Saskatchewan anglican
The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • June 2014
Saskatchewan Anglican wins awards! Staff The Saskatchewan Anglican won five awards at the 2014 Canadian Church Press Convention, held April 30 to May 2 in Winnipeg. This newspaper received five third-place awards in the following categories:
Welcome to the cathedral’s new facilities! Dean Mike Sinclair, rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Regina, stands out front of the newly-built “community centre,” which was officially dedicated by the bishop of Qu’Appelle on April 13 (Palm/Passion Sunday). It took nearly two years to build the new facility, which includes a new hall, bathrooms (up and downstairs), new offices and a cloister. Other features include an elevator-type lift, more columbarium space, smaller rooms downstairs and choir space. For the full story, see page 8. Photo — Jason Antonio
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Editorial – Circulation of up to 9,999: An Argument in Favour of the ‘Open Table’, by Rev. Canon Glenn Ash
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News Story – Newspaper: Hardwick installed as 12th Bishop of Qu’Appelle, by Jason Antonio
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Features – Newspaper: The Lectionary: Reading the Word of God to God’s People, by Rev. William Portman
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Theological Reflection: This is my Father’s World!, by Bishop Michael Hawkins
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Front Page – Newspaper: December 2013
The editorial on the “Open Table” issue was “a wellwritten, well argued call for more openness in the church,” one judge wrote. The article highlighted that “all who wish to join the table should be welcomed
and that we as Christians should perhaps not judge others simply because they have not been formally baptised.” The strength of managing editor Jason Antonio’s news story, about Bishop Rob Hardwick’s installation as 12th bishop of Qu’Appelle, was in its writing, said one judge. “Event coverage rarely produces really good articles, but the turn-of-phrase of the journalist and the selection of quotes is exceptional.” Rev. William Portman’s feature article on the Lectionary was in an “original, easy-to-read style” that was “well-written” and “relevant to the audience.” The theological reflection by Bishop Michael Hawkins received high praise from the judge. The article “is a succinct and beautifully informative response to a well-known hymn. “Bishop Michael successfully weaves the central message of the hymn with a commentary, solidly based on his own experience. Stewardship means giving as we have received and forgiving as we have forgiven ... . “The column has a both a strong lead sentence and an equally strong ending.” The front page of the December 2013 was described by another judge as being “simple and clean,” with “simple art representing the story well.” It was “very clear” what the main story was.
The final national Truth and Reconciliation event By Mary Ann Assailly SASKATOON – We were welcomed to the 8,000 year old historic gathering place in traditional Treaty 6 Plains Cree territory on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, welcomed by Treaty 6, 7 and 8 First Nations and welcomed to Edmonton. We were well welcomed and we greatly responded to the invitation as thousands from across Canada gathered at the seventh and final National
Truth and Reconciliation event. “It’s About Wisdom – A National Journey for Truth and Reconciliation” was held in Edmonton from March 27-30. In opening the event, Justice Murray Sinclair, TRC Commissioner Chair, reported that before the Alberta event, the commission had collected over 12,000 statements and 4.5 million government and church documents. Commissioner Marie Wilson said, as we gathered at the event,
we were not there as conference participants, spectators or witnesses, but as “implicated witnesses” who inherited this sad chapter of Canada’s history. “We can decide together, as ancestors of the future, what we choose to leave as a legacy about what our country will become.” On the first day of the event, it was estimated that 12,000 were in attendance at the Shaw Centre and overall 3,000 first-generation survivors registered. Alberta had the largest number
of Indian residential schools and many from these schools were there, as were survivors from across Canada. We gathered to witness the stories of childhoods lost, little children, stolen from their parents and communities, being denied their language, culture, stripped of their spirituality, self-worth and identity, denied their names, to be called by number, stripped of their proud heritage, abused, raped and denied food. Church representatives
attended in large numbers to witness, show support, listen and learn how the residential school system administered by our early church, out of a misguided love, forced terrible damage on generations of aboriginal children, damage that haunts aboriginals and all of us to this day, in a belief we were saving them body and soul, saving them from poverty and ignorance, teaching them English or French to assimilate them into the white world. See ‘Final TRC’ on page 4