The Missioner Spring 2022

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HOPE FOR THE CHURCH: WORKERS FOR THE HARVEST

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A TRIO OF TIDINGS

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GIVING BACK

By Dr. Garwood Anderson

By Robin Little

2021 Donors

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SCHOOL DAYS WITH A DIFFERENCE

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SEEING WINTER THROUGH THE LENS

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A SHARED DESTINATION

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REFLECTION ON THE CAMINO INGLÉS TO SANTIAGO

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FOLLOWING THE PATH TO NASHOTAH

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LET’S TALK MUSIC

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ON PANDEMICS

By the Rev. Fabien Pering, ‘18

This is a publication of the Nashotah House Advancement Team.

Contact Advancement at advancement@nashotah.edu.

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ALUMNI UPDATES

SHARE IN OUR SPECIAL MOMENTS

By Susan Erickson, MTS ‘24

2022 Winter Photography Contest Winners

By Justin Taliaferro & Karen Smith

By Dr. Tom Heard, ‘16 & the Rev. James Brzezinski, ‘12

By the Rev. Lee Nelson, ‘05

By Dr. Geoffrey Williams & Stephanie Seefeldt

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

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G I V E B A C K . M O V E F O R WA R D .

HOPE FOR THE CHURCH:

Wor ke r s Ha r ve s t FOR THE

DR. GARWOOD ANDERSON Dean

The state of the Anglican tradition and our churches is a source of a seemingly never-ending discussion – not to mention some handwringing and blaming.

Much depends on how one chooses to look at things or which things one chooses to look at. The Western and Northern hemispheres are one thing; the Southern and Eastern something else. Statistics tell us something – not everything – and I would not put a lot of stock in any analysis painted with a broad brush.

While it doesn’t change the statistics, my vantage is a bit different than the graphs which chart membership, average Sunday attendance, and “pledge and plate,” valuable though these are.

What I see – and this is a privilege of working at a seminary – are people. Not only, but especially, young people. Bright people. Faithful people. People leaving their nets to follow Jesus and fish for men.

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One of the subplots of the decline in religious affiliation especially among the younger generations is that the religiously affiliated have very little social compulsion to identify as Christians, to go through the motions, to spend Sunday mornings in church.

That being so, what is left is the genuine article. If being a “none” is a perfectly acceptable option and the path of least resistance, the “somethings” are going to be really something!

Secularizing social pressures and the antagonism toward “organized religion” are the refiner’s fire of our generation. And while nostalgia might have us longing for a bygone era, God might have us accept the fruit of his discipline as just what we need. “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11 ESV).

Students of the House during Matriculation, prayer in class, and helping out in the Refectory

Nashotah House is filled with extraordinary students: brilliant, sold-out, all-in – exactly the sort of raw material from which one might hope to form the next generations of priests, bishops, and lay leaders. Like the best and brightest from Daniel, our students are “versed in every branch of wisdom, endowed with knowledge and insight, and competent to serve in the [K]ing’s palace” and “they are being taught the literature and language of the [Gospel]” (Daniel 1:4 NRS, generously contemporized).

So, this is the Nashotah House challenge, and I hope you will join me in gladly choosing to accept it. We have more “demand” than “supply.” We have more parishes and dioceses that would love to have our graduates than we have graduates to send them. A “business” with more demand than supply is normally in a good position – for a while.

This is where you come in. Send us more. Send us more students – have we mentioned that our enrollment has doubled across all programs since the Fall of 2017? Send us the financial resources to support these extraordinary people so that their heart’s desire to be a Nashotah House alum can be fulfilled, lest they attend a seminary which is their distant second choice.

The fields remain white unto harvest, and the Lord of the harvest – and the church – is calling Nashotah House graduates. Pray to the Lord of the harvest.

Join the Lord of the harvest. It is his Church; its future is in his hands.

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TIDINGS ROBIN LITTLE

Director of Development COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU Last fall, we had the pleasure of hosting 35 alumni at St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Southlake, Texas. Dr. Garwood Anderson extended a greeting from Nashotah House, and we got to catch up with old friends and enjoy lunch together for the first time since 2017. After being apart from one another for so long, it was great to be together in person. Despite the diversity of ministries to which we’re called, the unifying affection for Nashotah House was evident, and the chance to be together and encourage one another was worth its weight in gold!

Thanks to the success of this event and recognizing the value of meeting with our alumni on their “home turf,” Dr. Anderson has determined that in-person visits to become a priority in the months ahead.

Please watch for opportunities to come and say hi to him in these cities this spring: Sarasota, Orlando, and Tampa, Florida; Houston and Dallas, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; If you live in or near one

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of these areas, watch for an invitation to join us for a meal or event.

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW ALUMNI ASSOCIATE Speaking of alumni, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Rebecca Terhune as our new Alumni Associate. Many of you know Rebecca as a 2014 graduate of Nashotah House or because of her recent work on The Chapter, and we are so excited to have her join our team!

Rebecca lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with her husband and fellow graduate Fr. Jason, Nashotah House Senior Director of Operations & Student Services, and vicar at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

The Terhunes are parents to three adult sons, a daughter-in-law, and a new grandson. As a family, they enjoy parties, lots of candles, and plenty of cake. Rebecca is also a candidate for holy orders (vocational diaconate). She is grateful for the

Rebecca and Fr. Terhune with their three sons

relationships she’s enjoyed here and gives thanks to Nashotah House for having encouraged her along the way.

Rebecca has very much enjoyed getting to know the alumni over the years. Working on The Missioner from 2012 through 2016, Rebecca was honored and amazed by the diverse stories she was able to curate for its readership. Upon her return to this area in 2019, Rebecca was able to bring to fruition the launch of The Chapter, an idea that had been brewing for a few years to help Nashotah alumni stay connected to the House and be encouraged by the content offered there. With more than 500 posts, each reflecting a heritage of scholarship and service to the church, The Chapter boasts a devoted readership and a prominent place in the life and ministry of many of our alumni.

“It is a pleasure to help Nashotah Alumni get the word out about what it is they do daily,” Rebecca says. “I look forward to working with Nashotah House and their alumni association to help make this an even more supportive, engaged community, with some creative ideas on how to help the alumni raise money for our amazing seminary and students.

This is going to be fun: lunches, special speakers, webinars, and sharing the goals of the House.”

Always a winsome recruiter, Rebecca never misses an opportunity to encourage alumni from other institutions to consider Nashotah House for their next degree. “After sharing my Nashotah story and about the education I received here, I often hear the response, ‘I should’ve gone there.’ To which I say, ‘It’s not too late, friend. Sign up here!’”

Rebecca has enjoyed getting to know the current crop of Nashotah House students and, to help them and their families get connected on campus, has launched one more vehicle for keeping everyone informed about campus events: an internal newsletter called The Dispatch (Dr. Watkins also distributes one for Hybrid-Distance and Advanced

Degree students). There, she interviews and writes up a weekly student spotlight. In response to her question, “What brought you to Nashotah House?”

The answer is nearly always the same: alumni.

ALUMNI DAY 2022

Celebrating 180 Years As we celebrate our 180th anniversary this year, we look forward to honoring the legacy of mission and ministry that is the hallmark of Nashotah House alumni. Join us in celebrating with some special plans on Alumni Day this year!

Please join us at Nashotah House on Wednesday, May 18, for the following:

10:30 A.M. MASS:

The Rev. Canon Sandy Herrmann, Celebrant The Rev. Canon Brien Koehler, Preacher

NOON LUNCHEON:

Celebration of Honorary Degrees and Decade Anniversaries

AFTERNOON CAMPUS TOUR:

Updated facilities and plans for future updates

4:30 P.M. EVENING PRAYER 6:00 P.M. COOKOUT & TRIVIA NIGHT Please refer to the website for updates and opportunities to register for Alumni Day and Commencement events.

Pictured from left to right: Photo 1: the Rev. Alan Horton, Dr. Anderson, the Rev. Carl Harkins & the Rev. Mark Polley Photo 2: Tom Graves, the Rev. John Jordan, the Rev. Canon Ed Monk, Dr. Kincaid & Drew Bradford Photo 3: Dr. Elisabeth Kincaid & Robin Little

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BACK The Rev. & Mrs. Keith J. Acker The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Keith Ackerman Mr. Keith Ackerman The Rev. Canon Charles G. Ackerson The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. James Adams Mrs. Stacey Adams Mr. & Mrs. George Ahrens Mr. Jules Albert All Saints’ Church - Woodbridge, VA All Saints’ Episcopal Church Lakeland, FL All Souls’ Episcopal Church Nicholls Hills, OK Allen Whitehall Clowes Charitable Foundation The Rev. Roy Allison & Rev. Deacon Marcia Allison Ms. Noel Anders Mr. Thomas I. Anderson The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Kent H. Anderson Ms. Beverly Anderson

The Rev. Marjorie S. & the Rev. Bruce S. Bevans The Rev. John W. Biggs The Rev. Virginia L. Bird Blackbaud Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin H. Bland The Rev. Canon Dr. William E. Blewett The Rev. Canon & Mrs. John Blossom

The Rev. Wayne Carter The Rev. Canon Charles Cason The Rev. & Mrs. A. Milton Cheney III Christ Church Accokeek Christ Church Glendale Christ Episcopal Church - Burlington, IA Christ Memorial Chapel - Hobe Sound, FL

Ms. Tracy Boche

Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Natrona Heights, PA

Mr. Macon Boddy

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Christensen

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Johannes Boersma

Church of St. Anne - Morrison, IL

The Rev. & Mrs. Geoffrey A. Boland

Church of the Ascension - Chicago, IL

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Bosworth Jr.

Church of the Holy Apostles Fort Worth, TX

The Rev. & Mrs. Jacob Bottom

Church of The Holy Communion Charleston, SC

Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Botula The Rev. & Mrs. John A. Bower The Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Bowers Mrs. Linda Bracken & Mr. Thomas Bracken

Church of the Incarnation - Dallas, TX The Rev. Lawrence Civale The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Frank H. Clark Mrs. Katherine G. Clark

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bradford

Mr. & Mrs. Brigham Clegg

The Rev. Canon Martha J. Bradley

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Cole

Anglican Benedictines of Christ the King

The Rev. Jacalyn I. & Mr. William J. Broughton

The Rev. Deacon John Conner

The Rev. & Mrs. John Armstrong

The Very Rev. Thomas H. Brouillard

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Aughinbaugh

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Brown

The Rt. Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Patrick P. Augustine

Mrs. Marylou M. Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker

The Rev. & Mrs. Thomas C. Bruns

Mrs. Sarah W. Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Garwood P. Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ball The Rev. & Mrs. Francis Baltz Ms. Desiree Barker Dr. Frances K. Barr The Rev. John Barrett The Rev. Deacon William Barto & Ms. Carol Pearce Mr. Christopher Bates The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Lawrence Bausch The Very Rev. & Mrs. Duane C. Beauchamp

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Our Mission continues because of the generosity of our community.

Below are all of the 2021 donors.

Thank you for your continued support.

(Nashotah House Alumni denoted in bold)

Mrs. Joyce Bruce The Rev. & Mrs. James Brzezinski The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Buchan The Rev. & Mrs. Douglas Buchanan The Rev. Deacon Karen E. Buker The Rev. & Mrs. Norman C. Burke Ms. Jane Burkett The Rev. & Mrs. Richard R. Burris The Rt. Rev. Anthony Burton The Rev. David Butorac Dr. Richard Bynum Calvary Episcopal Church-Batavia, IL

Mr. & Mrs. Will Beecherl

Carrie Clark Carlsen Charitable Fund

Mr. Richard A. Best, Jr.

The Rev. Canon Robert G. Carroon

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Mr. & Mrs. Philip Conover The Rev. Dr. Richard G. Copeland The Rev. & Mrs. Shanon W. Cotta The Rev. Dr. Michael Cover The Very Rev. William A. Crary, Jr. The Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence Crumb Mr. Michael D’Alesandre Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Dalferes III The Rev. & Mrs. William Daniel Ms. Wyndeth Davis Mr. Richard H. Dean Dean Family Foundation The Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Deihle The Rev. & Mrs. Jay Denne The Rev. William Dennler Ms. Jane C. Dickson The Rev. Henry Doyle The Rev. Robert K. Duerr, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Labin L. Duke

Mr. & Mrs. William Duke The Most Rev. & Mrs. Robert W. Duncan, Jr.

Grace Episcopal Church Old Saybrook, CT Mr. & Mrs. G. Thomas Graves

Mr. Glenn D. Johnson Mrs. Jane G. Johnson Mr. Hal Johnson

Mr. R. Eric Dyrud

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Francis C. Gray

Ms. Jacque Easter

Mrs. Jeannette B. Gregory

Mr. David Eckert

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Gresik

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis T. Edmon

Mr. & Mrs. William Gretz

The Rev. Timothy & the Rev. Deacon Beatrice Jones

The Rev. William Patrick Edwards

Ms. Marie Griffith

The Rev. & Mrs. John Jordan

Mrs. Maria T. Ehrenberger

Ms. Laura Groetsch

Joutras Family Charitable Gift Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ehrmann

Br. Matthew Grote

Mr. Daniel Joyce

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Foster Eich III

Ms. Kristen Gunn

The Rev. Canon James Kaestner

Mrs. Diane C. Ellis

Mr. Robert W. Gustafson

Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Haag

The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Richard Kallenberg

Episcopal Diocese of Albany

The Rev. & Mrs. Allen K. Hall

Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire

Mrs. Ann T. Hall

Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth

Mr. William G. Hall

Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma

Mr. & Mrs. James G. Hallwas

Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee

Mr. & Mrs. Eric D. Hamburg

Episcopal Diocese of West Texas

Hamilton Roddis Foundation, Inc.

Estate of Adeline Kyoko Kano

Ms. Mary M. Hamlin

Estate of E.R. Welles II

The Rev. Ben Hankinson

The Rev. Canon Mark Evans & Ms. Sandra Moore

Ms. Lindsey E. Hardegree

Ms. Beverly J. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ewing Mr. & Mrs. H. Grant Fair The Rev. Meghan J. Farr & Mr. Daniel Farr Ms. Kim Feld The Rev. & Mrs. David H. Fenton The Rev. Michael Fill Mrs. Michelle Fitzpatrick The Rev. Canon & Mrs. James Fosdick Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fotsch Mr. & Mrs. Graydon C. Fox The Rev. Joseph Francis The Rev. Jay Samuel Friberg The Rev. & Mrs. James P. Frink

Ms. Elizabeth A. Hartung-Cole Mr. & Mrs. Kirk D. Hatfield Mrs. Carole Hausmann Hayssen Family Foundation, Inc. The Rev. & Mrs. Alan Heatherington The Rev. & Mrs. John M. Hellrung The Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Henry Henry C., Eva M., Robert H., & Jack J. Gillo Charitable Fund The Rev. Canon & Mrs. H.W. Herrmann The Rev. Harry H. Hill III The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Gregory P. Hinton Mrs. Jane B. Hoffman The Rev. George W. Holston III

Ms. Sarah Fuller

Holy Innocents Episcopal Church Little Lake, MI

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Alphonza Gadsden

The Rev. & Mrs. Alan S. Horton

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Gaither

Mr. & Mrs. Lewis S. Huntley

Ms. Mary E. Gaul

Mr. & Mrs. Allan Iding

Mr. John Geib

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Jack L. Iker

George Mercer, Jr. Memorial

The Rev. & Mrs. Peter L. Ingeman

School of Theology

Mr. & Mrs. Jackson Kemper IV

Mrs. Otto J. Glasser

Mrs. Jane K. Janke

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gleason

The Rev. & Mrs. Benjamin P. Jefferies

The Rev. & Mrs. Austin L. Goggans

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Jelinek

Grace Anglican Church - Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. & Mrs. Sean Jennett

Grace Episcopal Church - Menomonie, WI

Deacon Tara Jernigan

Grace Episcopal Church - Rice Lake, WI

The Rev. & Mrs. James Johnson

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Derek Jones Dr. & Mrs. Dudley D. Jones

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Tobias A. Karlowicz Mrs. Janice M. Karon Mr. John L. Kaufmann Mr. Albert P. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kelley The Rev. & Mrs. Steven J. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kelly Mrs. Karen K. Kemp The Rev. Rowena Kemp The Rev. Canon & Mrs. David W. Kent The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Keough Mrs. Caryl McElvain Keys The Rev. & Mrs. George A. Kimball, Jr. The Rev. & Mrs. T. Nicholas King The Very Rev. Heidi Kinner Mrs. Nina E. Kinney The Very Rev. & Mrs. H. Scott Kirby The Rev. Dr. Arnold Klukas & Dr. Carol Klukas The Rev. Clayton Knapp Mrs. Rosanne L. Knight The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Robert Koehler Mrs. Mary Kohler Mr. Edmund E. Kopietz Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Kopka The Rev. & Mrs. Ronald Kral Mr. Steven Lang Mr. Charles J. Larson Ms. Virginia Laurent The Rev. Dr. Lanny Law The Rev. Dr. Margaret W. & Mr. Frank W. Lee Ms. Georgia Lee Mr. Rowland Leep The Rev. & Mrs. Tim Leighton continued on page 10 nashotah.edu

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DONORS continued from page 9

The Rev. & Mrs. James Lemler

Mrs. Mary K. Moritz

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Ryan Reed

Mr. Morey J. Lent III

Mrs. Beth Morphis

The Rev. & Mrs. Harold V. Reed

Mr. Matthew Lewis

The Rev. & Mrs. Gabriel Morrow

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Reeve II

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Richard W. Lipka

Ms. Shirley B. Morse

Ms. Heidi Reichert

Ms. Robin Little

The Rev. Michael D. Moyer

The Rev. Canon Brian S. Reid

Mr. Kevin C. Liu

The Rev. & Mrs. J. Douglas D. Moyer, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Rayford Reid

Mr. Roy A. Llamas

Mr. Michael Mrasek

The Rev. John W. Reishus

Dr. Aaron Long

The Very Rev. & Mrs. John H. Munson

The Rev. Dr. Robert E. Rhea

Mr. & Mrs. George Longino

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Murchison, Jr.

Mrs. Patricia Richardson

Mrs. Jennifer Loop

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Neale

The Rev. Canon Gregg L. Riley, SSC

The Rev. & Mrs. Lance M. Lormand

The Rev. Robert N. Neske, Jr.

The Rev. & Mrs. Wilson Roane

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. William Love

The Rev. & Mrs. Paul A. Nesta

The Rev. & Mrs. Fredrick Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Love

The Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer & Mrs. Niemeyer

Ms. Judith A. Roe

The Rev. Melvin Low Mr. James Lucas The Rev. & Mrs. William T. Luley Mr. Jim Lundgren Mr. Robert Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Mac Ewen, Jr. The Rt. Rev. Edward MacBurney

The Rev. & Mrs. Dennis Odekirk The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Matthew S.C. Olver Dr. William A. Owen III The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Richard T. Palmer

The Rev. & Mrs. Richard B. Roessler The Rev. & Mrs. Zeke Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Rogers Mrs. Kathleen D. Ryerson Mr. Richard Sablan Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

The Very Rev. Dr. Thomas & the Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Papazoglakis

The Rev. Stephen Samples

The Rev. & Mrs. Ross J. Mack Mr. Dennis Mahoney

The Rev. Jerry C. Pardue

Mrs. Rebecca Sarcia

The Rev. & Mrs. Carl Mann

The Very Rev. Canon John Park

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Scantlebury

Marilyn P. Raleigh Revocable Trust

The Rev. Michael E. Parks

The Rev. Karl E. Marsh

Dr. Mary H. Parsons

The Rev. Canon Stephen H. Schaitberger

The Rev. Maureen Martin

Mr. Stephen C. Parsons

The Very Rev. & Mrs. Kevin Martin

Ms. Cheryl Pawelski

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Daniel Martins

Mr. Benjamin Peck

Mr. & Mrs. David E. Mason

The Rev. Dr. Langdon Pegram

Mrs. Jody Maxwell

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Perreten

The Rev. H. Jonathan Mayo

Pershing Charitable Trust

Mr. John Schuessler

The Rev. & Mrs. Donald B. McAlister

The Rev. John Phelps & Dr. Katherine Luby-Phelps

The Rev. & Mrs. George W. Schulenberg

Mr. F.J. Phillips

Dr. Kay Schulze Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Schwaab The Ven. Canon & Mrs. Benjamin I. Scott, Jr.

The Rev. & Mrs. John McCard Ms. JoAnn McMillen The Rev. Canon & Mrs. James D. McQueen

The Rev. Frederick Philputt The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Nelson W. Pinder

Mr. Adam Sanders

The Rev. Canon Tanya Scheff The Rev. Daniel Scheid The Rev. & Mrs. Peter C. Schellhase The Rev. & Mrs. Steve Schlossberg Ms. Marilyn L. Schrader

The Hon. Robert W. Scott & Mrs. Scott

The Rev. & Mrs. Andrew C. Mead

Mrs. Margaret Porter

The Rev. Mario Melendez

The Rev. & Mrs. John A. Porter

The Rt. Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Eric Menees

Mr. & Mrs. Douglass J. Post

Mr. Christof Meyer

The Rev. Peter Powell

The Very Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Neal O. Michell

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Walter L. Prehn

The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. F. William Miles

Mrs. Dawn J. Preisler

The Rev. Canon David L. Seger

The Rev. & Mrs. William Miller

The Rev. Elizabeth C. & Dr. Glenn G. Preston

Sentry Insurance Foundation The Rev. Christian Senyoni

The Rev. & Mrs. Alexander R. Pryor

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight R. Shackelford

Dr. & Mrs. David L. Quigg

The Rev. Richard N. Shackleford

The Rev. William Radant

The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Shaver

Ms. Virginia M. Miller Mills Chiropractic Missionary Diocese of All Saints The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Edward Monk Mr. & Mrs. William T. Montei Ms. Karen Moore Ms. Patricia Moppett & Mr. David Whip

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The Rev. & Mrs. D. Robert Seay Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Secord The Rev. & Mrs. Scott Allen Seefeldt Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Seeley

Mrs. Edythe Raskopf

Dr. David G. Sherwood

The Rev. & Mrs. John E. Rasmus

Mr. David Shoebotham

Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Raymaker

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.

The Rev. John H. Shumaker The Rev. & Mrs. James M. Sigler Mr. Christopher Sikkema Mr. Michael Sikorski The Rev. & Mrs. A. Michael Singer The Rev. Lester B. Singleton Sisters of the Transfiguration Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Skoglund The Rev. & Mrs. Raleigh Skorburg Ms. Lucinda Slezak Mr. James F. Sloan Mrs. Amy Smalley The Ven. & Mrs. Edwin B. Smith The Rt. Rev. & Mrs. Dabney T. Smith The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith Ms. Maryan Sneed Mr. Wallace H. Spaulding The Rev. Robert H. Speer Spencer Family Trust Mr. Matt Springmann The Rev. & Mrs. R. Leigh Spruill St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Superior, WI St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Collierville, TN St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Cottage Grove, OR St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Moose Lake, MN

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Coleman, TX St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Houston, TX St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rockport, MA St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA

The Rev. William C. Thiele Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thompson Mr. Jeffrey Thorpe The Rev. Marcia Tremmel

St. Michael’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church - Carlsbad, CA

Trinity Episcopal Church - Mt. Vernon, IL

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church O’Fallon, IL

The Rev. Susan G. Troiano

St. Olaf’s Episcopal Church - Amherst, WI St. Paul’s Church By-the-Lake Chicago, IL St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Ashippun, WI St. Peter’s Church - Millbrook, NY St. Peter’s Episcopal Church North Lake, WI

Trinity Episcopal Church - Deridder, LA The Very Rev. DeWitt F. Truitt The Rev. & Mrs. Gene Tucker The Rev. & Mrs. Donald Turner Ms. Shirley M. Tyler Underwood Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Roger Van Patten Mr. Matt Vaughn

St. Pierre’s Episcopal Church Gautier, MS

Mr. William Vincent

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Fargo, ND

Dr. & Mrs. John N. Vogel

St. Thomas Episcopal Church - Morris, IL St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Springfield, IL The Rev. Robert H. Stafford The Rev. Canon George W. Stamm

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church LaMesa, CA

Mr. Myron Steeves

The Rev. James Steele

Mr. Walter Virden Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Votto The Rev. Karin E. Wade The Rev. & Mrs. Robert A. Wagenseil, Jr. The Rev. Mason M. Waldhauser The Rt. Rev. William Wantland Mr. Richard Watson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Webb The Rev. David Wells

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stenhouse

The Rev. & Mrs. John H. Wengrovius

The Rev. Canon & Mrs. E. Mark Stevenson

Mr. Robert Louis Wenzel

Mr. Gabriel Stevenson

The Rev. & Mrs. Konrad S. White Mr. Peter C. White

St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church Poway, CA

Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Stewart

St. Bride’s Episcopal Church Chesapeake, VA

The Rev. Canon Dr. John R. Strege

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Cobleskill, NY

The Church of the Holy Faith Santa Fe, NM

The Rev. & Mrs. John E.F. Trenum

Ms. Kim Starr

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Rhinelander, WI

The Church of St. John the Divine Houston, TX

St. Michael & All Angels - Lake Charles, LA

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Mount Holly, NJ

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Spring Hill, FL

The Rev. & Mrs. Jason Terhune

Mr. Douglas H. Stillings Mtr. Nancy Streufert The Rev. & Mrs. William E. Strickland, Jr.

St. Columba’s Church - Fresno, CA

The Rev. Ralph Strohm

St. George’s Episcopal Church Clifton Park, NY

Mrs. Laura P. Stucker

St. James’ Episcopal Church Oskaloosa, IA

Mr. Warren Swaar

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry K. Sutton

St. John the Baptist Episcopal Mount Carmel, IL

The Rev. & Mrs. Richard A. Swan

St. John’s Church - Savannah, GA

The Rev. & Mrs. James Sweeney

St. John’s Episcopal Church - Detroit, MI

The Rev. Warren Tanghe

St. Laurence Church - Southlake, TX

Ms. Valerie A. Taylor

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Cypress Mill, TX

Mrs. Martha H. Taylor

Mrs. Lisa Swan

Mr. Burke Whitman The Rev. & Mrs. Francis Williams Mtr. Miriam Willis, CSM The Rev. & Mrs. H. David Wilson The Rev. & Mrs. Scott Wilson The Rev. & Mrs. Clint Wilson Mr. Gary Wise Dr. & Mrs. James F. Witten The Rev. Stephen & the Rev. Cynthia Peterson-Wlosinski Mr. & Mrs. W. Steven Woodward The Rev. Dr. Edward J. Wos The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Benjamin R. Wright Zion Episcopal Church - Oconomowoc, WI

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SUSAN ERICKSON, MTS ‘24 It had been decades since I last arrived on campus – any campus – as a new student. I hadn’t even returned to my alma maters for class reunions.

So it was odd to climb the creaking stairs of Shelton Hall, shouldering a backpack full of books. This time it was my husband rather than my parents helping me with my bags, depositing me in my “dorm room” and then driving off. But the feeling of anticipation and, to be honest, some trepidation seemed vaguely familiar.

I was about to start my first residential week as a hybrid-distance student in the Master of Ministry program. It was also in some ways a week of firsts for Nashotah House, after months of restrictions necessitated by the pandemic. Both residential and hybrid-distance students met again in chapel for Morning and Evening Prayer. We gathered for breakfast and lunch in DeKoven Commons – two to a table and wearing a mask as we waited in line for Chef Randy’s fresh, delicious food; but, nevertheless, we broke bread together. And this year we were also able to celebrate Founder’s Day, attending a Solemn Mass, processing to James Lloyd Breck’s grave, and then enjoying a special dinner in the refectory.

I say “we,” but when I arrived on campus that Sunday afternoon in April, I wasn’t yet part of a “we,” or at least not quite. True, I already belonged to a virtual community. I had briefly met my Shelton Hall apartment mate, Elizabeth Nash, in an introductory Zoom get-together at the start of Dr. Ed Smither’s Church and Society course. And I met Karla Banach in my very first course, Moral Theology with Dr. Elizabeth Kincaid, in January. The January term should have been my first residential experience,

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but a still-soaring COVID curve had forced it online, so my virtual interaction with my classmates was literally, and exclusively, “face-to-face.” Karla’s first words to me at the opening reception Sunday afternoon were, “You’re as short as I am!”

But, aside from adding imaginative inches to my actual 61, the pandemic had turned me, like thousands of others, into a mostly cloistered individual. My week at Nashotah House was a reintroduction into a larger community, made possible, in my case, by having been fully vaccinated some weeks earlier.

My residential week was, first of all, a re-introduction into a community of prayer and worship. I had been “attending” Sunday morning prayer online for over a year at my home parish of St. Philip’s in the Hills in Tucson. Now I worshiped in the physical presence of faculty and fellow students in the chapel of St. Mary the Virgin. The fact that we all wore cassocks added to the corporate feel of Morning and Evening Prayer, as did the antiphonal recitation or chanting of the Psalter.

The power of the Daily Office to structure and inform one’s spiritual life has perhaps never impressed itself on me quite so strongly as it did during my first residential week at Nashotah House.

Second, I was re-introduced into a scholarly community. For me, a senior student in the chronological sense, it was a harkening back to the kind of intellectual excitement I experienced as a graduate student many, many years ago.

Fr. Buchan’s class in early Church History was a

marathon for us, but definitely for him. He alluded to the fact that he is a runner and cyclist, and I can only imagine that these endurance sports – along with a quick wit and an eloquent enthusiasm for his subject – helped equip him for an amazing five-day march through the Church’s first 500 years. And this, despite the fact that some of us in the class were present in person, while others joined in from home via Zoom.

At the end of the week I discovered that I was something of a doctrinal nerd: I loved those bishops at Nicaea and Constantinople – especially St. Athanasius – even more than during my very brief study of church history while preparing for the vocational diaconate.

And remembering the high level of Dr. Kincaid’s Moral Theology course, both in terms of the readings assigned and Dr. Kincaid’s lectures and discussions, I left Nashotah House even more impressed with its academic rigor and the strength of its faculty.

The final day of my residential week I woke up a little earlier than usual to try to fit in a run. Given my arthritic knees, I don’t run as often or for quite the distances I used to, but I still love to get a better sense of new places by jogging through them. For most of the week, the weather had not been very inviting. Having lived in Wisconsin for almost 30 years, I knew what to expect in April and brought appropriate clothing, but my years in Arizona had turned me into something of a weather wimp. But

Friday morning dawned clear, if cold. I headed left on Mission Road, running past a small cluster of deer both on the way out and back. For all the development encroaching on Nashotah House, the landscape I ran through was quiet and pastoral. On my way back, a mysterious, dark animal ran out of the woods, crossed the road in front of me, and disappeared into the woods on the other side. Fox? Coyote? The early morning play of sunlight and shadow (and the fact that I wasn’t wearing glasses) made it difficult to tell.

But I wordlessly thanked God for the natural beauty around me, and for the chance, at this late chapter in my life, not only to run but to study and worship in such a beautiful community.

Susan Erickson (M.T.S. 2024) earned a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literature from Yale University in 1977 and taught German at Bryn Mawr College before entering law school at Temple University in 1984. She completed her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1987, clerked for one year for a federal district court judge and then practiced law in Madison, specializing in employee benefits, until her retirement in 2011. She was ordained to the vocational diaconate in the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona in May 2020 and serves at St. Philip’s in the Hills, Tucson, and St. John’s Episcopal in Jackson, WY. A late-in-life convert to the desert and mountain West, she splits her time between Tucson and Jackson. Susan is married to James Dannenberg, a retired judge for the State of Hawai’i. She misses their two black cats Timmy and the incomparable Fausto, but is now the happy pet-mom of Samie, a Bedlington Terrier puppy. nashotah.edu

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This past winter, we held a photography contest to see who could best capture the spirit and essence of “Winter at Nashotah.” We had 50 wonderful submissions! Below are the four chosen winners, along with a little insight into each photo’s inspiration. Congratulations, and thank you to all who entered!

“It was early, freezing cold, and I was not all that excited about being on chapel rota that morning . . . but that sunrise was a beautiful reminder that God’s beauty is all around us.” – Amy 14 T H E M I S S I O N E R

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Shared DES The journey to a vocation in pastoral ministry is often a circuitous one. Such is the case for adoptive siblings Justin Taliaferro and Karen Smith, who, despite life circumstance and ecclesial differences, share the touch points of godly parental models for ministry, a love for God, and a desire to serve the church. Read how they landed at (separate) seminaries at the same time and how their mutual admiration and encouragement shape their formation for ministry.

JUSTIN

The trajectory of my call to ministry probably started over 30 years ago, and it has its roots in family. Throughout my life, my family has been one of the most important influences on me and on my formation. Several members of my family, spanning three generations, have given significant parts of their lives to ministry: some ordained, some not. They have shown me what serving God and his people can look like. Their examples are unavoidable. And their experiences have provided me with role models and, occasionally, cautionary tales. Within this group, my father has always loomed large.

But he never pushed me towards ministry.

He even warned me about aspects of the ordained life more than once. Instead, his most common admonitions were to always pay attention, to be God’s man in any path that I follow, and to “remember who you belong to.”

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TINATION When I was in high school, my family, though from a different church background, started a tradition of attending the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass at our local Episcopal Church (my father was good friends with their rector). That was my first exposure to liturgical worship. And from the moment my knees first hit the prayer kneeler, I connected with the candle-lit space, the incense, and the rhythms of the liturgy. I was struck by the beauty and embodiment of the worship. I always looked forward to this, and I think that it planted a seed that would come to fruition years later.

and of loving our neighbors. This through-line of female voices continues with my sister, Karen. She has been a trusted and valued sounding board at every step of my journey through discernment and seminary, consistently reflecting my own experiences back to me in a way that presents them from new perspectives. As siblings, going through seminary at the same time has strengthened our bond, especially as we navigate together the challenges of this journey. While our individual paths may look a little different at some points, they are serving the same end and serving the same Lord.

In learning to listen for a call to ministry, and to wrestle with how to respond, there are several voices in my life that have played influential roles.

Upon reflection, some of the most prominent of those voices have belonged to women. My friend Kathy, herself an Episcopal priest, has been like an older sister to me. And she has patiently mentored me, for most of my life. My wife Corrie has been a discerning voice of support and encouragement, always reminding me that answering a call to ministry “is a ‘we-thing,’ not a ‘me-thing.’” There were also the three women who served on my parish discernment committee. They helped me to ask the right questions, and they guided me into deeply honest answers. And sometimes I can still hear the voice of my mother, even though she is no longer with us. The ways that she kindly and wisely spoke into other people’s lives continues to be a pattern and model for me of faithful discipleship

In deciding to follow a call into ministry, two experiences stand out as pivotal. One was the day of my father’s passing. He was my hero. He was also my leading example of what an ordained minister can be and should do. My siblings and I were all gathered in Dad’s hospital room. We knew that his time left was short, and we spent much of that time telling old stories, singing old songs, and praying over Dad. We lifted him up to God as we leaned on each other. At the moment of his passing, I was able to sit at his bedside, and with my outstretched palm lying flat on his chest, I felt his last breath escape beneath my hand. In that moment, I heard echoes of 2 Kings, Chapter 2 in my head: the story of Elijah leaving Elisha. In that moment, I felt like I was picking up a mantle. Was I picking up Dad’s mantle? Maybe a little. But mostly, I think that I was finally picking up my own. I’m not entirely sure what may or may not have transacted continued on page 18 nashotah.edu

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between my father and me that day, but I know that I felt something new when I preached at his funeral a few days later. As I was speaking from the pulpit, the moment resonated with me, and I didn’t feel restless or unsure. In that moment, and in that place, I felt like I was where I was supposed to be. I felt like I was, in some way, close to home.

The other experience took place during Experience Nashotah, in the spring of 2019. Most people who visit campus are impressed by the unique shape of the formation, the rhythm of daily life, and the deep sense of community. That was certainly true for me. But the part of my experience from those few days that grabbed my attention the most, I found at an Evensong service in the Chapel of St. Mary.

I think the concept of place can be important. And our chapel is a special place. Something happened there that evening that caught me off guard.

Towards the end of the service, came the General Thanksgiving. In it there is a section that reads: “And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days.”

“As siblings, going through seminary at the same time has strengthened our bond . . . While our individual paths may look a little different at some points, they are serving the same end and serving the same Lord.”

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As I prayed these words, they became more than thanksgiving. As the words came out of my mouth, I was aware of a new significance and meaning, for me and for the progression of my call. It became a prayer of selfdedication. And in that moment, I committed to God that, if he would

have me, and if his church would have me, then I would be his man, and be his priest. And as I stood there, letting the moment sink in, there was a somewhat startled, little voice in my head that said something along the lines of, “What in the world have you just done?” Now with the help of the Nashotah House community, who have become extended family, I am continuing to figure out the answer to that question. And like Dad’s early admonitions, this community to which I now belong is also helping me to always pay attention, and remember who I belong to.

KAREN

There is a dream that’s been locked up in my soul for nearly three decades. Sometimes she calls out from below, afraid she’s suffocating. Ignoring her, I have pressed on and fed her just enough to stay alive in an emancipated state. “Keep her weak, and she won’t get out,” I told myself.

This summer I began to seek her forgiveness and wake her up. Slowly, I have walked with her from the dark dungeon below to the outside world that is full of sunshine and hope. My dream was to give my life vocationally to Jesus, wherever that may lead. This calling has provoked me to wrestle with some tough scriptural texts, as I decipher what that looks like as a woman. It has been a tough but holy process.

They say that church hurt is like no other hurt, and I’m here to say that’s true. I have suffered the loss of my biological parents as a teenager and my adoptive parents as an adult. None of those have sent my

Karen & Justin with their family (Karen’s husband Shane, their daughters Bella & Callie, and their son Gunnar; Justin’s wife Corrie, and their son William.)

body into a state of turmoil quite like the deception of spiritual abuse. It’s not worse, but different, interweaving Scripture and blurring the truth. This summer, the Lord began to bind up my broken heart through a new church body, full of possibilities, and through seminary.

Being a student at Northern Seminary has been a healing hospital for my soul. The Lord has used professors, classmates, and new theology to not only heal, but empower me. They have equipped, trained, and provided daily workouts that bring strength back to the dream inside of me. She is no longer locked up deep inside, she is fully in my skin.

She is me.

Another healer he has sent is my brother, Justin.

Feeling the call in his own unique way, he answered, and began studying at Nashotah House a year before my own seminary journey. A new concept that I have begun to unpack in seminary is the idea of being siblings in Christ. It has been a gift to have that literally play out with Justin as my brother. I became a part of his family when I lost my mom to cancer during my junior year of high school. Having already lost my dad too, I desperately needed parents.

Justin’s parents stepped in (no surprise if you knew them) and provided much more than the role of mother and father. They provided a family. Justin was grown and out of the house by then, but through the years, God has deepened our sibling relationship.

Justin has been a great encouragement to me as a woman pursuing seminary. He isn’t threatened by me, and he doesn’t dismiss me or think my longings are silly. He doesn’t just tolerate me, he encourages me. He has answered countless questions about the Episcopal tradition as I have sifted through my own evangelical beliefs, desperately clinging to Jesus while I release the grip on non-essentials of the faith. On more than one occasion, he has nearly convinced me into the Episcopal tradition! Like Jesus, he has never rushed my healing but patiently waited. We’ve talked about books I have thrown out (I think he likes to inspect my bookshelves when

“I’m grateful for the he visits!), and he has introduced me calling on our lives, to a whole new world and for the way God is filled with authors like writing our respective Fleming Rutledge and Tish Harrison Warren. chapters, each unique as One of the most siblings are, but each a significant journeys part of a bigger story.“ of our siblingship was walking through KAREN the loss of our father together. We spent nearly three weeks together, day in and day out, at the hospital.

Taking notes, educating ourselves, advocating for care, finding more coffee, and showing each other that Jesus hangs out in the hospital halls too.

We developed a deep koinonia through grief, loss, and reminding each other that death does not get the final say. I’m thrilled to say that today, our deep koinonia continues through our spiritual labors at seminary.

Outwardly, we fit the part for our prospective seminaries. Justin sports an amazing beard and cassock, giving just a hint of a Nashville hipster, Tolkein, and ZZ Top all in one look. I can often be found sporting ripped jeans and Adidas, still unwilling to fully embrace my 40’s, as I drive my mom car around town singing John Mayer songs.

No matter the style, or the route that got us here, we both represent our seminaries and their openness for all to have a seat at the table.

Perhaps one day we’ll come together and write books like our professors, Boersma and McKnight, and call them “Five Things Your Episcopal Brother Wish Evangelicals Knew” and “Five Things Your Evangelical Sister Wish Episcopalians Knew.” We have different stories of faith and what led us to our respective seminaries, but we also share the same story. Siblings come in all shapes, sizes, ages, genders, and denominations, each bringing their gifts to the family. I’m grateful for the differences continued on page 27 nashotah.edu

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DR. TOM HEARD, ‘16 & THE REV. JAMES BRZEZINSKI, ‘12 Nashotah House alumni, Dr. Tom Heard and the Rev. James Brzezinski walked the Camino de Santiago this past summer. This was the third pilgrimage for Heard and the first for Brzezinski. Here, they reflect on their journey.

“Much of the camino is about community and pilgrimage,” says Tom. “Everyone is essentially hiking at the same speed, so you find yourself striking up a conversation, but you’re also alone much of the hike, which allows for time in prayer and reflection. When you’re on pilgrimage, you find yourself getting to know a lot of people and after a while, you form something of a family of pilgrims.”

Created and established after the discovery of the relics of the Apostle James at the beginning of the ninth century, the Way of St. James became a pilgrimage route for medieval European Christians from the tenth century onward. Still a life-changing experience for many throughout the world, the hike continues to be full of enchanting landscapes and diverse people, with a number of terrific breakfasts and scenic villages along the way.

In 1987, the Camino de Santiago, was declared the first Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. Around 350,000 Compostela pilgrim certificates were issued

in 2019 alone (compared to just over seven in 1976).

Today, people from over 190 different countries – and of all ages and nationalities – make the journey along this UNESCO-listed trail every year. There are many different routes along the camino, including the Camino Inglés and the Camino Francaise.

When choosing a route, travel guides tend to recommend trying to aim for walking approximately 60 miles (10 km) per day. Both the French Way and the English Way are extremely popular. The last 100 km take around six days to walk for most people, while the entire French Way takes around 35 days to walk.

A common sight is the scallop shell and the cross of St. James, which are either worn by pilgrims or attached to their backpacks.

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Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

“The Camino is symbolic of the Christian faith: our entire lives are a pilgrimage, and the hike mirrors a sense of movement with the journey we are on in life and gives us a challenge, a new awareness of ourselves and our relationship with the Lord.” – Tom Heard

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and gives us a challenge, a new awareness of ourselves and our relationship with the Lord,” says Heard.

Whether walking through valleys or hiking steep terrain, Fr. James says the trek is physically demanding, and it challenged him to consider how he spends time in his regular daily life.

“Faith is dynamic, and worshiping God is never passive,” he says. “Walking and praying at the same time had quite an effect on me and allowed me to consider how much we can waste time with life’s distractions.”

Participating in the Ignatian prayer method over the years enabled Heard to consider walking the camino following the pilgrim route taken by St. Ignatius of Loyola, where Ignatius likely walked in 1522.

“The camino is strenuous if you are not normally physically active,” says Brzezinski. “It can be tedious; terrain can be rough, the hills are significant, and you do need to be prepared for rain.

However, it is a holy place and the walk has always been intended to be penitential.”

Will they consider a pilgrimage again soon?

Brzezinski says definitely and Heard has plans in the works for the 500th anniversary of Ignatius of Loyola, which begins at the birthplace of Ignatius in Spain’s Basque country, in a village near the small town of Azpeitia. From there, the route proceeds for hundreds of miles.

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A typical traveling day is packed with many additions as well. Fr. James noted in his journal one such day: At the camino, [we] took a quick taxi to visit the city of Coruña. Walking tour by the port, then a stop for a cerveza for quick refreshment; very brief visit at St. Thomas Church. More walking, then a visit to the Tower of Hercules, where we received another stamp on our credential for the camino. Walked by another church which was not open. Refreshment stop for Manchego cheese and chorizo Salamanca. Taxi ride back to Ferrol. Siesta and prep for tomorrow’s camino walk from Ferrol to Neda. Attending Mass this evening at 7:00 p.m., followed by dinner at Casa Maruxa again this evening at 8:00. A great day of relaxation and training for walking the camino.

“People would literally try to walk off their sins,” says Heard. “This year is considered a jubilee year, and after COVID lock-downs, illnesses, and many challenges, people seemed truly overjoyed as they were on the path with Jesus.”

The Rev. James Brzezinski serves as rector of St. Anne’s in Morrison, IL, where he and his wife, Nancy, enjoy welcoming people into an ever-deepening relationship with Jesus Christ in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. As a cradle Episcopalian who grew up in New England, during his youth he sang in the Royal School of Church Music – Men and Boy Choir training program in his parish. He operated his own business making organ pipes for other pipe organ builders. After closing his organ pipe shop, he worked for the citrus processing company where his father-in-law was CEO. He assisted in managing the domestic and international logistics of shipping frozen concentrated orange juice.

Feeling the call to priesthood, he returned to college and completed his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Belhaven University. He spent three years as a seminarian at Nashotah House and earned the Master of Divinity Degree.

Dr. Tom Heard is from the hills of Appalachia, and grew up in the Episcopal Church in West Virginia. His educational aspirations eventually led him to a doctorate in Biochemistry, to which he did postdoctoral work at Merck in Rahway, NJ, and then at the NIH, in Bethesda MD. His interest in theology and apologetics grew to where he became a Fellow and a Teaching Fellow at the C.S. Lewis Institute in Washington D.C., and a Colson Fellow at PFM, as well as studying apologetics in Oxford, England in many OCCA summer schools. Prior to his time at the NIH, he read a book on the Ignatian Exercises which sparked an abiding interest in Ignatian spirituality. After completing the Exercises in 2011, providence would have it that an apprenticeship opened up some 10 months later, and he completed the studies, both theory and practicum, at the Loyola Retreat House in Falkner, MD. He has taken many participants through the journey in the Exercises and lectured on Ignatian Spirituality. Tom graduated from Nashotah House with a MDiv equivalency in 2017 with an emphasis in ascetical theology, and then went on to a Master’s in Classics and Christian Studies at Knox. His first Camino was from Loyola, Ignatius’ home, to Monserrat, and then to Manresa where Ignatius wrote the Exercises. In that 28 day walk, he redid the Exercises again with the other pilgrims under the guidance of Fr. Joseph Iriberri, SJ. In 2022, Heard will walk the Camino Ignaciano again to arrive in Manresa on March 25, the day Ignatius arrived 500 years before, in celebration of his Jubilee year. Z

CAMINO INGLÉS THE ENGLISH WAY Itinerary

1 SEPTEMBER 2021

Fr. James - Chicago O’Hare International with short stopover in Madrid, Spain, onto A Coruña, Spain. Cab ride to Ferrol, Spain. Arrival on 2 September 2021.

2 SEPTEMBER 2021

Ferrol, Spain: meet fellow peregrino (pilgrim), the Rev. Dr. Thomas Heard

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Ferrol: free time to adjust to new time zone and for prayer

5 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 2)

Walk to halfway point, TBC, taxi back to Ferrol: 10 miles / 21 km

6 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 3)

Taxi back to halfway point. Finish walking to Cabanas or Pontedeume: 10 miles / 21 km

7 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 4)

Cabanas to Betanzos: 13 miles / 21 km

8 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 5)

Walk to halfway point. taxi back to Betanzos: 11 miles / 21 km

9 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 6)

Taxi back to halfway point. Finish walking to San Paio de Buscás: 11.5 miles / 18 km

10 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 7)

San Paio de Buscás to Marantes: 16 miles / 26 km

11 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 8) Marantes to Santiago de Compostela: 7.65 miles / 12 km

12 SEPTEMBER 2021 (DAY 9) Santiago – Attend Pilgrim’s Mass

13 SEPTEMBER 2021

Free day plus return to A Coruña, Spain

14 SEPTEMBER 2021

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Path T O Nashotah THE REV. LEE NELSON, ‘05

In the following interview, the Rev. Lee Nelson sits down with Celeste Widdows and Andrew Hollinger, members of his church and new students to Nashotah House to discuss their calls to serve God, their education, and more.

Nearly 20 years ago, I stepped foot on the sacred grounds of Nashotah House for the first time, joined by two friends who would also ultimately become sons of the House. Each of us had been mentored and deeply impacted by graduates of the House, and we just had to see it for ourselves. A year later, I was a newly-minted college grad moving into the cloister for my junior year.

Nashotah House is where my wife and I fell in love.

It’s where we go on summer vacation with our seven kids. It’s where I made life-long friendships and learned from some of the church’s greatest minds and mentors. I believe firmly that if any Christian wants to study Scripture, Christian theology, church history, and the church’s liturgical and ascetical life, there is no better place to do so. At Nashotah House, and in her beloved community of worship, prayer, and study, I cultivated tools for not only priestly ministry, but for my Christian life.

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matriculate at the House this past fall. Christ Church is a parish which has been deeply influenced by the impact Nashotah House made on me, and I’m elated to see the impact it will have in the continued formation of these wonderful young Christians.

FR. LEE NELSON (LN): Celeste, I’ll start with you.

You were a University Scholar at Baylor University.

Tell us a bit about your studies at Baylor.

CELESTE WIDDOWS (CW): As a University Scholar at Baylor, I had the opportunity to pursue a variety of my interests, including theology, philosophy, literature, and Latin. These were not my interests when I first came to Baylor, however: I came to study science and math. I credit my academic conversion to Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and Dante’s Purgatorio. I begrudgingly read these books for a required class my freshman year, but through them I glimpsed the beauty of the church’s tradition, and I began to cultivate a love for theology. As I continued to pursue these things, I engaged with the Christian faith intellectually, and I gained a theological framework that equipped me to better walk through life as a faithful disciple and as a faithful member of the church. My studies at Baylor formed me both

Pictured top to bottom: the Rev. Lee Nelson, Celeste Widdows, Andrew Hollinger

intellectually and spiritually, and this formation grounds my desire to continue theological studies at Nashotah House.

LN: And, Andrew, what about you?

ANDREW HOLLINGER (AH): I will finish my undergraduate degree in the Great Texts of the Western Tradition this May 2021. The Great Texts program has been very formative for my intellectual interests and my Christian imagination. Much like Celeste, my studies gave me the space to learn about the history of the church and its worship, not to mention the rich theology from centuries of Christian thinkers. Growing up as a Baptist in a central Texas town, I thought that Christian history started in the 1500s, and I was swiftly saved from this misconception. I had the joy of learning about how people from varying time periods thought about the world through the literature and art that they created, much of it Catholic, and this eased me through the open door to Christian life and worship informed by our history.

LN: I’d like to ask both of you what drew you to become part of Christ Church, Waco, during your undergraduate years?

AH: As I mentioned earlier, I was a Baptist before I moved to Waco. I intended to attend Baylor University for the Church Music program. However, after I suffered a severe vocal injury right before auditions, I not only found an immediate vocal performance future closed off to me, I also found that I could not participate in church services that mainly relied on singing worship songs. I never thought that I would be within speaking distance of anything that smelled of Catholicism, but after this I began to look for alternative ways of worshiping God. A friend brought me to Christ Church, and I never left. I fell in love with the liturgy, I was intellectually challenged by catechesis and preaching, and I found a family at Christ Church who supported me. Throughout these past four years, I have only been invited deeper into the middle way. I am very thankful that God led me here and that He has done such a wonderful work with Christ Church.

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and sacramental theology in my classes at Baylor. I gained a deep appreciation for the Christian tradition and for the sacraments, and I longed to be a part of a church community that similarly valued these things. I also knew a number of wonderful people who spoke highly of Christ Church, so I finally began to attend during my senior year at Baylor. I loved the community I found there, and my faith deepened through praying the Daily Office with other Christ Church parishioners, receiving the Eucharist every week, and participating in spiritual direction and regular confession. Christ Church has been an incredible blessing in my life these past two years.

LN: And, Celeste, you’ve spent the past year as part of our Brazos Fellows program. What is Brazos Fellows all about, and how did it contribute to your desire to enter the House?

CW: Brazos Fellows is a nine-month fellowship program at Christ Church that focuses on theological study, spiritual disciplines, vocational discernment, and life together. As a Brazos Fellow, I have undertaken a rigorous course of study in theology and church history, and I have simultaneously taken on disciplines of prayer, spiritual direction, fasting (and feasting!), and confession. In a very real way, Brazos Fellows has situated my life within the church: I spend large amounts of time at the church every day for prayer, Brazos Fellows classes, weekly worship, and meetings with various mentors. Through this experience, I have become convinced that theological study is rightly done from within the church’s life of prayer and worship. This conviction strongly influenced my decision to pursue a Masters of Theological Studies at Nashotah House where I saw the integration of faith and learning lived out in earnest.

LN: Andrew, you’ll be preparing for ordination at Nashotah House. But, you’re also interested in studying theology professionally. How do you think Nashotah fits with your vocational vision?

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so many seminaries that are either academically rigorous or are spiritually formative. Nashotah House seems to be the best of both worlds – or rather what a seminary ought to be. I have met some great Christian leaders who have no theological vocabulary or training, and I have met some theologians that couldn’t care less about the gospel. I am excited to enter into three years of serious academic study as well as a serious life of prayer, worship, and community that will instill in me academic and spiritual discipline. Additionally, I have yet another vocation: being a husband. By the time I begin classes in the fall I will be married to my nowfiancée, Elizabeth. On top of the great opportunity for me to grow as a theologian and be trained as a pastor, I will be doing so alongside my wife as we grow together in love in a wonderful community.

LN: Should we turn the tables around and have you ask me anything about life at the House?

AH: I can take the first shot. I’ve seen snow maybe five times in my life. How did you survive Wisconsin winters?

LN: Everyone says it: you get used to the cold and the snow. I always found that a wool cassock and a fleece vest was more than enough on most days, but definitely needed a good coat when roaming around. Lots of people also swear by a membership at the YMCA. AH: I am a big fan of pubs and coffee shops. Are there any that you recommend around Nashotah?

LN: Absolutely. Stone Creek has great coffee.

Revere’s Pub in Delafield has a great burger special one night a week. But, the best pub is Aelred’s Pub in Oconomowoc. It’s great for a date night.

CW: You said earlier that your ministry at Christ Church has been deeply informed by your experience at Nashotah House. What are the ways in which you see this impact the most?

LN: The most important thing about Nashotah House is the truly comprehensive and catholic curriculum,

encapsulated in routines of corporate prayer and work. I’m reminded of what Bernard of Clairvaux says, that we must “contemplate and share the fruits of contemplation.” The House gave me that life of contemplation: of God, of the gospel, of that state of human life, and the fruits of that contemplation have been deeply shared in our parish.

CW: Any parting words of wisdom for me and Andrew as we head up to Nashotah this fall?

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and for the blood of Christ that binds us together whether biological or not. I’m also grateful for the calling on our lives, and for the way God is writing our respective chapters, each unique as siblings are, but each a part of a bigger story.

Justin graduated in 1995 from the University of Houston with a B.S. in Anthropology. He has spent the previous 16 years working in manufacturing and supply chains, in roles including manufacturing planning, project management, operations management, and customer demand forecasting.

He is currently a Middler at Nashotah House, pursuing an MDiv, and is a Postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.

Karen graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2004 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, focused on Biblical Text and Psychology. She is currently working on her Masters of Arts in Women and Theology at Northern Seminary. She is an artist and is seeking ways to integrate her love for the arts and theology in church.

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music LET’S TALK

Dr. Geoffrey Williams, Asst. Professor of Church Music & Director of St. Mary’s Chapel, sat down with Stephanie Seefeldt, who will be leading one of the discussion sessions at this year’s Church Musicians Workshop.

DR. WILLIAMS: Steph, you’ve been to more Church Musicians Workshops at Nashotah than I have . . . this is my first! Can you speak to your history at the House and what you enjoyed about past CMWs? STEPHANIE: When my husband was a student at Nashotah House (2004-2007), I had the privilege to serve under Canon Joseph Kucharski as sub-organist.

I played nearly every Friday morning, and for other special services, including all three Easter Vigils of our years there. Those experiences made me hungry to

learn more, and CMW was the perfect way for me to have a more intensive and immersive experience. As church musicians know, it’s a rare gift to worship when someone else is in charge. Simply being exposed to such skilled musicians from all over the country was an incredible encouragement to me and challenged me to spend more time at the console.

DR. WILLIAMS: I first encountered your musicmaking when we moved to Wisconsin in 2019.

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Episcopal Church in Oconomowoc encompasses both your love of traditional liturgy and music and your immense skill in the world of contemporary Christian music. After mass at Zion, I have often found myself coming up to you asking, “Did you write that, or does it just sound like you wrote it?”

You make each piece of music so much your own, and that’s what I love about you as a musician and as a human! Can you speak to the marriage of traditional and contemporary music in worship and how you strike a balance (without giving away too much of the plenary talk you’ll give at this year’s workshop!)?

STEPHANIE: I once took a learning-style assessment, and I scored quite high as a “translator.” I think leading church music is a great example of how that particular gift can be well used; we spend our time, for the most part, leading music that was written by others, for the sake of others, ultimately for the glory of God. To help a choir communicate a text or to play a phrase on the organ that speaks the truth of the text is probably the thing I value the most, and perhaps is the thing you sense when you ask that question. I look at it through the lens of what I was taught by an early and important mentor: style is temporary, truth is eternal. If our church music passes a few tests – a singable melody that’s not too repetitive, an engaging Christcentered text, a quality of transcendence – it can be used in service to the liturgy of the church. I’ll admit, however, that I’m not too interested in “balance” anymore; my heart has found its truest home in the historic psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of the Anglican choral tradition.

DR. WILLIAMS: Speaking of hymns, name your desert island top five.

STEPHANIE: This is the unanswerable question! I thought you were my friend! Today’s answer: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata), Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken (Austria), We Come, O Christ, to Thee (Darwall’s 148th), Of the Father’s

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Love Begotten (Divinum Mysterium - Plainsong), and Love Divine (Hyfrydol). Ask me again tomorrow, and the list will be different.

DR. WILLIAMS: So many of us church musicians who focus on the traditional side of Anglican worship can be dismissive of contemporary influences in liturgy and music. How can we keep the door open to new ideas or styles?

STEPHANIE: The door stays open to new ideas and styles when we approach our work with humility.

CMW reminds me every year of the glorious diversity of church music and of church musicians. We certainly value our traditions. We wouldn’t be such nerds if we didn’t! However, time and again we are also encouraged in Scripture to “Sing a new song unto the Lord.” As church musicians are still being made, so is the impulse to create, which will always entail the challenge of harmonizing ancient and modern. What’s been so fun for me as I’ve learned from you over the past couple of years is that there is so much ancient music that, to me, is new! I can’t wait to learn more of it together this summer.

Stephanie Seefeldt is the Organist and Choirmaster at Zion Episcopal Church in Oconomowoc, WI, where she is the wife of the Rector, mom of three teenagers, one twenty-something, and two elderly dogs. She also serves as a music and worship leader for conferences and events throughout the country.

Acclaimed for his “deeply hued countertenor” (The New York Times), Dr. Williams is in demand as a singer, conductor, teacher, and early music specialist throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is founder and artistic director of the GRAMMY-nominated male classical vocal quartet New York Polyphony. Dr. Williams is married to Emilie, who serves on the admissions team at Nashotah House, and they have two sons, Ellis Michael and Peter Grafton.

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Fr. Pering received second place in an essay contest for the Anglican Church of North America. The following is his winning essay, focused on a biblical and theological perspective on pandemics.

The desert is a formidable place. The harsh elements demand respect. It is a desert: dry heat, low humidity, and 100% sunlight with little natural reprieve of shade. The fragile nature of vegetation shows us the realities of desert life, especially with the scarcity of water. Scattered animal bones serve as grim reminders that death awaits us all which have the breath of life. The pandemic has been a painful reminder of this same fact. It has left many with an arid soul akin to the seemingly lifeless desert and in need of the Breath of God. Irenaeus’ conceptualization of the virgin soil and the Breath of God can teach us that we must take the pandemic seriously while also not being afraid of it.

The pandemic has caused a lot of fear. Some are afraid of dying from the virus or passing it along.

Others are afraid of governmental overreach and infringements of liberties. Fear has united everyone in the midst of much divisiveness. Fear has affected everyone spiritually through this time. Everyone has either had the virus or knows someone who has.

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More than that, the coronavirus shut down so many parts of life that it isolated people in need of human interaction. It affected churches, businesses, and schools and will have long term effects. True to its etymology, the pandemic has affected all people from all walks of life by creating fear in their hearts.

St. Irenaeus’ Against the Heresies gives us a spiritual framework in which we can understand what is going on not only with the coronavirus pandemic but all pandemics. Irenaeus was a theologian and priest whose work helped form Christian doctrine.

Many people in his church were influenced by Gnosticism, a system of belief that taught what to know to get to heaven. Irenaeus recognized how it diverted people from intimately knowing God. His writings teach us about the unity of the Trinity and His creation. Understanding who God is and the purpose of His creation through the Scriptures is a natural starting point for anything, especially the fear caused by pandemics.

The focus of Irenaeus’ writings is the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ. His in-depth view of scriptural anthropology helps make sense of why

pandemics occur. He provided a biblical foundation for understanding the economy of God, which is the interworking of salvation from sin and death.1 He articulates how God’s plan for salvation was present from the very beginning of creation – a doctrine known as recapitulation.2 Jesus Christ recapitulates, or summarizes, all of humanity in Himself from beginning to end and saves those who believe in Him from sin and death.

Following the lead of St. Paul in Romans 5:12-21, Irenaeus demonstrates the overall arc of salvation between Adam and Jesus Christ, the “new” Adam.

Paul writes that all have sinned by one man and may receive salvation by another man. Adam is the one man in whom all people receive the same fate of death because of sin. The result of death through sin introduced thorns and thistles in the land and viruses that affect human health. Similarly, all people may receive salvation through the new Adam, Jesus Christ. Jesus reverses the effects of death through Adam by creating life. Paul writes that Adam is a type of the one to come.3 A type is an imprint of something, like the imprint of a king’s signet ring on a letter. Likewise, Adam is the imprint of Jesus Christ from the beginning of time, with Jesus’ life and activity on earth tying together the arc of salvation.

The Irenaean concept of the virgin soil comes up within this context of Romans 5. Irenaeus differs from Paul by writing that Adam was formed out of virgin soil.4 The imagery was inspired by Genesis 2:5, which says that “God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.”

Then the Lord fashioned humankind from the dust of the untilled earth and breathed into him the breath of life.5 Eve was created by taking the rib out of Adam and forming her. Therefore, humanity was birthed out of the virgin soil.

This idea of the virgin soil is important to the overall understanding of the substance and salvation of

humanity. Humankind is made of the same natural elements from the earth and given a divine imprint.

That means that humans can receive the fullness of God’s glory given by the substance of humanity in the virgin soil. Similarly, Jesus must take on the same nature of humanity in order to redeem it. Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection would be in vain if He had not been formed with the same flesh.6 Irenaeus overlays Adam’s formation from the virgin soil with Jesus’ formation in the virgin Mary to show continuity between the two.7 Jesus takes on human flesh through the virgin and offers salvation because of it.

Jesus Christ put on corruptible human flesh so that humanity might receive incorruptibility in Him. Jesus’ flesh was susceptible to the same kind of viruses that afflict humanity today. This demonstration of solidarity with humanity shows how God is with us in the midst of evil and death. God reveals the way of life in death through Jesus, thereby subverting the evil schemes of the enemy. Jesus portrays the love of God for His creation through His death. It is that perfect love that casts out the fear of death.8 The pandemic should be taken seriously because it is destroying vessels of God’s glory. Irenaeus’ theological foundation has a biological implication in that the fullness of God’s glory resides in human biology and physiology. Those who die without Christ do not reveal the fullness of God’s glory.

Christians must attend to both the physical and spiritual needs of those who live in fear so that they have the opportunity to shine forth His glory.

Christian love brings healing to those who are suffering and glorifies God in whose image we are made. Not only should we take the pandemic seriously, but we should take seriously all things that are harmful and hurtful to humanity. Those things consist of, but are not limited to, abuse, abortions, human trafficking, poverty, climate change, and war, all of which must be taken very seriously. continued on page 34

1 John Behr, Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013), 144 2Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 1.10.3 3Romans 5:14 4Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 3.18.7 5Gen 2:7 6Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 3.21.10 7Mary Donavon, One Right Reading? (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press), 88 81 John 4:18 91 Cor 15:45 10Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 5.1.3 11Behr, 153 12Behr 154 13Behr, 175 14Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 5.2.3 15Irenaeus, “Against the Heresies,” 3.20.1 16Ibid. 4.20.7 17Ps. 27:1 18Romans 8:3

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Two more layers exist in Irenaeus’ writings on the virgin soil that help support our understanding of humanity’s ability to receive the fullness of God’s glory. The first layer is found in the contrast between the animation of Adam and the vivification of Jesus.

Again, Irenaeus takes Paul’s lead in this imagery found in 1 Corinthians 15:42-49. Paul derives another parallel from the arc between Adam and Jesus. Paul writes that the first Adam became a living soul, and the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. The difference between the two is that the first is a reality for everyone and the second is a reality only for those who believe in Christ. If all humanity finds its origin in Adam, then all have the same kind of living soul. Everyone has been given lungs to breathe and the same kind of life within them.

Alternatively, those who believe in Jesus Christ give up that breath and receive the life-giving spirit.9 Those who surrender their breath and believe in Christ have fullness of life in the Spirit.

Irenaeus further illustrates Paul’s point by using different words: “God breathed life into Adam which animated him.” He continues the parallel by writing “. . . in order that just as in the animated we all die, so also in the spiritual we may all be vivified.”10 The animation of human beings means that they are given fullness of life and vigor. They are able to think and work. This is the lesser degree of life, in which there is only the temporal element present.11 The greater degree of life is found in the fullness of the spiritual life in Christ. He vivifies the life of humanity to not only the temporal but the eternal and heavenly one.12 It is interesting that the coronavirus affects the breath of life given to humanity. Poor oxygenation has left people struggling to hold on to their Godgiven breath without the hope of the eternal breath.

That hopelessness feeds into the fear gripping the hearts of humanity. Several ways exist to help them have another chance to repent and receive Christ. One way may be to help people decrease preventable underlying health issues like obesity or pulmonary diseases. Another way may be to wear a mask and get vaccinated. These small acts of

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kindness show forth the love of Christ who gave up his rights and liberties for the sake of humanity. We are called to lay down our animated life so that others might know everlasting life. The only place that we can learn that kind of love is in the church, the bride of Christ.

“We are most effective in the world when we live in obedience to the Father, as Jesus Christ did. Living in obedience breathes life into our desert-like souls and puts on the flesh of Christ.”

The church is the locus of the Holy Spirit.13 Humanity learns to give up their breath through baptism.

We are born into eternal life through baptism in the church. Those who are baptized go down into the water to die and come up with everlasting life.

The decision to be baptized is therefore an act of dying to oneself by giving up the animated soul.

The Christian life is then marked with the same kind of action of willingly giving up our breath for the sake of another. It is also in the church that we learn to give thanks to God for Jesus’ love in the Eucharist. The liturgy forms Christians to give up their life for another just like Jesus. Irenaeus draws another parallel from John 12:24, which says if a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies it bears much fruit. He writes that the bread that is made from the fruit of the grain will ultimately be used in the Eucharist.”14 The death of Christ in the ground produces much fruit, and we become like Him. The second layer closely follows the first. Irenaeus draws an arc from death to life within the vivification of the Spirit. Those who operate only out of the animated life must return the breath of life back to God. In essence, they must die and be buried in the ground forever. Irenaeus uses the sign of Jonah to illustrate this point.15 Just as Jonah was swallowed up by the whale and was spit out alive, so also was Christ swallowed by death and spit out alive. He was spit out having conquered death.

The sign of Jonah captures Christ’s obedience to the Father. He shows humanity that the way of everlasting life is through obedience to God. That work consists of giving up our breath of life to receive His Spirit. Death will find all those who dwell bodily in this life. However, just as Christ died and rose again because of His obedience, so will all those who believe in Him. The fruit that comes from the virgin soil is the fullness of God’s glory in humanity. Irenaeus writes that “the glory of God is the living human being, and the life of the human being is to see God.”16 The culmination of salvation for Irenaeus is that humanity is united with God through Jesus Christ. Jesus is the first fruit of this arc of salvation, and Christians are the harvest who come after him.

“Whom then shall we fear?”17 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?”18 These words from Scripture illustrate the reality of life with God. There is nothing more sublime than the presence of God Almighty in human flesh. Nothing else matters than to see creation in the fullness of its intention. There is nothing to fear since the sting of Death has been eliminated.

Fear is not necessary since we have already died in the new Adam. In fact, there is nothing that we should be afraid of because Christ has defeated Death. Many people have been driven to fear for their lives, even those who have an everlasting life.

Irenaeus challenges humanity to trust God with their breath thereby glorifying Him in and through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

There is a spiritual war going on that is seeking to kill, steal, and destroy the image of God by taking away our animated life. Destroying this life hinders the ability of obtaining Christ’s vivifying and eternal life. Those who only have this temporal life are clinging to it as a precious gift. They have not yet realized that they must give it up to receive that which does not perish. The gift of everlasting life is a spiritual inheritance that is stored for us in the heavenly places in Christ.

It is in the church that we learn to live free of fear.

The Christian response to the pandemic is of love for others not of fear or condemnation. Many Christians are living in fear and are thereby stuck living on the temporal plane of this life. They are not seeing the pandemic through the spiritual lens of Jesus Christ. It has resulted in fear and shame on those who cannot see the hope in God. Transcending the temporal plane leaves behind the mess of politics that would not save us in the first place. We are most effective in the world when we live in obedience to the Father, as Jesus Christ did.

Living in obedience breathes life into our desert-like souls and puts on the flesh of Christ.

Irenaeus’ conceptualization of the virgin soil and the breath of God teaches us that we must take the pandemic seriously while not being afraid of it. The hope of glory leads us to live fearlessly in the face of death. Thanks be to the Father for the Holy Spirit who breathes life into those who want life in the new Adam, Jesus Christ the Vivifier of souls.

Fr. Pering is a husband, father, and ultrarunner. His interest in the patristics influences his desire to write.

He studied at Columbia International University and Nashotah House. He is currently the rector of Christ the King, chaplain for Ridgecrest Police Department, and volunteer for China Lake Mountain Rescue Group.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“De Koven, James 1831-1879.” Wisconsin Historical Society.

Behr, John. Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Donavan, Mary A. One Right Reading? A Guide to Irenaeus.

Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997.

Irenaeus of Lyons. “Against the Heresies.” Pages 309-567 in vol. 1 of The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325. Edited by Roberts, Alexander, James Donaldson, A. Cleveland Coxe, and Allan Menzies.

Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1980.

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at Church of the Ascension. Fr. Daniel previously served as rector at St. Michael’s, Geneseo, in the Diocese of Albany. [photo 8]

THE REV. MARCIA ALLISON of St. James

THE VERY REV. CHARLES F. EDGAR, III,

Episcopal Church in Ormond Beach, FL, and spouse to the Rev. Roy Allison, ‘12, was ordained to the vocational diaconate on October 9, 2021, by the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. [photo 1]

THE REV. CHUCK ARTURO, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on September 18, 2021, by the Rt. Rev. Richard Lipka, Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints, ACNA, at Saint Luke’s Anglican Church, Manakin-Sabot, VA. [photo 2]

THE REV. BILL BARTO, ‘14, is serving as

Asst. Minister at Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church in Fairfax, VA, and is also a member of the diocesan Board of Trustees. Dcn. Barto recently retired from his position with the federal government after more than 40 years of public service, and with the free time that his new situation will provide he hopes to turn his attention to writing a book about the practical aspects of catechesis and discipleship in the Anglican parish. Bill and his wife, Carol, also report the birth of their first grandchild, Isobel, and the 100th birthday of Carol’s mother, Alice. [photo 3]

THE REV. PHIL BERGHUIS, ‘15, serves as a

Chaplain Resident at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, CA. Fr. Berghuis is the former Diocesan Administrator for the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin. [photo 4]

THE REV. MONICA BURKERT-BRIST, ‘10,

accepted a call to serve as Priest-in-Charge of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Watertown, in the Diocese of Milwaukee. Mtr. Burkert-Brist was installed on October 24, 2021. [photo 5]

THE REV. JOHN W. CONNER, ‘21, accepted a call to serve as Deacon-in-Charge of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Morrisville, PA. [photo 6] THE REV. MATTHEW C. DALLMAN, ‘15, was

installed as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in New Smyrna Beach, FL, on September 8, 2021, by the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida. [photo 7]

THE REV. DR. WILLIAM DANIEL, ‘12, has accepted a call to serve as rector in Knoxville, TN,

friend of the House, has been elected as Bishop Coadjutor for the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. Dean Edgar is the Planting Pastor, Rector, and Dean of The Cathedral Church of the Apostles (Diocese of the Carolinas) in Columbia, SC, where he has served since 2004. During that time, he oversaw the growth of the church from a core group of 25 to an average Sunday attendance of nearly 400. Bishop Edgar was consecrated in March 2022. [photo 9]

THE REV. AMY FEINS, ‘22, was ordained by

the Rt. Rev. Barry R. Howe on behalf of the Rt. Rev. Dabney T. Smith to the transitional diaconate on January 22, 2022, in the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida. [photo 10]

THE REV. COURTNEY GREENE, ‘23 (expected graduation date) , was ordained by

the Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd D. Hunter in the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others in the ACNA. Deacon Greene was ordained on September 15, 2021, at Christ Church in Austin, TX. [photo 11]

THE REV. DONALD J. GRIFFIN, ‘16, accepted a call as associate rector of Holy Trinity, in West Palm Beach, FL, in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. [photo 12]

THE REV. CANON DR. ISHANESU SEXTUS GUSHA, ‘17, was appointed chaplain of St. Philip

and St. James parish, Palma de Mallorca in the Diocese in Europe. Canon Gusha is the former dean of the Cathedral in the Diocese of Harare and senior lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. [photo 13]

THE REV. KATIE HAMLIN, ‘21, and her husband have accepted a post with the Anglican Church of Rwanda with SAMS (The Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders). The Hamlin family hope to move in January 2023. [photo 14] THE REV. MICAH HOGAN, ‘22, was ordained by the Rt. Rev. Eric V. Menees to the transitional diaconate on January 29, 2022, in the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin . [photo 15] THE REV. GARY L. JACKSON, ‘11, accepted a call to serve as priest-in-charge at Grace continued on page 38 nashotah.edu

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Episcopal Church in Port Orange, FL, in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. Fr. Gary began on August 14, 2021. [photo 16]

THE REV. JONATHAN JAMESON, ‘19, accepted a call to serve as associate rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Savannah, GA. Fr. Jameson began on February 1, 2022 . [photo 17] THE REV. R.J. JOHNSON, ‘98, has returned to the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio to serve as the rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Canton, OH. Fr. Johnson has served previously in parishes in FL, WI, VA, and WY. [photo 18] THE REV. JONATHAN KANARY, MDiv ‘11, STM ‘15, completed a PhD in English with a concentration in religion and literature at Baylor University. His dissertation was titled Authorized Readers: Scriptural Mediation as Spiritual Formation in Walter Hilton and Nicholas Love.

Fr. Jonathan serves as scholar-in-residence for the Brazos Fellows program sponsored by Christ Church (Anglican) in Waco, where he serves as associate priest for spiritual direction and also teaches in the English and Great Texts departments at Baylor. [photo 19] THE REV. DAVID KNOX, ‘21, was ordained to the priesthood on October 18, 2021, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mattoon, IL, by the Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert, ‘75. [photo 20] EMILY LAVIKOFF, ‘15, was married September 12, 2020, to Roger Ayers in Front Royal, VA. Mr. and Mrs. Ayers live in Bloomington, IL. THE REV. NOAH LAWSON, ‘13, accepted a new cure on August 1, 2021. Fr. Lawson is the rector of Immanuel Anglican Church in Fresno, CA. Prior to January 2022, the church was two congregations, St. James and Nuestra Señora De Guadalupe. [photo 21] THE REV. DAVID MANLEY, ‘21, accepted a call to serve as rector of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Kenosha, WI. Fr. Dave began on December 12, 2021. [photo 22] THE REV. MAUREEN MARTIN, ‘20, accepted a call to serve as priest associate at Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, MI. Mtr. Maureen began on February 1, 2022. [photo 23] THE REV. DR. ESAU M c CAULLEY, ‘12, received a promotion to Associate Professor of New Testament, at Wheaton College, IL. [photo 24]

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THE REV. GRAEME NAPIER, ‘17, continues as rector of St. John’s in the Village, in Greenwich Village, NYC. The shut-downs and re-openings due to COVID was a great learning experience with respect to technology. NYC COVID regulations said that singers had to be 12 ft. apart, meaning that in St. John’s small choir loft there could be only an organist and two singers. Fr. Napier commissioned six young composers to write mass settings for two voices and premiered them Sunday

by Sunday in Lent, and then presented them again in Advent 2021. Fr. Napier also commissioned composer Nico Muhly for the silver jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood, which the parish celebrated in September 2021. [photo 25] THE VERY REV. BRYAN D. O’CARROLL, ‘11, has served as rector of two parishes in the Diocese of Southwest Florida (since graduating from the House) and St. George’s Bradenton.

Since February 2018, he has been serving Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Valrico. Fr. O’Carroll is continually grateful for the call God has placed on his life to serve His Church. He writes, “Each year of my ministry I have become more aware of the depth of the formation I received as a student at Nashotah House. I pray that with God’s help I will continue to grow as His priest standing on the foundation given to me during my time as a seminarian.” Fr. O’Carroll and his wife Susan have seven grandchildren whom they take one week each summer to join them at their home for “Camp O’Carroll.” [photo 26] THE REV. SARAH OXLEY, ‘20, has accepted a call to serve as interim rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Cocoa, FL in the Diocese of Central Florida. [photo 27] THE REV. TOM PAPAZOGLAKIS, ‘21, was appointed as Director of the Deacon Formation for the Diocese of Albany. Fr. Tom Papazoglakis, Fr. Tom Pettigrew,‘11, Fr. Dale Van Wormer, ‘19, Fr. Bill Hinrichs, ‘78, and Fr. David Ousley, ‘08, were elected to serve on the Profile and Search Committee for the Election of the 10th Bishop of Albany. The diocesan convention took place on October 23, 2021. [photo 28] THE REV. AMANDA PAYNE-LINDSAY, ‘21, serves as a pediatric chaplain at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. [photo 29] THE REV. DR. GREG PETERS, Servants of

Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies & Ascetical Theology , has been appointed

Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry of St. Edmund’s College in the University of Cambridge. The Von Hügel Institute is a research institute inspired

by Catholic thought and culture. Fr. Peters will participate in interdisciplinary research seminars and spend time in residence at Cambridge working on his own research projects, including a volume on medieval monastic theology, a history of 14th- and 15th-century monasticism and Anglican ascetical theology. [photo 30]

THE REV. MARK POLLEY ‘11, serves as dean and rector of St. Vincent’s Cathedral, Bedford, TX, in the Diocese of Fort Worth. Fr. Mark is married to Amy (Frost) Polley, and they have two sons. Prior to serving as dean and rector at the cathedral, Fr. Mark served six years on the Camp Crucis Board of Managers, and currently serves as the Convener of the Commission on Ministry for Ft. Worth. [photo 31] THE REV. ALEXANDER PRYOR, ‘12, was appointed as Executive Archdeacon of the Arctic continued on page 40

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THE REV. DANIEL S. REPP, ‘07, was installed as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church (NALC) of Lebanon, WI, on September 19, 2021. Prior to seminary, Repp served many years as a teacher in both Michigan and Wisconsin. The newly elected dean of the North American Lutheran Church of the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Mission District, Pastor Mark Knappe presided at the service. [photo 33] THE REV. PETER SCHELLHASE, ‘20, was ordained to the priesthood on November 1, 2021, at St. Michael’s in Colonie, NY. [photo 34] THE RT. REV. SCOTT SEELY, ‘18, was consecrated a Bishop in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) on March 20, 2020 in Lokoja, Nigeria. He now serves as a Suffragan Bishop for the Anglican Diocese of the West (ADOTW) under Bishop Felix Orji, who is the Coordinating Bishop for the Church of Nigeria North American Mission (CONNAM). [photo 35] THE REV. SPENCER STUBBLEFIELD, ‘19, accepted a call to serve as assistant rector at Trinity Anglican Church in Bakersfield, CA. THE REV. AUDREY SUTTON, ‘21, was ordained to the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Dr. George Sumner, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, on October 2, 2021, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Frisco, TX. Mtr. Audrey serves as curate and director of mission at St. Philip’s. [photo 36] THE REV. JASON S. TERHUNE, ‘15, Director of Operations at Nashotah House, has accepted a call to serve as part-time vicar at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Richland Center, WI. Fr. Terhune will continue his full-time role at Nashotah House. [photo 37] MR. JAY THOMAS, ‘23 (expected graduation date) , was ordained to the transitional diaconate on February 5, 2021, by the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, ACNA, the Rt. Rev. Derek Jones presiding, at Grace Anglican Fellowship in Lake Forest, IL. THE REV. JOHN TUCKER, ‘20, was named as a Canon for Ministry Formation and Leadership Development in the Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast (ACNA) in November of 2021. Fr.

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John is working alongside the Bishop in the formation of those discerning holy orders and in the development of healthy lay leadership in parishes across the Diocese. [photo 38]

THE REV. CHARLESTON D. WILSON, ‘13, was installed as rector at the Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota, FL, on September 16, 2021, by the Rt. Rev. Dabney Smith (DD, hon. causa,’87) in the Diocese of Southwest Florida. [photo 39] THE REV. CLINT WILSON, ‘12, was installed as the 5th rector of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville, KY, by the Rt. Rev. Terry White. Fr. Clint’s installation occurred on November 6, 2021, having been delayed in 2020 due to COVID restrictions. [photo 40] EMILIE JOUDI VICK, ‘24 (expected graduation date) , has been called as the Director of Youth Ministries at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in College Park, FL. THE REV. CHRISTIAN MICHAEL WOOD, ‘16, accepted the call as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tampa, FL, on February 1, 2022. [photo 41]

NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH THE REV. JUDITH C. DALMASSO, ‘06, died

February 3, 2022. For the last 14 years, Judith served the congregations at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and, most recently, St. Albans Episcopal Church, both in Davenport, Iowa. She loved being a priest and bringing people closer to the Lord. Even during her cancer battle, she continued to inspire others through her beautiful writings and sermons and was only forced to give it up in the last few months as her strength deteriorated. [photo 42]

THE REV. R. MICHAEL DARROW, ‘62, died September 20, 2021. He was born on May 22, 1937, to Alice M. (Chrisman) and Robert Irving Darrow Jr. in Denver, CO. He attended South High School; Williams College in Williamstown, MA; the University of Denver; and Nashotah House Seminary. Fr. Darrow served as a board member of Nashotah House and supported the House for many years. He was rector of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Littleton, CO, from 19681979, and St. James Episcopal Church in West Bend, WI, from 1980-1999, when he retired. Fr. Darrow was a Trustee for the College of Preachers

at the Washington National Cathedral from 19921998 and led numerous diocesan and national committees. He was responsible for multiple building projects and had a strong commitment to Christian Education and outreach, including a program that served lunch to 100 people a week and a “Mother Room” that provided clothing and supplies to new mothers and infants. Fr. Darrow loved traveling and visited over 20 countries during his life. He loved trains (and traveling by train), the organ, classical music, and his beloved dogs. Fr. Darrow is survived by his sister, Patricia Fraser. [photo 43]

THE REV. ROBERT J. GEARHART, SR., ‘73,

died August 19, 2021, at his home in Syracuse, NY. Born in 1938 in Camden, NJ, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1956-1959. He was united in marriage to Wilma M. Wilson on June 17, 1960, in the Lady Chapel at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, PA. He attended Temple University and graduated from St. Joseph’s College before enrolling in Nashotah House as a seminary student. While at Nashotah House, he served as an assistant at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Menomonee Falls, WI. After ordination as an Episcopal priest, he served at St. Stephen’s in Clifton Heights, PA. His ministry later led him to Nebraska where he served at St. Peter’s in Neligh; St. Mark’s in Creighton; St. John’s in Albion; St. John’s in Valentine; St. John’s in Cody; St. Charles in Fairbury, and St. Augustine’s in DeWitt. Upon retiring in 2002, he and Wilma moved to Syracuse, NE. He enjoyed history and keeping current on events around the world. Fr. Gearhart is survived by his sons, Robert Gearhart, Jr. and Christopher Gearhart; grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Wilma, two brothers, and sister.

Memorials may be directed to St. Joseph’s Indian School (stjo.org) or Nashotah House (nashotah. edu). [photo 44]

THE REV. BERNARD “GENE” EUGENE MORITZ, III, ‘73, of Richmond, VA, and

Sewanee, TN, was born in Natchez, MS, on March 26, 1941, and died at his home in Richmond on November 1, 2021. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University; Nashotah House; and the School of Theology, Sewanee. Before attending seminary, he was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, serving as an intelligence officer and stationed mostly in overseas posts. As an Episcopal priest, he served in churches in

Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Virginia. He was a long-time associate of the Community of St. Mary’s, Sewanee. Other interests included the out-of-doors, archaeology, history and – above all – his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; and his granddaughter, Eleanor Grace Moritz; and leaves his wife of 57 years, Jeanelle Lowe Moritz; daughter, Jennine Moritz (Scott Sherrill); son, Stewart Moritz (Maura O’Shea); grandchildren, Will, Anna, and Molly Sherrill and Claire and Grace Moritz; and his brother, Joe S. Moritz Jr., of Tempe, AZ. The funeral was held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, on November 20, with interment of ashes in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Sewanee, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be sent to the Community of St. Mary’s, Sewanee, or to Episcopal Relief and Development. [photo 45]

THE REV. JOHN KEVIN PHILIPS, ‘82,

died January 21, 2022. Fr. Philips was born in Kingsville, TX, in 1955, although thereafter and forever he adopted Virginia as his home state.

He was a 1973 graduate of Blue Ridge School in St. George, VA, and in 1977 graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. After living and working in New York City for several years, Kevin attended Nashotah House, where he met former Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey, with whom he maintained a close and longstanding pastoral and personal relationship.

Kevin was ordained as deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1982 and served as rector at a parish in Ossining, NY. [photo 46]

THE REV. JOHN DALE WALKER, ‘83,

died November 27, 2021. Fr. Walker was born on April 6, 1954, on a Navy base in Balboa, Panama.

John married his wife Nancy on October 5, 1996.

They celebrated 25 wonderful years of loving marriage this past October. As a blended family, they had three children: daughter Rachel and husband Dirk Chapman; son David and wife Traci Nowell; son Jeremy and wife Charisa Nowell; and seven grandchildren: Grant, Barrett, Katie, Luke, Emily, Asher, and Logan. He worked in many different fields: IT network administrator, Episcopal Priest, business school administrator/teacher, and line chef, just to name a few. But no title was better than Papa. [photo 47]

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ALUM WINS ESSAY COMPETITION The Rev. Jack Franicevich, ‘21, was named as winner of the 2021 Charles Hefling Student Essay Competition. The paper, “As if Possessing but One Mouth”: How Irenaeus Christianizes Classical Harmonia, was published in the fall issue of the Anglican Theological Review, 103.4, 2021. The competition is hosted each year by the Anglican Theological Review. The Rev. Jonathan Jameson, ‘19, won the contest in 2020, and was published in the fall issue, 102.4, 2020. Fr. Franicevich teaches 6-8th grade at The Field School in Chicago. His primary research interest is the church’s reception of the Old Testament’s liturgical concepts. His forthcoming book, What Sunday Means (Athanasius Press, 2022), discusses Luke’s use of the Levitical calendar to characterize “the first day of the week.”

ALUMNI & FACULTY PUBLISHING NEWS & PODCASTS THE REV. MATTHEW S.C. OLVER, Ph.D.

ELISABETH RAIN KINCAID, J.D., Ph.D.

Fr. Olver’s upcoming publications include:

Dr. Kincaid’s recent and upcoming publications include:

“Containing the Uncontainable: An Analysis of Expansive Liturgical Language in the Episcopal Church, 1987-2018,” Anglican Theological Review, (Winter 2021), vol. 102, no.

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“Natural Law and Cultural Difference: Innovations in Spanish Scholasticism,” Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2021.

Asst. Professor of Liturgics & Pastoral Theology

When Praying Does Not Shape Believing: Ambrose and Chrysostom as Test Cases for the Tension between Liturgy and Theology,” in Studia Patristica, Vol. CXXVIII: Papers Presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies Held in Oxford 2019, ed. Markus Vinzent, vol. 25: The Second Half of the Fourth Century (Leuven: Peeters, 2021), 77–85.

“Connections between the Roman Canon Missae and the East Syrian Anaphora of Mar Theodore,” Questions Liturgiques, (2021) vol. 101. no. 3-4, 276-304.

“The Pandemic’s Mass: An Anglo-Catholic Essay on Certain Eucharistic Issues Raised by COVID-19,” Anglican Theological Review, (Winter 2022). This article was solicited by the guest editor, James Farwell, for a special volume focused on liturgical issues raised by the pandemic.

“Offering for Change: The Logic of Consecration that Unites Early Christian Anaphoras,” Worship, 2022.

“Divine Visitation: The 1662 Prayer Book’s Theology of Sickness and Plague,” Journal of Anglican Studies, 2022.

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“Are Rights Really So Wrong? A Response to Nigel Biggar’s What’s Wrong with Rights?” The Anglican Theological Review. Vol. 103 No.4 (2021).

Kincaid, Elisabeth Rain, David Clairmont and Ebenezer Akesseh. “Natural Law.” In The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics, edited by Schweiker, Antonaccio, Bucar and Clairmont. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.

THE REV. HANS BOERSMA, Ph.D.

Chair, Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology

Fr. Boersma was interviewed for several podcasts on his recent publication, Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew (IVP, 2021): OnScript with Matthew Bates & Erin Heim (8-30-21) Bibleology with Dr. Patrick Hamilton (10-1-21) Wesley Seminary Podcast with Dr. Aaron Perry (10-4-21) New Creation Conversations with the Rev. Dr. Scott Daniels (10-11-21) Mere Fidelity with Matthew Lee Anderson (11-1-21)

BOARD MEMBER RECOGNIZED Nashotah House Board of Visitors member Karen Moore was recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of Florida’s 500 most influential business leaders.

Alum Receives Award The Rev. Canon Dr. Robert Bosworth, SSC, ‘85, was awarded the Holders of Hope Award on December 9, 2021. The Holders of Hope Award recognizes exemplary leaders across business, entertainment, government and religious organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring and supporting the community.

Fr. Boersma’s recent publications include: Foreword to All Thy Lights Combine: Figural Reading in the Anglican Tradition. David Ney and Ephraim Radner, eds.

Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021.

“Plotinus and the Ascent to Beauty.” In Patristic Spirituality: Classical Perspectives on Ascent in the Journey to God, edited by Kevin Clarke and Don Springer. Leiden: Brill, 2021.

“Election and Spirituality.” In T&T Clark Companion to Election, edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021.

THE VERY REV. DR. KEVIN MARTIN & THE REV. ROBERT LEWIS, ‘11 Fr. Martin and Fr. Lewis have published a Lenten devotional from Resource Publications, a division of Wipf and Stock, titled The Three Conversions of the Christian Life: Turning to Christ, Turning to the Church, and Turning to Mission.

THE REV. CANON TIM SEAN YOUMANS, ‘11 Church Publishing recently published Blessed to Bless: An Introduction to the Bible. Published during the pandemic, the book is a survey of the Bible, designed primarily for teens, youth groups, and Episcopal schools but can also be used for the biblically uninitiated. Canon Youmans serves as head chaplain at Casady School in Oklahoma City and canon for youth at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oklahoma City.

To read more, please visit www.churchpublishing.org/ blessedtobless.

ALUM RECOGNIZED BY ALABAMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House of Representatives for the State of Alabama passed a resolution of commendation for the Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley, ‘12, in November 2021, for his influential voice in the United States on issues of black history, theology, and culture.

THE VERY REV. WILLIAM O. DANIEL, JR., Ph.D., ‘12 Formerly Dean for Liturgy & Formation in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester and Rector in St. Michael’s Church, Geneseo, NY, Fr. Daniel has been called to the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to serve as Rector in Church of the Ascension, Knoxville, TN. Fr. Daniel has published both scholarly and popular works (Christ the Liturgy, Angelico Press; Inhabited by Grace, Church Publishing, Inc.), and is currently collaborating on a “new catechism,” as well as working on a book project on spiritual practices and church leadership. Fr. Daniel began his tenure in Church of the Ascension on February 1, 2022, when he and his family moved to Knoxville. Wyles, Fr. and Amanda Daniel’s son, is currently a sophomore at the University of the South at Sewanee, where their daughter Aydah will also attend in the Fall of 2022. You can follow Fr. Daniel on his podcast, “Fr. Billy Daniel” on Apple Podcasts, and you can learn more about his works by going to www.williamdaniel.info.

THE REV. MARCUS EMMONS, ‘10 Fr. Emmons was ordained a priest in the ACNA in January, 2011, and has been serving as rector of Christ Anglican Church in Hot Springs, AK, since then. In 2019, Fr. Marcus and Mr. Dan Long pointed ACNA’s Revised Coverdale Psalter to the tones of the Nashotah House Psalter. His Daily Office podcast is updated twice daily with the chanted prayers of the church and is available at anchor.fm/ christanglican-hotsprings.

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