Saskatchewan anglican
The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • December 2023
Christmas is about love column
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Dads help organize fun outdoor festival
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Co-op donates over $18K to lunch program
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Family's missionary activities in new book
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Dinner raises over $1K to support youth ministries By Mary Brown
A feast for a community A group of women from Stanley Mission in northern Saskatchewan prepares food for the annual community gathering, which included many outdoor activities. For story, see page 10. Photo by Mary Brown
PRINCE ALBERT — The Rev. Brody Albers, diocesan youth minister, was excited to tell us all about this past year and his involvement in the first year of youth ministry. It was an absolute success and there are many more areas in which to grow. In the past year there were five youth retreats with 53 youths attending so far. There was an average of 10 youths at each retreat. There have also been eight young adult events to date. At the Camp Okema Young Adults retreat there were 25 participants. Some of you may remember the Opening Continued on page 5
Tri-diocesan talks result in two dioceses deciding to look for new bishops By Rev. Peter Coolen SASKATOON — On Oct. 16 and 17, members of the diocesan councils of the three Saskatchewan dioceses — Qu’Appelle, Saskatoon and Saskatchewan — met at Queen’s House of Retreat in Saskatoon for the second session of tri-diocesan meetings. The intent of the meetings was to consider ways in which the
three dioceses could work together to reduce administrative and other costs, co-ordinate and share aspects of administration and ministry and to look at the potential for reorganizing and perhaps amalgamating two or more of the dioceses. The meetings were organized and attended by Bishop Helen Kennedy of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle, the Ven Alex Parsons, administrator for the
Diocese of Saskatoon, and the Ven. Andrew Hoskin, administrator for the Diocese of Saskatchewan; the sessions were also attended by the Metropolitan, the Most Rev. Greg Kerr-Wilson. The sessions began and closed with, and were interspersed by, a series of daily devotions and services; the sessions included discussions on themes looking for areas of common concern and areas
where two or more dioceses could co-operate by adopting similar structures or even sharing systems. For example, some sharing ideas included property and liability insurance, accounting services, financial administration, revising canons, paying clergy salaries, and licensing of clergy. Combined with these issues was the discussion of potential merger of two or
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more dioceses and various possible models for the internal structures of these merged entities, with one or more bishops and suffragan bishops or archdeacons and regional deans with expanded roles. It became apparent during discussions that all three dioceses wished to take advantage of the efficiency and cost reductions involved in sharing administrative Continued on page 2