The Missioner 2019 by Telacopia

WHEN TRADITION IS THE MOST RELEVANT

Bucking the

TREND EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

FLEMING RUTLEDGE NASHOTAH HOUSE welcomes a NEW executive v ice president

VISIT

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Nashotah House

– St. Mary’s Chapel – SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 4:30PM Palm Procession & Solemn Evensong WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 7:30PM Tenebrae THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 5:00PM Solemn Eucharist with Footwashing, Stripping of the Altar, Procession to the Altar of Repose, & All-Night Eucharistic Vigil FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1:30PM Good Friday Liturgy with the Veneration of the Cross SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 8:30PM The Great Vigil of Easter SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 10:30PM Easter Potluck Feast

DAILY OFFICES AVAILABLE ONLINE AT www.nashotah.edu/daily-offices

We invite you to visit ANY TIME or refer someone you know to consider a self-directed Discernment Retreat, where the rhythm of our life in community offers a perfect balance of prayer, solitude, and fellowship. Whether or not you decide to attend seminary or if advanced academic study is for you, Nashotah House is a special place to discern God’s call on your life and inspires all who visit. Join us for Holy Week or sign up for one of the advanced courses in our SUMMER PROGRAM. Visiting Students, Non-Degree Students, and Auditors are welcome.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & PROVOST MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD N A S H O TA H H O U S E W E L C O M E S A NEW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT DR. ELISABETH RAIN KINCAID JOINS N A S H O TA H H O U S E FA C U LT Y Q&A – BUCKING THE TREND IN T H E O L O G I C A L E D U C AT I O N A N I N T E RV I E W W I T H FLEMING RUTLEDGE A NEW CALLING FOR F R . A L E X A N D E R P RY O R ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS REMEMBRANCE GIFT LIST A L U M N I U P D AT E S A L U M N I D AY & C O M M E N C E M E N T CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

ON THE COVER: MICHAEL No, we did not paint Michael blue! Our cover is meant to highlight our belief that Nashotah House traditions and steadfast dedication to residential formation is deep-dyed, relevant, and “cool”! Read more on this topic in our “Bucking the Trend” article on page 8. The Missioner is published for Alumni and friends of Nashotah House. This is a publication of the Nashotah House Advancement Team. Contact Lisa Swan, Director of Marketing and Communications at lswan@nashotah.edu. To learn more about Nashotah House, visit nashotah.edu .

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PRESIDENT PROVOST AND

DR. GARWOOD ANDERSON

For whatever reason, my wife, Dawn and I navigate the world under opposite theories. Dawn says, “Expect the worst, and you’ll never be disappointed – often pleasantly surprised.” I say, “No reason to worry until the bad things happen; why waste your grief?”

Meet Dr. Elisabeth Kincaid (p.7), our newly appointed Assistant Professor of Ethics and Moral Theology. Dr. Kincaid is a brilliant, young scholar and an engaging teacher. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame (2018), and comes to us from the Aquinas Institute in St. Louis.

For what it is worth, the vicissitudes of life in our fallen world end up commending Dawn’s approach. Yet I find it difficult to break old habits, impenitent optimist that I am. When Dawn and I look at the outpouring of God’s blessing on Nashotah House over these past several months, we have to scrap both of our theories and simply rejoice in God’s undeserved provisions. We can only conclude that we are in the hands of a loving God, whose plans for Nashotah House go beyond what we can ask, speak, or imagine.

Give thanks to God for the additions of Fr. Greg Peters (p. 20) and Dr. Hans Boersma (p. 18), whose scholarly accomplishments are already distinguishing this seminary and defining the excellence of our next chapter.

Rejoice with us over Nashotah House’s growing enrollment and read the remarkable stories of faithfulness from some of our newest students (p. 8), who are joyfully sacrificing all for the sake of Christ and his Church.

Bless God even – maybe I should say especially – that our very best and brightest are being sent to vital work in new mission fields. Read the fitting tribute to Fr. Alex Pryor (p. 14).

In the pages that follow, you will encounter the faces of God’s most recent blessings. Among them:

Meet Mr. Labin Duke (p. 6), our new Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, an extraordinary young leader who brings an unprecedented level of professional experience and vision to our historic institution. Mr. Duke comes to us from Baylor University, where he served as the Director of Donor Relations.

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If you had told me 20 months ago that God would have already assembled this extraordinary team in this special place, even this optimist would have confessed, “Lord, help my unbelief.” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3).

The Board of Directors and Corporation are pleased to announce that the addition of Mr. Labin Duke completes our goal to build a leadership model fitting the unique needs of Nashotah House. We pray that this co-leadership model will make it possible to meet the demands placed on the administration of the House. Graduates and close friends know that the formation process on campus is demanding – too demanding, we would argue, for a single person to fulfill all the seminary’s internal and external obligations. Because of these demands, the Nashotah House board has designed a structure that divides the work. Dr. Anderson will focus on formation at the House. He will lead the faculty and ensure that Nashotah House graduates are thoroughly prepared for a lifetime of ministry. Dr. Anderson’s work has already resulted in a resurgence of interest and support for the House. The seminary is recruiting talented faculty and staff, growing in enrollment and support, and stabilizing in its pursuit of its historic role as the mission.

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THE REV. CANON EDWARD R. MONK

Mr. Duke will be responsible for development, student recruitment, and campus operations. His early assessment of the people, processes, and product is strikingly positive and forward-focused. Like Dr. Anderson, Mr. Duke shares an overwhelming optimism about the future of Nashotah House. And the board enthusiastically joins both leaders in this confident hope. We ask that you would pray for these men as they seek to serve the House and her faculty, staff, students, supporters, and friends.

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Nashotah House Theological Seminary has named Mr. Labin Duke as their Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, effective February 18, 2019. Mr. Duke comes to Nashotah House from the development department of Baylor University, where he served as the Director of Donor Relations since 2016. In that role, he successfully engaged new and existing supporters while serving a team that consistently exceeded donation revenue targets. Mr. Duke’s appointment comes at an important time for Nashotah House as the seminary continues to experience higher enrollment and a growing interest in the historic roots and formation-centered programs as only Nashotah House can provide. Mr. Duke’s proven success in donor and alumni relations, as well as marketing and operations, brings significant value and the experienced leadership needed during this important growth phase for the seminary. “The addition of Mr. Labin Duke marks the second phase of Nashotah House’s organizational restructuring, joining recently appointed President and Provost, Dr. Garwood P. Anderson,” comments Fr. Ed Monk, Chairman of the Board of Nashotah House. “In The Executive Vice President role, he will co-lead the seminary alongside Dr. Anderson and serve Nashotah’s constituencies. Mr. Duke brings

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considerable experience to Nashotah House, to become the chief officer of external affairs, overseeing the seminary’s development, alumni, marketing, and recruitment efforts.” Reflecting on Mr. Duke’s appointment, Dr. Anderson states, “It would be hard to imagine a more exceptional addition to our team. Labin brings a track record of success at the highest level, seemingly boundless energy, and, as an Anglican Christian, a deep passion for our mission.” Occupying a distinctive and strategic niche in the North American ecclesial scene, the historic seminary is revivifying its capacity to train Christians for leadership in the Anglican tradition. With a recent increase in enrollment and several high-profile faculty hires, the addition of Mr. Duke poises the seminary for its next season of growth. On his move to Nashotah House, Mr. Duke comments, “The moment I set foot on campus, I knew that this was a holy place, and I knew that I was being called to serve it. The church desperately needs leaders who have been thoroughly formed in orthodoxy. No one is doing this like Nashotah House. The community life here within a model of Benedictine spirituality is extremely rare. Alumni, students, and supporters already know the treasure hidden here. Now it’s time to tell Nashotah’s story more broadly and boldly.”

DR. ELISABETH RAIN KINCAID JOINS NASHOTAH HOUSE FACULTY We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid to our faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics and Moral Theology, beginning in July 2019. Bringing together exceptional Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid academic credentials and diverse professional experience, Dr. Kincaid elevates our already-distinguished faculty and solidifies our commitment to maintaining the highest standard in theological education. Dr. Garwood Anderson, Nashotah House President and Provost remarked, “The field of moral theology has always been central to the distinctive character of Nashotah House formation. We could not be more pleased to add to our faculty a scholar of Elisabeth Kincaid’s erudition, real-world experience, and excellence as a teacher.” Dr. Kincaid received her Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in Moral Theology and Christian Ethics in 2018. Her dissertation, In a Prudent Way and Without Rashness: Retrieving the Theological Jurisprudence of Francisco Suárez, SJ, retrieves constructive approaches to legal engagement for contemporary Christians. She received her B.A. from Rice University in English and History, her J.D. from the University of the Texas School of Law (Dean’s Scholar), and her M.T.S. from Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University, where she was Valedictorian. Before beginning her studies in theology, Dr. Kincaid practiced law at a large law firm, worked in private equity, and served as a graduate campus minister for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, supporting graduate students in the integration of faith and academics.

Kincaid has written numerous publications and presentations, including articles for Christianity Today and The Living Church as well as conference papers for The Society of Christian Ethics, The Catholic Theological Society of America, The American Academy of Religion, The School of Law of the Pontifical University of Chile, and the International Symposium in Jesuit Studies. She has also been a guest speaker at several conferences on topics such as “Anglo-Catholicism: Recovering Roots”, and “Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion.” Kincaid currently serves as Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at the Aquinas Institute of Theology, where her courses include “The Use of Philosophy in Theology,” “Catholic Social Teaching,” “Foundations of Catholic Morality,” and “Prima Pars: God and Creation in Thomas Aquinas.” She also recently taught “Foundations in Moral Theology” at Nashotah House and “Theology, Business, and Ethics” at the University of Notre Dame. She is also an Episcopal Church Foundation Academic Fellow and a Board Member of the Fellowship for Protestant Ethics. Kincaid shared, “I have long appreciated and admired Nashotah’s vibrant witness to the Gospel. It has been especially exciting to see Nashotah grow and flourish into a robust community dedicated to equipping and raising up leaders for the Church under the leadership of Dr. Anderson. It is a great joy to become part of Nashotah’s history and contribute to its vibrant next chapter.” Dr. Kincaid is married to the Reverend Thomas Kincaid, Vice-Rector at the Church of the Incarnation, in Dallas, Texas. The Kincaids are parents to two children. Dr. Kincaid will teach the residential moral theology curriculum during Spring terms and will make further ongoing curricular contributions to the hybrid-distance and advanced degree programs.

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BUCKING THE TREND in Theological Education WHEN TRADITION IS THE MOST RELEVANT

E MJohn I S SMack, I O N Maureen ER from leftT toH right: Martin, Cliff Syner, Audrey Sutton, and Jonathan Mohler

f you ask anyone familiar with recent trends in theological education, you will invariably be told that the days of residential formation are soon to be a thing of the past. It’s too expensive, too time-consuming, too disruptive. Nobody wants this anymore, we are told. It would seem that Americans want their theological education like they want their food, delivered to them prepackaged through a car window to be eaten while they do something else! But in a world burgeoning with microbreweries, farm-to-table eateries, and the intimacy of house concerts, the establishment in theological education may be on the verge of a colossal

Q: Each of you is in your first year of living on campus at Nashotah House. What other options did you explore when discerning the call to seminary? Why did you ultimately decide residential training is the right option for you and your family? Cliff: There were a couple options in our diocese. They have a ministry formation that is sort of like a distance program. And I started distance

misstep in the mass commodification of the seminary. Nashotah House begs to differ. While making our resources accessible through hybrid-distance and limited residency programs, Nashotah House continues to believe that our “pearl of great price” is this worshiping, welcoming community of real presence in this holy place suffused with the beauty of God. Journalist, Lauren Anderson, spent an afternoon with a group of first-year residential students to solicit their candid reflections about life as a residential student at Nashotah House. Is residential theological education a thing of the past? Don’t tell these students.

learning at Gordon-Conwell; I did that for a year. But my wife is actually the reason I’m here, because she felt that, if I was called to do this and I was going to go through the process with the diocese – if they feel strongly about it and we’re praying about it – then we should be present there. It needed to be that way; it needed to be her idea. We have three kids and we had a farm that we sold. It needed to be her idea.

Audrey: Originally, I was thinking of doing distance. I was working in ministry, I was a full-time mom, and there was no way that I was going to be inconvenienced or be able to give up my life so that this could happen. That’s what I was thinking. But my bishop really wisely recommended that I do it for my first year; if I did like it, then I wouldn’t have missed out on anything, and if I hated it, it would continued on page 10 VOL. 33 NO. 8

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teen, our last child at home. For that first year it wouldn’t have worked to be away from home. But to do two years away from home feels a lot more manageable. It’s better to be here. My experience is completely different.

It was the best choice we ever made. You get so much by living here. - AUDREY SUTTON

be over. We visited in July and, within 24 hours, we knew. We knew we were going to be here all three years. It was God really speaking to our hearts. My husband didn’t originally move with us. It was just me and our kids. He ended up later finding a job here and moving. It was the best choice we ever made. You get so much by living here. Maureen: Our diocese does local training and ordination. But I wanted my education to include the whole Anglican world. I wanted it to be more rigorous. And I didn’t want to be ordained to function in just one capacity and in one location. I felt that, if I’m going to do this, if this is what God wants me to do with my life, then I’m all in. I’m not going to be half in. I started in the distance program here, and it worked really well. I don’t think it would have worked for me to be gone all three years from home. We have a late

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Audrey: I didn’t even realize that I wasn’t going to be all in until I was here and I was all in. Jonathan: My home diocese has no other option. You can’t do distance education. You can’t go anywhere else; the only place was Nashotah. If you feel called to the priesthood, you’re going to Nashotah and you’ll live there all three years. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have done it. That being said, I think I made the right decision and I love living up here. But this wouldn’t have been my first choice if I had other options. John: When I first talked about the priesthood, it was with a Son of the House who said, “You should go to Nashotah House.” When I began discernment, I suggested Nashotah House, but I thought it probably couldn’t happen reasonably, and I thought I would be doing distance. But, being unmarried, I was told that I was in a station of life where I could go and do an MDiv. I think it was the right decision. Q: What sorts of sacrifices were involved in choosing a residential program for ordination?

Audrey: All of them! Jonathan: My wife had been a stay-at-home mom, and I worked fulltime. Our income was cut by more than half, and now my wife works full-time. So it was a complete role reversal. That’s a pretty big one. Audrey: I think we all took a vow to being poor quite early, but I think the hardest sacrifice was having to ask my children to give up their lives. From a worldly perspective, how do you look at your child and say, my life is more important than your life right now so we’re choosing this path? I think it takes maturity and God working in their hearts. Maureen: Living geographically separate from my husband. We’ve known each other since we were 14. That’s the hardest thing. He’s just too far away to see very often in a semester. But, there are always upsides to sacrifices. You get to

I felt that, if I’m going to do this, if this is what God wants me to do with my life, then I’m all in. - MAUREEN MARTIN

know each other in a different way; you get to see how your marriage is going to do with separation. You have new challenges. And so far, so good. Audrey: I moved up here as a single mom without my husband in August. My kids struggled with not having their father with them. It was an act of God for my husband’s career path to alter so he could be here. Cliff: I think one of the hardest things that we didn’t really consider before we came here was that you’re going to lose your place in your community, your role. I worked at a functional medicine practice and had a full patient panel. We had a farm. And I just took for granted the position that it gave me in the community. But, now, we’ve come here. We sold the farm. I have someone else taking on my patients now. Now, I’m just Cliff struggling in Hebrew. We’ve got three kids (ages 12, 14 and 16). They were so well adjusted. They had friends. We assumed that since they’re outgoing and can get along well with others, they’d do fine. But moving is not easy. Jonathan: A few years ago, I got a new job and we moved to a new town. We plugged into our home parish. We lived there three years. We bought a house. I had a job I loved.

My wife had friends. Our kids had friends. The church was amazing. Moving away from that was a big obstacle to overcome – the idea of selling everything and moving 1,100 miles away. Q: Talk about your family’s place in the community and how that relates to your formation. Does your family have an investment and a real understanding of what you’re studying and the ministry for which you’re preparing? How would that be different in a nonresidential format? Cliff: I was in the military before, and my wife learned early on that she needs to plug into the community wherever we are. So when we decided we were going to come here, she knew that if she didn’t get involved, she’d just be at home being frustrated. We’ve always felt that, being united in marriage, where I go, she’s going to be there. And where she goes, I’m going to be there. So the hope is our children understand that’s our foundation as Christians. John: Because I don’t have family here, the biggest struggle and sacrifice was saying goodbye to everyone. Next year my fiancé and I will be married, so she will be here. And we have seen how different married couples here continued on page 16 VOL. 33 NO. 8

AN INTERVIEW

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Fleming Rutledge On Saturday, February 16, Nashotah House was pleased to welcome distinguished preacher, theologian, and prolific author, the Rev. Fleming Rutledge to our campus. It was her first visit. We hope it is not her last. Her lecture to a full house in Adams Hall, “The Strange Silence of the Cross in Christian Preaching,” reflected on the reception of her magnum opus, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (Eerdmans), Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year. Following the lecture, Fleming sat down with Dr. Anderson for an informal conversation about her work, the art of preaching, and the future of theological education. Anderson: How are you discerning God’s call at this point in your life and your ministry? Where are you making your investments? Rutledge: Well, I think about that all the time because I know that I don’t have a lot of time left. So I really am trying to pick and choose. I have made the decision that I should aim at whatever I can do to contribute to the upcoming generations. So, reluctantly, because I am very fond of the many parishes that I have been to, I have decided to concentrate on settings where I can talk to students, clergy, and the younger generations.

A: Because of your experience in preaching and the teaching of preaching, what advice do you have for young preachers who are learning the craft? R: Well, the young man who was here today [referring to the question-and-answer session after the lecture] said something that is at the center of what I believe about preaching and that I try to pass on. That is, ending every sermon with a promise of God.

A: We’re grateful that we found a place on your itinerary. R: I am glad to have finally been to this place that I have heard so many talk about.

But I was redirected in my first homiletics class; I was directed away from what I thought I should do to something entirely different, and it changed my entire orientation and

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But preaching is not easy to teach. In fact, there have been people who say it cannot be taught, because it is a gift, and that the best you can do is to shape what’s already there.

made me – if I am a preacher today, it is because of the influence of my homiletics professor at Union Seminary in 1972. He changed me. A: How did he reorient you? R: Oh, I didn’t understand that the sermon was a drama, that it was a story with a plot, that it should have a beginning, middle, and an end. And that it should build and have suspense and that there should be a destabilizing kind of center which then moves to some kind of – not resolution – but some kind of upward arc, where the person feels enabled and empowered rather than scolded or made to feel impotent, or, even worse, made to feel self-righteous. All of that is part of what goes into making powerful preaching, and I don’t think a lot of preachers understand that. They seem to be just imparting information, telling stories about their families, or something that has happened in the community, and then talking about what we ought to be doing as followers of Christ. The sense that a sermon might actually be empowering, or the idea that a sermon might be delivering someone, or that God might use the sermon to deliver someone from sin and death – that doesn’t seem to occur to a lot of preachers. It’s more like just little religious reflections or entertainment. A: Almost like Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, but from the pulpit. R: Yes. A: You talked about your 1972 reorientation as a preacher. What do you say to the preacher who has grown accustomed to their way of going about it but is in some ways stuck? R: I think it is almost impossible. It would have to be a movement of the Spirit. I have found people to be quite resistant to teaching about preaching. I think most people either feel that they already know it all, because they have a certain gift of gab or whatever, or they are threatened. Because it really is not like passing on a body of information, it is asking for something different from that. The student has to be willing to submit to some kind of

overhaul in a way that a class in liturgy or church history doesn’t ask for. A: We almost need to have a kind of support group – but for preachers—to get the help we need? R: I have not met many people who were willing to undergo the rigor of relearning what they thought they knew about preaching. I think you normally have to catch them in their formative phase. And although I have not had a lot of opportunity to do that, I did have a season of teaching about 30 seminarians at Wycliffe College, and that was a great experience. A: Well, actually we do have an opening in Homiletics, so... R: Oh, I wish. I wish I lived nearby! I’d feel as if I’d died and gone to heaven. I do wish I lived closer. A: Looking back now as you are, what wisdom do you have for theological seminaries. Have we missed the mark? And if so how should we reform? R: I don’t know if I would be so presumptuous as to offer that advice. What I know about Nashotah House is that there is this affection. There is something about Nashotah among those who have been here that is more intense and emotionally grounded than with other seminaries. I mean, alumni love their seminaries, but the quality of the Nashotah affection – I keep coming back to that word – well, it is different. A: It may be because we have spent so much time in the Chapel together; that makes an indelible mark. R: It must have something to do with that and the fact that you are living in community. I just really don’t believe that theological formation can be done outside of a context of genuine community. In the end, it is that personal connection that makes it work.

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“Fr. Pryor has left his mark on every component of our life on campus.”

Wife Kristina, daughter Lorelai, son Theo, and Fr. Pryor

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It is no surprise that the vast majority of students attending seminary are here to pursue a Master of Divinity degree. “God willing and the people consenting,” it is to be a priest in service to God’s one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Three years tucked away in a focused residential study program in the not-so-rural woods of Wisconsin seemed as good a place as any to the young Alexander Roy Pryor and his new bride, Kristina. And so, in the summer of 2011, the newlyweds loaded up their van, waved good-bye to their fair hometown of St. John’s in Newfoundland and made the fifty-hour, 2,500 mile trek across the Canadian border to Nashotah. By their final year of seminary, most students are itching to get out and be the fishers of men they’ve been training to be – that in combination with the grief of departing from their beloved friends and home they’ve made at Nashotah House. This would have been the case for the Pryors as well, except that, with the retirement of his predecessor and mentor, Dr. Joseph Kucharski, Nashotah House had need of Fr. Alex’s services and asked him to stay a while longer. And so it happened that the right set of circumstances provided an opportunity for Fr. Pryor to take on the position of Nashotah House’s Instructor of Church Music and Director of Chapel Music. It is my belief that this happy accident was akin to the Genesis account of Joseph being sold into slavery only to make use of his gifts and knowledge to save the land from famine and be an indispensable advocate in Israel’s hour of need. To detail the multiform service that Fr. Pryor has provided Nashotah House would fill too many pages and yet would fall far short of conveying the magnitude of its impact. I can say without reservation, however, that there is scarcely a life on this campus that has not been touched by his care and insight. From inspiring sermons, class sessions, rehearsals, and pastoral visits, to the innumerable administrative systems he has streamlined and restructured, Fr. Pryor has left his mark on every component of our life on campus. We are left with

Fr. Pryor took the time to tutor me, and took what I thought to be a terrible voice, and taught me to love singing. This is a priceless gift for which I will always be grateful! Fr Pryor’s dedication to our chapel education and EXTREMELY valuable Church Music course gave us tangible, necessary tools we will both need and use in our future vocations. - AUDREY SUTTON MDIV, CLASS OF 2021

wonderful (and some hilarious) memories and signs of God’s provision and love for us in the ethos and systems Fr. Pryor leaves behind.

Fr. Pryor has been a great source of joy and neverending support during my time here. He has always been deeply in tune with the stresses and concerns that come with being a seminarian, and always does Real Presence. Real Preparation.

Fr. Pryor often teaches in class and chapel that godly service is to strive for excellence and not perfection. That is to say, we are to give our best according to our present capacity in every situation we find ourselves. Having lived as such a model of excellence in the service of God and love of others, Fr. Pryor leaves us richer for the example he lived out among us. Nashotah House would not be what it is today and what is becoming, humanly speaking, were it not for Fr. Pryor’s extraordinary investment of his considerable talents – not only in music, but as a teacher, pastor, and administrator. But above all that, we have all been on the receiving end of his undying love for the House. We wish him every blessing and all of God’s strength as he takes on this next challenge.

everything he can to lift us up. I don’t even think he sleeps. My Nashotah experience would not have been the same without Alexander the Pryor. - SHANE SPELLMEYER MDIV CLASS OF 2019

The departure of the Pryors (now also including six-yearold Theo and four-year-old Lorelai) from Nashotah House this summer marks a change of service for Fr. Pryor. He has accepted a call – the same one he set aside for a bit to serve Nashotah House these past several years – to Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories, a tight-knit, secluded community in need of much care and Fr. Pryor’s many talents. I can think of no better fit. And so we send the Pryors off with the utmost gratitude for their service and to the praise of Almighty God who appointed us – for a time – his servant, Alex. ╪

- DR. GARWOOD ANDERSON PROVOST & PRESIDENT

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have helped us single guys by having us over for dinner and things like that. That’s something she and I want to be able to do. It’s great that you have opportunities here to do that by being in community and being 100 yards away from anyone on campus. Q: What parts of your learning couldn’t be done online or in-person one weekend each month at a retreat center? Cliff: The chapel part is huge. For me, not coming from an Anglican or Episcopal background and not having seen that, apart from the church plant we were a part of, chapel is huge. Maureen: I think being together with people from all these different contexts is pretty irreplaceable. Jonathan: I also think chapel is amazing. For one, whether or not I want to, I have to go twice a day. I also work in the chapel, and that’s been really, really good for me; I wouldn’t trade that for anything. Maureen: From a practical perspective, in the distance program, you never have more than one class at a time. But having multiple classes at a time, you see the interrelation among them. That’s really valuable. Audrey: It’s also really nice to have professors on hand. If you’re really struggling with something or you have a question, all you have to do is wait 20 more minutes and class is starting.

I also think chapel is amazing. I wouldn’t trade that for anything. - JONATHAN MOHLER

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It’s great that you have opportunities here... in being a community and being 100 yards away from anyone on campus. - JOHN MACK

Maureen: There’s nothing like being with people to flesh out the learning experience. Q: At Nashotah House you hear a lot about “formation” – that training isn’t limited to academic or even practical aspects of ministry, but requires the formation of the entire person. How is the residential community forming you? How will it have an impact on your future ministry? Audrey: I like how closely this community mirrors parish life. There are negative elements of being in community that are mimicked here that you would find working in a church. You’re not going to get along with all people, and if you’ve never worked in that sort of setting then this is going to set you up for success. John: That’s actually the best part of it. When you’re not getting along with people and you’re butting heads with people or you’re disagreeing with them over all manner of things, and then you’re coming to receive Christ’s body and blood together every morning, you realize that when you dislike someone, you’re disliking someone who is just as much in Christ as you are. It’s quite the challenge. If we’re going to be ministers, we have to be able to reconcile ourselves to other people, especially as ministers of the Sacrament.

We haven’t signed up for anything easy, but it’s worth it. If God is tugging at your heart strings, trust that there is something to that. - AUDREY SUTTON

creative financing. Some people here have done an excellent job of raising funds in their home parishes. And if you are better equipped with your seminary experience, then you will be more successful. So don’t worry so much about that if you’re really called to this.

Jonathan: When you live this close, everybody will bother you in some way, even the people you like the most. I think that’s good. You’re going to have to deal with people like that in your parish.

John: There are, of course, a lot of sacrifices you’re making, but you’re living in a beautiful place, you’re fed well, you have a place to sleep. We’re not suffering. There are struggles, but life is good here.

Maureen: There are some intangible things about leaving everything, separating yourself from your life, that are really important for your development. When I go back into my community, I’ll have something to offer because I stepped outside of my comfort zone.

Audrey: The best things come with hard work. We haven’t signed up for anything easy, but it’s worth it. If God is tugging at your heart strings, trust that there is something to that.

Q: Residential seminary isn’t an option for everyone, but if someone was on the fence, debating whether it was worth the cost, what would you say to them? Jonathan: Come visit. If you’re married, bring your spouse. I truly believe that’s what tipped the scales for my wife was just being here. Maureen: I would remind them that there is financial aid. Don’t get too scared. You might be able to find some

I think being together with people from all these different contexts is pretty irreplaceable. - MAUREEN MARTIN

Those discerning a vocation are encouraged to visit Nashotah House at any time of year to experience life on campus, pray with members of the community, and discern if God is calling them to further study. To arrange a visit, contact Mallory Jordan at admissions@nashotah.edu. ╪

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THE STRONGBOX OF THE HEART LEARNING SACRED READING BY DR. HANS BOERSMA

One of the most intricate tools on my laptop is a program called Logos Bible Software. It’s a virtual library. It contains Bibles (in numerous languages), concordances, commentaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, theological treatises across the entire tradition – you name it, the program’s got it. My hunch is, if I owned a hard copy of each and every one of the Logos items on my computer, I’d have to take out a mortgage for a second home to house all those books.

The amount of data Logos puts at my immediate disposal is breathtaking. I can re-collect all this info whenever and wherever I want. But re-collecting from software isn’t the same as re-collecting from the mind. The difference is this: I can work directly with something stored in my mind. By contrast, something stored on my laptop is useful only indirectly, when it interacts with something already stored in my mind. Empty the mind of its contents, and the fanciest software program is useless.

I really am grateful I own this computer program. I consult it all the time. Concordances and commentaries at my fingertips is awfully handy when I’m writing a sermon. And it’s nothing short of astounding that I can pick up Gregory of Nyssa, Thomas Aquinas, and Hans Urs von Balthasar at home, on the plane, or even when visiting my kids.

The twelfth-century French mystical theologian, Hugh of Saint Victor, keenly recognized the importance of storing things, not just in books (or computers) but in the mind. “My child,” he wrote as the opening words to a book outlining biblical history, “knowledge is a treasury and your heart is its strongbox.” Hugh thought deeply about the role of memory in reading and meditation, and he came to the conclusion that only if something is in the mind – that is to say, if we’ve memorized it in some way – does it become useful to us. Hugh purposely uses the imagery of a strongbox. (It’s noteworthy that his Latin actually has the word “ark” – archa.) Its content is a treasure worth storing and safeguarding.

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Still, I’m under no illusion about the drawbacks and dangers of digital resources. I won’t go into all of them – being a technophobe at heart, I’d never get off this hobbyhorse once I’ve mounted it. So, I’ll mention one issue, and one only: memory and recollection.

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Next July I’ll have the privilege of teaching a course on lectio divina (sacred reading) at Nashotah House. Lectio divina is a reading of Scripture that aims at deeper union with God. Its origin lies in the early church, and it was common practice among monks in medieval Europe. Guigo II, an older contemporary of Hugh, explains in The Ladder of Monks that the Scriptures truly nourish us only when we chew and digest them so they enter into our heart. Guigo

HLIGHTS suggests that the food travels from the mouth to the heart when we take seriously the four steps of reading (lectio), meditation (meditatio), prayer (oratio), and contemplation (contemplatio). In this course, we will both do sacred reading and talk about it. One key element in both is the role of memory. The beauty of memorizing is that it enables you to meditate on what you’ve put in the strongbox. Or, put another way: by chewing (or meditating), you memorize and internalize the Scriptures.

In grade school, every week we had to memorize a psalm from the Genevan Psalter, going back all the way to the sixteenth century. I’ll never forget either the tunes or the words. They’re ingrained in my mind, and I’m grateful for it. Monks chanting the psalter week in and week out have the same experience. Software programs can be helpful tools. But it’s the strongbox of the heart that yields contemplation of God. ╪

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HEBREW w o r d s IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST THE REV. DR. TRAVIS J. BOTT Students sometimes ask me why they have to learn Hebrew in seminary since we have the Bible in Greek and Latin. My first answer is that the Holy Spirit chose to inspire the Old Testament Scriptures in the Hebrew language (with some Aramaic). Second, in God’s providence, we now live in a time when Christians know Hebrew and can pass on that knowledge. Though many Christians have read the Old Testament in Greek and Latin, they did not have access to its original languages. Third, knowledge of Hebrew can help us understand the New Testament, Christian theology, and our worship. For example, we regularly use Hebrew words in the service of Holy Eucharist. These words are amen, hosanna, and alleluia. Every time the priest leads the people in prayer, including the Great Thanksgiving itself, the concluding word is amen. When the priest absolves, communes, and blesses the congregation, they respond with this same word. In fact, amen is the most common word that the congregation utters in worship. In Hebrew, amen is an adjective meaning, “firm, faithful, true.” So when we conclude a prayer or liturgical action with the word amen, we are not simply saying “The end.” We are confessing, “It’s true” or “We believe it.” We are agreeing together and affirming our faith that God will indeed hear and answer us. At the beginning of the Eucharistic prayer, the priest and people sing together the Sanctus, a hymn that blends Isaiah 6:3 and Psalm 118:25-26: “Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.” The word hosanna is really two words in Hebrew: hoshia na. Hoshia

is a singular imperative, meaning “save,” and na is a word used for requests. So the phrase means, “Please save (us).” When we say “hosanna in the highest,” we earnestly ask for salvation through Jesus Christ, the one who comes in the name of the Lord (Matt 21:9, 15; Mark 11:9-10; John 12:13). Between Easter and Pentecost, the word alleluia appears at the beginning, middle, and end of the Eucharistic liturgy. In the opening acclamation, the priest says, “Alleluia. Christ is risen,” and the people respond, “The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.” Following the breaking of the bread, the priest says, “Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us,” and the people respond, “Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.” At the dismissal, the deacon says, “Alleluia,

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alleluia. Let us bless the Lord,” and the people respond, “Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.” Like hosanna, alleluia is actually two words in Hebrew: halelu yah. Halelu is a plural imperative meaning “all of you, praise,” and yah is a short form of the divine name Yahweh. So the phrase means, “All of you, praise the LORD.” When we say alleluia in this context, we exhort one another to praise God for Christ’s death and resurrection. Anglican Christians worship God using Hebrew words. When we say amen, hosanna, and alleluia, we confess our faith in God, seek his salvation, and urge each other to praise our Lord. We use Hebrew words that have come down to us from the Old Testament through Greek and Latin. We do not have to choose between these languages. We need all of them to embrace fully the richness of our scriptural tradition of common worship. VOL. 33 NO. 8

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GIFT LIST

NASHOTAH HOUSE RECOGNIZES AND APPRECIATES THESE GIFTS CONTRIBUTED IN HONOR OR MEMORY OF, AND THANKSGIVING FOR, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. THESE GIFTS PAY TRIBUTE TO OTHERS WHILE FUNDING THE FORMATION AND TRAINING NECESSARY TO PREPARE TOMORROW’S ORDAINED AND LAY LEADERS.

SEPT 15, 2018 - FEB 15, 2019

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF

John & Madeline Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. King

The Rev. Dr. Reginald H. Fuller The Rev. Dr. E. Allen Coffey & Dr. Deborah Waters

The Rev. John E. Madden The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Roger W. Raskopf

The Rev. William A. Bacon ‘62 The Rev. Canon Robert G. Carroon

Fr. Loren Gavitt Mr. Albert P. Keller

The Rev. Canon David McCallum The Rev. and Mrs. Robert P. Coval

Margot M. Blewett The Rev. Canon William E. Blewett PhD, SSC

Gwendolyn Goodwin Mr. Peter C. White

Fr. Reynold McKeown ‘46 Mr. Albert P. Keller

The Rev. George ‘44 & Angelyn Hartung Ms. Elizabeth A. Hartung-Cole

Patricia Mulcahy Mrs. Jeannette B. Gregory

The Rev. Darwin & Marjorie Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Sarcia Dorothy Cadzow Bracken Mrs. Linda Bracken & Mr. Thomas Bracken The Rev. Byron H. Brown ‘63 Mrs. Marylou M. Brown The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Roger W. Raskopf Canon Robert J.C. Brown Mr. Charles J. Larson St. Olaf’s Episcopal Church John R. Burchfield Mrs. Isabelle Burchfield The Very Rev. Eugene A. Combs ‘72 (aka Quake) Mrs. Diane C. Ellis James & Virginia DeGolier Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. DeGolier Virginia DeGolier Mr. and Mrs. Brian Thorson Mr. Daniel C. Thorson Mr. and Mrs. David W. Thorson The Rev. Fr. & Mrs. W.B. Dexter Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Cole Marilyn A. Dilg The Rev. and Mrs. Arthur C. Dilg George Ehrenberger Mrs. Maria T. Ehrenberger

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Professor Randolf Hokanson Mrs. Linda Bracken & Mr. Thomas Bracken Phebe Allen Jacobs The Rev. Philip C. Jacobs III Elisabeth Jane Mrs. Nancy T. Heiligstedt The Rev. Richard K. Janke The Rev. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Boland Mrs. Jane K. Janke Benjamin Jeanson Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Jeanson The Rev. Lloyd Johnson The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Francis C. Gray Sue Pepper Joys Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Engels Dr. Titus M. Karlowicz Dr. Sarah H. Karlowicz Raymond Kemp Mrs. Karen K. Kemp The Rev. Canon Donald H. Langstraat Ms. Lois E. Hill Sir Philip Ledger Dr. William A. Owen III DMus Rev Eugene F. Lefebvre Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.

Nancy K. Patston The Rev. J. Ralph Patston Sr. SSC Norman M. Post Mr. and Mrs. Douglass J. Post Jacque C. Radant The Rev. William F. Radant The Rev. Homer Rogers The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hobson The Very Rev. John Ruef The Rev. and Mrs. John D. Richmond The Rev. Raymond Ryerson Mrs. Kathleen D. Ryerson The Rev. Edward Potter Sanib Mr. Richard M. Watson Mr. Clayton Schott Mrs. Carol L. Schott Fr. Thomas R. Schulze Dr. Kay Schulze Arlene H. Shaw The Rev. Canon Timothy J. Shaw The Rev. Edson P. Sheppard, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Edson P. Sheppard Jr. Fr. Evan Simington Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Simington The Rev. Frank Southward Smith The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Roger W. Raskopf

Ida & John Solverson Mrs. Dawn J. Preisler

The M.A. in Ministry Program The Rev. Richard R. Palmer

48 years of priesthood The Rev. and Mrs. Frank G. Adams

The Rev. Thomas Talley The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hobson

The Rev. Carl Mann Ms. Jacque A. Easter Mrs. Margaret Porter

The ministry of Father Matthew Olver Mr. and Mrs. David and Elizabeth R. Aughinbaugh

Bishop Robert E. Terwilliger The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth

Fr. William D. McLean Mr. and Mrs. A. Keith McDowell

Ministry of Bishop Jack Iker The Rev. Canon and Mrs. Lawrence D. Bausch

The Rev. Dr. Ralph Walker The Rev. Richard N. Shackleford Fr. Daniel Westberg The Rev. J.W.W. Dell

GIFTS IN HONOR OF

The Class of 1972 The Rev. and Mrs. Konrad S. White The Class of 1989 The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William C. Thomas The Class of 1992 The Very Rev. and Mrs. John H. Munson Admiration & Appreciation for Nashotah House The Rev. Canon Bruce E. LeBarron SSC Dr. Garwood Anderson The Rev. Gwendolyn Hetler Mr. John C. Metcalf St. James’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA The Rev. John Bower Christ Church Glendale, OH Hayford Boyle, MD Mrs. Nancy H. Boyle George Corbit The Rev. Thomas D. Bowers DD Fr. William Dennler Mr. Albert C. Dennler Fr. Ernie Emment Mr. Robert B. Anderson The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Christopher Gray The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Francis C. Gray The Rev. Ben Hankinson Mrs. Joyce Bruce The Rev. J. Connor Haynes Dr. Robert T. Mead The Rev. John M. Kenney Mrs. Nina E. Kinney The Rev. Gilbert L. Larsen & the 50th anniversary of ordination to priesthood The Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Larsen

Fr. Edward Monk Dr. and Mrs. James F. Witten Fr. Michael Murphy Bishop and Mary Parsons Dr. Rebecca J. Parsons Nancy Kathleen Patston Mrs. Julie E. Paavola The Very Rev. Steven Peay, PhD The Rev. Robert N. Neske Jr. Anita L. Perreten Mr. and Mrs. James L. Perreten John Phelps Mr. and Mrs. C. Nicholas Lee The Rev. Elizabeth Preston Ms. Jacque A. Easter Arlene H. Shaw The Rev. Canon Timothy J. Shaw The Rev. Larry P. Smith ‘77 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brennan Elizabeth T. Sosnowski & R.C. Sosnowski The Rev. and Mrs. John S. Sosnowski Mrs. Dorothy Spaulding Mr. Richard A. Best Jr. Bishop Arthur A. Vogel Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord G. Smith Mrs. Katharine N. Vogel Seminarian Mason Waldhauser The Very Rev. J. Gordon Anderson Father Louis Weil The Rev. and Mrs. Robert & Patricia A. Wagenseil Jr. Buba White The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald E. White

Our Armed Forces Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Cole The class of 1955 The Rev. and Mrs. Harrington M. Gordon Jr. Our son’s engagement Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gresik The leadership of Dr. Garwood Anderson The Rev. Gwendolyn Hetler The Rev. Dr. L. Calvin Lane and Dr. Denise D. Kettering-Lane Mrs. Karen B. Moore My family and friends Mr. Frank E. Howson Fr. Holtzen, Dr. Anderson, Dr. Bott, Fr. Peay & all professors of NH The Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Jefferies Health & Healing Dr. Sarah H. Karlowicz Nashotah Seminary The Rev. Dr. Jada D. and Mr. Kevin Kearns The Rev. Carl and Mrs. Jane Mann Messiah Episcopal Church St. Paul, MN Mr. Edmund E. Kopietz All of God’s Blessings The Rev. Canon and Mrs. George E. Pence Fr. Carl Mann’s priesthood Mrs. Margaret Porter Loved ones of the Shackelford and Michel Families Mr. and Mrs. Dwight R. Shackelford

Abel Wilson The Rev. and Mrs. J. Richard Barrett

Fr. Steven Peay & Canon Joseph Kucharski Ms. Miriam K. Stauff

IN THANKSGIVING FOR:

Wonderful Seminary Education Class of 1972 The Rev. and Mrs. Konrad S. White

Faculty & Staff of The House St. James’s Episcopal Church Richmond, VA The Rev. Craig Dalferes 20th anniversary of ordination to priesthood St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Houma, LA

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ORDINATIONS & APPOINTMENTS THE REV. COLIN AMBROSE, ’09, joined St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Murfreesboro, TN, last spring as their interim rector. [photo 1]

THE REV. ANGELIQUE BOLLING, ’18, was ordained on June 16, 2018, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Troy, MT, where she currently serves as deacon. [photo 2]

THE REV. JOSEPH CALANDRA, JR., ’18,

was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 17, 2017. He is serving as the Director of Chaplaincy for Guardian Angels Senior Services in Elk River, MN. [photo 3]

THE REV. ROBERT C. DOUGLAS, ’16,

has been called to be the third Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Tampa, FL, as of June 2018. [photo 4]

THE REV. DANIEL L. JONES SR. ’14, is

rector of St. Michael’s Church, Albany, NY, as of May 6, 2018. [photo 5]

THE REV. JANIE LAYNE KOCH, ’16, was

ordained on September 1, 2018, to the Sacred Order of Priests by Bishop Edward J. Konieczny at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Enid, OK. Rev. Koch has been called to serve as a bi-vocational curate at St. Matthew’s in Enid. During her curacy, she will continue to teach English at a local Christian school. [photo 6]

THE REV. TED LEENERTS, ’18, was ordained in the Anglican Catholic Church by Bishop Scarlett on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at St. Matthews Church in Newport Beach, CA, where he currently serves as Assistant Priest. [photo 7]

THE REV. LAWRENCE H. MCELRATH, ’17,

The Anglican Church in North America welcomes the Rev. Lawrence McElrath to the staff as chaplain and Canon to the Archbishop. In this role, Rev. McElrath will support the Archbishop’s office with logistics, travel, correspondence, and communications. [photo 8]

THE REV. ELIZABETH CONE PRESTON, ’18, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests by

The Right Rev. Alan Scarfe, Bishop of Iowa on July 15, 2018, at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake. She currently serves in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. [photo 9]

THE REV. JASON W. SAMUEL, ’90, is

serving as priest of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Alpine, CA, as of March of 2018. On April 3, 2018, he became the Lead Chaplain for St. Paul’s Senior Services in San Diego where he serves five residential facilities and supervises three other Chaplains at our St. Paul’s PACE locations. [photo 10]

NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH THE REV. PETER J. BIRD, ’77, passed

away December 24, 2017. Peter was born June 20, 1943, and raised on the family Birdlawn Dairy Farm in Brownsville, WI. Peter attended Ripon College, majoring in Political Science, and graduating in May 1966. He then entered law school at Southern Methodist University. During this time Peter served our country in Vietnam for the U.S. Army, from 19691970, with an honorable discharge. He then returned to SMU, earning his Juris Doctor of Law Degree on May 21, 1972. While in Vietnam, Peter felt assured he would come home alive, and was meant to dedicate his life to ministry. After practicing law for several years he entered Perkins Theological Seminary in Dallas. He moved home to run the family dairy farm while completing an MDiv degree at Nashotah House in 1977. [photo 11]

VIRGINIA DEGOLIER ’46, passed away

September 20, 2018. Virginia was born June 22, 1932, and was a resident of Rosemount, MN, at the time of her passing. She graduated from West High School in Madison, WI, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of WI-Madison in Art Education. Virginia then attended Nashotah House and received an MDIV degree in 1946. Virginia was active in church continued on page 26 VOL. 33 NO. 8

NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH (CONT.) activities at Grace Episcopal Church, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, all in Madison, WI. [photo 12]

THE REV. TIMOTHY ALAN CHURCH, ’75,

passed away at his home surrounded by his family on August 15, 2018. Tim was born May 28, 1949, in Lansing, MI. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology at UT Arlington in 1971, and a master’s degree in Theology in 1975, from Nashotah House. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1975, and served in several Episcopal parishes: Church of the Epiphany in Richardson, TX, All Saints in Duncan, OK, and Holy Nativity in Plano, TX. Fr. Tim served as an Episcopal priest for 20 years before converting to the Roman Catholic Church. As a former Episcopal priest, under the Pastoral Provision granted by Pope John Paul II, he was ordained a Catholic Priest on February 18, 1995. In 1968, he married his high school sweetheart, Linda, who was his anchor throughout his life. He was most proud of being a father to his three children and “Pop” to six grandchildren. He taught his family an appreciation for nature, how to fish, how to stock a tool box, but most important, how to persevere in suffering by always looking to the Cross. [photo 13]

THE REV. JAMES EDWIN GILCHRIST, ’67

passed away September 13, 2018, at his home in Missoula, MT. Ed was born Dec. 19, 1939, in Denver, CO. He graduated from the University of Denver with a BS/ BA in finance and banking. After his graduation, he was commissioned in the Army for two years as a 1st Lieutenant stationed at Fort Knox. After being discharged he entered Nashotah House and was ordained as first a Deacon and then a Priest in Broomfield, CO. Ed’s career then turned to the banking and finance industry for many years until his retirement. [photo 14]

THE REV. DR. MARION LARS HENDRICKSON,’97, age 66, passed away

unexpectedly at his home in DeForest, WI, on October 13, 2018. He was 1997 graduate of Nashotah House with a degree in Master of Sacred Theology. [photo 15]

THE REV. ROBERT ANGUS SMITH, ’58, passed away on March 12, 2018. Robert was born September 17, 1933. He graduated from North Park Academy, Chicago, in 1951; from Lawrence College, Appleton, WI in 1955;

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and from Nashotah House in 1958. He subsequently earned post-graduate masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; from Nashotah House; and from Graduate Theological Foundation. He was ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church on March 22, 1958, and Priest on October 4, 1958. From 1958 to 1974, he served north-eastern Wisconsin congregations in Plymouth, Chilton, Suamico and Oconto. He was Rector of Grace Church, Menominee, MI, from 1976 to 1988, and Rector of Saint Paul’s Church, Dowagiac, MI, from 1988 to until his retirement in 1998. [photo 16]

ALUMNI NEWS

THE WAY STATION: START OF A NEW EPISCOPAL OUTREACH IN SPENCER, IA,

The Rev. Beth Preston, who was ordained in July 2018, at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Spirit Lake, stands in front of The Way Station. “It all began with a discussion among seminarians at Nashotah House in Delafield, WI. We were all talking about how we all wanted to open a coffee shop to draw people in.” You can find the article online at the Sioux City Journal. siouxcityjournal.com [photo 17]

HIPSTER, AUTHOR, CONVERT: MILLENNIAL FINDS FREEDOM IN THE FAITH Tyler Blanski, `14, just published a memoir on his conversion titled An Immovable Feast. The book blends theological insights with a compelling story, including his time at Nashotah House. [photo 18]

INNER HEALING FOR LIFE’S HARMS

The Rev. Mark Chesnut directs the healing ministry at the Christ the King Spiritual Life Center in Greenwich, NY. Christ the King Center Episcopal campus hosts a variety of annual activities – retreats, summer camps, and small and large conferences. Rev. Chesnut hosted a conference at the campus this past October. You can find the article online at Times Union. timesunion.com [photo 19]

“SO YOU WANT MILLENNIALS IN YOUR CHURCH?”

The Rev. Ryan Pollock, `17, published a great article on ministering to Millennials. It is featured in The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. You can find the article online at The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. edod.org [photo 20]

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TUES, MAY 21 - ALUMNI SERVICE DAY

Dear Nashotah Alumni, Last year those who attended Alumni Day shared how much they treasured the opportunity to return to the House and spend time with former classmates. It was a time to once again take in the sights and sounds of the campus and refill their

DEDICATED ALUMNI SPEND THE DAY SPRUCING UP OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS. IT’S A REWARDING AND FUN WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE HOUSE. 8:00am Morning Prayer & Sung Eucharist, St. Mary’s Chapel 9:00am Breakfast 12:30pm Picnic Lunch 4:30pm Evensong, St. Mary’s Chapel 5:00pm Outdoor BBQ Hosted by Students 7:00pm Fr. Pryor Farewell Recital & Hymn Festival 8:30pm

Dessert Reception

souls, worshipping together in St. Mary’s Chapel. We have so much to share and so much to celebrate this year – including new faculty we’d love for you to meet – please

join us in May!

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REGISTER ONLINE AT www.nashotah/alumniday If you have questions about registration, please contact Molly McFadzen at 262-646-6507 or mmcfadzen@nashotah.edu.

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THE REV. DR. PHILIP TURNER,

WED, MAY 22 - ALUMNI DAY 8:00am

Sung Matins, St. Mary’s Chapel

8:45am

Breakfast

COMMENCEMENT DAY SPEAKER A retired priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, Dean Turner was educated at Washington and Lee University, Virginia Seminary, Oxford University, and Princeton University. He served the Episcopal Church as a missionary in Uganda from 1961-1971, and as a professor of Christian ethics at Seminary of the Southwest and General Theological Seminary. He left General to become dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

10:00am Meet the Faculty Lecture – Dr. Elisabeth Kincaid 11:00am Break 11:15am Preaching Ordinary Time in Year C – Dr. Garwood Anderson 12:30pm Festive Lunch, Adams Hall Celebrate this Year’s Graduates Alumni Anniversary Recognition Announce 2018-19 Merit Scholarships & Rath Scholarship Winners 1:45pm

Alumni & Students Share Free Time

3:00pm

Town Hall Meeting: The Vision Takes Shape – Building on a Firm Foundation Dr. Garwood Anderson, President & Provost Labin Duke, Exec. VP of Institutional Advancement

4:15pm

Said Evening Prayer, St. Mary’s Chapel

4:30pm

Solemn Alumni Mass w/ Organ Dedication Postlude Followed by Mini-Recital by Walt Strony

6:45pm

Reception, Grafton Room

7:10pm

Dinner, Adams Hall

THURS, MAY 23 - COMMENCEMENT DAY 7:30am

Alumni Requiem Mass, St. Mary’s Chapel

8:00am

Said Morning Prayer

10:00am Commencement & Solemn Eucharist, St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy Commencement Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Philip Turner; Six Goals of a Seminary Education: A Reinforcing Call for Nashotah House 12:30pm Garden Party 4:30pm

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CAMPUS REV. DR. CALVIN LANE RELEASES NEW BOOK Nashotah House’s Affiliate Professor of Church History, the Rev. Dr. Calvin Lane, recently released a new book from Lexington/Fortress Press, Spirituality & Reform: Christianity in the West, ca.10001800. The book, which emerged from Fr. Lane’s teaching at the House, explores the dynamic intersection between reform movements and everyday Christian practice. ROME TRAVEL COURSE A SUCCESS Students joined Nashotah House faculty the Rev. Dr. Matthew Olver, Assistant Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology, and Dr. Christopher Wells, Affiliate Professor of Theology, during their travel course hosted by Nashotah House and The Living Church, Christian Unity in Rome: Anglican Ecclesiology and Ecumenism, held at the Anglican Centre in Rome in January.

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Dr. Greg Peters’ New Publication Dr. Greg Peters, Servants of Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies, has a new publication The Monkhood of All Believers. The book presents a theology of monasticism for the Christian church, offering a vision of Christian spirituality that brings together elements of history and practice and how that connects monasticism to contemporary spiritual formation movements. Dr. Peters is pictured with one of the book’s dedicatees, Fr. Luke Dysinger, OSB, at the book launch party held at Biola in November. SEMINARIANS ORDAINED On February 28, 2019, The Right Rev. William H. Love, Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, ordained Nashotah House seminarians Dale W. Van Wormer Jr. and Richard B. Roessler to the Sacred Order of Deacons.

FLEMING RUTLEDGE A packed HOUSE enjoyed an inspirational lecture from Fleming Rutledge on February 16. A video of her lecture is available at www.nashotah.edu.

On the Road

Dr. Anderson, faculty, and ambassadors of Nashotah House have attended over 20 events since January of last year, bringing attention to all the great things happening with our seminary as part of our allencompassing recruitment efforts.

NEW ORGAN In January 2019, the well-worn organ in St. Mary’s Chapel was upgraded with a new Allen RL-66a digital organ, made possible through the generosity of Nashotah House alumnus, Fr. Gus Franklin ‘67, and the William E Godbey Endowment for Arts Ministry in Springfield, IL.

&c o m m u n i t y TJ HUMPHREY ORDAINED MDiv student, TJ Humphrey, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons on December 19, 2018, at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, by the Rt. Rev. Steven Miller, Bishop of Milwaukee.

Officer Jonathan Mohler MDiv student, Jonathan Mohler, took the oath on January 9, 2019, in the red chapel and is now officially a commissioned officer for the United States Army.

WOMEN OF NASHOTAH HOUSE Women of Nashotah House (WONH) took a break from their many communitysupport initiatives to join together at the Deanery for some social and spiritual refreshment as they heard from popular author and speaker, Jill Briscoe, on February 11, 2019.

NASHOTAH HOUSE’S 2018 MATRICULATING CLASS Congratulations to our 175th Matriculating class who became sons and daughters of the House this past fall.

Essay Published The Rev. Dr. Thomas Holtzen, Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, published an online article in the November 2018 Edition of Journal of Anglican Studies, “The Anglican Via Media: The Idea of Moderation in Reform.” The essay examines the concept of the Anglican via media and its historical development into its present form. Available at www.cambridge.org.

BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Congratulations to Dr. Hans Boersma, Chair to the Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology, for receiving Christianity Today’s 2019 Theology and Ethics book of the year award for his book Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition.

NEW PUBLICATIONS The Very Rev. Steven Peay, DeanPresident Emeritus and Research Professor, has two publications coming out soon. As a newly elected Fellow of the Burgon society, his submission, “Appropriate Hoods: the Development of Academic Dress at Nashotah House Theological Seminary” will be featured in The Transactions of the Burgon Society. Separately, he contributed to the book, The Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church: A Chain Linking Two Traditions. VOL. 33 NO. 8

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Processions commemorating the blessing of Michael and the bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in calling the community to prayer date to 1888. Today the tradition is alive in the Michaelmas Procession following Matriculation each Fall. - Sept, 2018