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ANGLICAN LIFE
NEWSPAPER OF THE THREE ANGLICAN DIOCESES IN
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
A Section of the Anglican Journal June, 2017

Guadalupe
Your Life Has Meaning

Image: Mary Virgin of Guadalupe, Bernardo Ramonfaur / shuttertock.com

personal belief. It was their
belief and their story. Passion
is passion. It counteracts the
poison.
We live in a time where
science, psychology, and
philosophy no longer bow to
the literal explanations and
demands of Christendom,
and this forms a powerful
Photo Emily F. Rowe
communities.
I pray that we do, so that
when God sends people to
us, their hearts will echo
the chorus from the song
Guadalupe. Perhaps then,
after the mysteries of our
gathered love has touched
weary pilgrims, they will tarry
with our communities in fresh
I am the least of all your
pilgrims here
But I am most in need of
hope
I am bold enough to
suggest that God is still calling
us to show the world that the
connection between heaven
and earth, although obscured
by the painful realities of
for God will be satisfied there.
If only we would lower our
barriers and expectations to
answer His call to be true
friends with one another,
and with the broken of our
society.
Thanks be to God for
the mystery through which
Jesus offers both solace and

culture of refusing us the
comfort of appreciating
what we havethe certainty
that life has meaningand
insists on denigrating faith in
hope of healing and meaning.
But who am I to doubt these
mysteries
Cured in centuries of blood
and candle smoke
human life and weakness,
remains unbroken. If only
we would approach weekly
worship as pilgrims with a full
expectation that our longing
challenge in His friendship.
Shall we not open our
hearts to receive it?

Help For Those In Need

Bishop John Watton
Central Newfoundland
If you are willing, make
a pilgrimage to YouTube and
search for Gretchen Peters
Guadalupe.
Its a song written by
Tom Russell around 2003.
Russell was in Mexico City for
Christmas. He was between
relationships and longing
to be free of the self-pity
that was being amplified
by the unkind pressures
of the Christmas season.
He found himself at a
Christmas Mass in the
Cathedral and wrote these
words:
My heart pounded along
with the 200-year-old pump
organ; sadness, doubt, self
-pity and fear drained from
my body with every hair-
raising crescendo of the
ancient Latin hymns. I was
not rediscovering religion
so much as digging deeper
into an understanding of the
raw face of passionate belief
- even if it wasnt my own
relationships with God.
Tom Russell discovered
how the power of tradition is
able to instil a sense of The
Holy that flows Upward and
Outward from the depth of Submitted with photograph by
an opened, wounded heart, Lisa Brown
rather than something that
flows inward from an outward,
culturally controlled source.
How many times have we
heard similar stories of people
finding a Holy and Life-giving
presence in places that they
had given up on long ago?
How powerful the words
of Jesus, and the Love of
God, when the Spirit breaks
through the culture and
bulwarks of our religion to
embrace the woundedas
they are, and where they are!
I often wonder if the The First and Second Year this short time, the children and a donation was made to
Church of our time will Confirmation Classes of St. collected over $900.00.Their the Mercy Ships. The classes
actively and earnestly seek James Church in Port aux projects included the selling also decided to purchase a
a sacred balance: between Basques were each given of cupcakes, tickets on a bicycle ambulance through
Tradition and Understanding $5.00 and they had to come gift basket and on a video PWRDF. The children put a lot
(that not everyone gets it!); up with a project to increase game.The two classes met on of work into their projects and
between Liturgical practice this amount in three weeks. April 6th to decide where their felt a great deal of pride to be
and flexibility; between This was done to fulfil the monies would be distributed. able to help others in need.
proclamation and hands-on Stewardship Project part of Gifts were purchased from the
involvement in the lives of our their confirmation class. In Gifts for Mission catalogue,

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Spring Arrives
St. Nicholas Church,
Torbay
Article and photograph by
The Revd Gerry Hayes

Pillows Bring Comfort to

Cancer Patients
Article and photograph by
Linda Kendell

The ladies of Holy Trinity
Church, in Codroy, were very
busy this year making pillows
The robin, a welcome spring visitor to the Church of St. Nicholas, Torbay to give to cancer patients. The
completed pillows were taken
Deacon Gerry Hayes remove the thorns from Jesus to church on Easter Sunday,
April 16th, 2017, and were thanks to all who made them,
blessed by the Revd Harold and may God bless all those
Harvey. They were later taken who receive them.
to the hospital in Corner Brook,
where they will be distributed
to mastectomy patients. Many

Annual St. Patricks Day

captured this beautiful photo crown, and it was the robin
of a spring robin as it sang that was permitted to stand
a song of joy, sitting on the guard. This heroic bravery

railing of the patio deck at the
rear of St. Nicholass Church
hall, overlooking our cemetery
and the beautiful view of
Torbay Harbour.
The robin red breast as
been the subject of legend
sing the year dot, quite literally.
With the coming of Jesus
Christ comes the legend of
Robin Redbreast. It is said
that in our Lords hour of need,
it was a robin that tried to
Supper
allowed a splash of blood
to stain its breast red, and
this stain is still proudly worn
today by cock robin. Also, the
robin can be found in every
churchyard, but will only be Submitted by
seen once it calls to you; once Dale Decker
seen, its unique character will
become familiar to you as this Approximately 65 people
sacred bird will visit you often attended the annual St.
and provide reassurance for a Partricks Day supper and bake
new beginning. sale at St. Matthews Anglican
Church, Rocky Harbour.

Clarification from Mays Anglican Life: Last month, an article was published about a
Christmas Eve Selfie,but unfortunately, the location of that Christmas anticipation was
not included in the article. It was sent in from Port Saunders. My apologies to all of you
who have been wondering where that picture was taken, and a special apology to the
people who were in the picture.
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The Ven. Gerald Westcott
Columnist
Valerie and I recently
attended a Father Richard
Rohr conference on the Trinity
in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Father Richard is a Roman
Catholic, modern day mystic
and popular spiritual teacher,
whose influence reaches
across denominations and
faith traditions. Over the years
that I have been reading his
books, he has helped articulate
spiritual experiences for me
that I have intuitively known
to be true, but havent yet
put words to. His latest book
The Divine Dance: The Trinity
and your Transformation, is
very readable and is what the
conference we attended was
built around. Another speaker
at the conference, who is also
a mystic and modern teacher
of the Christian Wisdom
tradition, was the The Revd
Cynthia Bourgeault. Cynthia
The Interior Shack
Inherited pain
in every human
consciousness,
passed on,
fathers to sons,
mothers to daughters.
Blinded
to joy
by an unhealed past,
by an unhealed
present,
to the interior
Shack
Papa invites us
to face
our demons,
the roots
of our pain.
The Divine Dance
is an Episcopal priest, spiritual
teacher, and author. Two of her
latest books that have been
resonating with me are: The
Heart of Centering Prayer:
Nondual Christianity in Theory
and Practice; and The Holy
Trinity and the Law of Three:
Discovering the Radical Truth
at the Heart of Christianity.
What Richard can put in more
popular language, Cynthia can
put in current theological and
scientific research language.
Cynthia is simply a brilliant
theologian and teacher of
Christian meditation.
Being a fan of both Rohr
and Bourgeault, I was drawn
to the conference was to meet
both of these inspirational
teachers of the Christian
contemplative tradition. There
was a third conference speaker
of which I had no real interest
in. Paul Young is the author
of the popular novel The
Shack. The book was used
in our parish reading group
at one point, but I never did
read it. Because he was going
to be one of the speakers at
the conference, and the movie
The Shack was released, I
thought I should at least see
the movie, as it might tell me
more about him and why he
was invited to speak at this
conference on the Trinity.
On this path
of descent,
only freely
embarked,
we are
never alone
nor outside
the flow
of Papas
encouraging Love,
of Jesus
human Wisdom,
of Spirits
renewing Guidance,
of our
dance with Life.
Learning
to trust,
opening
to letting go,
consenting
to Unknowing,
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Acknowledging yet
another ego wound in having
pre-judged Paul Young as
a conference speaker, I am
so thankful that I did watch
the movie and that he was a
presenter. Young calls himself
a recovering evangelical.
He comes from a Christian
mission background that was
fundamentalistic. He grew up
with an abusive missionary
father, and a God that was
judging and punitive. The
Shack is a story that reflects
the healing of his past, and his
coming to know the healing
flow of the life of the Trinity.
Rohr spoke about popular
and understandable Trinitarian
theology. Bourgeault spoke
more to the intellect in current
theological and scientific
research and conversations
about the Trinity. Young spoke
to the emotions and the
healing truth of entering more
deeply into the flow of the
life of the Trinity. Each of the
speakers brought different and
diverse perspectives to the
same Trinitarian truth that is
in the DNA of the cosmos, and
is also our deepest identity,
made in the loving, relational
image of God. Jesus calls us
to follow him into this eternal
truth.
we are
reconciled
with our past,
re-connected
to our present,
washed clean
of our hurt,
forgiving
all that God forgives,
a new creation
of love
rises
out of the Shack,
born
of the Trinity,
sent
into the world.
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by G. Westcott
125th Anniversary
for St. Margarets
Church
Change Islands Church
Plans Weekend of
Celebrations
Article by Emily F. Rowe
With information and
photograph submitted by
Suzanne Porter and from
www.changeislands.ca
The Anglican Church that
currently is in use on Change
Islands is about to celebrate
an exciting anniversary. St.
Margarets Anglican Church
will be holding special events
to mark its 125th year this
summer, and youre all invited!
First opened for worship on
June 16th, 1892, St. Margarets
is the oldest Anglican church
that is still is use on Change
Islands. Evidence of an older
church on the north end of
the island exists, but that
building is no longer there.
A Bible is on display at St.
Margarets that was given to
this older congregation, whose
church was called St. James
the Apostle, by the Bishop
of Newfoundland on August
23rd, 1853. St. Margarets
was built by Mr Blacker, and
its fist priest was the Revd G.
S. Chamberline.
It was decided that the
church should be named after
St. Margaret of Scotland.
She was born in exile in the
Kingdom of Hungary, and
returned to England with her
family only to flee for their lives
to the Kingdom of Scotland
shortly thereafter. She was
known for her piety and for
her devotion to the poor, even
washing the feet of the poor in
imitation of Christ. She died on
November 16th, 1093.
The weekend of July 14th
to 16th will mark the 125th
anniversary of St. Margarets
Anglican Church, and the
celebrations will begin on
Friday with a meet and greet
wine and cheese buffet. This
will take place from 5:00-7:00,
and will be followed by a sing-
along at 7:30.
On Saturday, July 15th,
there will be a supper at
5:00 at the Change Islands
Community Centre, ticket for
which can be bough any time
after June 16th.
A motorcade through town
with a parade to St. Margarets
from the Community Centre
will mark the culmination of
the weekends events, and a
church service will take place
at 11:00, with Bishop John
Watton in attendance. After
this, a luncheon will take place
back in the Change Islands
Community Centre.
Please reserve these dates
if you would like to attend
any of these celebrations.
For more information, and to
inquire about tickets for the
supper on Saturday night,
please contact Suzanne Porter
via email at: fancyporter@
gmail.com or by telephone at
(709) 621-4541. You can also
contact Edith Burt at (709) 621-
5271. Come and help us to
celebrate this important time
in our church!
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News From The Parish of Margaree - Fox Roost
Articles and photographs by
Karen Simon
Confirmation Class
The Confirmation Class at St. Augustines church in Margaree - Fox Roost met with clergy and
family for a social.
Pictured above (clockwise, from bottom left): Allie Tobin, Emma Osmond, the Revd MaryRose,
Shirley Osmond, Sharon Billard, Krista Northcott, Bradly Northcott, Trina Hatcher, and Noah Hatcher.
Cynthia Haines-Turner
Columnist
Question: Where can you
send your kids to learn how
to live in community, how
to cooperate with others,
where they can gets lots of
wholesome activity and fresh
air, where they can be guided
by dedicated volunteers all
while having the time of their
lives and making lifelong
friends? Oh, and at less than
the cost of day care? Answer:
Church camps.
Its June. June heralds the
end of the school year and
the beginning of summer. For
most parents, its also a time of
trying to figure out how to keep
their kids occupied during the
summer months. There will
be activities organized by
many towns, and depending
on where you live, other
possibilities will be available.
Choir Visits Long-term Care Unit
The Choir from St Augustines in Margaree - Fox Roost visited the Long Term Care Unit at the Dr.
Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre in Port aux Basques to take part in a church service on April
5th, 2017. The residents and members of St. Augustines enjoyed their afternoon of worship
Church CampsImportant Formation
For Our Most Precious Resource
However, few will provide kids they just met, and some will
with an experience equal to be people they would never
that of Church camping. choose to be with. Rarely in the
There are the tangible lives of young people today do
activities that Camp provides they find themselves in that
sports, swimming, canoeing, situation and have to learn
crafts, healthy meals, and lots to cooperate, make space
and lots of fresh air. Oh and a and room for one another, be
week of being unplugged considerate, put themselves
without electronics and aside for a moment and think
phoneswhen was they of the other person, regardless
last time your kids had that of how they feel about them.
opportunity? Its a learning curve, a skill
There are the intangibles that has to be developed and
at Camp you are in a cabin with one that will hold them in good
between 7 and 11 other people, stead throughout their lives.
and for that week, you have A Camp is staffed with
to learn to get along. Some volunteers, both young and
of their cabin mates will be old, who have chosen to give
friends, others will be people up their week to be with them
its a role model that they see
in groups and clubs to which
they belong and one that is
reinforced at Campyou are
important, you are valuable
and making sure you have a
good week is my goalthis is
a powerful message for kids at
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any stage of their lives.
Add to all that rituals old and
new that provide a connection
to past and future campers
camp songs, a morning flag
break, and evening chapel.
The Chapel at Kildevil Camp, While Church camps are run
Lomond, NL by the respective churches,
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they are increasingly non-
denominational, at least that
has been my experience at
Killdevil, where I volunteered
for over 30 years. I have
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blossom over a brief period
of time; I have seen the best
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News From PWRDF
Power in Partnerships
Submitted with photographs by
Mona Edwards
PWRDF Representative,
Diocese of Western
Newfoundland
Partnership: a relationship
between individuals or groups
that is characterized by mutual
cooperation and responsibility,
as for the achievement of a
specified goal. (yourdictionary.
com). PWRDF operates on a
partnership basis. In 2016,
over one million people in
16 countries benefitted from
PWRDF projects, some of
which included vaccinating
children in Mozambique,
providing assistance in Haiti
after Hurricane Matthew,
refugee support, and much
more. This is all possible
because of our partners: each
person who gives his/her time,
talent, and treasures.
During the 2015/16 fiscal
year, beneficiaries received a
range of support in the areas
of preventive health care;
maternal, newborn and child
health care; reproductive
health care; family planning;
malaria prevention and
treatment; food security,
agricultural training and
inputs; access to clean water;
delivery of food parcels; micro-
finance loans; TB and HIV/AIDS
education and care.
Because PWRDF works with
both church and community
groups in the recipients own
countries, we are given a
better understanding of the
local needs. For example,
we partnered with the Cuban
Council of Churches and
learned from them which tools
and resources were required
on an ongoing basis.
In May 2016, I was blessed
to be part of a 50 member
Justice Camp delegation to
Cuba (25 Canadians and 25
Cubans), thanks to PWRDF and
the partnerships of the Anglican
Diocese of Niagara and the
Episcopal Church of Cuba. The
accomplishments that were
made because of mutual goals,
respect, and communication
were obvious. One project
in particular involved having
water filtration systems placed
strategically throughout the
city of Mantansas, making
clean drinking water easily
accessible to all (see photo
filtration system in church
entrance open to the public
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on downtown busy street).
Another project involved
church run farms, where crops
are given to needy people,
while the rest are sold to raise
funds for community projects.
These farms also provide
employment opportunities
for locals, and this empowers
them (see photoour social
justice immersion team visiting
a church run farm).
To learn more about
PWRDFs partners in mission,
visit PWRDF.org
Water filtration systems like
the one on the left make it
possible for many people
to get east access to clean
drinking water. This helps
to save many lives, and
drastically improves the lives
of the people in the area.
Bishop.
of the office of Bishop of the
Pictured above, the group of
volunteers in the field of a church-
run farm in Cuba. The capacity to
grow food, to be employed, and to
raise funds by selling the crops not
needed by those in poverty enables
locals to take great pride in what
they do.
In Thanksgiving
For Blessing
Received
of the Anglican Church
Kevin Smith
Columnist
There is an inscription in
a Bible at Saint Lukes Chapel
that reads, In Thanksgiving
for Blessing Received. Well,
one couple, John and Harriet
(not their real names), have
decided to put those words
into action. That is: they have
just had their wills written, and
are leaving their entire estate
to the Diocese of Eastern
Newfoundland and Labrador.
The wording in their wills goes
like this:
to transfer the
residue of my estate to the
Diocese......to be used for
the general purposes at the
discretion of the presiding
church.
Interestingly enough, they
have done something totally
different when it came to
appointing an Executor. Each
spouse names the other as the
Executor/Executrix, but if the
event that he or she would be
unable or unwilling to act, they
have appointed the occupant
gift for your church, please do
Diocese at the time of their
deaths.
I met with John and Harriet
and asked why they had taken
such action in their estate
planning. Here is what they
said:
We have both been
raised in homes filled with
faith and throughout our
lives we have received
many blessings especially
finding each other and our
home at Bishop Meaden
Manor. Over the years we
have seen the good works
of the Anglican Church
and, in particular, that of
the Primates World Relief
and Development Fund.
To continue the support
and its vision, we have
named the Eastern Diocese
of Newfoundland and
Labrador in the Anglican
Church of Canada as our
beneficiary on Thanksgiving
for blessings we have
received. We thank Kevin
Smith, another blessing,
for his continued guidance,
help and advice.
Needless to say, Bishop
Geoffrey Peddle was
delighted with the news,
and in a letter to the couple,
he said he expressed, a
deep and sincere thank you
for your very thoughtful and
generous action. He said,
the bequest was a vote
of confidence in the many
ministries of the diocese,
and it was encouraging to see
such faith in the future of the
Bishop Geoff went on to
say that he hoped that such
action by this couple would
inspire others to prayerfully
consider doing something
similar for one of the many
worthy ministries within the
Anglican Church of Canada.
If you would like some
assistance to leaving a legacy
not hesitate to contact me. I
would be only too pleased to
assist.
Kevin Smith is a gift planning
consultant for the Anglican
Church of Canada.
He can be contacted at
709 739-5667
or by email:
kevinsmith709@gmail.com
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Annual Making
of Palm Crosses
Submitted with photographs by
Lisa Brown

Come And Journey

Article and photographs
Genevieve A. Bouzane
Communication, Cursillo,
Diocese of Central Newfoundland

What is Cursillo? Where

are its roots? Who is its
founder? What does it have to
teach us? Is this some form of
weird group? From whence
did it come? Oh, if I could
just answer those questions,
this article would be finished On April 6th, Members of St. James Church in Port Aux Basques met to
in a flash. But such is not make palm crosses for our church service on Palm Sunday.
the case. I will have to call the word Cursillo, we can people that we are called to
on all my super powers envision groups of people bea people fashioned after
those wonderful people who constantly searching for God Gods own heart. In God, we
comprise the Cursillo in Central in their daily lives through are still and we listen intently
Diocese. I am sure that there personal and communal to all the turmoil, confusion,
are many who could write an prayer, through their actions disappointments in our lives
article and give you our history (reaching out to others, being and realize that we have a
with flare, pizzazz, and pomp. of service, being ready to family around usour Cursillo
Here am I, a babe in this give at any moment), and family who lifts us up in prayer
Movement, and trying to write fellowshipsharing fun times and holds us in their hearts,
an intelligent, coherent, and and sad times, breaking and gives a ready, willing,
sensible string of words that bread together, and having a and blessed smile with words
will make each one who has wonderful picnic where God of encouragement all along
the fortune (or misfortune) to is at the centre of our every the way. One need never be
read it hang on every word, breath. alonecall any member of
and long to become a part of We are a people whose the Cursillo, and you will be
what Cursillo offers. ideal is to listen to the sounds welcomed with open arms.
With that introduction, lets of silence, not only with You will be listened to, heard,
move to the boring aspects our ears, but also with our and will move forward with a
of writing a beginners article hearts. We are constantly joyful heart.
about who we are and what being formed and allowing
we do. Cursillo is a Spanish ourselves to be formed into the
word which means literally
a short course, which is a
weekend (Friday evening until
Sunday afternoon). During
that time, we listen, share,
pray, and participate in a
variety of worship services
and creative activities. Then
we are sent forth to continue
our life journey supported by
weekly meetings (in groups of
4), and monthly gatherings of
all Cursillistas in the Diocese.
These monthly gatherings are
filled with people who are
on fire for the Lord. The joy,
love, faith, excitement and
camaraderie is electrifying.
In other words, Cursillo is
about moving our everyday
lives in a Godward direction,
remembering that all we are
and all we do is for others and
the honour and glory of God.
Therefore, when we hear

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Diocese of Central Newfoundland

Holds 44th Session of Diocesean Synod
Submitted by
The Ven. Terry Caines
Photographs by Carl Rose

The weekend of April
28th30th saw the Rt. Revd
John Watton back to his
first Parish (Grand Bank
Fortune Lamaline) for his first
Diocesan Synod as Bishop.
family. I also know there is
nothing new in your ears when
I offer my pennyworth. We
have reached several tipping
points in relation to ministry,
numbers, finances, vision, and
the humility, grace, power,
and love the Church needs to
reclaim.
The Bishops Charge
provided the Diocese with
a new starting point, and a
challenge that we must move
forward with faith, believing
the waters shall part! The
diocesan representatives and
the congregation present were
reminded that we all need to
transform our communities.
God is calling us to step
forward in faith because
thats the only time we will
see the waters part, and
That the Diocese must move
from Survival to Mission.
The introduction of Central
Dioceses new policy on Synod ended Sunday with a
Sustainable and Strategically Confirmation service at All
Missional Ministry must be Saints Church in Fortune,
able to identify and enable with five individuals receiving
the ministry of both clergy and the Laying on of Hands. The
laity. Open communication 44th Session of Synod, held
with all ages is necessary for in 2017, was well attended,
the Church today so we can and the hosting parishes are
better understand who we are to be commended for their
as the Body of Christ. hospitality and fellowship.
This being a Business
Synod, Saturday was a day of
reports, elections, and motions
held at St. Albans in Grand
Bank. One of the motions
passed was that in 2018, Synod
would be held in the month of
September. The day concluded
with a gospel concert at St.
Mary the Virgin in Lamaline.

Bishop John Watton addresses the first Synod of his Episcopacy

The 32 Parishes of Central discernment.

Newfoundland were well
represented by both clergy
and laity.
At Friday nights opening
service, at St. Albans in Grand
Bank, Bishop John stated that,
Our Synod worship tonight
centres on the Eucharist.
Here, we celebrate the unity
of belonging to the larger
Church that has its being
because of the life of each
congregation, parish, diocese,
country and the world. As I
present my first Charge to
our Diocese, I know that my
task is to provide the clearest
picture of who we are and
where we are as a diocesan
Let us begin by Christs
assurance that when we, at
Synod, humbly acknowledge
our need of the Spirits wisdom
and guidance, and like the
Apostles, with one heart and
mind cry: Lord, Increase our
faith! It shall be done. (Luke
17:5) NRSV
Bishop John welcomed
Mr. Gerald Ralph as the
new Chancellor; The Revd
Terry Caines was appointed
as our first ever Executive
Archdeacon; and Mr. James Bishop John Watton ordaining James Spencer to the sacred order of deacons; also in photo is the Ven. Terry Caines
Spencer was ordained to the
Diaconate. Bishop John also
stated that, The ordination
of a Deacon reminds us of

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Clergy and students & faculty from Queens College who attended the ordination of John Spencer

Layreaders and server from the Diocese of Central Newfoundland who attended the ordination of John Spencer

Members of the 44th Synod of the Diocese of Central Newfoundland

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Spring Cleaning
For The Soul
The Allison Billard
Columnist
Sunshine does wonders
for my soul. Maybe its the
vitamin D (I really should look
into a decent supplement),
but I think its more than just
that. Everything is so bright,
the air feels cleaner, it really
makes me feel cheerful. I cant
wait to go home and open the
windows and start cleaning
out the house from all winter,
let the air blow through and
finally get rid of all the dust
and cobwebs.
I dont mean to make it
sound as though I never clean
my house. However, there is
something special about that
first cleaning in the spring with
the sun shining in the (rather
dirty) windows and the air
blowing through. Maybe its
just me but even the boys like
to help with spring cleaning,
and they have really come
along to helping mommy tidy
up, at least sometimes.
Spring is also great for
starting over on healthy
living goals. January is nice
and allnew year, new you
and all that. However, in the
spring the daylight lasts longer,
the temperatures are warmer,
and its so much easier to get
outside, and to find decent
produce. I find Im more
motivated to meet my goals,
Photo Emily F. Rowe
and to help my family achieve
a healthier lifestyle. Go for a
run, make a saladwho needs
junk food anyway?
The boys of course LOVE to
be outside. Blowing bubbles,
playing with sidewalk chalk,
going to the playground or
the park, and even catching
Pokemon. Its also BBQ season
(not that its ever really not
BBQ season), and they are
already anticipating splash
pads and water tables, and all
the fun that summer brings.
Every evening they ask to go
outdoors, no matter that its
already bedtime!
Spring is also a great time
to reconnect with your spiritual
goals. Breathe some energy
into those spiritual practices,
take a walk, sit on a bench,
bask in the beauty of creation. I
can feel Gods presence closer
in springtime, when everything
comes back to life, the sun
shines brightly in the sky. It is
not hard to feel and see His
hand in all of it.
For me, its time to revisit
some of those goals we made
a few months ago, make sure
were still on track, and if
weve fallen off its time to get
back on. Its never too late
to start, or start over, as the
case may be. We can always
be working towards being our
better selves. The boys have
really gotten into the habit of
prayers at bedtime, and they
often argue over who gets to
say grace at mealtimesluckily
there are several opportunities
each day for that one!
Life is all about balance,
isnt it? Work, play, eat, clean.
Everything has its place. When
the sun shines and we can get
outside and clear our heads
and invigorate our bodies,
hopefully balance is a little
easier to find. Where can you
find a little more balance?
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JUNE 2017
Companions on an
Ancient Path
Article by Randy Murray; photograph courtesy of The Revd Canon Dr. Sr. Constance Joanna Gefvert
And the Sisters of St. John the Divine, Toronto
Pictured above, Companions dining with the Primate, the Most Revd Fred Hiltz
The Sisters of St. John diocese circulated as part of from their work.
the Divine (SSJD, an Anglican the Anglican Journal. And the program is offered
monastic community in Toronto) You can read more about in partnership with Wycliffe
have opened applications for the program at the following College where Companions
the 2017-2018 cohort of their links: will have the opportunity
program called Companions on The Companions website to take courses in spiritual
an Ancient Path. This is a great and blog: formation that may transfer
opportunity for young women www.ssjdcompanions.org back to their home institutions.
in their 20s and 30s who have The Sisterhoods website: Program coordinator
a passion for the gospel, who www.ssjd.ca on behalf of the SSJD, the
want to serve others, who seek Here are a few highlights Reverend Canon Dr. Sr.
ways to deepen their lives as of Companions on an Ancient Constance Joanna Gefvert is
followers of Jesus, and who Path. asking for help to make the
would like an experience of It is a FREE opportunity program more widely known,
intentional community for women to spend a year by sharing this information
The SSJD are now about 4 building community among with any young women who
months into the first year of the themselves, learning from a might benefit from such an
program, and are excited and healthy traditional community, opportunity.
privileged to have five young and developing spiritual
women from across Canada and disciplines that they can take
from various denominational out into their future lives.
backgrounds living with them The program is supported
this year. In fact one of the by SSJD and by a generous
participants, Christine is from grant from the Anglican
St. Catherines, Port Coquitlam Diocese of Toronto.
and was inspired to apply after It would appeal especially
reading the article about the to those who would like to take
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JUNE 2017
Queens College Convocation
Article and photographs by
Emily F. Rowe
Queens College held its
Convocation on Thursday,
May 4th, 2017, at St. Mary the
Virgin Church in St. Johns.
In attendance were Their
Honours the Lieutenant
Governor of Newfoundland
and Labrador, the Honourable
Frank Fagan and Mrs. Patricia
Fagan; The Honourable Perry
Trimper, Minister of Service NL;
Dr. Sean Cadigan, Associate
Vice-President (Academic) of
Memorial University.
Convocation began
with prayer, led by The Rt.
Revd Geoffrey Peddle, and
continued with the installation
of the new Provost and Vice-
Chancellor, Dr. Richard Charles
Singleton by the Chancellor,
the Most Revd Percy Coffin.
Archbishop Coffin said that
he was pleased to have the
chance to install a Provost
of Queen College before he
retires later this yearthis was
the first time that he had had
the privilege of doing so.
Following his installation,
the new Provost gave his report
to Convocation. Dr. Singleton
thanked his predecessors,
and reminded us all that
our success is built only by
standing on the shoulders
of those who came before us,
Show your
school
spirit!
Know a student whos going to
college?
Send them with a loving prayer and
a Hope Bear dressed in a scarf of
their college colours.
Perfect for graduation too!
www.anglicanfoundation.org
and it is always important to
remember their tremendous
contributions to Queens
College. He said that Queens
is currently in a very good
place, and that it has a bright
future to look forward to.
Dr. Rick Singleton is installed as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Queens
College by The Most Revd Percy Coffin.
The Convocation address
this year was given by the Rt.
Revd Jane Alexander, Bishop
of Edmonton, and Co-Chair
of the End Poverty Edmonton
Task Force. In her address,
Bishop Alexander told the
graduates that everyone is
looking for hope in this world
hope for themselves, their
children, and grandchildren.
We give the message of hope.
We matter and are all loved
by God, and our names are
written in the palm of His hand.
The Rt. Revd Jane Alexander
addresses Convocation
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She warned the graduates that
the world watches us to see if
our words and our actions gel.
Are we inclusive? Committed
to our faith? She assured
them that they could be all
of this and more through the
Left to right: Dr. Rick Singleton, Bishop John Watton, Archbishop Percy Coffin,
Bishop Geoffrey Peddle, Bishop Jane Alexander
accomplishments, and praised of 2017 after over 30 years of
his devotion to his Church. dedicated service to Queens
Following the conferring College. Mrs. Foley was
of degrees, scholarships and presented with flowers, and
awards were presented. received a standing ovation
Dr. Singleton then drew from all present.
attention to the Administrative To conclude Convocation,
Assistant at Queens College, the Rt. Revd John Watton led
prayerful support of Jesus. Mrs. Susan Foley, who has the closing prayer.
A total of 34 degrees, decided to retire at the end
diplomas, and certificates were
conferred. These included: a
Masters of Divinity Honours; A
Master of Divinity; A Master
of Theology; 11 Associates
in Theology (Discipleship
and Ministry); 4 Associates
in Theology; 7 Diplomas
in Theology and Ministry
(Clarenville); 8 Diplomas in
Theology and Ministry (Roman
Catholic Stream).
Queens College also
awarded the degree Doctor
of Divinity (honoris causa)
to The Revd Thomas W.
Moulton. The Revd Dr. David
Bell spoke to all assembled
about Revd Moutons many
The Revd Thomas W. Moulton is awarded an honourary Doctor of Divinity
Graduates and Faculty of Queens College, Convocation, 2017
12 JUNE 2017

News From St. James, Carbonear

Childrens Talks
Submitted with photographs
by Kenneth Murray

New Layreader Receives

License

Mrs. Eva Howell is presented with her license as the newest layreader in the
Parish on Carbonear.
Th Revd Irene Sutton talks with the children who are in church on Easter Sunday morning

Ringing Bells! Journey With The CrossA Wonderful

Tradition
On Good Friday, April 14th,
2017, St. James Church in
Carbonear took part in the
Journey of the Cross. This is
a yearly event. We start with
prayer, and the journey itself
lasts about one and a half
hours, and brings awareness of
the cross to the community. It
also reminds us of the journey
that Christ made to Calvary,
and of the hope and assurance
that Jesus gave to all people.
After the journey with the
cross, we shared in a time of
fellowship and reflection the
the church hall.

Sexton, Eric Colbourne, gives bell ringing lessons to some eager cchildren
on Easter Sunday morning.

During the Summer Months,

Please Remember To Keep
People gathered together on Good Friday for the annual Journey of the Cross.

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Mr. Know-It-All
Ronald Clarke
Columnist
Isnt it wonderful when
people believe that because
youre well educated, you
must know everything about
everything?
Recently, an old friend,
not that much older than me
really, asked me how people
could be gloriously alive in
heaven, while at the same
time asleep, dead really, in
the grave.
Impossible, he stated.
Fortunately I remembered
that old beloved hymn,
replaced now by modern
stuff, that stated: On the
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resurrection morning soul
and body meet again. Thats
the answer to my friends
question.
Apparently, when we die,
Jesus meets our souls and
brings us lovingly into heaven.
Our bodies, however, are still
laid in the grave to sleep
till the glorious Resurrection
Day. Our resurrected bodies,
fortunately, will not be the
troublesome mortal ones that
we had on earth, thank God,
Gods Positioning System
but pure immortal ones, fit
for eternal bliss in heaven. No
more sufferingno more pain!
That made sense to my
friend, as it does to me. Article and photographs by
After further discussion we Sandra Taylor
both agreed that discarding so sessions were held with the Youth Conference concluded
much old stuff may not be During the weekend
of March 30th - April 2nd, youth, and a wide variety of with our Sunday morning
totally appropriate sometimes. activities were completed. The worship.
We oldsters often long for All Saints Parish, Foxtrap,
some of the good old stuff hosted a Youth
which seems to be no longer Conference
available. f o r t h e
As long as we continue to Archdeaconry.
value and hold onto the good It was open to
stuff of Jesus Christ, all will youth of the
be well. Diocese aged
God has so much 11 - 19. Bishop
wonderful stuff in store for us! Bill Cliff from
Alleluia! the Diocese of
Brandon was
our keynote
speaker. Training
and information
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The Revd Jolene Peters with the ladies of the parish of St. John The Evangelist at their lenten Quiet Day
Our Lenten Journey
St. John The Evangelist, Topsail
Article by Louise Smith
Photograph by
The Revd Jolene Peters
At St. John the Evangelist
Church, Topsail, our Christian
journey throughout Lent was
quite a trip.
Not unlike other parishes,
Ash Wednesday was the
antecedent or starting point
of worship. That day was
marked with the ceremonyof
anointing with ashes as an
important first step for the
established commitments we
endeavoured to uphold for
the next forty days leading up
to the celebration of Easter.
As St. Paul said, practice and
cultivate and meditate upon
these duties. (Timothy 4:15)
However, immediately
following Ash Wednesday,
and before embarking upon
Congratulations To
Canon Shirley
Photograph submitted by
Carol Bartlett
The Parish of St. Philips had the privilege of celebrating a very important event in the life of our church family. April
29th marked the 25th anniversary of the ordination of Canon Shirley Gosse to the Dicaonate in the Church of God.
Congratulations, Canon Shirley!
our most important sojourn of
the year, Revd Jolene treated
the women of the parish to a
Quiet Day. The theme was:
Faith, Hope, and Love; the
purpose of this was to instil
in us the assurance of Gods
promise and presence along
our way.
The focus of each Lenten
service was built around a
series of prayers of restoration
in Christ. Specifically: Broken
Hearts, Broken Vessels,
Broken Trust, Broken
Bread, Broken Promises,
and Broken Justice.
Each lesson appropriately
reminded us of todays
brokenness, both in our world
and in our lives. But at the
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same time, assuring us of
Gods Grace in healing each
of these adversities.
In this Lenten season,
while concentrating on Christs
sacrificial death and glorious
resurrection, faith, hope,
and love are magnified and
renewed.
The feet washing, the
Gethsemane watch, the
Saturday night Vigil, and
every other step in the parishs
Lenten path heightened the
flavour of what we hoped for
and found at the end of the
road.
Then in praise and
thanksgiving, we joyfully
shared in the blessing of
another EasterDay.
JUNE 2017
Room To Doubt
Article by
The Revd Jeffrey H. Petten
the wounds of Christ being
in his hands and his feet.
The author of that book ends
image: https://it.www.wikipedia.or/wiki/Pietrelcina
with these words: What is
the same with Jesus on earth
and in heaven? His wounds.
So if a little boy can see
and believe, if Thomas could
see and believe, then why
cant we trust their words?
Well, we want to see as well.
The thing is, we do see
but we choose what we see.
We choose what we want
Padr Pio to believe. In reality, Jesus
stands among us raised and
In John 20: 19-31, we glorified every day. We see
read of the post-resurrection Jesus on the newscasts of the
experiences of the disciples world every evening at 6 pm.
with Jesus, and the infamous We see Jesus every time we
doubt of Thomas. Jesus gives hold a newborn baby. We see
to us the room to doubt and Jesus every time we look at
the room to believe. In order someone who is taking their
to believe, we need the room last breaths. We see Jesus in
to doubt, and in order to doubt those who mourn and weep
we need the room to believe. and we see Jesus in everyone
We all know people who have who has a reason to celebrate
questions about what we something in their life. We
believe as Christians. After choose what we see in order
all, it is not all of the worlds to believe, and sometimes in
religions that believe in such order to believe we choose
an interaction between God what we want to see, and that
and humanity. Yet for us and for is spiritual blindness.
Muslims, we believe that Jesus Yet St. Peter has it right
rose from the dead, and both when he wrote the words in
Christians and Muslims believe which we hear in the epistle:
that Jesus will come again. Yet Although you have not seen
we live in a world where there him, you love him; and even
is hatred and malice of those though you do not see him
who believe in such things. now, you believe in him and
The one thing that can bring rejoice with an indescribable
people to
believe is
evidence.
Hence the
reason
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why before
his death
that Jesus
said that
people
w o u l d
recognize
h i s
disciples
and friends by their love of
other people. Yet for people and glorious joy, for you are
like Thomas, the thing that receiving the outcome of your
makes one believe are the faith, the salvation of your
wounds of Christ. souls. (1 Peter 1:8)
Throughout history there So how is Jesus revealed
have been those who have to you? We know how he was
been given the wounds of revealed to Thomas and the
Christ known as the stigmata. rest of the disciples. We know
Some people who had these how he was revealed to a 6
wounds were St. Francis of year old boy named Colton and
Assissi and Padr Pio. Both his pastor dad. How is Jesus
men received such wounds made real for you? How has
through fervent prayer, asking he revealed his risen self to
for forgiveness and to become you? May we indeed look for
more like Christ. Yet one of the the risen Christ. May we doubt
most descriptive versions of and may we believe. In our
the wounds of Christ that I have doubting and in our believing,
ever heard of is that which is let there be peace among us
written in the book Heaven is and may we not be the victims
for Real. In that book the little of our own oppression.
boy named Colton talks about
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Between The LessonsThe Difficult Story

The Revd Jonathan Rowe
Columnist
Finally we come to the
Difficult Story: the story that
almost gave me second
thoughts about this whole
project. I sometimes say that
it doesnt always feel like all
of the pages in the Bible are
gold-edged. If so, this is one
that you have to struggle the
hardest to find a gold edge for.
Saul had turned out to
be a rather disappointing
king of Israel. He had trouble
being patient and following
instructions. His rash oaths
caused problems when he
took his army into battle.
Whats more, he himself didnt
take the kings place at the
head of the army. Finally, it
seems, God was ready to take
the crown away from him.
In 1 Samuel 15, Samuel
comes to Saul with a difficult
message. He says that God
has ordered him to utterly
destroy the Amalekites, who
were a neighbouring tribe and
an ancient enemy of Israel.
Saul is caught in a no-win
situation. If he fails to carry out
this commandment, he will be
showing his disobedience yet
again. However, if he does
obey, he will be committing
nothing short of genocide,
because God has apparently
ordered the destruction of all
the Amalekites: men, women,
children, and animals!
This is supposed to be a
story that explains why God
rejected Saul as king, but its
very hard to paint God in a good
light in this story. It is unsettling
to believe in a God who would
approve of genocide, and
punish someone for not
carrying it out. It is perhaps
more comfortable to imagine
that someone (like Samuel)
said that God commanded this,
to further their own earthly
agenda.
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It is unthinkable for us in
the twenty-first century, in the
wake of two World Wars, the
Holocaust, and countless other
black marks of history, to be
so comfortable with such an
atrocity, but the first Israelites
to hear and read this story
were coming from a different
perspective. Ever since they
had left Egypt, the Amalekites
had been the symbol of all that
was hostile to Israel. In recent
years, Jews have called Hitler
an Amalekitethats how
much Amalekite had become
synonymous with evil. Is it okay
The Victory
of Joshua
over the
Amalekites
by Nicholas
Poussin
to wipe someone out, even a
whole nation, if we could take
it for granted that they were
utterly, irredeemably evil? Who
is bad enough for that kind of
judgement? The Nazis? ISIS?
The original audience
would have heard this as
a story about being told to
wipe out evil, and about
being unable or unwilling to
do so. This is a challenge to
the way we think about the
problem of evil. From a human
perspective, the tools were
most used to, such as power
and violence, seem to be the
best ones for the job, but Gods
perspective is different. Saul is
a failure as a king not because
of disobedience, but because
all human Final Solutions will
be failures.
In rejecting the king who
is only a success by human
standards, God is preparing
the stage for a better king: a
man after Gods own heart. As
the Book of Samuel tells the
story, he is setting the stage
for King David. As Christians,
we might say that hes setting
the stage for Jesus Christ, the
King of kings, who will deal
with the problem of evil in a
way no human king ever could.
But those are other stories,
and unlike the stories in this
column, they are stories that
we do get to hear in church.

Ecumenical Fellowship
Port Aux Basques
Submitted with photographs by
Lisa Brown

Pictured above: Margaret Osmond, Marguerite White, Joan Savory, Kay Baker, Viola Parsons, Faye Coffin, Ethel
Savory, Phoebe Payne, Betty Keeping, and Diane Hewitt.

On April 25th, the ACW of St. James Church in Port aux

Basques hosted an Ecumenical Fellowship Meeting. There
were 147 ladies who attended this fellowship. The ladies
enjoyed an evening of entertainment consisting of music,
skits, and great food.
Left to Right: Viola Parsons, Kay Osmond, and Jane Allen

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Walk Strong Workout
Article by
Sharlotte Ryan
Three mornings a week, a
group of women meet at the
Anglican Church Parish Centre
in Bonavista for a Walk Strong
Workout.
We started this a couple
of years ago with just 5 or 6
women from our church. Since
then the number of people has
grown, to where on some days
we have 25 people or more.
We p l a y v i d e o s b y
Leslie Sansone, a fitness
personality who started
leading aerobics classes in
her church basement. A lot of
people didnt want fast-paced
aerobics, so she developed a
walking program for a broad
range of people using music
as the pace. She says she
Spring Sale
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Lisa Brown
On May 1st, the ACW of St. James in Port Aux Basques held its annual spring sale. The ladies made and sold
approximately 925 cold plates. There was also a sale of wonderful baked goods, and there was a white elephant
table. A huge thank you goes out to all of the ladies who helped to make this happen.
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started this as a way to fulfill
her Christian commitment to
serve God by serving others.
We always start our
workout with a prayer asking
God to bless us as we exercise
and thanking Him for our
health.
On Mondays, we do a
video with a 2 mile walk, which
usually takes a half an hour.
Photo by The Revd Shaun OConnor
On Wednesday we do some
strength training with stretchy
bands or light weights. And
on Friday we do a 3 mile walk.
These workouts keep us
moving and our bodies fit,
but its also a fun time getting
together with friends and
encouraging each other.
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