Wednesday May 9 is the deadline for nominations to Diocesan Council and several other positions that will be elected or approved at our annual Synod meeting in the fall. In this clip, the Reverend Laurette Glasgow invites you to contact your priest or lay members of Synod if you wish to put your name forward. In addition, the Nominations and Committee Development Subcommittee is pleased to receive, now or later in the spring, the names of anyone wanting to assist a diocesan committee, subcommittee, working group or special project after the summer break. The subcommittee will do its best to match interest and skill set with organizational need.
If you wish to serve the diocese, please contact your lay members of Synod or send a message for Laurette and her nominations subcommittee colleagues care of Joyce Couvrette. Be sure to note your area of interest and any relevant qualifications.
Easter greeting
The Venerable David Selzer, Executive Archdeacon, celebrates the resurrection, the call to follow Christ out of the tomb, and the GIFT of new life here in the Diocese of Ottawa.
Bowers 1 -Religion in the schools
The Reverend Craig Bowers, our Diocese's Ecumenical-Interfaith Officer, spends time each week at the Earl of March high school, as the school's pastoral care worker. Anglican clergy have been active in this well-established and sometimes controversial program for many years. In this clip, he describes his experience of making contact with students and helping them face faith-based issues in their everyday lives.
Ottawa-Carleton School Board Trustee Pam FitzGerald made headlines in the Ottawa Citizen during January when she called for a review of the board's pastoral care program and questioned the qualifications of the chaplains. The program started more than 25 years ago in the former Carleton board and was maintained when it amalgamated with the Ottawa board. It places clergy and similarly designated persons from faith communities in high schools to counsel students. At present the program includes volunteers from Aboriginal, Bahai'i, Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith traditions.
Under the program, each counselor provides documentation of his/her qualifications; is screened by a Chaplaincy board composed of faith group and community members; completes a training program, and is firmly connected to a mentor from another faith background who has worked in the school setting. Each worker is attached to an individual school. The chaplains neither proselytize nor lead regular worship services. They volunteer their time supporting students of all faiths and backgrounds.
It has been a privilege for our diocese to introduce Craig and other generous and able chaplains, among them the Rev. Rick Marples and the Rev. Monique Stone, into the lives of Carleton board students over the years. The program has successfully offered a listening ear, hope and encouragement to young people in their everyday setting, and it is our sincere wish that it will continue after the upcoming review.
Don's journey with GIFT
Jane Scanlon, Stewardship and Development Officer for the Diocese, tells us about a day-long tour of our community ministries that she took this month with Don Newman, Honorary Chairman of the Growing In Faith Together (GIFT) fundraising campaign. The objective was to provide Don with direct knowledge of Ottawa Pastoral Centre, Centre 454, the Well and Cornerstone ministries and the lives they touch. Our diocesan-wide social justice and outreach work will be immeasurably strengthened by your contributions to the GIFT campaign.
Photo by Art Babych
Don Newman, C.M., LL.D, is sharing his time and talent with the Diocese, as a public speaker and key communicator of the GIFT message
throughout our diocese. A lifelong Anglican, he was confirmed at St. Matthew's, Hampstead in Montreal. In 1981 he moved to Ottawa, where he
and his wife Shannon Day-Newman are members of Christ Church Cathedral. "I am thankful to the Anglican Church for its sustaining presence in my life," he
told Crosstalk last fall, "and now it is time for me to give back." Don Newman served for many years in the CTV parliamentary and
Washington bureaus. For CBC, he anchored many live news specials, hosted This Week in Parliament, and helped launch an all-news channel.
GIFT Campaign
As parishes in the diocesan household, we are embracing the challenge of turning our vision into practical reality- and answering a call to expand our ministries in four key mission areas:
Strengthening congregations
Focusing ministry outward
Educating leaders
Connecting with the wider church
Through the GIFT campaign, which is rolling out in phases over the next three years and will be continuing through the rest of this decade, we are looking to the future with renewed commitment, generosity and responsibility.
Susan Garvey, Director of Cornerstone/Le Pilier was one of eight members of the Ottawa delegation that journeyed to the Diocese of Jerusalem last fall. In this clip, she praises the community ministries they visited and confirms their source and motivation are identical to our own.
At the end of October, 2011, Bishop John Chapman and a small group of diocesan leaders travelled to our partner Diocese of Jerusalem for two weeks of meeting, touring and forging new connections. A highlight was the signing of a formal plan for ongoing cooperation between our two dioceses through the next decade. Members of the Ottawa delegation included Bishop John and Catherine Chapman, the Reverend John and Gail Bridges, the Reverend Jan Staniforth, the Venerable Christopher Dunn, Monica Patten and Cornerstone's Sue Garvey.
The Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, visited our diocese on January 1 to take part, for the fifth year in a row, in a glorious New Year's Day Eucharist at Christ Church Cathedral. In the clip above, recorded shortly after the service, he challenges every Anglican in the diocese to be a better Christian "lover" through parish hospitality, work in our communities and across the country, and deeper connections through the worldwide Anglican Communion. Our growing relationship with the Diocese of Jerusalem was noted and praised during his sermon.
More about the Primate
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, formerly bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, was elected as 13th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in June 2007. He leads the church in discerning and pursuing the mission of God. Archbishop Hiltz is also passionate about enhancing Anglican-Lutheran relations, both in Canada and internationally.
The Primate's sacramental role differs from that of other bishops, as he has no diocese. As outlined in Canon 3 (revised June 2010), the Primate's sacramental role includes participating in the consecration of new bishops and presiding at liturgical events of General Synod. He participates in ordinations and confirmations at the invitation of the local diocesan bishop.
On an administrative level, the Primate serves as president of the General Synod, chair of the Council of General Synod, and chair of the House of Bishops. He also serves as chief executive officer of General Synod staff, most of whom work at the national office in Toronto.
In January 2008, Archbishop Hiltz took on an active role in the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), when he became the first Primate to be elected president of its board. He is committed to promoting this Anglican social justice and development organization, which he believes is a witness to Christ's compassion.
In his spare time, Archbishop Hiltz enjoys caring for animals, particularly his Labrador retriever Joey and his cat Mr. Tim. Vacations often take Lynne and Fred back to the ocean, where they find peace by walking along the beach. Archbishop Hiltz and Lynne Samways-Hiltz have one son, Nathan, a Humber College-trained jazz guitarist who has lived in Toronto since 1999.
Primates are elected by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada through a process in which the bishops offer nominations to the clergy and lay members of synod who then elect a leader. The Primate serves until age 70.
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