sisters of St. Silver ''"''''$49.95 •·t, Margaret in the celebration of the Roslyn Conference and Retreat Holy Eucharist and the four-fold Daily Receive 10% OFF your first online order! Center, Richmond, Va. Office on Tuesdays through Sundays. l<:nter coupon code TLC during checkout. Personal retreats may be scheduled Meals with the sisters are eaten in 1\\any more designs available online at: for Monday-Thursday nights. "In the silence, except for Saturday evening, www.gallerybyzantium.com silence of God's presence or in ani Sunday dinner, and on feast days. 1-800-798-6173 mated conversation with our Creator, Contact: 617-445-8961,ext. 127, for Roslyn's grounds and accommoda- information and rates. SOCIETYOF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR A Time Set Apart XXVI ANNUAL MASS A retreat can be a time of helps them get an idea of some benefits refreshment and renewal that many participants receive from tak - physically, mentally and ing part. spiritually. But what sets "Most people feel being a participant this experience apart from in a retreat takes them away from their simply taking a vacation? everyday worries and problems and Holy Cross Monastery "At Kanuga, a Christian allows them to think about their journey retreat is an opportunity to hear the with God and Christ," said Tom Eshel Founded 1894 gospel, and an opportunity to experi man, executive director of Valle Crucis SOLEMN MASS OF SAINT CHARLES ence Christian community," explained Conference Center. "It allows them to 11 a.m., Saturday 31 January 2009 Harmony Johnson, communications center themselves a bit. Maybe they will S. Stephen's Church, Providence, RI director for Kanuga Conferences. get a chance to catch their breath and The Rev'd John D. Alexander, SSC, Rector The Rev'd F. Washington Jarvis, Preaching "Every Kanuga-sponsored program pro feel God come into their lives again. Charpentier - Messe a quatre voix vides daily helpings of the gospel, "Ours is such a hurried and secular James Busby, Organist and Choirmaster whether it is corporate worship, a lec world, we tend to push Christ to the Schola Cantorum supplemented with soloists, ture that aids in Christian formation, side. We find that people are waiting violins, bass and continuo Bible study or time for personal medita until the last minute to register for Followed by LUNCHEON tion. Christian community happens nat retreats as they wait to see what their & ANNUAL MEETING urally when people gather to share like lives are doing," Mr. Eshelman said. $15 per person by 20 Jan. payable to S. Stephen's, note 'SKCM Luncheon'. interests, to focus on their relationships "Taking a retreat at a place like Valle send to S. Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, with friends and family or to focus on Crucis provides a place set apart, a neu Providence RI 02906 their relationship with God." tral place where conversation - with For directions, please consult www.sstephens.org others and with God - is encouraged. or phone (401) 421 6702. Participating in a retreat, like taking For information on the Society, please contact: up any spiritual practice, is a deeply per "You may find a new way to look at William M. Gardner, Jr., Membership Secretary sonal experience. But those who facili things that startles you and fills you with 6152 Verde Trail North, Apt. D211 tate retreats do receive feedback that the Holy Spirit." Boca Raton, FL 33433-2487 DECEMBER 7, 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 9 NEWS ConventionPlanned to FormNew Anglican Province Following the vote by the Diocese of North American Anglican province. and Bishop Bill Murdoch, a missionary Fort Worth on Nov. 15 to become the That event will be followed by what bishop to the U.S. for the Anglican fourth diocese to leave The Episcopal leaders called "a province-by-province Church of Kenya, revealed details Church, the leadership of the Common visitation and appeal for recognition about the plan in an interview with the Cause Partnership (CCP) scheduled a of the separate ecclesiastical structure AnglicanTV website. constitutional convention in the in North America." The board of trustees for the Angli Chicago area Dec. 3 to form a new Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh can Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) met Nov. 7-12 at Trinity Church, Vero Beach, Fla., according to FortWorth Votes to Jointhe Southern Cone the parish's website. The ARDF board Delegates to the convention of the includes a number of primates who Diocese of Fort Worth acted quickly have been sympathetic to the objec and decisively Nov. 15 in approving the tives of the CCP. During that meeting, second and final reading of a series of some of the primates present agreed to changes to its constitution and canons recognize the new province if the lead that rescinded its affiliation with The ership of the CCP would "set aside ter Episcopal Church and joined it on a ritorial issues and ego struggles" and temporary basis with the Anglican sign the Jerusalem Declaration drafted Church of the Southern Cone. during the Global Anglican Future Con The vote by orders for realignment ference in June. was 73-20among clergy and 98-28in the Member Groups lay order. The convention also voted by a 2-1 margin for second and final Suzanne Gill photo The CCP consists of the American approval of four constitutional amend Bishop Iker: "conscience and conviction." Anglican Council, the Anglican Coali ments that rescinded accession to the tion in Canada, the Anglican Commun Constitution and Canons of General province of the Anglican Communion." ion Network, the Anglican Mission in Convention. Fifteen other canonical In other business, delegates the Americas, the Anglican Network in changes were approved by voice vote. approved a budget of $2.1 million for Canada, the Convocation of Anglicans In his address to convention, the Rt. 2009, an increase of about $40,000 in North America, the Federation of Rev. Jack L. Iker, Bishop of Fort over the previous year. During a press Anglican Churches in the Americas, Worth, urged delegates "as a matter of conference after the convention, Forward in Faith North America and conscience and conviction" to revoke Bishop Iker said a family in the dio the Reformed Episcopal Church. the 1982 convention vote seeking cese has pledged a portion of its for After the House of Bishops deposed admittance into union with General tune to help defray any legal costs Bishop Duncan, the Most Rev. Ian Convention in order "to align our arising from the decision to disaffiliate Ernest, Archbishop of the Indian Ocean selves instead with an orthodox from The Episcopal Church. and president of the Council of Angli can Provinces in Africa (CAPA), wrote to Bishop Duncan, noting in part: PrimatesHold Key to NewProvince's Recognition "We continue to recognize you as a The primates of the Anglican Com Assuming that at least two-thirds of bishop in good standing in the Anglican munion are responsible for granting the primates of the Anglican Com Communion. Your commitment to official status to a new province. That munion do consent to the formation of orthodox Christian doctrine grounded responsibility is spelled out under sec another province in North America in the Holy Scriptures is after all the tion 3 of the constitution of the Angli when they meet in February, it is likely mark of your identity as a true believer can Consultative Council (ACC). that the matter would come before the in the Anglican tradition. Your grace, The constitution explains that a new ACC when it meets in Jamaica in May. patience and forbearance in the face of province may be admitted "with the If the ACC consents, then by prece opposition to your holy calling is an assent of two-thirds of the primates of dent the new province is almost example to us all." the Anglican Communion." A province always immediately seated as a full The CAPA primates represent more becomes a member of the Anglican member with seat, voice and vote. than a third of the Anglican Commu Communion by virtue of its member The ACC does not initiate the nion's 38 provinces when the other ship in the ACC. Membership of a process of a province becoming a like-minded primates among the province in the ACC assumes commun member. It acts in response to the ini Global South provinces are included. ion with the Archbishop of Canterbury. tiative of the primates. Steve Waring 10 THE LIVING CHURCH · DECEMBER7. 2008 FireDestroys Santa Barbara Retreat House Mount Calvary Retreat House in Santa Barbara, Calif., a spiritual home to many members of the dioceses of California and Los Angeles, has been destroyed by the Tea Fire burning in the Montecito area. The Order of the Holy Cross, which runs Mount Calvary, had a priory in Berkeley until earlier this year. Many of the brothers moved to Mount Calvary when the priory closed. St. Mary's Order of the Holy Cross photo Retreat House of the Sisterhood of the The Santa Barbara retreat and conference cen Holy Nativity also may be endangered ter of the Order of the Holy Cross was by the fire. destroyed by wildfire Nov. 13. The resident brothers, members of house is operated and staffed by six the Order of the Holy Cross, and staff members of the monastic community Pin Lim/Forest Photography are safe following evacuation, said as well as professional staff and a chef. The Rev. Charles Holt, rector of St. Peter's Nancy Bullock, program director for At Montecito, the order to evacuate Church, Lake Mary, Fla., addresses the Com Mount Calvary, as quoted by the Epis came quickly, according to the Associ munion Partner rectors at a workshop, while copal News Service of the Diocese of ated Press, which reported that the Rev. Mifflin Dove, Jr. (right), rector of St. Paul's, Katy, Texas, waits to speak. Los Angeles. Ms. Bullock said the evening winds known locally as "sun brothers and staff at Mt. Calvary were downers," gusting up to 70 mph from able to leave with some of the hilltop land to sea, pushed the fire with fright CommunionPartners retreat house's valuable art treasures, ening speed Nov. 13, burning mansions, AffirmTEC Loyalty as well as computer records, "but so exploding eucalyptus trees and turning much is lost." rolling hills into a glowing nightmare. While understanding that for some The Mount Calvary Monastery and Mount Calvary staff will assist conservative constituents another Retreat House, a large, Spanish-style groups and individuals in seeking alter path may have been chosen, the advi house, was situated on a ridge 1,250 nate locations for retreats, all of which sory board of the Communion Partner feet above Santa Barbara with a com are now canceled because of the fire, rectors said recently that a new Angli manding view of the seacoast and Ms. Bullock said. can province in North America "is not Pacific Ocean. It was established in something we desire or a structure in 1947 by Fr. Karl Tiedemann, OHC, as a Pacific Church News Service of the which we wish to participate." retreat and conference center of the Diocese of California contributed to The Communion Partner rectors Order of the Holy Cross. The guest- this report. met Nov. 6-7 at St. Martin's Church, Houston. The initial list of Commun ion Partner rectors has grown from 17 representing 25,000 communicants to QuincyPromises 'Christian Charity' 45 representing 42,000. Along with ending its affilia Canon den Blaauwen said the lead While appreciating the "serious tion with The Episcopal Church at its ership of the diocese would work "dili challenges of this present season in annual synod [TLC, Nov. 30], the Dio gently, in good faith, and with our greater Communion and The Epis cese of Quincy established a protocol Christian charity with any member of copal Church," the Communion Part for clergy and parishes that do not the clergy who might wish to seek ner rectors said they were "firmly wish to join the Anglican Church of canonical transfer to another diocese committed to remain in The Episcopal the Southern Cone. of the person's choice." He added that Church and the Anglican Communion, The Rev. Canon Ed den Blaauwen, parishes have a nine-month grace respecting and honoring the proper president of the standing committee, period in which they may withdraw authority of our bishops and working was named vicar general by Presiding from the synod, provided that such a in concert with them to strengthen our Bishop Gregory Venables of the South move is approved by a two-thirds vote voice within the church. ern Cone. Canon den Blaauwen of eligible parish members. "We wish to support and encourage announced that members of the clergy With 21 congregations and fewer the Windsor process, the development would receive a certificate indicating than 2,000 baptized members, the Dio of an Anglican Covenant and the they are members in good standing of cese of Quincy was one of the smallest Instruments of Communion. We the South American province. Clergy in The Episcopal Church. That will believe this is the path Christ is calling who wish to remain with The Episcopal complicate efforts to reorganize an us to follow together with faithful Church were asked to write the word Episcopal presence in the region unless leadership throughout the world-wide "rejected" on the certificate, sign, date a substantial number of congregations Anglican Communion." and return it to the diocesan office. choose to withdraw from the synod. DECEMBER 7, 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 11 AROUNDTHE DIOCESES $279,192, which was based on a 15- FutureOptions Studied percent apportionment, out of con Under a discernment plan approved cerns that expenses might exceed by convention delegates Nov. 7-8, a income. Last year a 22-percent appor task force in the Diocese of EauClaire tionment rate raised $447,000 in will consider five options for the dio income, but expenses exceeded cese's future. The comprehensive income by $33,000. range of options run from electing a full-time diocesan bishop to succeed the Rt. Rev. Keith Whitmore, to dis OlympiaGoes lndaba solving the diocese. A year ago, delegates to the conven OctcwerJ, 2008 Bishop Whitmore resigned in March tion of the Diocese of Olympiacalled to become an assistant bishop in the for postponing the Lambeth Confer Diocese of Atlanta. ence "until the listening process is Other options include the election more complete." This year, convention, of a part-time or bi-vocational bishop, which met Nov. 14-15in Seatac, Wash., hiring a provisional bishop, or junc followed the lead of the Archbishop of tioning with another diocese - most Canterbury by using indaha groups. likely Fond du Lac - to form a new The indaba method is not rocket diocese. science, according to the Rt. Rev. Gre Delegates approved a resolution gory Rickel, Bishop of Olympia. He requesting that the two dioceses peti said he loved the Bible studies and tion General Convention for permis deep discussions at Lambeth and Robert R. Chapman, Jr. photo sion to explore a junctioning wanted to bring this back to his dio Canon Carl Knirk (left) of the Diocese of Olympia pres arrangement. The convention of the ents a check for $50,000 to Pete Nunnally of the office cese. One reason was that "we don't of Disaster Response in the Diocese of Louisiana. Diocese of Fond du Lac adopted a take the time to talk to one another in similar resolution in October. the church today." To make indaba groups work at this of $5.6 million. This budget calls for Draft to General Convention convention, Bishop Rickel asked spe drawing $400,000 from unrestricted The Rev. George Stamm, president cific advocacy groups not to submit reserves, of which $300,000 is set of the Eau Claire standing committee, resolutions. When the human sexual aside for the bishop's initiatives. said a task force comprised of mem ity group at St. Mark's Cathedral Robert R. Chapman, Jr. bers of both dioceses will draft a joint balked, Bishop Rickel asked its mem resolution for consideration by Gen bers to provide questions for discus eral Convention next July. The resolu sion instead. With slight modification, 'MoveForward' tion would permit only exploration, convention planners chose three of The Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, and either diocese could terminate the their questions for discussion. Bishop Bishop of Connecticut,called for the process at any time. If both diocesan Rickel gave other advocacy groups the election of his successor during his conventions favored the plan, the new same opportunity. address to the convention, which met diocese would submit the necessary Some delegates questioned how Oct. 24-25 at Christ Church Cathedral, paperwork to Executive Council, well this process would work. Denaya Hartford. which would officially dissolve the Blalock, a 16-year-old delegate from "Our diocese has come through a dif two dioceses and admit the new one St. Columba's Church, Kent, thought ficult time," he said. "While there is no into union with the General Conven that being in groups with older people perfect resolution to the church's con tion. was going to be awkward. Afterwards, troversies of the past several years, we Eau Claire's discernment task force she said, "It was fun." There was are at a place at which many people will solicit feedback from throughout opportunity to consider other people's have said they want to lay down the the diocese about the five options, and opinions. arguments and pick up the gospel and consider the financial impact of each. Bishop Rickel said that the use of move forward as the Church ... For me, The information-gathering process is indaba groups seemed to affect con I believe I too am at a turning point in to be completed by Dec. 31, and the vention before it opened. He attrib my life. I have served as a bishop in the diocese is to choose one of the uted the increase of guests and diocese for almost 13 years, and this is options no later than next year's alternates in attendance this year to the 10th annual diocesan convention annual convention. his announcement of the use of these which I have chaired as diocesan." Among other business, delegates groups. Bishop Smith said the election will rejected the proposed 2009 budget of The convention approved a budget occur as part of the convention next 12 THE LIVING CHURCH · DECEMBER 7. 2008 year. Bishop Smith said if all goes as LocalTraining planned, he will retire upon the conse cration of his successor sometime in The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, Bishop of the spring of 2010. EasternMichigan, announced a new ini The convention occurred two weeks tiative to train locally ordained clergy after Connecticut's State Supreme through a school for ministry, during his Court mandated that the state begin address to convention Oct. 17-18at St. recognizing homosexual marriages Paul's Church, Flint. effective Oct. 28. A resolution approved "Our diocese has reached a point 174-123 implored Bishop Smith to allow where we can no longer afford to be clergy "to exercise pastoral care in offi hesitant, shortsighted or fearful," ciating at services of holy matrimony Bishop Ousley said. for same-sex couples." The Coppage-Gordon School for In his address the day before the res Ministry - named for John Coppage, the first diocesan administrator, and the olution passed, Bishop Smith said he Bishop Breidenthal of Southern Ohio cele would continue in place a policy requir brates the Eucharist at convention Nov. 8. Rt. Rev. Bill Gordon, who was instru ing that priests of The Episcopal mental in the negotiations which led to Church of the diocese be bound to shawls, conducting an energy audit at a the formation of the diocese in 1994- respect the Book of Common Prayer local church, exploring advocacy tech as envisioned would also provide lead and the canons of The Episcopal nique for public policy issues, and shar ership training for vestries and other Church, both of which define marriage ing new ways to engage young adults in congregational leaders not seeking as the union of one man and one campus ministry. ordination, Bishop Ousley said. woman. Bishop Smith added that he The convention's outward focus was and his two bishops suffragan, the Rt. reinforced by addresses from Lutheran Departing Dioceses Rev. Laura Ahrens and the Rt. Rev. Bishop Cal Hollway of Southern Ohio No resolutions were debated during James Curry, would be re-examining and the Rt. Rev. Charles Jenkins, the convention. However, a courtesy the existing policy in light of the court's Bishop of Louisiana. Both called upon resolution extended greetings, prayers ruling. Bishop Smith said he and the their listeners to continue to look and best wishes to "our brothers and other bishops would consult the laity beyond their own doors and forge rela sisters in the Episcopal dioceses of San and clergy "whose lives are directly tionships with those in need, such as in Joaquin and Pittsburgh, thanking them affected by the court's decision." the Gulf Coast, and those in other for their courage and their witness of a Among other business, a 2009 budget denominations and faiths. God who is larger than mortal issues, of $5.8 million was approved, an In his convention address, Bishop and for making The Episcopal Church increase of more than $122,000over the Thomas E. Breidenthal of Southern as a whole the stronger by their pres amount approved the previous year. Ohio acknowledged the fear and anxi ence, their witness, their diversity and ety of an uncertain economy and the their commitment." transition in national leadership. But he The convention began with three OutwardFocused said, "I am not worried about the hours of anti-racism training designed Guided by the theme, "The World in church. We thrive when hardship forces to raise awareness of white privilege. Christ," delegates to the convention of us to remember who we are: a commu The convention theme was drawn the Diocese of SouthernOhio spent Nov. nity that models acceptance without from the Baptismal Covenant, "Will you 7-8 exploring how to make the love of passing any kind of test, and emanates persevere in resisting evil... " and the Christ known to the world. a steady and calm trust in God when the keynote address together with the ser In addition to the traditional actions rest of the world is panicking." mon at the convention Eucharist of convention - from passing resolu Delegates adopted seven of eight res addressed the evils of racism and white tions and the budget to fellowship and olutions, including measures calling for privilege. Bible study, delegates spent a morning a commitment to local food resources, The diocesan treasurer, Bob Meikle, in mission. When the deacon entreated a Sunday offering for Episcopal Relief reported that in 2007 the operating the congregation to "love and serve the and Development, and principles for account showed a small surplus, and world" at the convention Eucharist, the just and fair health insurance. In addi that for the 2008 fiscal year the diocese congregation divided into about 20 tion, delegates approved a $4.1-million would likely show a $9,500 surplus. groups and spent two hours in mission budget for 2009, which included the full Convention approved a budget for 2009 projects, from cooking lunch for street apportionment asking to the program of $887,971.Parish assessments for the church ministries to packing Christmas portion of the General Convention coming year were set at 10 percent of bags for the homeless. Other mission budget of nearly $800,000. net disposable budgeted income. projects included knitting prayer Richelle Tlwmpson (The Rev.) J. Tlwmas Downs DECEMBER 7. 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 13 A visitto Honduras Life on the Edges and the ministryof El Hogar By Carolyn S. Ellis townhouse neighborhoods with sidewalks and private backyards, a modem hardware store, and a new shop ext to the telephone on my desk there are two ping mall. Ncrisp lempiras, the paper currency of Honduras. But Tegucigalpa also has thousands of dwellings cob Each bears an etched image of the Lenca war captain bled together with found materials on snatches of land. Lempira, "Lord of the Mountains," who died in 1537 Residents cook in the same small space in which they resisting the Spanish, and another of the Mayan ruins at sleep and live. The homes often have no utilities and are Copan near the Guatemalan border. The lempira is worth not weather-tight. During the rainy season, from May to about five cents, U.S. equivalent. September, it rains a lot and often. The My lempiras are a reminder of hurricane months, September through the children and staff of El Hagar, a November, can be perilous. residential school in Tegucigalpa, My group arrived in Tegucigalpa on a Honduras, where I spent a week in drizzly evening after five hours of travel July with 14 others from my church. on the national highway from San Pedro Our mission was to gain an appreci Sula. Hondurans walk along the road ation for life at El Hagar and to with children in hand. They ride horses, assist with the construction of a According to World Bank burros, and bicycles, and sell honey, concrete-block dormitory. limestone, fruit, and pottery. Their Children come to El Hagar statistics,of the Honduran dwellings are perched at the lip of deep orphaned and from families trapped population of 7 million, valleys, and their laundry dries on strung in poverty. We were introduced to a wire fences. Com is planted in tiny plots boy whose parents were in jail for half are poor and 24 between rock outcrops. "You don't see drug and gang activity and a little percent extremely poor. much idleness in Honduras," says the girl whose addicted mother could Rev. Richard Kunz, who drives one of not protect her from an older step- our vans. He is executive director of El brother. We met a little boy whose mother sent him to the Hagar Projects in Honduras. streets to beg and forbade him to come home until he had According to the International Fund for Agricultural collected 70 lempiras. Development (IFAD), Honduras is the second poorest Born as a colonial mining town, Tegucigalpa, or "Silver country in Central America and the third poorest in the Mountain," has a population of about 2.5 million. It has Americas. The third-world nation receives financial aid 14 THE LIVING CHURCH , DECEMBER 7, 2008 Children play in a courtyard at the heart of El Hagar's campus. Carolyn S. Ellis photos from the World Bank and the United Nations, but in the from Grade 9, the boys have a high school diploma and neighborhoods we visited, one wonders how much trade school certificate. Most find employment, and some money trickles down. go on to complete two years of private high school and Many Tegucigalpans endure illiteracy and unemploy then to university while working. ment. These families cannot feed, clothe or educate their Our work assignments included mixing concrete by children and have no way to get beyond their desperate hand, moving concrete blocks, and de-nailing and moving circumstances. El Hogar was founded 30 years ago to piles of salvaged lumber. We observed math, science, and break this cycle, to give the least of God's children a rea Spanish classes and watched the youngest children audi son to live and to better their lives. "Our mission is to tion to represent El Hogar in a regional singing competi change the world one child at a time," says El Hogar tion. On Lempira Day, we participated in a demonstration director Claudia de Castro, "so we take the poorest of the of tribal life at the technical school. Most important, we poor into our school family." played with the children whenever their schedule permit- Despite the cloudy skies on our arrival day, the steep, ted. Basketball, football toss, green mountains, alluvial valleys, and copper-colored soil tag, hopscotch, coloring books, were beautiful. However, when it began to rain we saw and "Uno" were favorites. the danger and difficulty as amber runoff surged down The children of El Hogar live the mountainsides. It turned everything to mud, that, complex lives. Many come mal according to Fr. Kunz, can bring down dwellings. nourished and mistreated to As our two vans entered Tegucigalpa, I was amazed by this new home where they the array of soft lights that lay like a web over the hills receive three meals a day and a and valleys. We arrived at a wide gate in a tall wall, and clean bunk, clothing and shoes, our driver, El Hogar work team coordinator Raul Castro, showers and haircuts, medical sounded the horn. The gate rolled open and we entered El and dental care, and schooling. Hogar de Amor y Esperanza, "The Home of Love and El Hogar is a mission of the Hope." This would be our home for seven days, while we Diocese of Honduras. Children worked and witnessed. Mr. Castro's wife, Claudia, has are taught that this abundance been director of El Hogar for 18 years and a mother to comes from God and the gen each child who has come to El Hogar. erosity of people like their work El Hogar was founded in 1979 with five little boys off team visitors. Work-team visits the streets of Tegucigalpa. I learned about the project and contributions are coordi shortly after its inception when the outreach committee nated by El Hogar Ministries, Inc., in Winchester, Mass. of my church, St. Peter's in Weston, Mass., proposed that Volunteers de-rail salvaged lumber. we sponsor a boy. With the support of many churches, (www.elhogar.org). organizations, and individuals throughout North Amer One child at a time, El Hogar equips children to take a ica, El Hogar has been able to flourish under its loving place in the middle class of Honduras, to support their and committed leadership for three decades. families, and to live with dignity. We left El Hogar one El Hogar Projects in Honduras comprises three resi week after we arrived, rising before dawn but not before dential schools for 230 boys, and, since January 2007, 10 the neighborhood roosters. "I expected poverty like I had girls. El Hogar, the elementary/middle school, is a three seen in inner-city Boston," said 15-year-old Nicky Packs, acre oasis in Tegucigalpa. "but that is nothing like what we saw in Honduras. Our For grades 7-9, boys can attend the Episcopal Agricul work helped, but the trip was about getting inspired to do tural School in the countryside, where they study sus more." D tainable agriculture and animal husbandry. Or they can study to become welders, carpenters and electricians at Carolyn S. Ellis is a member of St. Peter's Church, the Santa Maria Technical School. When they graduate Weston, Mass. DECEMBER 7. 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 15 Thistle Farms provides a place to work and live in community. Kristina Marie Krug photos A fresh start gives broken women wisdom and hope. By John Schuessler Nashville, Tenn., called Magdalene. The community was started by an Episcopal priest, the Rev. Becca Stevens, in etroit native Beverly Mandina always wanted to be a response to the needs of women with a history of prostitu Dnurse. She graduated from high school in the 1970s tion and drug addiction. ready to begin her nursing training in the fall. Meanwhile, Before deciding to move to Nashville, Beverly visited her summer was for having a good tin1e, so she left Detroit for father in F1orida.A lifelong alcoholic, he had never acknowl Daytona Beach. Unfortunately, she hooked up with an edged she had a drug problem. She asked him what he unhealthy crowd. She had begun e:xperinlenting with drugs thought. He told her, "Well, you better do something or as young as age 13, but in that summer, drugs pllnlffieled her you're going to die." hopes and dreams. She never returned home. The father's daughter got back on the waiting list at Mag Ms. Mandina married and had a son. Her marriage failed. dalene. "In the meantime I packed up my belongings and When her son was older, he asked his mother to choose sold everything," she said. "I waited five months and lived between him and drugs. She chose the latter. Living in with my father, who was ill but still drinking. I stayed clean. Galveston, Texas, she carried on what might have appeared I was just tired." as a normal life - earning associate's degrees in computers and medical technology, holding a job, buying a house. But There are two ways to regard the thistle. The more she was not only living on an island physically. Emotionally common is to see it as an annoying weed that is best she was alone. ignored, or pulled up and discarded. The other view is to She was an addict for nearly four decades before seeking consider the thistle's intrinsic beauty and appreciate its help. Cocaine was her drug of choice. She smoked crack for strength as it survives along the sidewalk or side of the road. the last 22 years of addiction. The cost of drugs exceeded Magdalene takes the latter view. Inspired by the thistle, a the money she could earn, so she prostituted herself. "I had thriving, healing community has been developed, along with men help me take care of my bills," she said by phone a bath and body products business called Thistle Farms that recently. "It wasn't like I didn't have a job or was homeless. helps equip and sustain the women and the ministry. In my demented thinking I thought no one knew. I was iso Women join the community of Magdalene out of situa lated. I isolated myself." tions sinlilar to Beverly Mandina's, although unlike her, Her sister knew, however, and for 20 years she tried to get many have literally been alongside the road and have a crinl Beverly into rehab, but to no avail. 1\vo years ago, Beverly inal history of prostitution and addiction. They enter Mag made that decision on her own. With her sister's help, a bed dalene in need of healing from lifetimes of violence and had been waiting for her at a residential community in abuse. They are supported by a staff that includes many vol- 16 THE LIVING CHURC!-! · DECEMBER 7. 2008 Magdalene residents and staff together. Residents celebrate their graduation with a song. unteers from St. Augustine's Chapel at Vanderbilt University, "I slept a lot and tried to do as much I could," Ms. Man where Mrs. Stevens is the chaplain. dina said, but she never got depressed. At any time, about 30 women receive free housing, food, She reached her goals after 17 months, including pay therapy, education, job training, and medical and dental ment of back taxes. She has been clean for two years, and care, all through private and organizational gifts. Two dozen although she won't graduate from the program until the women live in Magdalene's five Nashville homes, without spring, she has moved into an apartment offered by a resident staff. The model is Benedictine. Each day begins member of her Seventh Day Adventist church, where she in a circle, "where we read a meditation, pray, and make has become heavily involved in the women's ministry. She sure everyone is all right," according to the introduction continues to work at Thistle Farms and is back in school, of a book they've just released, titled Find Your Way this time to finally earn her degree in nursing. She hopes Home: Words from the Street, Wisdom from the Heart to be a missionary overseas, perhaps to assist Magdalene's (Abingdon Press). partnership in Rwanda. The book outlines 24 principles by which the women As for her relationship with her son, who is 33 and live in community. They range from "think of the stranger recently engaged, they have reunited. "He doesn't want to as God" to "laugh at yourself' and "lose gracefully." More talk about the past," she said. "He said to me, 'I forgive than 100 people contributed to the writing, including the you, I love you, and that's all that matters'." residents, staff, volunteers and interns. As for those she used to associate with, "until they want "Our goal is help one another move from destructive to live differently, there is nothing you can do that's going relationships that tear up our bodies and spirits to healing to get them to change. I think about these people, in relationships that build them up," Mrs. Stevens writes in Galveston, I wonder where they are now. But I don't want the introduction, which says that after 11 years the "great to go back there." 0 lesson" of Magdalene "has been that love can heal." Sev enty-five percent of the women who enter the program stay the entire time. They graduate after two years, but their commitment to each other as sisters does not end. The ministry has grown not only in Nashville, but has spread to other places, including a program started through St. Stephen's Church, Charleston, S.C., also called Magdalene. And seven women from Thistle Farms visited Rwanda recently to learn about the lives of women on the streets in that country and to help these women start their own similar company. When a woman arrives at Magdalene, she FindYour enters into intensive therapy. The women are taken by bus Way Home to outpatient facilities. They participate in regular group W""4l=-tu ~. meetings at Magdalene's Lena House, named after the W~t,,_:tt,f/r.Mt singer Lena Home. Curfews are enforced, and where a by the Women of Magd.ilene woman goes and with whom are scrutinized. Time and healing bring more freedom. Eventually the women work at Thistle Farms where they are able to gain skills, earn money to pay off outstanding debts and pre pare for the rest of their lives. When Ms. Mandina became a resident in April 2007, she began treatment for Hepatitis C, which she had contracted To read an interview with the Rev. Becca Stevens, and to find from IV drug use. The "very intense therapy" uses inter links to Magdalene and Thistle Farms, go to the Web Exclusives feron, which can cause suicidal depression for which link on the home page of www.livingchurch.org many women need to be hospitalized. DECEMBER 7. 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 17 EDITOR'S COLUMN NewProvince Raises Many Questions The long-awaited formation of a new tions waiting to see what's going to happen. province for Anglicans in North America Aren't most of these people evan finally is taking place. A gathering in suburban gelicals? Chicago on Dec. 3 was planned to organize Yes they are, but the dioceses of San the new entity, which is intended to be an ? Joaquin, Quincy and Fort Worth, along alternative to The Episcopal Church [TEC] in with FlFNA, are largely Anglo-Catholics. this country, and to the Anglican Church of t How is that going to work? Canada. The announcement of this development For a while, it should be fine, but over time, Did You has raised as many questions as it answers. Here are watch for differences in matters of liturgy and the some attempts to provide answers: ology to become more pronounced. Know ... How will a new province be any different from A buildingat Just what is a province anyway? the current confusion involving Episcopalians the University In this case, a province is an autonomous national and other Anglicans in this country? church that is a member of the Anglican Communion. For one thing, there will be an opportunity to of utah was It is a member by virtue of an invitation of the Angli present a more unified church instead of, for exam dedicated can Consultative Council [ACC], a group of clergy ple, having a church here aligned with Uganda and recentlyas and lay Anglicans from all over the world. a church there attached to the Southern Cone. And the Carolyn Don't we already have a province in this if you believe there's strength in numbers, an alter country? nate province could amass a sizable number of peo TannerIrish Yes, we do. It's The Episcopal Church. ple, especially if it is able to attract some of the Humanities Then why do we need a second province? "continuing" churches that have divided among Buildingin honor A sizable number of Episcopalians and former themselves. Episcopalians feel The Episcopal Church has strayed Is there a possibility that a second province of the Bishop too far from its beliefs, and they're looking for a could lead to competition between the two of utah. church in which they can continue to be Anglicans. provinces? Why do some people believe another province Absolutely. This would, of course, be an unfortu is necessary? nate situation, but the possibility of two churches in They believe The Episcopal Church has erred in its the same community competing to reach Quote still-unofficial recognition of same-sex blessings, its unchurched people or lapsed Episcopalians seems of the Week willingness to consecrate a non-celibate homosexual likely. And given the penchant for church growth person as a bishop, and the interpretation of scrip shown by evangelical Episcopalians, the new The Rt. Rev. ture by many of its leaders. province could pose a threat to TEC. TrevorMwamba, Who determines whether a province is part of Isn't there a concern that this new province Bishopof the Anglican Communion? would become another continuing church? This is a complicated matter. For example, under Indeed there is. If the alternate province does not Botswana, section 3 of its constitution, the ACC may add, become part of the Communion, it could become the on Anglican remove, or alter the status of a province within the latest in the family of continuing Anglican churches, primates:"Some ACC with the concurrence of at least two thirds of or, worse, simply a protestant church. of our primates the primates of the Anglican Communion. What will be the structure of a new province? Is it likely that a second province in North That is not yet known, but most likely it will be led act like America will be recognized officially? by a primate who is an archbishop, and will be ecclesiastical This is an important question, and the answer is divided into dioceses in an arrangement similar to the Mugabes." anyone's guess. The ACC meets in May. current TEC. What happens if recognition is not given to How will TLC report on developments in the the new province? new province? It probably will be able to function on its own, but TLC would report on the news from both not as a member church of the Anglican Communion. provinces. Who would belong to a new province? An eclectic group, ranging from members of the These are difficult days for those who care about four dioceses that left TEC, to the Anglican Mission The Episcopal Church, and a time of hope for those in the Americas [AMiA], Forward in Faith North who have left. The realignment of the Anglican Com America [FlFNA), the Reformed Episcopal Church, munion is moving full steam ahead, but at this stage congregations that aligned with the churches of no one should be surprised. Nigeria, Uganda, and others, and other congrega- David Kalvel,age,executive editor 18 THE LIVING CHURCH· DECEMBER 7. 2008 EDITORIALS They Will be Missed The decisions by the conventions of the dioceses of Quincy and Fort Worth to leave The Episcopal Church for the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone are discouraging, even though the actions were expected for months. The two dioceses will join Pittsburgh and San Joaquin in the South American Anglican province as they await the formation of a more permanent entity on this continent. We share a kinship with the two dioceses, for they, like us, are largely Anglo-Catholic and represent a faith that seems to have fewer adherents each week Neither of these dioceses had large numbers of members, but both have been blessed by high-quality clergy and strong leadership. We offer good wishes to those who have felt they can no longer remain in The Episcopal Church and pray that they may be blessed in their new spiritual homes. They will be missed by those of us who remain. \ The dioceses'"""~ Officialor Not? of Fort Worth •.." The province being formed to accommodate disaffected North and Quincy American Anglicans is the answer to the prayers for some readers of will be missed this magazine, and a schismatic act according to others. Regardless of one's views of the new province, it will have an effect on The Episco by those of us pal Church and its members. The province is likely to attract at least some members of an already dwindling Episcopal Church, along with who remain. dioceses and congregations that already have left. It should be fascinating to watch during the next few months how the Anglican Communion reacts to the North American action. The opinion of the Archbishop of Canterbury will be sought, and impor tant meetings of the primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council will address whether to recognize the new body. At issue will be whether the province will became an offi cial member of the Anglican Communion, or whether its existence will be as the latest "continuing" Anglican church. We send greetings and best wishes to the organizers of the province. May their efforts be fruitful and may those who align with it find it to be a place of peace. One Area of Growth Reading the reports from the various diocesan conventions taking place this fall, it is encouraging to note that many legislative bodies have approved larger budgets for 2009. At a time when the economy has wreaked havoc on individuals, churches, and dioceses, and during a period when the church is becoming smaller, the larger budgets may be small signs of hope. We shouldn't be too optimistic about the budget increases, however, for larger amounts are not necessarily a good thing. There have been instances of endowments or various funds being used to augment diocesan budgets. Nevertheless, it is hopeful to see examples of budget growth at a time when they weren't expected. DECEMBER7. 2008 · THE LIVING CHURCH 19 bly regarded the first two servants, who double their money, as shady and dishonest characters - just like their master who reaps where he has not sown and gathers where he has not winnowed. And the great scandal of the parable is that these disreputable servants are the ones who end up being rewarded, while the honest ser vant, who's done the right thing by burying his money safely in the ground, is the one who ends up being punished. To make matters worse, the rewards and punishments themselves - entering into joy and being cast into outer darkness - suggest that our Lord is talking about entry into or exclusion from the kingdom of heaven. What could our Lord possibly mean audience. After all, they didn't under by telling such a shocking and scan stand economics the way we do. We're dalous story? I would propose that the apt to admire the first two servants parable challenged its original audi By John D. Alexander who invest their money and double ence, just as it challenges us, to imag y guess is that in every church their return for their good business ine a different kind of world, governed M where the gospel for Nov. 16 sense. And we're apt to scorn the ser by different kinds of economic laws, was read, preachers pointed out its vant who buries his money in the with a different kind of treasure, irony in our current economic crisis. ground just as we scorn people today denominated in a different kind of cur Very few ofus are seeing a two-for-one who stuff their life savings in their rency. return on our investments such as mattresses. After all, money loses We live in an economic world gov described in the parable of the talents. value over time with inflation and erned by finitude and scarcity. In such In any case, interpretations of this you've got to keep it wisely invested a world, there are circumstances in parable have historically gone in one just to break even. which hoarding your treasure makes of two directions. First is the eco That's how we think But people in perfect sense. You'd better hold on to nomic interpretation, associated with the ancient world thought very differ what you have or others might take it what Max Weber called the protestant ently. They didn't understand infla from you. But maybe the talents in the ethic. By this interpretation, the para tion, and they saw nothing wrong with parable represent a different kind of ble justifies the accumulation of burying treasure in the ground. In fact, treasure: not commodities to be wealth as a sign of God's favor. To the rabbis taught that when someone hoarded, but rather gifts to be shared. those who have, more will be given; to entrusted you with a large sum of In his classic book, The Three Ways those who have not, even what they money, burying it for safekeeping was of the Spiritual Life, French theolo have will be taken away. That's good the most morally responsible action gian Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange news for the rich; not such good news you could take. Moreover, the operat speaks directly to this issue. He writes for the poor. ing assumption in the ancient world the following: Second is the moralizing interpreta was that the supply of the world's "Saint Augustine's saying is so tion. Even though the word "talent" in goods was finite and limited. If you clearly true, that 'material goods, Greek means a huge sum of money, were born rich, that was fine; but if unlike those of the spirit, cannot and has absolutely nothing to do with not then the only way you could get belong wholly and simultaneously to the ability to paint or to sing, innumer rich was by making someone else more than one person.' The same able sermons on this parable exhort poor. house, the same land, cannot belong us to use our God-given talents to the People who became wealthy to several people at once, nor the best of our ability. That may be good through their business dealings were same territory to several nations. And advice in itself, but it's not really the thus universally suspected of fraud, herein lies the reason of that unhappy message of that gospel. deceit, or theft. Financial success was conflict of interests which arises from What we need to realize is how not the badge of respectability that it the feverish quest of these earthly pos shocking and scandalous this parable is today - quite the opposite. sessions. most likely was to our Lord's original Our Lord's original audience proba- "On the other hand, as St. Augustine 20 THE LIVING CHURCH· DECEMBER 7. 2008 often reminds us, the same spiritual treasure can belong in its entirety to all, and at the same time to each , with out any disturbance of the peace between them . Indeed , the more there are to enjoy them in common the ther and say that, if we desired only treasures and keep them to ourselves, more completely do we possess them. one soul to be deprived of Him, if we in effect burying them in the ground. In The same trut h, the same virtue, the excluded only one soul - even the that case, however, contrary to our best same God, can belong to us all in like soul of one who persecutes and calum intentions, we do end up losing them. manner, and yet none of us embar niates us - from our own love, then Paradoxically, only by giving away rasses his fellow possessors. Such are God himself would be lost to us." these treasures do we get to keep them. the inexhaust ible riches of the spirit Even though Garrigou-LaGrange is And when we do share them - freely, that they can be the property of all and not commenting directly on the parable generously, and abundantly - we find yet satisfy the desires of each. Indeed , of the talents , nonetheless I think he that they keep on multiplying back to us only then do we possess a truth com supplies the key to its interpretation. until the day when the master returns pletely when we teach it to others , Our Lord has entrusted into the care of and bids us enter into his joy. 0 when we make others share our con his church great spiritual treasures - templat ion; only then do we tmly love the gospel, the sacraments , the deposit The Rev. John D. Alexander, SSC, is a virtue when we wish others to love it of faith, and all the gifts of grace. He the rector of St. Stephen 's Chur ch, also; only then do we wholly love God intends us to share these treasures and Providence, R. I. when we desire to make Him loved by spread them abroad. But our great fear all. Give money away, or spend it, and is that unless we put a fence around it is no longer yours. 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He also was a headmaster of church-related schools PRINTOR ONLINE, FOR RENT in Los Angeles and Visalia. Surviving are his CONTACT AMBER MUMA AT wife, Peggie; a daughter, Pam Hamorsky; FOR RENT: Homestead, FL. These commercially zoned granddaughters, and a brother, Frank. properties, approximately 1,300 square feet. are perfect for [email protected] start-up congregation or getaway. Over IO places of worship within less than IO blocks. Proximity to Biscayne, Ever (414) 276-5420 ext, 12 Next week ... glades and other national and state parks, and entrance to Florida Keys. SI,975 per month. Phone: (305) 461-9623. Dare to Forgive 26 THE LIVING CliURCII · DECEMBER 7. 2008 ChurchDirectory AVERY, CA ST. CLARE OF ASSISI IN THE MOUNTAINS Hwy 4 and Sheep Ranch Rd. (209) 754-5381 The Rev. Marlin Leonard Bowman, v BOSTON, MA The Rev. Vanessa Glass, honorary v THE CHURCH OF THE ADVENT (617) 523-2377 Sun H Eu 9, Traditional/Contemporary (Rite 1) 30 Brimmer Street www.theadvent.org CHARLESTON, SC E-mail: [email protected] CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION FORT MYERS BEACH, FL The Rev. Allan B. Warren 111,r; the Rev. Patrick T. Gray, 218 Ashley Ave. (843) 722-2024 ST. RAPHAEL'S 5601 Williams Drive (239) 463-6057 assoc; the Rev. Daphne B. Noyes, d; Sharon Knox Website: www.holycom.org Hutchinson, Pastoral Assistant for Families www.saint-raphaels.org [email protected] The Rev. Dow Sanderson, r; the Rev. Dan Clarke, c; the Rev. The Rev. Alice Marcrum, r Sun MP 7:30, Ch S, 10:15; Masses 8, 9, 11:15 (Sol High); Patrick Allen, assoc Sun H Eu 9; Tues Taize 7; Thurs Rosary 4 (Chapel) Mon-Fri, MP 9; Mass 12:15 (except Wed); EP 5:30; Wed, Sun Mass 8 (Low) 10:30 (Solemn High) Mass 6; Sat, MP 8:30, Mass 9, C 9:30 STUART, FL ST. MARY'S 623 E. Ocean Blvd. (772) 287-3244 NEWARK, NJ GRACE CHURCH 98 Wentworth Street (843) 723-4575 Website: www.gracechurchcharleston.org Website: www.stmarys-stuart.org GRACE CHURCH 950 Broad St., at Federal Sq. The Rev. Canon J. Michael A. Wright, r; the Rev. Dr. The Rev. Thomas T. Pittenger, r; the Rev. David Fran Website: www.gracechurchinnewark.org Kirtley Yearwood, v; the Rev. Alastair Votaw, assoc; the coeur, assoc r; the Rev. Jonathan Coffey, the Rev. The Rev. J. Carr Holland Ill, r Rev. Paul Gilbert, assoc; Dr. Scott Bennett, organist & Stephen Fregeau, the Rev. Canon Richard Hardman, the Sun Masses 8 & 10 (Sung); Mon-Fri 12:10 Rev. Peggy Sheldon, assisting; Dr. Allen Rosenberg, choirmaster; Jodi Bennett, children's choirs; Julie Walters, organist & choir dir children's ministries; Mac Brown, youth & young adults Sun Eu 7:30, 9, 9 (contemporary), 11, 5. Tues H Eu 12:10; PASSAIC, NJ Sun H Eu 8 (Said), 9 (Sung), 10:10 (Christian Formation), 11 Thurs H Eu 10, Sat 5 ST. JOHN'S Lafayette and Passaic Avenues (Choral); Wed H Eu & LOH 5:30; Mon-Fri MP 8:45 Website: www.stjohnschurchpassaicnj.org (973) 779-0966 SAVANNAH, GA The Rev. William C. Thiele, p-i-c [email protected] DALLAS,TX ST. THOMAS- ISLE OF HOPE (912) 355-3110 Sun Low Mass 8, Sung Mass 10:30, HD anno. CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS 4052 Herschel Ave. 2 St. Thomas Ave. www.stthomasioh.org The Rev. Will Brown, r Sun 8 & 10 H Eu, 9. Chr Ed; Wed HS 10 NEW YORK, NY Best little choir in Texas! PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH Sun Mass 8:30 & 10:30 (Sung) HONOLULU, HI Call (214) 528-3855 for daily masses. ST. MARK'S (808) 732-2333 The Rev. Canon James H. Cooper, D. Min., r 539 Kapahulu Ave. (#13 Bus end of line from Waikiki) The Rev. Canon Anne Mallonee, v Sun Masses 7, 9 (Sung); MWF 8 (5th Sun 8 only) (212) 602-0800 MILWAUKEE, WI ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL (414) 271-7719 Watch & hear our services and concerts on the Web 818 E. Juneau Ave. www.ascathedral.org CHICAGO, IL www.trinitywallstreet.org ASCENSION 1133 N. LaSalle Blvd. at Elm The Very Rev. Warren H. Raasch, dean www.ascensionchicago.org (312) 664-1271 Sun Masses 8, 10 (Sung). Daily Mass, MP & EP as posted Sisters of St. Anne (312) 642-3638 TRINITY Broadway at Wall Street The Rev. Gary P. Fertig, r; the Rev. Kurt Olson Sun H Eu 9 & 11:15. Mon-Fri MP 8:15, H Eu 12:05, EP 5:15. Sun Masses 8 (Low), 9 (Sung) 11 (Sol & Ser), MP 7:30, E&B Open Sun 7-4; Mon-Fri 7-6; Sat 8-4 OTHER ANGLICAN 4 (1S, Oct-May) Daily: MP 6:40 (ex Sun) Masses 7, 6:20 (Wed), 10 (Sat); EP M-S 6, Sun 4; C Sat 5:30-6, Sun 10:30- ST. PAUL'S Broadway at Fulton 10:50 Rosary 9:30 Sat The Rev. Canon James H. Cooper, D. Min., r MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF ST. DUNSTAN Sun H Eu 8, 10. Mon-Sat Prayer Service 12:30 RIVERSIDE, IL (CHICAGO WEST SUBURBAN) Open Sun 7-4; Mon-Sat 10-6 Anglican Church in America/FIFNA ST. PAUL'S PARISH 60 Akenside Rd. 1928 SCP/Anglican Missal www.stdunstananglican.org (952) 920-9122 www.stpaulsparish.org (708) 447-1604 ST. THOMAS 5th Ave & 53rd St. Sun H Eu8& 10 The Rev. Thomas A. Fraser, r; the Rev. Richard R. Daly, www.saintthomaschurch.org (212) 757-7013 Traditional Worship/Eternal Truths SSC, parochial vicar; the Rev.Canon Albert W. Y. Mensah,asst. The Rev. Andrew C. Mead, r; John Scott, organist and dir. Sat Vigil Mass 5, Sun Masses 8:30 (Solemn) & 1O (Sung) of music; the Rev. Charles F. Wallace, headmaster; the Wkdy Eu Tues 7, Wed 7, Fri 10:30. Sacrament of Reconcilia Rev. Robert H. Stafford, the Rev. Victor Lee Austin, the tion 1st Sat 4-4:30 & by appt., Rosary (4th Tues) 8:45, NC Rev. Jonathan M. Erdman, the Rev. John Andrew, asst. LUTHERAN Sun H Eu 8 (Said), 9 (Sung), 11 (Choral), Ev 4 (Choral); M-F MP SPRINGFIELD, IL & H Eu 8 & 12:10, EP & Eu 5:30 [Tues, Wed & Thurs Choral BORON,CA CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL Evensong); Sat H Eu 12:10 RESURRECTION Sr. Citizens Ctr. 20 Mule Team Rd. Website: www.stpaulspringfield.com (217) 544-5135 Sun Eu 8 E-Mail: [email protected] WELLSBORO, PA The Very Rev. Robert E. Brodie, dean ST. PAUL'S (570) 724-4771 MOJAVE, CA Sun 8 & 10:30; Mon-Thurs 12:15 Website: www.stpaulswellsboro.org HOPE CHURCH K and Inyo Streets (909) 989-3317 The Rev. Gregory P. Hinton The Rev. William R. Hampton, STS NEW ORLEANS, LA Sat Eu 7, Sun Eu 8, 10; Wed H Eu 12 Sun Eu 10 CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (504) 895-6602 2919 St. Charles Ave. On the street car line at the corner of 6th St. To place a church directory listing,or a print or online classified ad, Website: www.cccnola.org contact Amber Muma at [email protected] The Very Rev. David duPlantier, dean Sun Mass 7:30 (1928), 10 (Choral H Eu), 6 (Rite II). Daily Mass: (414) 276-5420ext 12 M-F 12:15, Sat 9:30 CHURCH DIRECTORY KEY Light face type denotes AM, bold face PM; add, address; anno, announced; A-C, Ante-Communion; appt., appointment; B, Benediction; C, Confes sions; Cho, Choral; Ch S, Church School; CP, Contemplative/Centering Prayer; c, curate; d, deacon, d.r.e., director of religious education; EP,Evening Prayer; Eu, Eucharist; Ev, Evensong; ex, except; lS, 1st Sunday; hol, holiday; HC, Holy Communion; HD, Holy Days; HS, Healing Service; HU, Holy Unction; Instr,Instructions; Int, Intercessions; LOH, Laying On of Hands; Lit, Litany; Mat, Matins; MP, Morning Prayer; P, Penance; r, rector; r-em, rector emeritus; Ser, Sermon; Sol, Solemn; SD, Spiritual Direction; Sta, Stations; V, Vespers; v, vicar; YA, Young Adult; YPF,Young People's Fellowship. A/C, air-conditioned; H/A handicapped accessible. DECEMBER 7. 2008 · THE LIVING CHLIRCll 27 ■ ■ Light to the Darkness Lessons and Carols, Public and Private Katerina Whitley A fresh interpretation of the well-loved Advent tradition of Lessons and Carols ; first-person dramatic monologues based on passages of scripture. 978-0-8192-2317-3 $18.00 From Holidays to Holy Days A Benedictine Walk through Advent Albert Holtz, O.S.B. Join the author on his daily walks as he points out connections between our holiday trappings and the spiritual meaning of Advent and Christmas. 978-0-8192-2316 -6 $16.00 Waiting in Joyful Hope 2008-2009 Daily Reflections for Advent & Christmas Robert F. Morneau Brief daily meditations and prayers for each of the days of Advent and Christmas 2008-09 . Based on Scripture, this pocket-sized book makes an excellent co mpanion for one of the Church's most holy seasons. 978-0-8192-2313-5 $2.00 What We Do in Advent An Anglican Kids Activity Book Anne E. Kitch; Illustrated by Dorothy Thompson Perez This fun activity book for children ages 4-7 is a great way for kids and their parents to focus on the true meaning of the Advent and Christmas seasons. 978-0-8192-2195-7 $7.00 Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus Advent and Christmas with Charles Wesley Paul Wesley Chilcote Advent and Christmas meditations based on the well-loved hymns of Charles Wesley, Anglican priest and cofounder of Methodism. This lovely devotional marks the 300th anniversary of Wesley's birth . 978-0 -8192-2250 -3 $13.00 Mary and Her Miracle The Christmas Story Retold Barbara Cawthorne Crafton This delightful book reimagines the Christmas narrative from Nazareth to Bethlehem. It's Mary's story , and it's told with gentle humor, lively imagination, and a sense of wonder. Each chapter is beautifull y and tenderl y illustrated. 978-0-8192-2148-3 $18.00 Also available : Waiting for the Wonder CD 978-0-8192-2334-0 $25.00 To purchase these books , visit your local bookseller . 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