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Our historic mission in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion is to seek and serve the Catholic and evangelical faith of the one Church, to the end of visible Christian unity throughout the world. news | February 12, 2017 Prayer, Protest Greet President Trump The Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald diversity of views, some of which have Trump as the 45th president of the been born in deep pain,” he said. “Under - United States stirred prayer and protest neath the variety of questions and con - in Washington, D.C., and among leaders cerns are some basic Christian questions of the Episcopal Church. about prayer: when I pray for our lead - As in past inaugurations, Washington ers, why am I doing so? Should I pray for National Cathedral hosted the inaugural a leader I disagree with? When I pray, prayer service. The service was first held what do I think I am accomplishing?” in the space in 1933; prayer services for Curry said he believes Christians can presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. and must pray for all civic leaders. “I Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack pray for the President in part because Obama have been subsequently held at Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord. If Je - the cathedral. sus is my Lord and the model and guide This year, however, the decision to for my life, his way must be my way, host the prayer service and to incorpo - however difficult. And the way prayer rate the cathedral choir into the inaugu - for others is a part of how I follow the ration drew some controversy, leading way of Jesus.” the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hol - While Episcopalians prayed, they also Danielle E. Thomas photo lerith, the cathedral’s dean, to write Bishop Mariann Budde on hosting the prayer gathered in protest. The Rt. Rev. Susan about the ceremonies and the “very po - service: “We, too, acted on spiritual principles.” E. Goff, Bishop Suffragan of Virginia, larized moment” for the United States. announced that she planned to partici - “I understand the strong disagree - pate in the Women’s March on Wash - ment many people have with the deci - The Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, Bishop ington Jan. 21. sions to accept an invitation for the of Washington, also defended the serv - Bishop Goff discussed the decision Cathedral choir to sing at the Inaugura - ice. She said that as the service ap - during a visit to St. Catherine’s School in tion and for the Cathedral to host the In - proached, many in the church asked Richmond and in a post on a diocesan augural Prayer Service,” Hollerith wrote. why she and Hollerith would be willing weblog. “I am sorry those decisions have caused to proceed with hosting it, and why the “[The] biblical vision of the oneness such turmoil and pain. yet I stand by choir would sing during the prelude to of men and women is powerful and those decisions — not because we are the inauguration when others declined beautiful, but it is not yet a reality in our celebrating the President-elect, but be - to attend on principle. country,” she said. “Women in the ma - cause we want to model for him, and “First, I want to acknowledge the jority of fields still don’t earn the same the rest of the country, an approach to anger and disappointment that our de - salary as men for the same work. Glass civility.” cisions have engendered. And to say that ceilings are still firmly in place. Women Hollerith said civility does not mean I’m listening, because the spiritual prin - and girls still suffer abuse and sexual as - endorsing Trump’s beliefs, behavior, or ciples that move many of you to protest sault at dramatically higher rates than rhetoric. “Our willingness to pray and are essential for the work that lies ahead,” men do — and dismissing assault as sing with everyone today does not mean Budde said. “While I do not ask you to locker room talk is not acceptable by any we won’t join with others in protest to - agree, I simply ask you to consider that standards. Gender inequality remains morrow. We will always strive to bridge we, too, acted on spiritual principles. firmly entrenched and God’s intention is the divide and repair the breaches in our Those principles, while they may seem not yet realized. life together. As a Cathedral, we have de - to conflict with yours, are also essential “As I talk about these things, some peo - cided that we will approach this mo - for the work that lies ahead.” ple say that I’m biased; they say that my ment as open-handedly as possible.” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is - decision to go to Washington is biased. The dean said the choir would not sued a statement calling for prayers for And it’s true — I do have a strong bias. sing for the president but for God. “We President Trump ahead of the inaugura - But it is not a partisan bias. It’s not about are singing for God because that is what tion, citing the power and importance of one political party or another. It’s a faith church choirs do, and we are singing for prayer. bias. It’s all about living the faith that I our country because that is what this “We recognize that this election has proclaim. For me, it’s a Jesus bias and I, as Cathedral does at important moments been contentious, and the Episcopal a Christian, embrace this bias toward jus - in our national life.” Church, like our nation, has expressed a tice and equality in Jesus’ name.” 4 THe LIVInG CHURCH • February 12, 2017 news | February 12, 2017 Objections to Consecration in Toronto The consecration service of three area no more objections voiced. church which is distinct from mar - bishops for the Diocese of Toronto The Rev. Catherine Sider Hamilton riage.” prompted written objection because said she attended because she is a priest The Rt. Rev. Linda Nicholls, Bishop one of the three, the Rev. Canon Kevin of the diocese and because she wanted of Huron, said the service mirrored dy - Robertson, is a gay priest living in a to be sure the Archbishop registered namics within the Anglican Church of partnered relationship. the formal objection. “If he had not, Canada as it discerns a difficult issue. Robertson, the Rev. Riscylla Shaw, several of us were prepared to stand up “It showed the differences we have but and the Rev. Canon Jennifer Andison and object verbally.” also modelled grace in acknowledg - were consecrated Jan. 7 at St. Paul’s She and many other conservative ment and principled expression of dis - Bloor Street amid pageantry and pain, clergy and laity did not assent to the agreement,” she said. “The considera - delight and dismay. questions, nor did they stand for the tion given to those who dissented from The Most Rev. Colin Johnson, consecration or partake of the Eu - the ordination of a partnered gay Bishop of Toronto and Metropolitan of charist that followed. Sider Hamilton is bishop in the statement read by Arch - Ontario, was the chief consecrator and priest-in-charge at St. Matthew’s An - the Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate of glican Church, Riverdale, and an assis - the Anglican Church of Canada, was a tant professor at the University of co-consecrator. Before the rite began Toronto’s Wycliffe College. Two Immigration Johnson acknowledged there had been Twenty active and retired bishops Responses serious objections raised. Standing on joined in laying on hands, including the chancel steps, he read from a pre - the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, the na - Episcopal leaders responded pared statement. tional Indigenous bishop, and the Rt. quickly to President Trump’s ex - “While it is our intention to proceed Rev. Patrick yu, who had both voted ecutive orders regarding immigra - today, I also want all of you and the against same-sex marriage at General tion. whole diocese to know that I am en - Synod only six months earlier. “Our Book of Common Prayer gaged in a serious and mutually com - “I was focused on the ordination of asks for God to ‘look with com - mitted consultation with those object - an Indigenous candidate, Riscylla passion on the whole human fam - ing, to find effective ways that our Shaw, and was there to support her,” ily,’ to ‘break down the walls that ministries might flourish together in said Bishop MacDonald, who pre - separate us and unite us in bonds the highest degree of communion pos - sented Shaw for consecration.