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AdvENT 2012vOl. 29, NO.2

If you’ve visited the MBS in the last few years, a collection of beautiful, vibrant Christmas ornaments has no doubt caught your eye. The series of ornaments are all individually hand painted by cottage industry artists in Uzbekistan. The series began five years ago with the Red Chapel ornament, which was then followed by Michael the Bell and the Chapel of St. Mary the virgin. This season the MBS is pleased to announce the fourth ornament in the series, the Blue house. With its glistening gold and blue tones, this ornament will be a lovely addition to your collection or consider starting the collection for your favorite Nashotah house graduate or supporter. Each ornament is $23 and three are currently in stock with the Red Chapel ornament on order with the artists.

In celebration of the 90th birthday of the Rt. Rev. donald J. Parsons, Emeritus Professor of New Testament and sixth bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Quincy, The Parish Press/doveTracks has reprinted two of his books. The Holy Eucharist Rite II – A Devotional Commentary and A Lifetime Road to God are both available now through the MBS. Also available, though not a reprint, is Bishop Parsons’ In Time With Jesus. Each of these books is $15. Buy two or more copies and the cost is reduced to $12 each. keep watching for two more reprinted editions of Bishop Parsons’ books which will be offered by The Parish Press/doveTracks and for sale in the MBS at a future date. To place an order in time for Christmas delivery of these ornaments, Bishop Parsons’ books, or any other lovely merchandise from the Nashotah house Mission Bookstore contact Ms. Chardy Booth at [email protected] or 262.646.6529.

A QUIET REAd

A COlORFUl COllECTION

“The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”

IsaIah 40:5

is pleased to announcethe publication of its first series of

advent Meditations

Featuring twenty-four meditations from seminarians, professors, alumni, honorands and associates of the house, including:

Nashotah House

The Glory of the Lord shall Be Revealed:

Keeping a holy advent with Nashotah House

First sunday of advent meditation & Introduction to advent by the Rt. Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr., Nineteenth Dean and President, Nashotah house

Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord by the Rt. Rev. Daniel h. Martins, ’89, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Nashotah house

a Christmas Day meditation by the Rt. Rev. and Rt. hon. The Lord Carey of Clifton, ’11, 103rd archbishop of Canterbury

and many more

for more information please [email protected]

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PublisherThe Rt. Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr.

AssociAte editorsThe Rev. andrew J. hanyzewski, ’09Mrs. Jeneen Floyd

design MAnAgerMrs. Bliss Lemmon

PhotogrAPhersMr. Nat DavauerMrs. Bliss LemmonMr. Gabriel Morrow, ’14

ArchivistThe Ven. Thomas winslow, ’07

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aLL ThIs sPaCE, aND IT’s hEaTEDBy the Rev. sue waldron, ’08

aDVENT: waITING FOR LIGhT aND TRuThBy the Rev. steven a. Peay, PhD

ThE REV. DaVID hOGaRTh, ’64: a GIFT Is a ThaNK-YOuBy Miss sarah Otten

IT Is GOOD ThaT wE aRE hEREBy the Rt. Rev. Fanuel Magangani, ’15

In MeMorIaM: ThE REV. DaVID NYBERG, ssC, ’51 ThE VEN. ThOMas wINsLOw, ’07ThE RT. REV. ROGER whITE

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Tentative scheduleJan. 3 Leave Milwaukee airport for heathrow airport, London, uK

Jan. 4 Tour central London, including st. Paul’s Cathedral and the British Museum

Jan. 5 Day-trip to Canterbury City and Cathedral

Jan. 6 high Mass at all saints’ or Low service at all souls’; train to Norwich

Jan. 7 Orientation at Norwich Cathedral and the walled city and its 100+ churches

Jan. 8 Medieval Piety—monks & nuns, burgers & peasants, nobles & mystics

Jan. 9 From Reformation [BCP 1549] to Restoration [BCP 1662]

Jan. 10 Non-Conformists & Recusants, Evangelicals & anglo-Catholics

Jan. 11 Ministry today in city & countryside; problems, paradoxes & possibilities

Jan. 12 Pilgrimage to walsingham and its environs

Jan. 13 Full day of participating in services at the Cathedral; final dinner

Jan. 14 Train to London and flight from heathrow to Milwaukee

spend Epiphany Term abroad in Norwich!January 3 – 14, 2013

hosted by Frs. arnold Klukas and steven Peay of Nashotah house andCanon Precentor Jeremy haselock of Norwich Cathedral

This hands-on course will expose its participants to the living traditions of the Church of England, and in particular the life and ministry of Norwich Cathedral.

The Tourwith the cathedral as our “base of operations” we will visit historical sites associated with significant events in the Christian history of England, from the anglo-saxon martyrdom of King Edmund, through the Norman rebuilding of Norwich Cathedral and the Gothic mysticism of Julian of

Norwich, to the palpable effects of the Reformation and the growth of the “non-conformist” Congregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists. we will also interview and have fellowship with people—both clergy and laity, “conformist” and “non-conformist”—and become involved in the ministries of the Norwich area churches. There will also be time set aside for more personal interests.

Preparationall participants will read a common set of materials to provide background

and allow for common discussion of the people, events, and sites that we encounter. Each participant will also be responsible for one aspect of our common learning, as well as pursuing an individual project with the guidance of the instructors.

Note: Members of the Ramsey society, friends of Nashotah, and students who wish to audit the course are welcome to apply. If accepted, they will also be asked to complete the required readings and participate in all the communal activities.

Norwich Past, Present and Future: The anglican Cathedral in Lived Experiencea 3-credit elective course*

*For credit or audit; MDiv, anglican studies or advanced degree credit possible; DMin credit for Liturgy or ascetical Theology Concentration.

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The Right Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr.Dean of Nashotah house

Theological seminary

Dear Friends,

as we begin the season of advent, which is a season of expectation and discernment, we have an opportunity to reflect on our ministry at the house and to prayerfully discern the opportunities before us in the next several months. we do this in the context of knowing that our mission remains unchanged since 1842. Our mission is Bishop Jackson Kemper’s original mission: to raise up a faithful priesthood in the catholic tradition for the Church. The corporate life of this community in the Benedictine tradition remains the same. we pray the Offices and celebrate the Eucharist daily. what we teach is appropriated in this life of Prayer and sacrament, which transcends the mind, allowing all that we teach to take root and, by God’s grace, bear much fruit. around the Benedictine tradition, however, is a constantly developing life, calling us to expand the legacy we have been entrusted to share. Our growing advanced Degree programs brought learners from all over the Church, including the Venerable Fyneface Ndubuisi akah of Nigeria, the Right Reverend David Ngangi Mutisya of Kenya, and the Right Reverend Fanuel Emmanuel Magangani of Malawi. Our commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, entitled “Gathering Crumbs under Thy Table”, gave our community and many others the opportunity to see the amazing collection of original Prayer Books owned by the house and to hear from a group of preachers including Dean Frank Limehouse, Bishop Michael Marshall, Father Leigh spruill and Father andrew Mead. we began another yearlong series in september, “Missionaries on the Frontier: Then and Now”, focusing on the enduring missionary spirit of the house and in thanksgiving for our 170th year of service to the Church. we have already been

blessed by welcoming our own Chaplain in residence and Nashotah house Trustee, the Rev. Brien Koehler, as our preacher and celebrant on september 1 and are pleased to welcome the Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert on November 29. we have welcomed three additional staff to the house. Father Brien Koehler has agreed, in his retirement, to be in residence for significant periods of time as our Chaplain. The pastoral support of our students is a major concern, and this provides to us a great blessing as we look for a permanent chaplain. we also called Father Thomas N. Buchan III as associate Professor of Church history. Fr. Buchan has been part of our adjunct faculty and comes to us with the highest recommendations. Mr. Travis Bott is serving the house this academic year as adjunct Professor of Old Testament and hebrew, replacing Dr. Eric Tully who accepted a position at Trinity International university in Deerfield, Illinois. since we began life as “the mission to the western reaches” 170 years ago, we have constantly sought ways to strengthen our position for mission on every frontier by investing in technology that makes our work more efficient and more effective. Our contract for the technology system in the Frances Donaldson Library requires renewal early in 2013. as a result, we decided to begin the implementation of a new state of the art system this fall using the best cloud computing and web-based technologies. Besides making possible huge increases in efficiency, users will be able in a single search to access the library’s traditional resources, electronic books and journal articles. Technology is amazing.

This addition also gives us the opportunity to consider a request from Bishop Innocent Ordu of the Diocese of Evo,

Letter from the Dean

Niger Delta Province, to help develop a diocesan Theological Training Institute. his request comes out of respect for our educational programs and the integrity of our theological teaching. The highlight of the Michaelmas term was our trip to Oxford, England to celebrate and witness the signing of “strengthening the Bonds of affection: a Covenant for Mutual Ministry” with st. stephen’s house. This wonderful new relationship pledges both seminaries to the common work of raising up priests and lay leaders in the catholic tradition by sharing faculty, ideas, and seminarians and by hosting events. unique among seminary partnerships, this covenant greatly broadens our work and will make a significant difference on the life of the anglican Communion in years to come. Nashotah house was well represented by several of our Board members and friends from both the u.s. and the u.K.

as the anticipation that marks the season of advent yields to the unrestrained joy of Christmas in the coming days, I am mindful and thankful, once again, for our many friends across the Church. The prayers and resources that we receive have made all that Bishop Kemper anticipated to do a joyful reality indeed.

May God bless you this advent and may our hearts be filled with the joy that only Christmas can bring.

Yours in Christ,


am honored to have been invited to contribute a regular column for The Missioner, certainly in view of the fact that it has taken

such a quantum leap forward in quality under the team currently producing it, but most of all because it is my joy to offer regular words of encouragement to the entire Nashotah house family—students, faculty, staff, fellow trustees, alumni, benefactors, friends, and just interested observers. Communication, after all, lies at the heart of Nashotah’s identity.

at first, that may not seem like a self-evident assertion. But when adams, Breck, and hobart followed Jackson Kemper into the wisconsin wilderness in the 1840s, their mission was to communicate the good news of God in Christ to both indigenous and immigrant peoples. since then, everything about Nashotah has been configured toward the formation of Christian leaders who can communicate “with that resistless energy of love which shall melt the hearts of sinners to the love of God”. Generations of Christians have prepared for celebrating the Eucharist by praying Psalm 43, with its petition, “send forth your light and your truth.” Can we not say that God has, in part, granted that petition many times over by sending forth his light and his truth in the person of Nashotah-trained priests scattered around his Church? Yes, communication is critical to our mission.

Good communication is truthful. More to the point, it is predictably truthful, because part of truthfulness is consistency. For the communicator, consistent truthfulness yields the fruit

of integrity, a moral virtue essential to holiness, which is the vocation of every follower of Jesus. For those on the receiving end of consistently truthful communication, it is liberating. It sets those who hear it or read it free to align their own words and deeds more closely with the One who is himself the Truth. at its best, Nashotah house is a place of consistently truthful and liberating communication—in the chapel, in the classroom, in the refectory, and in the ways those in the on-campus community relate to those off-campus: alumni, trustees, donors, and the wider church. It is probably not an ideal that we ever fully attain, but it is one to which we ever fully aspire.

Good communication is compelling. I have always been particularly fond of the phrase from the traditional Prayer for Nashotah house that I quoted above, the one that speaks of communication that is so full of the “resistless energy of love” that it “melts the hearts” of those who experience it. It’s not enough for communication to be truthful if it isn’t effective! This is what is so wonderful about formation for ministry that takes place in community. It offers an environment in which those who live and work and pray and learn together can hone their communication skills, learning what works and what doesn’t. Perhaps nothing is quite so effective toward that end as a graded and annotated term paper! But so are classroom exchanges, table conversations, and long walks with friends through the graveyard or down to the lake, to say nothing of hours spent wrestling in prayer with the holy One. Nashotah house is truly a school of compelling communication.

Good communication is charitable. Remember, it’s the resistless energy of love that we’re striving to harness in our communication. The collect (BCP 1979, Epiphany VII) reminds us “without love whatever we do is worth nothing.” we can speak words that are consistently truthful and compellingly effective. But if they do not spring from the soil of love and if love is not their object, then we may as well hold our tongues. Charitable communication assumes the best about, and imputes the noblest of motives to, those who receive it. It’s never snarky. (Trust me, as a blogger, I know the joys of snark; it’s delicious for a moment and bitter long thereafter.) It is, of course, never easy either. Keeping communication charitable requires both spiritual discipline and spiritual maturity. and a community of accountability never hurts. Those who are part of the on-campus community are both blessed and challenged to be part of such an accountability network. Those of us who are part of the larger Nashotah family must be more proactive about this, but we are not without resources.

In my role as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, my pledge is to stubbornly invite all constituents of the house to a standard of communication that is consistently truthful, compelling and charitable. I do this for the sake of the gospel. and you can hold me accountable to that.

The Right Rev. Daniel h. Martins, ’8911th Bishop of springfield

Letter from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees

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matriCulation2012

he annual Retreat for the Nashotah house community was held september 24th through 27th and was led again this year

by the Rt. Rev. Daniel w. herzog, 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of albany (retired). Bishop herzog shared the following about this year’s retreat: “The toughest aspect for most americans is silence. we discover that most of the noise in our lives is not external, but within. The retreat silence, which amounts to about 40 waking hours, gives us a chance to wind down and listen to the LORD.”

The retreat, which precedes Matriculation of the new students each year, was, in the words of the Rt. Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr., Dean of Nashotah house, an opportunity to, “retreat from our normal interaction with others by entering into silence, in order that by not having to speak we can listen, and that in not having to listen to others, we can listen to God.” Following two days of prayer, spiritual direction, and confession the retreat concluded Thursday evening with solemn Mass and the Matriculation of 26 students.

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time now. In fact, the discernment began long before and included other ministry partners. This particular afternoon, the Rector and I walked up the stairs of the Guild house to its second level with Reverend Perry in tow. his words still ring in my ears: “all this space, and it’s heated!” You would have to know about Rev. Perry’s ministry to truly appreciate this remark.

For over 20 years, he has provided Gospel ministry in word and action to the homeless of the city of albany, NY. having worship as prerequisite to services, this faith-based ministry runs on donations alone and has grown exponentially in the past two decades. On a typical winter evening, never turning one soul away, it teaches, feeds and shelters over 100 men. Rev. Perry told us about the “chair people”: when the beds are all full, and the mats on the floors are

all full, and the spaces in between the beds and mats are all full, we offer our chairs for men to rest in during the overnight hours. These are not Lazy-Boys I assure you, but the shelter gives what it has.

“all this space, and it’s heated!” Rev. Perry relayed that the Mission houses at least 60 men in a space its size. we gazed upon our “fellowship hall” standing empty before us as it often does in between parish dinners and youth group meetings and we were convicted.

while the church contemplates advent and the coming of eternal glory in our Lord Jesus Christ, we stand amidst the realities of our earthly surroundings. as a priest who serves an urban downtown area, I have to admit that I like the heavenly gaze better. It’s more pleasing to the eye anyways.

My spiritual sight sees the picture John paints for us in his Revelation: And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a

bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.’ (Rev. 21:2-4) while clinging to this hope, my earthly view sees the hungry, the homeless, the destitute, the mentally ill, the lost, and those desperate for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I’ve been convicted that the space where the two views intersect is the mission field of the Church.

while I was in residence at the house I was told that it was my season to receive: receive biblical knowledge, spiritual growth, priestly formation, and a strong foundation for the work God would call me to. as alumni, we find it is now the season to give. Jesus met people where they were and brought the good news of God’s kingdom to them. we must do the same. Not all of us serve in urban areas so the model will be unique to each of

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and it’s HEATED! wThe Reverend sue waldron, ’08


us. however, we all serve a community of one sort or another. whether we choose to engage the community, and how we choose to do so, is the challenge before us.

st. Peter’s chose to engage the community and its needs through partnership. actually, God made that choice for us. It was evident that God planted seeds in many places first and then joined us together when the time was ripe.

The team included a deacon who volunteered at the City Mission for years and held great compassion for the homeless. It included Partners in Outreach, a coalition of albany-area Episcopalians who gathered to discern how they could pool resources (both people and financial) to commit to larger scale Outreach ministry than any one parish could do on their own. It included the Mission leaders who could not find it in themselves to turn anyone away on a freezing winter night. It included the men in transition and those

in need who sought shelter from the dangerous temperatures and who clean and care for the shelter space they reside in. It included members of churches across denominational lines and college students from a nearby Roman Catholic institution. It included people who mailed in financial donations, individuals dropping off baked goods, and knitters hundreds of miles away who sent us blankets, hats and mittens. Lastly, it included st. Peter’s Church through offering that fellowship hall built so many decades before...”all this space, and it’s heated!”

we now approach our fourth season and I continue to ask will God really pull this off? will he send us the one hundred twenty volunteers needed to staff the shelter? will he supply goods to meet the endless demand for coffee, juice, pastries and peanut butter? will he supply mats, pillows and blankets? will he supply safety and security for both the residents and the staff? will he supply the men who want to hear the Gospel message and whose unfortunate circumstances make this ministry possible?Each year we have learned from the past season and have stepped out in faith yet again. There have been obstacles to overcome but it is obvious that we continue to be called to engage our community in this way. how do we know this? Because the need is still here: the homeless are still here, the cold is still here, and the gaze that is before our eyes is still our earthly brick and mortar view.

we remember that our path to his dwelling place is one that winds through the communities that surround us. we know we can’t stay within the walls of our beautiful churches but must go where the people are and bring the good news of the Kingdom of God to them. we must be bold and ask God, what community need is there for us to fill with your Gospel message?

we can engage the community that surrounds our holy sanctuaries and look for ministry partners there as well. we need not have all the resources on our own as they will come from unexpected sources when the needs are put to prayer. God giving the vision will grow it to meet his expectation and fulfill his purpose.

This type of ministry is hard to track, and even harder to evaluate regarding its effectiveness in growing God’s Kingdom. Further, there are no obvious benefits to our parish as the host site. we carry most of the administrative burden, take on all the risks, and seemingly have nothing to gain. There are no lines on our parochial report to quantify the work we do. There is no increase to plate or pledge giving or to our membership roles from this ministry. and yet, we continue to do this work because it is God’s call on us as we bear the Gospel to the community that surrounds us.

One day following our first season, our administrative assistant asked if I could meet with a man who had walked into our office building. This is a common occurrence throughout any given day as our street is a busy pathway for many in need. I met him in the hallway expecting a request and instead heard this: “I just wanted to stop by to thank you for offering shelter to me. having a safe place to sleep

“send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me,

and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.”

(Psalm 43:3)

11NASHOTAH.EDU THE MISSIONERADVENT 2012

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soundly allowed me to get the rest I needed to get up and go to work every day. I now have an apartment of my own but wanted to stop by just to say I thank God for you.”

we may not be able to house all of the homeless in the city, but we can house some of those “chair people” and, even

more importantly, witness that God’s kingdom is breaking into their world. as bearers of God’s light and his truth, may the earthly dwelling we provide continue to point towards God’s eternal dwelling place for all who walk through our doors.

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MaRCh 14-15, 2013

The Reverend susan G. waldron, ’08, is the associate Rector at st. Peter’s

Episcopal Church in albany, NY. she is a member of the Daughters of the King

and is also a spiritual director. she has a daughter, Victoria.

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The Rev. Canon R. Brien Koehler, ’76, took retirement in a different direction when he joined the staff of his alma mater as the chaplain. Canon Koehler and his wife Terry concluded 36 years of active parochial ministry, including service in six parishes and time on a diocesan staff, and moved back to where it all started: Nashotah house. The Koehlers are coming in a volunteer capacity, so this wealth of experience and practical expertise is being made available to students simply out of the love for Christ’s Church and for those who are preparing to serve it. Canon Koehler has served on the Board of Trustees of the house for the past eighteen years and he looks forward to this new ministry. Initially the Koehlers will be in residence six months of the year, allowing for adjustments as time goes on. The chaplain’s chief task is simply to be there for students; to be available for counsel (spiritual and otherwise), confession and to offer direction. having a resident chaplain adds a new and much-needed dimension to life at the house. we welcome the Koehlers back to campus!

Miss sarah Otten The Office of Development & Church Relations

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Mr. Noah Lawson, ’14, and Ms. Lisa hinkle, ’14, completed their chaplaincy internships ministering to the shorehaven Campus residents in Oconomowoc, wI over the summer. They received six weeks of practical ministry experience, immersed in the senior community through shorehaven’s Field Education program which will satisfy part of their requirements for seminary graduation and ordination. The two students were praised for how they conducted Bible studies, visited and prayed with residents, led prayers in the nursing home households, escorted residents to Chapel and helped with special events.

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The Rev. Lawrence Crumb, ’62, discovered the book Five Women: Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel by Christianne Méroz at the author’s swiss Reformed convent, the Community of Grandchamp. at Father Crumb’s request, it was translated by the Rev. Dennis wienk, ’70, a priest of the Diocese of Rochester. It has now been published and is available through wIPF and sTOCK, Eugene, Oregon, www.wipfandstock.com.

six Nashotah house students were nominated by Dr. Garwood anderson, then academic Dean, to participate in “seminarian of the week” for the Episcopal Digital Network. The program is an opportunity for students at Episcopal seminaries to write Bible study comments for the weekly sunday lectionary readings which are posted on the website. The students’ comments can be found at http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/.

Dr. Jeremy Bergstrom, ’12, January 1, 2012, on the holy Name of Jesus.

The Rev. Jill stellman, ’12, January 29, 2012, on the Fourth sunday after Epiphany.

Ms. Jane Burkett, ’13, March 11, 2012, on the Third sunday in Lent.

The Rev. william O. Daniel, Jr., ’12, april 8, 2012, on Easter Day.

Mr. Matthew Kemp, ’13, May 13, 2012, on the sixth sunday in Easter.

The Rev. shane Gormley, ’12, June 17, 2012, on the Third sunday in Pentecost.

This was my lament on heading into my first winter in Central Florida. we had moved to Orlando from New Jersey and though our relocation was yielding pleasant surprises at every turn, we were still finding it difficult to contextualize the familiar sights and sounds and smells of the season of expectation for the Lord’s coming in this strange new land.

Many of our neighbors were preparing to celebrate the coming of Christ with lights on their houses and lawn ornaments. I found it strange to see “icicle lights” hanging from a neighbor’s pastel-colored home while mowing our front yard on a balmy December afternoon. Plastic Dickensian carolers in hats and scarves and mittens stood beneath a date palm adorning another neighbor’s lush, green st. augustine grass. several varieties of snowmen—all equally preposterous—seemed to be everywhere.

The music playing around me—despite its usual mood-setting power—supplied little comfort. I remember the taunting mockery of “It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas,” Nat King Cole’s empty threat of “Jack Frost nipping at your nose.”

Trying to overcome all of the climatic evidence to the contrary and to embrace the season of looking for Christ’s coming, we drove to a farm to cut our own Christmas tree. Dressed for temperatures in the 80s in shorts and t-shirts, we worked up a sweat kneeling in the sandy soil to cut down our tree. It looked like a white pine, but it smelled like lemons.so many of the secular accompaniments of the advent season seemed to

The Reverend Thomas Buchan IIIassociate Professor of Church history

have failed us. It was better at church where the greens of ordinary time had given way to the purples and blues of expectation, self-examination, and penitence. advent wreaths and services of lessons and carols brought familiar patterns of remembrance to life and we took comfort in anticipating our annual liturgical journey to the manger at Bethlehem as we learned to reorient our advent expectations.

Now that we have returned to the upper Midwest, the season of advent feels more like I expect it to—not only at church, but out in the world as well. I am beginning, however, to realize that the challenges of my first advent in Florida were the source of a great blessing. Familiar patterns of commemoration are comforting and they can be helpful to us as we turn our

hearts and minds toward the coming of the Lord. But the displacement and disorientation I felt during my first advent in Florida were instructive, too.

when nothing was as I expected it to be, when the familiar patterns were missing or made strange, I struggled to understand advent on the basis of my previous experience. advent could not be entered into merely on the basis of what had already happened, merely on the terms of the familiar, merely in a way oriented toward the commemoration

of Christ’s first coming. Instead, all that bright Florida sunshine served to make the darkness of advent deeper and helped me to seek the light of truth beyond familiar sights and sounds and smells. with heightened attention, I looked and listened more intently for God, trying to catch the scent of where and when I really was. “send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.” (Ps 43:3) The psalmist’s words remind us of our persistent need for God’s guidance through the dark vale of our earthly journey. On our own, we cannot see God’s creation as it truly is—ourselves included. we need his light and truth to guide us, not merely our own perceptions. waiting for his coming, we do not yet know ourselves as we shall be, nor do we—or can we—know our destination simply on the basis of where we have already been. But in expectation of his coming, in the light and truth of God, we are on our way to the destiny revealed to us in Christ.

when the apocalyptic character of advent dawned on me, I entered the season in expectation, not just for what was already familiar, but for what was yet to come. Our advent journey is one begun—not ended—at the manger. In Christ’s light and truth, our expectation is now oriented not merely toward the past, but toward the future, toward the coming of the Kingdom of God in all of its holy unfamiliarity. Now, we are pilgrims pressing on through the present, “disoriented” from the appearances of our earthly journey, guided and led by the radiance of Christ the Lamb. he himself is the light and truth, God’s holy mountain, where our journey shall end and God’s dwelling with us shall be revealed in all its fullness.

I found it strange to see

“icicle lights” hanging

from a neighbor’s pastel-

colored home while mowing

our front yard on a balmy

December afternoon.

“It doesn’t feel like advent.”

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new era of cooperation was begun on October 4 when the Rev. Canon Dr. Robin ward, Principal of saint stephen’s house, Oxford and the Rt. Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr., Dean and President of Nashotah house signed “strengthening the Bonds

of affection: a Covenant for Mutual Ministry” in Oxford. The Covenant ties together the two preeminent anglo-Catholic schools of Theological Education, recognizes their common mission and opens the door for greater cooperation. In addition to the pledge of mutual prayer and spiritual support, the schools have agreed to a move towards a series of exchanges involving both students and faculty over the coming years. Pending approval by both seminaries, the “st. Jerome Fellowship” will be awarded to one middler student from each school for cross-provincial immersion, academic development and spiritual formation. The fellowship is for the Michaelmas term of the ordinand’s senior year. additionally, the “Nhsh sabbatical Programme” is envisioned as a means for Nashotah house and st. stephen’s house to mutually support one another’s faculty by

The Rev. steven a. Peay, PhDassociate Dean for academic affairsassociate Professor of homiletics and Church history

offering lodging as well as spiritual and study opportunities at each institution for a faculty member on sabbatical. The program will be available on an every-other-year basis. The Covenant was appropriately inaugurated with the solemn celebration of the holy Eucharist followed by a gala dinner for those in attendance. “Both st. stephen’s house and Nashotah house share a common and rich ancestry, emerging from the Catholic Revival of the nineteenth century,” said Dean salmon, “and by working together we can be a monumental blessing to our Church and to our world.” Canon ward considers the opportunity invaluable and historic, saying, “st. stephen’s house and Nashotah house are the preeminent anglo-Catholic seminaries serving the anglican Communion today, and affirming our common heritage while seeking new ways to expand our vision together will plant seeds that, by God’s grace, will produce fruit – fifty, sixty and even a hundred fold.”

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“For I fully believe, that, with divine blessing we are laying a deep and permanent foundation upon which the Church of the living God will be gloriously established.”

Indeed, for 170 years Nashotah house has remained anchored to “that deep and permanent foundation” by providing a faithful priesthood for the Church – one that has spread mightily the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people.

Joining Bishop Kemper and giving expression to his desire for solid and faithful financial management, we have established The Jackson Kemper annual Fund, the cornerstone of our annual fundraising and the springboard for expanding the legacy entrusted to us.

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ome years ago I read an essay in Time lamenting “hallowmas,” the commercial mushing-together (if I may make up a word) of halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think it might be more accurate

to call it “TrickorTreatGiveholiday,” though a ministerial colleague of mine used to call it “hallowThankMass”! It might be more descriptive, since few remember that “halloween” comes from “all hallows Eve” (the eve of all saints). and it’s certainly true that most spend little time giving thanks on “Thanksgiving” and “Christ’s Mass” just doesn’t seem to have the same import it once did. Yet, I wonder and I chuckle as I think about what the author wrote in protest – perhaps there is hope? Maybe, finally, we’re beginning to understand that rushing and pushing things together in a never-ending search for ever more instant gratification may not be what our society and our souls need? Perhaps the flurry and the rush may not be what will feed our souls, deepen our intellects or strengthen our society? Maybe, just maybe we need to slow down and wait a bit . . . and wonder a bit . . . so that we’ll come to know what God has for us. advent is a good season for learning to wait a bit. It’s a season that is all about waiting, about watching, about longing and it’s good. advent is a season much misunderstood. some just see it as the “run-up” to Christmas, but Christmas itself was only originally celebrated as the logical “run-up” to Easter. we know that there were celebrations of advent as early as the fourth century and in the next two it would come into its own as a preparation for Christmas and a celebration of Christian hope. The teachers of the early Church, like Leo the Great, linked the birth of the Lord in Bethlehem to his second coming in glory at the end of time. Christmas, like

Easter, is thus a celebration of God’s love expressed in the Christ and the hope that love and faith holds out to humanity.

The term adventus was borrowed from other religions of the Roman Empire and means “coming,” and over time has come to mean “expectation.” so the season takes us through the experience of Israel longing, waiting, and hoping for the promised Messiah. In Israel’s expectant waiting we should see our own. That’s why some of the music of advent appears mournful and is played in a minor key, because there are times where even our hope is a little subdued as the waiting goes on and leads me to our text from Psalm 43.

The Psalmist cries out to the Lord, “send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!” after the desolation and feeling of separation presented in Psalm 42 there is this call for God to act, a call that is made in the confidence that God keeps his promises. when we see “your light and your truth,” augustine tells us that these two requests are really just one. as he says, “…for what is God’s light, if not God’s truth? and what is God’s truth, if not God’s light?” The plea is for illumination, for a light upon the path that will lead to that dwelling where we might be “oned,” to use the language of Julian of Norwich, with God.

The “light” and the “truth” that comes forth we come to know as Jesus, who said, “I am the light of the world. whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12 EsV) he also said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Our life is to reflect Jesus’ life in the same way that his life reflects

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the Father’s and makes the Father’s life and will visible to us.

Notice that the Psalmist says, “let them lead me; let them bring me,” which means that he is acknowledging his dependence upon God, as well as his desire to be with God. There is, then, to be a conformity to the Light and the Truth so that we may occupy that dwelling that has so “many rooms.” The only way that we achieve that conformity is by learning to wait, to listen, to abide, to use the word Jesus does in John 15:4, “I am the vine; you are the branches. whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

as we seek the Light and the Truth we are mindful of the Psalmist’s and our own deep desire for a peace that only God can give. In the words of the Psalmist and in advent worship, we should be able to see a bit of Israel’s situation, waiting for the promised Messiah, in our own. we live in an uncertain time. Violence continues abroad and was brought entirely too close to home with the movie theater shootings in Colorado and those in the sikh temple in Milwaukee. The economy remains shaky and the cost of many things has gone up. Perhaps, then, it’s not a bad thing to slow down and to make sure our lives and our priorities line up with what matters most, with what is of ultimate value to us.

Take time this advent to wait on the Lord. Move beyond the cultural and commercial pressure of “the holidays.” Take time with family. Look for God’s coming. seek the Light and the Truth that will guide us to where we were created to be . . . and you’ll be blessed. I wrote this prayer some years ago and offer it now in this season of anticipation and joy:

O GOd Of pOwer and miGht, CreatOr Of

liGht and Of darkness, Of the earth

and the stars,

speak anew tO YOur peOple Gathered tO

wOrship YOu and sinG YOur praise.

like israel Of Old we wait in darkness,

antiCipatinG the liGht whO will dawn upOn

us and lift us frOm shadOwY GlOOm intO

the GlOwinG splendOr Of YOur presenCe.

sO, we ask YOu, speak tO us a wOrd Of

COmfOrt, a wOrd Of hOpe, a wOrd that will

keep Our antiCipatiOn alive as we wait fOr

the COminG One whO brinGs YOur Creative

wOrd intO Our verY flesh. enable us, in

turn, tO be brinGers Of COmfOrt tO thOse

whO lOnG and wait fOr YOu and prepare the

waY Of YOur kinGdOm, alreadY present and

Yet tO COme. all this we ask in the name

Of him whOm prOphets fOretOld and whO

speaks COmfOrt tO the trOubled, even Jesus

Christ Our lOrd. amen.

The Reverend steven a. Peay, PhDassociate Professor of homiletics & Church historyassociate Dean for academic affairs

ThE EDITORs wOuLD LIKE TO TaKE ThIs OPPORTuNITY TO ThaNK FR. PEaY FOR hIs ENThusIasM IN PROVIDING

aLL FOuR OF ThE MEDITaTIONs FOR ThIs YEaR’s IssuEs OF THE MISSIoNER. wE aRE GRaTEFuL FOR ThEsE MOsT INsPIRING aND PRaYERFuL COMMENTaRIEs. ThEsE wORDs haVE aND CONTINuE TO ENCOuRaGE aND MOTIVaTE aLL OF us whO haVE haD ThE

OPPORTuNITY TO REaD ThEM. MaY GOD CONTINuE TO BLEss aLL YOu DO aT ThE hOusE.


hen the Temptations released their Motown hit “Ball of Confusion” in 1970, were they being

prophetic, clever or just overly cathartic?

The tune is memorable, the words are still – more than thirty years later – painfully true and the logic is simple: something in this “crazy little thing called life” is amuck, askew and awfully awkward. The Bible calls this cosmic misalignment, among other things, the problem of original sin. Theology through the ages synthesizes the Temptation’s frustration a bit, calling what ails us – at least part of it – as the tension of living in the “now but not yet,” that is, finding ourselves in the time between the completion of our savior’s redeeming work on the Cross and his return in glory, when – yea verily – “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them” (Isa 11:6 RsV). In the meantime, let’s be honest: when

times are tough, our hearts are prone to pine for that heavenly vision – “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, my happy home, when shall I come to thee? when shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see?”

That’s all to say that the Temptations were on to something when, putting our malaise to music, they claimed the world as they saw it was a “ball of confusion.” Indeed, more than anything else our culture is confused. “Let me hear ya, let me hear ya. Let me hear ya….sayin’ ball of confusion!”

Nashotah house, however, is neither confused nor sidetracked. Rather, joining our voices to Bishop Kemper’s – “I perceive much cause to bless God and take courage, for I fully believe, that, with divine blessing, we are laying a deep and permanent foundation on which the Church of the living God will be gloriously established” – we know the only way Nashotah house is called to move our culture from confusion to clarity is for us to do what we have done for 170 years.

Namely, by raising up faithful priests and lay leaders for the mission of carrying the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, Nashotah house is laying – nay, expanding – Kemper’s foundation, and, by so doing, we will keep sending forth hundreds of laborers for the harvest who, in turn, will keep on penetrating that cosmic confusion, rooting it out by the power of the holy spirit and transforming our “ball of confusion” into a world whose glory is no longer the dim glow of pride and vainglory, but the Light of Christ – who alone makes all things new.

when you share your prayers and resources with us, you are truly transforming the world and giving tangible expression to the great work that Bishop Kemper began.

so, in our 170th year of transforming the world by raising up one faithful priest at a time, let the last word be Bishop Kemper’s:

Let us, therefore, dear brothers and sisters, pray that we may be “stirred up” by way of remembering what God has done through this holy place for 170 years, and let us each “rejoice in the privilege of sending forth in the name of the Lord and under the guidance of his spirit all those who, thoroughly instructed in sacred truths, hear the cry.”

Floreat Nashotah!

wMr. Charleston wilson, ’13The Office of Development & Church Relations

DEVELOPMENT

toClaritywell, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher! and it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher! segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation, humiliation, obligation to my nation…It’s a ball of confusion! That’s what the world is today, hey, hey. Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya. sayin’ ball of confusion. That’s what the world is today, hey, hey. Let me hear ya, let me hear ya. Let me hear ya….sayin’ ball of confusion.

are we prepared? are we doing at the present moment Even one Tenth part of what we are capable? Our means and our power are extensive –and under the blessing of him, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, our aim – our constant, undeviating, untiring aim should be great and lofty. with the talents we possess, (and for which, as good stewards, we must finally account, at that hour when no secrets can be hid), with the talents committed to our trust and the privileges we enjoy, cannot our faith, our liberality and our self-denial, greatly increase? Cannot our supplications be more fervent, our economy more strict, our love of souls more ardent? Not a brother here would I accuse of indifference or cowardice. But I would stir up, with God’s permission, the pure mind of each one, by way of remembrance. Oh, let us rejoice in the privilege of sending forth in the name of the Lord and under the guidance of his spirit all those who, thoroughly instructed in sacred truths, hear the cry.

GIVE.NashOTah.EDu20 NASHOTAH.EDUTHE MISSIONER

he Rev. David Judson hogarth attended Brown university and soon after followed his calling to Nashotah house

Theological seminary where he graduated on May 25, 1964, with a Master of Divinity degree. when reflecting on his idyllic time at the house, he responded, “It’s best to say there is nowhere else in North america that is better preparing successors to the apostles. To keep our work up, we have to be preparing our successors. why do we need the house today?” he says, “Because there is nowhere else.”

after his time at Nashotah house, Deacon hogarth spent some time in Connecticut and later arrived in Boston at the Church of the advent. he also served 23 years at the suffolk County Jail as Chaplain. Both before and after Deacon hogarth retired, he traveled to places all around the world. his travels eventually took him in 1998 to Burma where he met the Dean of holy Cross Theological College and was given the opportunity to speak with the students there. he thought immediately, “This is where I should be; at holy Cross.”

holy Cross Theological College is an anglican seminary located in Myanmar/Burma and it is here that Deacon hogarth has selflessly dedicated so much of his time and efforts. he serves faithfully as Deacon Missioner to the anglican Church in North america in its partnership with the anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar/Burma. The Rev. Canon Daryl Fenton, Canon to the archbishop of aCNa, recently wrote a letter extending his deepest thanks to Deacon hogarth as he spends more time in the country than any other team member in the anglican Church in North america, and he does so entirely at his own expense. Deacon hogarth sponsors students from holy Cross to advance their education in us seminaries, and commits six months each year to teaching, encouraging, and assisting the work of the seminary. Besides serving as an assistant to the Primate

A Gift

of Myanmar and to the Vicar of holy Trinity Cathedral in Yangon, he teaches students for four years as they receive their Bachelor’s degree, then the students spend a year or two at Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT). The archbishop nominates a student to Deacon hogarth and he decides who to send to Nashotah house. The Rev. Moses htaw, ’11, was one of the students Deacon hogarth chose to sponsor. he is now Deacon at the cathedral in Rangoon, teaching anglican Church history at holy Cross and serving as assistant to the archbishop. hogarth says of Dcn. htaw, “he is quite spectacular. anyone who knows him says he was a unique gift to us.” Deacon hogarth looks forward to sponsoring more students in the future and hopes to have a Nashotah house graduate come to holy Cross seminary in Burma for a year. he’d also like to someday see a faculty exchange between the two seminaries.

Deacon hogarth believes he has an unusual perception of giving. he says, “whether you give or pledge, you’re not doing the institution a favor. If it’s a proper gift, you’re answering a gift. a gift is a thank-you. That pretty much defines what I’ve been doing in Burma; both thanking the church in Burma and thanking Nashotah with the little things I do there. I give only

as a response as to what I’ve been given, which is my ministry. Each of us who have a special affection for the house - alumni/alumnae, parishioners of house graduates, faculty, staff, trustees, those who have been exposed to the story of the house - should spend quiet minutes with him to study how the house is affecting our lives. where would the Church be without the house, and what might we do to forward Blessed Jackson Kemper’s dream for the house? a small but periodic commitment to the house, renewed annually with thanksgiving, will give us greater blessings than we can anticipate.”

Nashotah house is blessed to have Deacon hogarth as a son of the house who continues to give so selflessly and faithfully throughout his ministry. If you would like to learn more about the Rev. David J. hogarth, please visit his website at http://w e b . m i t . e d u /

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Miss sarah OttenThe Office of Development

& Church Relations

is a thank-YouDONOR FEaTuRE


The 1662 Book of Common Prayer might sit in decaying splendor, but its spine will not likely rest unopened anytime soon. although Common Worship has recently begun to displace this liturgical monument, the 1662 BCP has remained the (mostly) official prayer book of the Church of England for 350 years. here at Nashotah house we celebrated “Gathering Crumbs under Thy Table,” a five-part series commemorating the 350th anniversary of the 1662 BCP.The Very Rev. Frank F. Limehouse, III, Dean of the Cathedral Church of the advent, Birmingham, alabama visited in the spring and the Rt. Rev. Michael Eric Marshall, VIII bishop of woolwich, England preached in July. In september the Rev. R. Leigh spruill, rector of st. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee preached and the Rev. andrew s. Mead, DD, OBE,

rector of st. Thomas Episcopal Church, Fifth avenue, New York, New York concluded the series in October. On the evening of september 9, we also celebrated this anniversary with Choral Evensong according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer presented by Cathedral Church of all saints and the Cathedral Choir in the heart of Milwaukee, wisconsin. This joint event with the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee was expertly organized and led by our own Canon Joseph a. Kucharski. In the English Reformers’ work there is a reverence and devotion, even craftsmanship to its writing. with this series we celebrated this well-tuned instrument of corporate worship. and with our savvy and skillful preachers, we gained some old-school wisdom throughout several evenings of (not so common) worship.

Mr. Tyler Blanski, ’14

Celebrating the First 350 Years: Concluding the Commemoration of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

“Stir up Your power, o lorD, anD with Great miGht Come amonG uS”

Lessons & Carols

the Chapel of St. marY the VirGinFeaturing the Chapel Choir and Children’s Choir

oF Nashotah Houseunder the direCtion oF Canon Joseph a. KuCharsKi

Thursday, december 13, 2012aT 5 o’clock in The evening

a service of advent

sOME ExaMPLEs OF hOw BECOMING a MEMBER OF ThE 1842 FRONTIER sOCIETY BENEFITs YOu INCLuDE:

IF YOu FEEL LED TO CONTRIBuTE TO ThE 1842 FRONTIER sOCIETY, PLEasE VIsIT us ONLINE aT GIVE.NashOTah.EDu OR CONTaCT LaRaE BauMaNN aT 262-646-6507 wITh ThE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

The 1842 Frontier society is a giving partnership dedicated to preserving the physical legacy of our founder’s work by using a portion of the proceeds to restore and renovate the Blue house and the Red Chapel and complete other campus improvements. The legacy then continues by applying the balance to student scholarships; awarded to students demonstrating that same nobility of spirit, missionary zeal, and commitment to the Great Commission.

we believe Breck, adams and hobart would be proud of the mission they started and our continued work in forming people for the ministry of the Church. we also believe you will be blessed by joining us in this great work.

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Receipt of a certificate of enrollment as an attractive and visible reminder of your support

Invitations to special events, retreats, and pilgrimages which are missional in nature

acknowledgement in The Missioner, the official publication of Nashotah house

Full restoration of the Red Chapel and Blue houseRoad and electrical reconstructionLenten array $3,000.004 processional lanterns for outdoor use $150.00 each2 new computers for our Library Lab $1,000.00 eachadditional matching bookshelf for the Library Reference area $600.00 4 new metal outdoor furniture pieces for the Library Cloister $400.00 each 3 new benches for the Cloister classrooms $100.00 each10 new garden benches for grass and cemetery areas $150.00 eachCampus signage $1,000.00 - $5,000.0017 post lamps for campus $160.00 each

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Frontier society

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I am encouraged by the trends we are experiencing in both giving and student numbers. while many challenges remain, concentrating on these two critical areas will allow us to strengthen our work and move boldly forward, doing what we have done for 170 years: raise up a faithful priesthood for the Church.

The Jackson Kemper annual Fund, launched in late July, is gaining strength, and, as I have written before, will provide the critical dollars we need to cover the sizeable gap between tuition revenues and the actual costs of operating the seminary. The success of the annual Fund is a top priority for the house. Many of you have given generously of yourselves to this vital initiative, sharing the prayers and resources necessary for sustaining and even strengthening our work.

when compared to the last two years, giving continues to increase substantially. Total giving to the house has steadily risen, moving from historic lows just two years ago to a level of unprecedented growth and promise in 2012. In 2010 we received total gifts of only $764,728, exclusive of bequests and pledge payments, whereas in 2011 we received more than $1.5 million, excluding bequests and pledge payments. This represents growth of almost 100 percent. as the Michaelmas term began in september, these trends were continuing: we received almost $1 million dollars in the first eight months of 2012. The most promising growth, however, has come from the annual Fund, which is where the most critical dollars are required. These dollars are unrestricted, meaning they allow us to manage our financial picture more completely and pursue unexpected opportunities.

without a successful annual fund, we simply would be unable to operate. In 2010 we received $354,443.33 in unrestricted funds. In 2011, that number rose an impressive 25 percent to $442,287.64. By October, we had already eclipsed 2011 giving to the annual fund. In order to raise more than $1.5 million for the annual Fund by the close

of our fiscal year in July of 2013, we are well on our way, but we have much to do.

I am encouraged also by the dramatic increase in students here on campus and the equally impressive list of prospective students who continue to express interest in living among us and experiencing first hand our unique Benedictine environment of prayer, study and work. More and more institutions of higher learning see “information transfer” as the essence of education. Even some seminaries are following that model for the equipping of future clergy and lay leaders. The Benedictine rhythm of the house allows us in all that we teach to be rooted in sacramental worship, thereby transcending the mind and bringing the inward growth. Nashotah house is about forming the whole person, so that the whole Church may be blessed.

since 2009 we have seen a 45% increase in the number of residential students. Our hybrid Distance Program continues to thrive and we are actively recruiting candidates for its many modules. I believe we will continue to see more and more people attracted to what Nashotah house offers – both in our residential education and the hybrid distance modules.

I am certain there is nothing better we can give to our world than a faithful priesthood working in it. as this year draws to a close, I invite you to consider how God may be calling you to this great mission before us. One thing is certain: God has abundantly blessed and provided for this house for 170 years and we can all give thanks for the past with an eye to how God is calling each of us to move forward into the future.

Yours in Christ,

The Right Reverend Edward L. salmon, Jr.Nineteenth Dean and President

A Word from the deAn on FINaNCE

FINaNCE aT a GLaNCE


Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

t is good that we are here and ironically there are three of us from africa doing this course, just like Peter, James and John going to the mountaintop. Coming to Nashotah is indeed for us similar to their

visit to the mountain of transfiguration where we seek the light of God to shine on us and to let his truth lead us.

I came to Nashotah house with 14 years in the ministry and a rich background of anglicanism. however, coming here has made me realize how much I don’t know and how much I need to learn. My friends and I have indeed come to the mountaintop to be with the Lord Jesus and learn from our professors.

From the first day I came, like a stranger among everyone here, my eyes were open to learning in four areas. we have gained in the areas of spirituality, relationships, academic, and the anglican tradition as a living faith. It is good that we are here and we can say just like Peter, let us build three booths.Just being here and going through the rhythm of Morning Prayer, Mass and Evensong is enough to let us be edified and enriched with the word of God. The setting up of how one spends a day at Nashotah is enough to strengthen our spiritual life.The community life is very rich and I felt at home even at the airport. I did not know where I would go after claiming my

baggage. Normally I expect to see a sign board with my name to guide me to whoever is meeting me. however it was the voice of Mrs. Retha Nightingale, “You must be Bishop Fanuel” who welcomed me for the first time. This made me feel very much welcomed to the life of Nashotah house, a real Christ-like welcome where he will call us by our name. This is the power of building relationships Nashotah house offers to newcomers like me. Yes, we came as strangers to your house but you made us feel welcome and we were made members through matriculation. In every day of class and studies, I realize that there is so much to learn. Even though I came here being first in my class in my graduate studies, these courses have made me understand that there is so much I don’t know. so much I have to learn from the professors and my colleagues and very much through study. The professors are so friendly and treat everyone as their equal and yet they know so much more. It is good that we are here.

Coming from the Province of Central africa and Likoma Island in particular, I thought that I knew all about anglicanism but there is still so much to learn. This place has helped in giving life to the tradition that we inherited from our beloved missionaries of the universities’ Mission to Central africa. we are at home and one cannot miss anything in the

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The Rt. Rev. Fanuel Emmanuel Magangani, ’15

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liturgy, worship and the knowledge. we have been able to understand why we are doing whatever we do in the service.

To whom much is given and from whom much is expected, we have been given the tools and now we have to go back to the mission field, for the harvest is plentiful and the laborers are very few. This DMin program has reminded me of my first Bishop’s Charge where I said to the Diocese of Northern Malawi, yes, we can do our mission work. however we can only do it through the strength of the holy spirit. If we depend on our strength only, we will fail.There is only one who can make us strong to do all this; Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ! If our faith is to be strong, if our vision is to be clear, if we are to work only for what is good, just and true then we must stay very close to the Good shepherd himself. we must stay close to Jesus. we must grow in faithfulness in saying our daily prayers. we must stay close to Jesus so that we can learn how to grow to be like him. This is what Nashotah house is offering. we must walk with him through the Gospel so that we learn to see with the eyes of Jesus, understand others with the mind of Jesus and reach out to others with the love of Jesus.

If you are among the fortunate who have benefited from the

theological education at Nashotah house, if you have and read your own Bible, then the burden of responsibility should fall happily upon your shoulders to share your skills with others less fortunate. If you are a member of the clergy it is your privilege and calling to nurture and nourish your flock in their lives of prayer and in the knowledge of Jesus through the Gospels. It is only in this way that the river of faith and truth acquired here at Nashotah will run deep in our diocese and will not dry up in the scorching sun should difficulties and trials come upon us. Remember the apostles, who were few in number when our Lord Jesus commissioned them to spread his Good News to the ends of the world, their faith was so strong and deep that they were prepared to give up their lives rather than be turned back from their work for the Kingdom. Let us therefore go back to the valley after the training from Nashotah and share with others what we have seen with our eyes, heard with our ears, and touched with our hands.

This place has helped in giving life to the tradition that we inherited from our beloved missionaries of the universities’ Mission to Central africa.

The Rt. Rev. Fanuel Emmanuel Magangani comes to the house from the anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi, Province

of Central africa. he is in the DMin program and plans to complete his studies in 2015.


n preparation for the first meeting of the Dean and President’s Board of Visitors, which will be hosted here at the house on November 28th,

the Convening Committee met for two days at st. Thomas Church Fifth avenue in New York over the summer. The five-member Committee, at the request of the Right Reverend Edward L. salmon, Jr., Nineteenth Dean and President of Nashotah house, was charged with discerning a vision for the full Board and establishing an agenda for future meetings. Dean salmon served as the meeting’s moderator, with the honorable George herbert walker, III, united states ambassador to hungary (ret.), the Reverend Michael J. Godderz, ssC, Rector of all saints’ ashmont, Boston, Massachusetts, the Reverend andrew L. sloane, ’78, Rector, st. Paul’s K street, washington, D.C. and the Reverend John alexander, ’04, Rector, st. stephen’s in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, serving as co-conveners. The Convening Committee called for the formation of a sixteen member Board of Visitors that would function solely to “foster reflection, survey the future and advance the mission of Nashotah house.”The New York meeting – occurring

just before our 170th anniversary in september – was an occasion for history, as it often does, to repeat itself. after all, it was 170 years ago that Bishop Kemper visited General seminary in New York City for the purpose of recruiting volunteers to serve the “western reaches.” Bishop Kemper would return many times to the east, seeking prayers, resources and advice to expand the mission of Nashotah house. “By returning to New York City and reengaging with many of our partners, Nashotah house once again was seeking a renewed commitment to our mission of raising up a faithful priesthood for the Church,” said Mr. Charleston David wilson, ’13, who organized the meeting. “however, this time – 170 years later – Nashotah house returned to the city where it all began,” wilson added, “and we give thanks to the Convening Committee for their wise counsel and energetic voice as we seek to expand and energize – in no small measure – that passion for raising up priests and lay leaders, which was the seed Bishop Kemper planted in New York City 170 years ago.”

To read Bishop salmon’s reflections from the November meeting of the Board of Visitors, please visit www.nashotah.edu.

Miss sarah OttenThe Office of Development & Church Relations

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History Repeats Itself: New York City The Dean anD PresiDenT’s Convening CommiTTee meeTs in

aBOuT ThE DEaN aND PREsIDENT’s BOaRD OF VIsITORsThe Board of Visitors is a dynamic group of men and women, clergy and lay, assisting the Dean and President in a range of activities that help advance the mission of the house, including public relations and long-term strategic planning. The group gives professional and knowledgeable advice to the Dean and President in individual areas of concern. The Board of Visitors, moreover, fosters sustained general reflection covering the full range of the house’s activities and nurtures a culture of generosity and relational self‐giving. More importantly, however, members of the Board of Visitors serve as liaisons to the larger Church and the world, informing their communities and nurturing relationships in order to strengthen Nashotah house and her singular mission of providing a faithful priesthood for the Church.


n December of 1971, Bishop Victor Rivera, then Bishop of the Diocese of san Joaquin, invited me

to attend a weekend at the Diocesan Conference Center along with other college students who had worked at Camp san Joaquin the previous summer. It was his way of thanking us for our time and to “touch base” with us. It was a time to connect with new friends and catch-up. One evening I had the opportunity to sit with Bishop Vic (as he was affectionately known) in front of the lodge fireplace and chat. I was a bit nervous not knowing what to expect, after all he was the Bishop! It was during the conversation that I said I would like to go to seminary to which he responded, “which one?” and I said, “Nashotah house, of course!”

I was expecting probing questions as to why I felt called to seminary or why that one or even a “you are kidding me?”. Instead he said, “see me in my office on Monday and we will get things going!” Imagine my surprise and relief! he had never sent a candidate to Nashotah and was very keen for me to be the first from the Diocese of san Joaquin. so began my journey to the house and what a journey it was to be.

arriving at the house sight unseen was an interesting experience to be sure. I was nervous and wrought with anxiety.

The Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert, ’75, is the seventh Bishop suffragan of the

Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. Previously he served six years as Canon to the

Ordinary for the Diocese of Dallas under the Rt. Rev. James M. stanton and was Rector of st. James Episcopal Church,

Texarkana, Texas for fifteen years. Bishop Lambert and his wife sally have three children and four grandchildren.

“what in the world have I gotten myself into,” was my first thought. I was assigned to Kemper hall where I took up my first residence. I had no idea what to expect, but in the end coming to Nashotah house would be the best thing that ever happened to me.

here in these hallowed halls and holy places I was to be formed into God’s priest in his one, holy, Catholic Church. here, life-changing events would draw me even deeper into a loving and abiding relationship not only with God and his son Jesus Christ, but also with the place - with Nashotah house. In the words of an ancient crofter on the Island of Iona, “This is a very thin place.” Nashotah too is a very thin place in that the space between God and his people can be very thin indeed!

I experienced this “thinness” in many ways. The daily warp and woof of the house at the celebration of Matins and Mass and Evensong provided a foundation for our daily course work as well as the daily work schedule where we all had a place and a task. Through the ordered life of our community we were given an opportunity to experience the depth and breadth of God’s redeeming grace - to experience that “thin place”.

Of course, it wasn’t without its challenges and disappointment; that’s

part of the formation. No other place provides a better place to be formed as a parish priest. My father used to say, “You get out of something what you put into it.” This has served me well not only at Nashotah house, but throughout my ministry as well. It is in giving your all to God and his Church that you will receive God’s blessing.

It was at Nashotah house where I met the love of my life, sally. we were married two days after graduation 37 years ago with my entire class present! what a blessing to have all those who journeyed with you present at such a blessed event. Nashotah is in my heart and in my soul and I give God thanks for calling me to this holy place, this “thin place.” It was here that I was formed, and being formed, was sent into the world to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. and for this I am forever grateful to Bishop Rivera and to God our Father.

a Very thin placeThe Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert, ’75

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“These sermons and events commemorate Bishop Kemper’s vision and give us a chance to get in touch with that missional calling which permeates all that we do and apply it once more to our life, work and witness to the world,” said the Rt. Rev. Edward L. salmon, Jr., Nineteenth Dean and President of Nashotah house. “The spirit behind this series,” says Mr. Charleston David wilson, ’13, on behalf of the Office of Development and Church Relations, “is to remind us – and the Church at large – that we must keep cultivating that frontier mentality and missionary zeal, sharing the news of Christ’s salvation to the far corners of the globe and every place in between.” Join us as we commemorate this historic year in the life of the house. all events are free and open to the public. some events require advance reservations. For a complete listing of events, please visit give.nashotah.edu.

we began a year-long series in september, “Missionaries on the Frontier: Then and Now,” focusing on the enduring missionary spirit of the house and in thanksgiving for our 170th year of service to the Church. Bishop Jackson Kemper introduced this spirit when, on the shores of upper Nashotah Lake in 1842, he perceived a call to establish a “mission to the western reaches” and founded what would become Nashotah house. For 170 years, Nashotah house has answered Bishop Kemper’s call by training leaders for every frontier; forming priests and lay leaders whose lives have been shaped through a classical formation of prayer, study and work. By hosting a year-long series of sermons and events, Nashotah house is renewing its commitment to ministry on the frontier – although no longer on the geographic frontier – by reaffirming Bishop Kemper’s passion for reaching all people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

a Year-Long series of sermons and Events Commemorates 170 Years of service to the Church

Miss sarah OttenThe Office of Development & Church Relations

Missionaries on the Frontier: then and now

In MeMorIaM: The Rev. Canon David E. Nyberg, ssC, ’51The Rev. Canon David Emil Nyberg, ssC, ’51, a long-time trustee of Nashotah house passed away Friday, June 22, 2012, in wichita Falls at the age of 87. Portions of the following are adapted from the obituary published by Lunn’s Colonial Funeral home, wichita Falls, Tx:

Father Nyberg was born to Fredrick Emil and Emma (sonninen) Nyberg on December 26, 1924, in st. Maries, Idaho. although he spoke perfect English, it was his second language with Finnish being his first. as a young boy, Father Nyberg worked harvesting strawberries. On May 22, 1946, he married Virginia Marie Rickman, and together, the couple had three children. Throughout his life, Father Nyberg worked many different jobs, including service in the united states air Force where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Meritorious service award. he was the editor of his college newspaper and jokingly said he never owned a car with an automatic transmission. he lived in eight different states and England during his lifetime. Father Nyberg was a Priest in the Episcopal Church for more

than 60 years. he held a Bachelor of science degree in history and received an MDiv from Nashotah house in 1951.

a Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Very Reverend scott R. wooten, ’99, of the anglican Church of the Good shepherd, wichita Falls, Tx on Monday, June 25, 2012. In the funeral sermon for Father Nyberg, Father wooten reflects on his life saying, “Father Nyberg was steadfast in his ministry; home, hospital, church - this was retirement! he was always trying to plant seeds. how many bushes, trees and shrubs did he plant around his house? This was a big part of his life, planting… It is every priest’s hope that a seed once planted, of the Good news of Jesus Christ, will spring from the soil and bear fruit. so if you come here today with fond memories of Father (Nyberg), and mourn his loss, hold on to this good news, and spread it. so that like a vine, his work will always be with us as it grows.”

Father Nyberg is survived by his two daughters and a son, one brother, two grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

along with his parents and one brother, Father Nyberg was preceded in death by his wife of 35 years, Virginia. he was laid to rest next to his beloved wife in the Nashotah house cemetery.

Memorial donations honoring Father Nyberg may be made to the alzheimer’s

association, wichita Falls Regional Office, 901 Indiana, suite 350, wichita

Falls, Tx 76301.


the Ven. thomas f. winslow, ’07In MEMorIAM:

Mrs. Jeneen Floydassociate Editor

Photos courtesy of The Cathedral Church of all saints, Milwaukee

IN MEMORIaM


he Ven. Thomas F. winslow, ’07, former archdeacon and Chaplain to the Bishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee and

Nashotah house archivist passed away Thursday, august 23, 2012, in Madison, wisconsin at the age of 68.

“Tom made friends easily, he was very social,” remarked Mrs. Peg winslow, Fr. winslow’s wife of 48 years. “his experiences gave him incredible tools to help others,” she said. and, that probably best sums up how Fr. winslow lived his life; in an unassuming, friendly way he touched so many different circles of people.

Peg recalled all of his jobs and major life experiences since they met in 1963 and married a year later: stage lighting hand, dispatcher for aaa, state Fair Park patrol officer and later the park’s police chief, deacon, FBI chaplain, recovery counselor, successful lung transplant patient, and ordained Episcopal priest. his biggest achievement, she said, was his ongoing successful control over alcohol. he had been sober more than 33 years at the time of his passing. when police officer Tom winslow stopped drinking alcohol, his sobriety opened a new career path. he became a counselor for other drug-impaired professionals, primarily law enforcement officers, recounted Peg, who was frequently at his side talking to alcoholics anonymous groups, law enforcement agencies and clergy.

his faith, which always grounded him, led him to answer a call to ministry and when he was ordained to the diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Charles T. Gaskell in 1983, Fr. winslow became an unpaid chaplain in the Milwaukee office of the FBI.a little more than a month after the september 11, 2001, attacks, he entered Ground Zero at the world Trade Center site in New York City in his work as chaplain. In addition to his FBI chaplain duties, he worked out of st. Paul’s Chapel a block from the world Trade Center site. he talked with law enforcement officers involved with the removal of bodies. Fr. winslow went into “the pit” several times.

he suffered respiratory problems within a week of returning from New York with symptoms including frequent respiratory infections and pneumonia, which worsened year after year. Fr. winslow was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis after a CT scan revealed minute bits of glass and other substances in his lungs. Pulmonary fibrosis scars lungs and makes breathing difficult and a lung transplant is the only cure.

Despite his symptoms, Fr. winslow decided to enroll in Nashotah house in 2002 and he was ordained Priest in 2007 by the Rt. Rev. steven a. Miller. he spent his entire ordained ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee

and always loved and supported the house, serving as the archivist for seven years. he loved the history of the house; the richness of the old, black and white photographs, the look of the dusty crosses and books from the last 170 years. when a request was made by this editor to pull records to verify dates for a recent issue of The Missioner, I could almost hear his tires squall as he hung up the phone and raced over to the house library to perform yet another fact check. I think it was his law enforcement background that drove him to track down the smallest details for us in the archives.

Together with Peg they were the unofficial “ambassadors of Nashotah house” twice traveling to deliver honorary degrees to recipients who were unable to attend the Commencement services. On both occasions they graciously presented the recipients with their hoods and diplomas in

Latin, as is spoken as all degrees are conferred at the house. On a cold February day in 2008, they traveled to a retirement facility in Connecticut to present a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to the Rev. Charles Geerts, ’35. Both Fr. Geerts and Fr. winslow were moved during the presentation and prayers that followed and Fr. Geerts passed away less than two months later at the age of 99. as Mrs. sandy Mills, Executive assistant to the Dean of Nashotah house and long-time friend of the winslows put it simply, “he was here to serve…he served everyone in all that he did. That was Tom.”

In November 2009, one lung was transplanted into Fr. winslow. That enabled him to continue his duties at The Cathedral Church of all saints in Milwaukee where he served as the Bishop’s Chaplain and archdeacon. he served on many diocesan committees and commissions and several times was elected to represent the Diocese of Milwaukee as a clerical deputy to General Convention.

The Rt. Rev. steven a. Miller, Bishop of Milwaukee, presided over the Requiem Mass at The Cathedral Church of all saints on Tuesday, september 4th. The Cathedral, echoing with the heavenly sounds of bagpipes, was filled to capacity with fellow clergy, law enforcement officials, friends and family who were touched by Fr. winslow’s selfless ministry and service to others. Following a police escort from the Cathedral, Fr. winslow’s ashes then remained overnight before the Blessed sacrament in the Chapel of st. Mary the Virgin on the campus of Nashotah house which he loved so much. Private burial took place on september 5th in Lake Mills, wI. he is survived by his wife, Peg, two daughters, Catherine Cassidy of sullivan and Cindi Pokorny of Rosendale, three grandchildren and countless friends he helped during his time and ministry in this life.

Portions of this text are adapted from the obituary published by the

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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“Tom made friends easily, he was very social,” remarked

Mrs. Peg winslow, Fr. winslow’s wife

of 48 years.


he Rt. Rev. Roger J. white, 10th Bishop of Milwaukee (retired) and former Director of the Nashotah

house Foundation, died peacefully Monday, august 27, 2012, in Milwaukee with family at his side.

Bishop white was born January 31, 1941, in the city of Leeds in Yorkshire, England. he was educated in the united Kingdom and ordained a Priest of the Church of England in 1967. Transferring to the Episcopal Church in 1969, he served as Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, Indiana and served the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee as its tenth bishop from 1985 until 2003. he was director of the Nashotah house Foundation from 1992 to 2003 and was a former trustee, ex officio, of the house.

as bishop, his interests included Christian initiation and the catechumenate. Clergy wellness was another focus of his ministry and he was a founding member of the Cornerstone Project which addresses this issue on the national level in the Episcopal Church. his vision for the diocese focused on evangelism and forming people for discipleship, ministry, and service. Bishop white was well-known as a scholar and teacher and for his work advancing ecumenism and social justice in haiti, Latin america and south africa. he was actively involved in the Diocese of Milwaukee’s haiti Project, which partnered with a parish in Jennette, haiti to provide improved health care and education to the surrounding community.

Bishop white nurtured interfaith

relationships at home and abroad. he served as the Episcopal Church’s liaison with the Russian Orthodox Church in the years before and after the breakup of the soviet union and traveled to Russia several times. at home, he worked closely with Bishop Peter Rogness of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in america and Roman Catholic archbishop Rembert weakland and Bishop Richard sklba.

“he was the quintessential anglican bishop with his British accent…a man large in every way,” said the Rev. Dr. scott stoner, a longtime friend and Executive Director of samaritan Family wellness in Glendale, wI. “The most important role of a bishop is to be pastor of the pastors, and he was a great shepherd,” Father stoner remarked.

Bishop white led the Milwaukee

In MEMorIAM:ThE RT. REV. ROGER J. whITE

IN MEMORIaM

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diocese at a time of great change in the church. he was the first Episcopal bishop in wisconsin to ordain women and was successful in convincing many opponents of the rightness of the position. “he was a uniter, not a divider. he led from the middle and earned the respect of conservatives and liberals on the issue,” Father stoner said.

The Rt. Rev. steven a. Miller, current Bishop of Milwaukee, noted that, “Roger served the Diocese of Milwaukee at a critical time in the life of the Episcopal Church. his focus on the ministry of all the baptized and the church’s mission to know, love, and serve Jesus in the world, were manifested by the ministries begun during his tenure as bishop. we give thanks for his life and ministry, and hold his wife

Pru, and their family, in our prayers.”

with the Rev. Richard Kew, Bishop white wrote several books dealing with the future of the church, including New Millennium, New Church (Cowley Press) and Venturing Into the New Millennium (Latimer Press). “The highlights for me were the days we spent at the beach in south Carolina writing and hammering out these various books,” recalled Father Kew who now serves as Development Director at Ridley hall in Cambridge.

“Our friendship was great fun, exceedingly honest, and at times had a fiery edge…It was easy to get mad at him, but almost impossible to hold grudges. Roger was an individual who was able to grab life by the scruff of the neck and enjoy it. he was a thoroughgoing extrovert… his

was a larger than life personality, he filled a room,” remarked Father Kew.

Bishop Roger white is survived by his wife, Prudence (“Pru”), their three children, and four grandchildren. a Requiem Mass was said Thursday, september 6th at The Cathedral Church of all saints in Milwaukee with the Rt. Rev. steven a. Miller, Bishop white’s successor, presiding. Numerous clergy, friends and family members were present for the service which was a beautiful celebration of Bishop white’s ministry and life. Interment was in the cathedral columbarium at the conclusion of the service.

Roger was an individual who was able to grab

life by the scruff of the neck and enjoy it. he

was a thoroughgoing extrovert… his was a

larger than life personality, he filled a room.”

The Rev. Richard Kew

Portions of this text are adapted from the obituaries published by the

Episcopal News Service website and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.


ORDINaTIONs

NOTIFICaTIONs OF DEaTh

RETIREMENTs

The Rev. Canon Gregg L. Riley, ’05, retired as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of western Louisiana, alexandria, La.

aPPOINTMENTs

Nashotah house is pleased to publish updates in the Biddings and Bindings for our matriculated students, alumni and honorary degree recipients. we publish the information as it is submitted after the date the event occurred. If you would like to submit a transition announcement, please visit www.nashotah.edu/news and select The Missioner “Magazine – Contact us” to complete an online form. Your update will appear in an upcoming issue of The Missioner and appropriate updates will also be noted in the Development Office.

The Rev. Meredyth L. albright, ’12, was ordained Priest on June 30, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac.

The Rev. Charles Roy allison, II, ’12, was ordained Priest on June 16, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. Dabney T. smith, Episcopal Diocese of southwest Florida. he is Priest associate of st. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 9801 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita springs, FL 34133.

The Rev. Dave a. Beaulac, ’12, was ordained Deacon on June 2, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. william h. Love, Episcopal Diocese of albany.

The Rev. Linda Jacobson Bracken, ’11,was ordained Deaconess on January 22, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. winfield Mott, Diocese of the west, REC. she is Deaconess at st. Luke’s Chapel in the hills, Los altos hills, Ca 94305, and a Chaplaincy Intern at stanford hospital and Clinics, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room hG004, Palo alto, Ca 94305.

The Rev. william O. Daniel, Jr., ’12, was ordained Deacon on June 2, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. Dabney T. smith, Episcopal Diocese of southwest Florida. he is Chaplain of st. James school, 17641 College Road, hagerstown, MD 21781-9900.

The Rev. shane Patrick Gormley, ’12, was ordained Deacon on May 24, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. william h. Love, Episcopal Diocese of albany. he is studying in the Masters of Theology in New Testament program at Princeton Theological seminary, 64 Mercer street, Princeton, NJ 08542.

The Rev. Nathaniel O. Kidd, ’12, was ordained Deacon on May 24, 2012, by the Most Rev. Robert w. Duncan, Diocese of Pittsburgh, aCNa.

The Rev. Rodney Roehner, ’12, was ordained Deacon on June 2, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. william h. Love, Episcopal Diocese of albany.

The Rev. william R. Easterling, ’07, is Rector of Church of the Redeemer, 504 Tech Drive, Ruston, La 71270.

The Rt. Rev. Robert Todd Giffin, ’02, is Bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Mid-america, anglican Province of america, 8555 Grand Boulevard, Merrillville, IN 46410.

The dioceses for the below two ordinations were incorrectly listed in the Michaelmas issue and are being reprinted. Please accept our apologies.

The Rev. James Brzezinski, ’12, was ordained Deacon on May 26, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida.

The Rev. Mark Ricker, ’12, was ordained Deacon on May 26, 2012, by the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida.

The Rev. Michael Ray Becker, ’41, died May 19, 2012, age 95.

The Rev. Canon David Emil Nyberg, ’51, died June 22, 2012, age 87.

The Ven. Thomas F. winslow, ’07, died august 23, 2012, age 68.

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ne of my fondest memories of Fr. Tom Winslow was meeting him for the first time in the refectory. It must have been during orientation of my junior year. Fr. Tom came

up to me and saw my nametag. “hanyzewski,” he said. “Is that Polish?” I said it is. After more conversation we figured out how much we had in common, and we quickly discovered how connected we were in the greater body of

ThE REv. ANdREW hANYzEWSkI, ’09ASSOCIATE EdITOR

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remembrance for those we have lost

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the church. This was pretty typical for Tom and Peg: so easy to talk to, so relatable, and so honest. I remember him giving me his business card, telling me to call him if I needed anything. My senior year, Fr. Tom mentored and included me in the worship duties at All Saints’ Cathedral. I had been ordained deacon at the beginning of the year. This was the time when Fr. Tom was bringing his portable oxygen with him wherever he went. In addition, it was the time when dean Raasch was also ill, suffering from cancer. Even though Fr. Tom’s challenges were mounting with taking over the dean’s services, he took me under his wing and provided me with an opportunity that many don’t get until after graduation. he said I would be helping out the Cathedral as a deacon, serving at the pleasure of the bishop. Fr. Tom gracefully and meticulously taught me how to serve - more than merely as a deacon, but as a child of God. Fr. Tom was always putting God’s mark on people, just like him extending his business card to me that first day. however, Fr. Tom’s true business card was his redemptive spirit, given to him by the holy Spirit, and working through him to touch others.

Even though the lung transplant was successful, it took a toll on Fr. Tom physically. his spirit however never gave out. When I would ask him how he was doing, he never complained or criticized. his focus was still on that relatable, honest and considerate relationship he had with each one of us, always applying it to the greater body of Christ, always believing in God’s redeeming powers. his spirit was that of a servant. At all times, his life and teachings showed Christ’s people that in serving the helpless they were serving Christ himself—now and forever.

As co-editors, Mrs. Jeneen Floyd and myself would like to honor Fr. Tom Winslow’s memory by dedicating this issue of The Missioner to him.

May his soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

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