Saskatchewan anglican
The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • February 2024
Evangelism and church growth
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Generous friend Frank Flegel dead at age 89
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Church continues to serve Endeavour area
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An update on O of S Nipawin recipients
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Qu'Appelle hires new diocesan refugee co-ordinator By Joanne Shurvin-Martin
Create and make in us contrite hearts "Jesus said, 'Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you'" (Matt. 6:16-18, NASB). Lent begins on Wednesday, Feb. 14 with Ash Wednesday. Photo by Shutterstock/Simson Nelson Salouw
REGINA — The Diocese of Qu’Appelle has hired Muyiwa Adewale as the diocesan refugee coordinator. He began work in the Synod Office in November 2023, after being involved for some months, “learning the ropes” from Ralph Paragg, who retired after 27 years of dedicated volunteer service. Adewale explained that the Diocese of Qu’Appelle is one of four sponsorship agreement holders (SAH) in Regina. The SAHs are “an interface between the government and the sponsors” who are usually family members of refugees. Each SAH has its own policies and procedures, but all follow the process set out by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Canada (IRCC). IRCC has recently changed from a system based on paper application forms to an online portal. This will be fully operational from Jan. 1 of this year. Adewale believes this process is an improvement because it will be faster and better. The refugees and their sponsors provide the information for the application, but the SAH must submit the applications to the IRCC. Another level in the system is the constituency group (CG), which “works hand in hand with the sponsor,” says Adewale. He gives the example of a parish being the CG, and a member of the parish is the sponsor of a relative. The sponsor is responsible for raising enough money to support the refugee (or refugee Continued on page 4
Nipawin priest helps create first BCP in Braille By Mary Brown
A Book of Common Prayer in Braille.
NIPAWIN (Skwn) — When discussing with retired Bishop Michael Hawkins how Rev. Michael Lyons began his ministry, the topic came up that there is no prayer book in Braille. As someone with limited sight, he was the perfect person to spearhead an endeavour to produce the Book of Common Prayer in Braille. So, with a $5,000
grant from the Anglican Foundation, he contacted an embossing company in New Brunswick with the idea. There now is the one and only — and the very first — book in Braille of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Holy Communion, the Baptism Service, Burial of the Dead and the Matrimony service. The project snowballed into collaboration with King’s College, which
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want to develop Braille in its chapel. There is such thing as a braille typewriter, but it was better to outsource its production to speed things up. Lyons can read Braille, but he told me he can still see to read at 30-point font. He hopes to get all the collects, epistles and gospels into Braille, and knowing Michael, he will. Photo courtesy Forward Movement