Volume 2, Issue 5 Lent 2009

Dedication
We dedicate this issue to the
memory of Venerable Fr. Frank
Pannitti, who sailed into the
realms of eternal glory February
10, 2009. A true pastor at heart,
he imitated the Lord in the cure
of souls. Here are the pastoral in-
sights from him for the holy sea-
son of Lent. Our life has meaning
only because of the Resurrection
of our Lord. The stories in this
Koinonia are indeed resurrec-
tion stories of Christ’s Church
and His people alive for Him,
because He is Risen! - Editor
Wednesdays and Fridays are days of abstinence
when we partake of a simpler meal. Doing without meat,
or reducing the amount consumed, is a traditional practice
on Wednesdays and Fridays.
ALMSGIVING
From the money saved by eating simpler meals
and from abstinence from your favorite food, drink, to-
bacco, video rentals etc. Do the following: Give some of
the money to fill your Lenten Offering Box to help those
in need and give some of the money saved towards your
Easter Offering to help the spiritually hungry.
For what is required is that we give, not much or
little, but not less than is in our power to give.--the late
Venerable Frank Pannitti

L
enten discipline is
not so much a plac-
ing of chains upon
the body, but an unfettering
of the spirit, so that we might move more freely toward
God. That is why we engage in spiritual discipline during
Lent, and practice our Mission Lenten Rule of Prayer,
Fasting, Abstinence, and Almsgiving.
Lent is an opportunity to set aside time for Prayer,
Study, Meditation, and Reflection.
THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (Confession):
Give serious prayer and commitment to utilizing this Sac-
rament. By carefully examining our consciences, we will
discover where we have offended God in our thought,
words, and deeds. When we have confessed these sins
and received assurance of forgiveness through absolu-
tion, we will better know in what area of our lives we are
subject to spiritual peril and will achieve our Lenten goal
of becoming Christ-like Christians.
PRAYER
Throughout Lent read daily mediations such as;
Lent and Easter, Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen or
Lent and Easter, Wisdom from Fulton J. Sheen. Both
available in paperback.
Attend Mass each Sunday in Lent and especially
during the special days of Holy Week: Maundy Thurs-
day, Good Friday and Easter.
Attend Bible Study classes. Make an effort to
make a special Lenten Devotion by taking part in the
Stations of the Cross.
FASTING/ABSTINENCE
The two fast days are Ash Wednesday and Good
Friday, when we do not eat between midnight and 3:00
pm of that day. Break the fast with a simple meal, no
meat.
Fast in Anglican Tradition
Ash Wednesday, Good Friday (mortify the flesh by
telling the body, with its appetites to hush) FOCUS
ON THE PASSION OF CHRIST.
4th Sunday- Laetare Sunday (Rejoice ye Jerusalem
in the introit) also Refreshment Sunday (Feeding of
the multitudes - Gospel)
In the Koinonia masthead, the circle with the cross in the center
symbolizes the paten and the diverse elements which form a whole.
The Mosaic represents the great cloud of witnesses and the church
tradition. The red in the letters represents the blood of Christ with
the font comprised of individual pieces of letters that are not joined
until the blood unifies them. Koinonia is the official publication
of the Anglican Province of the Holy Catholic Church-Anglican
Rite (HCCAR) aka Anglican Rite Catholic Church. It is published
quarterly at St. James Anglican Church, 8107 S. Holmes Road,
Kansas City, MO 64131. Phone: 816.361.7242 Fax: 816.361.2144.
Editors: The Rt. Rev. Leo Michael & Holly Michael,
Graphic Artist: Phil Gilbreath;
email: koinonia@holycatholicanglican. org visit us on the web at:
www.holycatholicanglican.org
The College of Bishops of the Holy Catholic Church, Anglican
Rite: The Most Rev. Thomas J. Kleppinger, Metropolitan & Bish-
op Ordinary of the Diocese of The Resurrection; The Rt. Rev. Leo
J. Michael, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity
& Great Plains; The Rt. Rev. Henry Joseph King, Bishop Ordi-
nary of the Diocese of the Pacific and Southwest; The Rt. Rev.
Kenneth Kinner, Missionary Jurisdiction of the American Indian
People; The Rt. Rev. Anthony F. Rasch, Bishop Coadjutor of the
Diocese of the Pacific and Southwest; The Rt. Rev. James Mc-
Neley, Bishop Emeritus; The Rt. Rev.A. David Seeland, Bishop Emer-
itus, The Rt. Rev. Ronald Greeson, Suffragan Emeritus (DHTGP)
Metro’s Message-Lent 2009
D ear Brethren, the Evan-
gelist Saint Luke records that
“Jesus took unto Him the
Twelve, and said unto them,
behold, we go up to Jerusa-
lem, and all things that are
written by the prophets con-
cerning the son of Man shall
be accomplished.”
The Lord tells you the
end from the beginning. As
our dear Lord steadfastly set His face to go up to Je-
rusalem for the final time, He graciously prepares the
Twelve for what was about to befall Him for us men and
our salvation.
Jesus was not overcome by events. Things that
were playing out for Him were not unknown. From a
boy He had increased in His knowledge of the Scrip-
tures. He assured Himself that they testified of Him: of
the work He came to do.
You sometimes wish you could know the future,
especially during times when things seem uncertain.
You want to know that everything is going to work out.
While this might be comforting during times of faithless
fears and worldly anxieties, imagine if you had knowl-
edge that things are not going to work out as you would
like? No one wants to know if evil is about to befall
them.
Jesus knew from the Old Testament Scriptures
what awaited Him in Jerusalem as He fulfilled in His
own Person and Work that which the Father had given
Him to do for the salvation of mankind. Now before
they get to Jerusalem, Jesus shares with the Twelve the
events that are about to transpire - events long fore-
told by the prophets concerning Him. “For (the Son of
man) shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be
mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and
they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the
third day he shall rise again.”
You confess in the Creed that Jesus was cruci-
fied, suffered and was buried; and rose again the third
day according to the Scriptures. The Scriptures are not
the New Testament written after the fact as a witness
to the events; but the Old Testament which was written
long before the event. The Lord tells you the end from
the beginning so that when the event comes to pass, and
it completes the details of prophecy, you know assur-
edly that this is what you have been searching for. Jesus
was crucified, dead and buried; and rose again the third
day according to prophecy. He took the Twelve and an-
nounced they were going up to Jerusalem for this final
time, to accomplish all that was written concerning Him
by the prophets.
Although the Apostles had been with Jesus for
three years, they did not understand these things. Many
of them had known the Scriptures from their youth. They
learned at their mother’s knee, they were instructed by
the teachers in the synagogue, they made the yearly treks
to Jerusalem to keep the feasts, and Jesus had taught
them. Yet for all this, they were void of understanding
of spiritual things. What was foremost on their minds is
who among them would become the greatest once Jesus
had died.
Many Christians can relate to this for they are
in the same boat. Folks who have been in Church all of
their lives - not the Christmas and Easter ones, but those
who are faithful in worshipping God every Sunday in His
Church - readily confess they do not understand. Thus
they are reticent to speak to others about Jesus. They fail
to evangelize and for this reason growth is stunted in our
parishes. There is a desire to know what will work in
bringing in new people. Far and away it is simply invit-
ing someone to come along and see.
Lent affords you the time to walk the Way of the
Cross with Jesus as did those among whom He lived and
taught. The Way of the Cross leads home. You learn of
Jesus by walking with Him. As you watch with Him in
His sufferings, you are not surprised by suffering that
comes to you. The Lord calls you into the fellowship of
His sufferings in this present life with the blessed assur-
ance that you will be glorified together with Him in the
life of the world to come. If you want the Crown, you
must bear the Cross. As it was for Jesus, so it must be for
you.
You may not know the future, but you know Him
who holds the future and you trust Him to be doing for
you better things than you can desire of pray for, even if
you do not understand.
May you have a profitable Lent with Jesus that
will bring you to the joy of Easter that only His resurrec-
tion can afford. The Way of the Cross leads home.
The Lord bless you. + Thomas Kleppinger
LIFE IN INFANCY
T by The Reverend Dr. Timothy Lent (DOR)
he Infancy Narratives in the Gospel of Luke em-
phasize the value God places on conception, fetal life,
and infancy. For example, Mary conceives the Son of
God by the power of the Holy Spirit (cf. Luke 1:35).
For nine months, God dwells within her womb. Jesus,
then, was once a zygote, an embryo and a fetus. He
went through every stage of pre-natal development.
This in itself is evidence the God places infinite val-
ue on the pre-natal or intra-uterine human life. Ev-
ery human womb, then, is sacred, not only because
of creation as the imago Dei but also the incarnation,
meaning that the Son of God assumed human nature
through the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The proof that God highly honors the female
gender is the incarnation. Scripture says, “... God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman....” (Galatians 4:4,
NASB). God chose to enter world through a wom-
an. He chooses the woman as the proper channel for
bringing new human life into the world. In a sense,
every birth is a sacramental, a sacred sign, a reminder
of the Christ-child .
Shortly after Mary conceives the Son of God,
she greets Elizabeth. Luke says, “... the baby (brephos)
leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit (Luke 1:41, NASB). The “baby” (brephos)
refers to pre-natal or intra-uterine human life, that is,
John the Baptist inside Elizabeth’s womb. “Baby”
(brephos) also refers to post-natal or extra-uterine,
that is, a human being outside the womb. The word
is used of the newly born infant Jesus. Luke says the
shepherds “... found their way to Mary and Joseph,
and the baby (brephos) as He lay in the manger”
(Luke 2:16; cf. Luke 2:12). Hence, the life of John
the Baptist in Elizabeth’s womb, is just as human as
the life of the infant Jesus. In modern terminology,
the zygote, embryo and fetus, the life in the womb,
is just as human as any human life outside the womb.
St. Luke’s Gospel, then, teaches that a child is just as
much a human being before birth as after birth.
Mary accepted her pregnancy with the words:
“Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me
according to your word” (Luke 1:38, NASB). Mary
said, in effect, “Lord, if you want me to have a child,
I will.” She understood that a child is a sacred gift
from God. So did the psalmist who said, “Behold,
children are a gift of the Lord; the fruit of the womb is
a reward” (Psalm 127:3, NASB). But abortion is the
refusal to receive God’s gift of a child.
Today, abortion is justified if a woman is too
young or too poor. Mary was both. She was somewhere
between fourteen to eighteen years of age. Mary and
Joseph were so poor that they could not afford to sacri-
fice a lamb. Instead, they offered a sacrifice of the poor,
as the Torah or Law of Moses prescribed, namely, “a
pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons” (Luke 2:24;
cf. Leviticus 12:8). In his book Psychology as Religion,
Paul Vitz (1977: 89) observes, Recall that the young
Mary was pregnant under circumstances that today
routinely terminate in abortion. In the important theo-
logical context of Christmas, the killing of an unborn
child is a symbolic killing of the Christ child.
Getting Involved
N
Fr. John Slavin, St. Gabriel’s Springdale, AR (DHTGP)
ot long ago, I received a call from a woman who
was setting
up a Pro-Life
women’s cri-
sis center in
town. She
informed me
that this clinic
would be set
up thirty yards
away from the
local abortion
mill. The idea
was to inter-
cept women
before they got
to the clinic
and offer them
abortion alter-
natives. If they chose to go ahead with the abortion
then we would offer our prayers and send them on their
way, but at least they would be presented with a real
choice, a real alternative. They would offer free preg-
nancy tests, 3D ultrasounds, and guidance. They would
also storm heaven with prayers for all the babies and
mothers, as well as the doctors and nurses at the clinic.
This same set-up was envisioned about ten years ago in
Little Rock, Arkansas by a local priest. He funded it by
himself and within five years the abortion clinic shut
down. Due in large part to his efforts there are only two
abortion clinics left in all of Arkansas. So when this
woman contacted me asking if I would bless the clinic
and possibly serve as a sort of chaplain to the center, of
course I was happy to say I would do more than that. I
offered to celebrate Eucharist every Tuesday at 1:00 pm
and be available for any other spiritual need they may
require. They devoted a small room in the center that
we converted into a chapel, and many people started
to attend! We have anywhere from four to ten people
a week at Eucharist. We use the Anglican Missal and
celebrate the Requiem Mass for the unborn. Many also
quietly pray across the street from the clinic on Satur-
day mornings.
St. Gabriel’s parish has really gotten involved
by helping to staff the center’s phones Monday through
Friday, as well as donating other needed items. They are
always in need of baby items such as receiving blankets
and cradles. When a woman is told she is pregnant, the
center embraces this new life by offering all the help it
can. The new mother and child are presented with a gift
- a receiving blanket or some other token of congratula-
tions and then, if needed the center’s volunteers help
the mother to get in touch with the proper state agencies
to help with financial assistance.
St. Gabriel’s helps out with clothing and food
from our food bank if needed, and everyone pitches in.
To date there are over thirty saves due to this minis-
try! Thirty souls that would not have been born if it
had not been for the love and respect for life shown by
these great people and all involved. On St. Patrick’s
Day, St. Gabriel’s held a St. Patrick’s Day fund-raiser
to help raise money for this great cause. We began with
evening prayer upstairs, praying for all involved in this
ministry, and then head downstairs for some great Irish
stew, corned beef and cabbage and fellowship. We had
speakers as well as games and prizes.
There are many opportunities for outreach and
ministry within our diocese, and this is just one way
in which St. Gabriel’s family is chosen to respond in
these tough times. Let us all help in our own parishes
in our own ways to foster the Gospel of Life! As the
book of Deuteronomy (30:19) states .. “I call heaven
and earth to witness against you this day, that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and curse, there-
fore CHOOSE LIFE!” Let us always choose life! If
any parishes in the diocese wish to help this great cause
by sending baby items (pacifiers, receiving blankets,
clothing, etc.) or donations, you can do so by sending
them to my attention at St. Gabriel’s, and I will pass this
on to the center. I thank you all for your support and
prayers.
A Child Changes Everything
The Very Rev. Frederick Bentley OHI (DOR)
Director Anglican Priests for Life
www.anglicanpriestsforlife.org
The “Churching of Women” in the Ca-
nadian Prayer Book has a exhortation
that differs somewhat from the Ameri-
can. It begins with “forasmuch as it
pleased Almighty God of his goodness to
bestow upon you the gift of a child, and to preserve you in
child-birth, I call upon you to give hearty thanks to God .
. .” This differs from the 1928 American form in that the
American exhortation centers on thanksgiving for a safe
delivery. The difference is a Pro-Life teaching point to be
examined.
First of all most educated people know the trials of
childbirth in earlier times and the occurrence of death often
when complications arose. Thanksgiving for the safety of
the child and mother was genuinely expressed; the mainte-
nance of life was not so much an expected occurrence. The
1st & 2nd Prayer Books of Edward V resemble the 1928
American Version. The Canadian (1918) however and oth-
er revisions were derived from English P.B. 1662. At any
rate it seems to the world today that we can call on God to
thank him for our deliverance but separate the thought it
is tied to a gift. “Almighty God of his goodness to bestow
upon you the gift of a child”, that gift arrives in the modern
world it seems at some convenient time of one’s choosing,
In this process of selecting a convenient time, life must end
before it begins or very certainly once it begins.
The Pro-life struggle begins and ends with a
change of mindset that life only occurs when we want it
to. When God’s people place limits through technology
on when life is allowed they attempt to be God. Control-
ling when life begins makes a mockery of all Our Lord’s
order and the sacrament of marriage. Looking at the pres-
ent “life controlling mentality, we see it pours over into all
the sacrament life of the Church. Thus the sacramental life
of the church occurs under human limitations and when
allowed or convenient. Now, man has reached his destiny-
he thinks he controls God’s salvation plan.
A child changes everything and that was God’s plan
since the beginning. Watch the following videos and listen
carefully, “A baby changes everything” http://www.cmt.
com/videos/faith-hill/291605/a-baby-changes-everything.
jhtml
President Barack Obama’s mother’s decision not to abort
the first black American president. http://www.worldnet-
daily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86792
God Be With You!
The Church of The Holy Comforter
T
By The Very Rev Canon Kennedy K. Roberts, Retired Rector and Canon to the Ordinary, Diocese of the Resurrection. Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite).

he Church of the Holy Comforter was founded in 1857 by Poughkeepsie followers of the Anglican Oxford
Movement. The Movement, initiated by the holy priests, Keble, Proude, Pusey, and Newman, (also known as the
Tractarians) achieved a revival of faith and practice in nineteenth century Anglicanism through a renewed atten-
tion to the English Catholic traditions of Biblical doctrine, spiritual discipline and liturgical worship.
Regarded by many as the Continuing, Episcopal Church since it rejects secular humanism and remains
loyal to the faith and practices of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, this Church is in communion with the Holy
Catholic Church (Anglican Rite), Diocese of the Resurrection, under the direction of the Most Rev Thomas J
Kleppinger, Metropolitan and Bishop Ordinary. The Church is controlled by a Board of Trustees under the re-
ligious laws for the independent churches in the State of New York. The Reverend Edmund A.S. Jayaraj S.T.D.
serves as Priest-in-Charge.
This beautiful stone church was completed in 1862. Built to plans of the distinguished American architect
Richard Upjohn, this church combines English perpendicular Gothic with Victorian features to incorporate the
liturgical principles and present the symbols of the faith to which this building is dedicated. The Church is listed
in the National Register of Historical Sites.
 St. Andrews Mission
Myakka City, FL
B
The Ven. Mark A. Rowe, Jr
y the grace of God we are becoming known in the lo-
cal community. We are slowly advertising our services
and ministry, and have been blessed with loving and gra-
cious people from the Methodist Church where we share
worship space. They continue to support our ministry and
have become dear friends. God continues to bless both
groups as we move forward to witness the love of Christ
to the community. We held a joint Ash Wednesday service
and had approximately 50 people from both church fami-
lies. We also have plans to celebrate several Holy Week
services together and have seen the power of the Holy
Spirit working in and through our churches and our com-
munity as a result of working together.
Our dairy farm ministry has been very meaning-
ful to those involved, and we have made a difference in
the lives of those who attend. Ash Wednesday, we had a
service to include imposition of ashes, and we had 26 in
attendance. We meet regularly on Wednesday afternoons
at lunch hour to provide a short topical Bible study, heal-
ing service or round table discussion. We generally have
20-28 in attendance. The owners of the dairy provide time
out of their busy milking schedule as well as the food for
those in attendance to not only give thanks to God for His
blessings upon them and the dairy, but to share their love
for Christ in encouragement and appreciation to those
who work for them.
Wednesday, March 4 we had the awesome privilege to see
ministry efforts at the dairy come to fruition. We celebrat-
ed the Sacrament of Holy Baptism for one of our regular
Wednesday attendees, Mr. Frank Biener, of Ellenton, Flor-
ida. Also in attendance was Frank’s mother, Miriam Curv-
ings, coming all the way down from Tallahassee, Florida.
Miriam said she has been praying for many years to see
this day, and she was truly joyful to be present for such
a blessed occasion. We welcome Frank into the Church
of Christ and ask your prayers for his continued growth
in grace and in his spiritual journey and relationship with
Our Lord.
Please pray for us as we continue to labor in the
Lord’s vineyard. It is often a seemingly overwhelming
task, and starting a mission is definitely a brand new ven-
ture for myself as a Priest, being used to ministering to
congregations that are already in existence. We need your
holy prayers for the guidance of the Holy Spirit to enable
and strengthen us to continue to press on and move for-
ward in our efforts, as well as to continue to grow in grace
and in numbers. Please remember us in your daily offices
as well as your Liturgy, and by God’s grace we will con-
tinue to try to do our part to fulfill the Great Commission,
and try to build up God’s Church- one soul at a time. May
you have a Holy Lenten Season.
New Kid on the Block
Jim Fleming, Sr. Warden – St. Edward, Lockhart Texas (DHGTP)
Saint Edward the Confessor Mission held its first mass
December 2008 in Lockhart, Texas (about 25 miles south-
west of Austin), just 3 months ago. With Reverend Ryan
M. Lozano as the Deacon-in-Charge and Jim Fleming as
the Senior Warden, our long journey to find a vestry, at-
tract new members, and obtain such materials as are need-
ed was set underway. Lockhart is a city of about 12,000
with 23 denominational churches; this presents a problem
in gaining recognition as being unique. Plans to conduct
clothing (stayed tuned for the announcement of the open-
ing of “St. Ed’s Closet” thrift shop) and food drives for the
less fortunate, host religious education seminars and other
 at the Home, as the dedicated group of residents have
come to love and look forward to his orthodox service
and lively sermons. Rev. Ryan and the parishioners of
St. Edward’s have formed strong ties with other lo-
cal churches through the local Ministerial Alliance, as
well as with numerous civic organizations and through
public visibility, with Rev. Ryan especially becoming
quickly known around town for his quick smile and his
ever-present clerical collar.
The membership of St. Edward’s is greatly
heartened in hearing and reading of other churches who
started their congregations in homes or small borrowed
or rented facilities and have succeeded and since grown
by leaps and bounds. The struggle to become the 24th
church in Lockhart, and no longer be the new kid on
the block will be long and difficult, but it’s a challenge
we welcome warmly, and with great faith. Lamar Hunt
once remarked in a seminar presentation that the only
job you start at the top at is digging a hole. Remember-
ing this, and the fact that Jesus Christ started with only
twelve, helps us to keep our feet on the path and our eye
on the goal of seeing Saint Edward the Confessor Holy
Catholic Church Anglican Rite become a welcoming
home to all Anglicans in Central Texas.
informational programs are being planned. It is our

St. Peter’s
hope that these events will help to acquaint the popu-
lation with the history and mission of the HCCAR, in
which we have been made to feel so welcome, not least
Albuquerque

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by the incredible pastoral efforts of His Grace, Bishop
Leo Michael. by Fr. Scott Lay, Rector (DHTGP)
Ms. Mary Carroll, the administrator of the t. Peters Albuquerque is excited to have three
Methodist Golden Age Home and St. Edward’s clerk new families coming to Church, and hope to have
of the vestry, has been most generous also in providing them full time! All glory and thanks be to God for the
the Home’s chapel for interim services until a suitable wonderful gift if these people, they are wonderful.
church building can be found or built. Even upon re- Lent is upon us, and a time for reflection, prayer
location, Rev. Ryan will continue eleven o’clock mass and abstinence. We have Stations of the Cross Wednes-
day evening with Communion study of the Nicene
Creed and a light dinner as well as Station on Friday
at noon. We are looking forward to the social gather-
ing for these services, as they help to bring the parish
together.
I would like to remind everyone that we are in
dire times, and we need to pray for our president and
government officials, that they may make wise deci-
sions and have right actions, for the welfare and peace
of the world.
God bless to all in our Province, may we see it
grow and prosper in the times we are in.
St. Gabriel’s
drywall, and then spackling. Carpet was laid. At last, the
walls were all painted a bright white. An altar rail was
constructed out of one piece of deck railing that I got
Springdale, AR (DHTGP) for ten bucks at Lowe’s. Everyone pitched in. Someone
donated an antique cast-iron bell that had a chicken on
Fr. John Slavin, Rector
B ishop
top, oddly enough. However, with a little cut here and
there by a generous parishioner - off came the chicken
Leo Michael,
and now it tolls three times a day with a beautiful tone.
our former
Another parishioner was kind enough to sew gold cur-
rector, always
tains for the windows. We mounted a silver Icon to a ce-
wanted to have
dar box we found at Hobby Lobby and a Tabernacle was
a chapel on the
born. The altar is gorgeous and was donated by Agnes
grounds of St.
and Henry
Gabriel’s. As
Cross. A
luck would
large San
have it, there
Damiano
was a small
Crucifix
tool shed on
was also do-
the grounds.
nated to be
Before mov-
hung over
ing to the
the altar.
Cathedral he
The pews
made sure the
are simply
shed got a new
benches
roof to match
from an old
breakfast
nook.
In the
summer
we will be
painting
the exte-
rior white,
painting the windows with glass paint to create a stained
glass appearance, and mounting the steeple cross. We
have been using the chapel daily for morning and eve-
ning prayer, as well as daily Eucharist and Exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament. It’s really been a great invest-
ment. By using the chapel in this fashion, we are able to
reduce the costs of our utilities at the main church, and
provide a change of atmosphere at the same time. We
the roof on St. Gabriel’s--the left over roofing material
will be expanding the grounds in the future to include a
from the main church. When I took over as rector, one
prayer and meditation garden leading to the chapel, as
of my first projects was to see this dream of our Bish-
well as outdoor Stations of the Cross. The entire cost of
op realized. I was fortunate that the needed materials:
this chapel project? Three hundred dollars! Amazing,
the drywall, insulation, carpet, altar, and steeple cross
huh? We have decided to name it St. Francis Chapel.
were already being stored inside. Unfortunately, so
After all, St. Francis was the first one to rebuild his tiny
were about 1,000 spiders, cobwebs, and junk from who
church because it had fallen into ruin. Let us strive to
knows how many years. After cleaning it out, the trans-
do the same! God bless!
formation began. First, insulation went up, followed by
Stained Glass Art at St. James
W by Jim King, St. James Anglican Cathedral, Kansas City, MO
ith Easter, the season of hope, St. James Cathedral has beautiful things happening. Thanks be to God, we
have installed energy efficient windows in order to house the stained glass images. The main themes of the win-
dows are the Incarnation, Baptism, Passion and Death, Resurrection, Ascension and
Second Coming. Of these the Incarnation window is a realization now, thanks to the
generous donors and the masterful artwork of Russell, celebrating the Word became
Flesh theme. The Baptism and the Crucifixion windows will be installed by Easter.
The other two windows of St. Paul and St. Gertrude (donated by Fr. Herman
Hattaway) stands to adorn the theme of the apostles and a patroness of pets. There
are already two windows dedicated to our Lady of Walsingham and St. James. Three
more windows of St. Peter, Resurrection and Ascension are pencil sketches and
need to be metamorphosed into their stained glass imagery like the rest. If you have
someone you love or have lost and would like to dedicate a window in their honor,
please contact Bob Klein, the Senior Warden or Bishop Michael.
St. James is getting ready for the Holy Week celebration, the upcoming Dioc-
esan Synod in June and the Ecumenical Congress in October. God has been gracious
to us and we are making progress. What is beautiful is that the faithful have their
own church to worship in and continue to witness to the faith and evangelization in
the Anglican Tradition. Every church has its moments of struggle. We thank God
that the storm is over and Spring is at hand.
On the right, Fr. Hattaway dedicates the window of St. Gertrude of Neville.
The pictures above are photographed by Robert Baxter, son of Dr. Kirk and Lynn
Baxter, long-time members and supporters of St. James.
 Why Confession? by Father Bob
T Good Therapy
wo reasons are usually given for not going to
confession. The first group questions the power of priests to
forgive sins. The second group believes they don’t have sins
to confess. Let us deal with the first group: those who really
believe they have sinned and say. “I go straight to God. I don’t
believe in telling my sins to another man.” Isn’t it strange
those same people will tell a friend, a psychiatrist or even a
national television audience the most dreadful details of their
private lives without the benefit of absolution but they won’t
tell a priest in confession where they could find healing. A
psychiatrist friend of mine told me that I could, as a priest,
achieve in a few minutes that which often took him years,
namely, to open people up to be spiritually naked in order to
see themselves as they really are.
The Penitents come with open hearts admitting and
confessing faults and sins because they know God has already
seen them and they can’t deceive Him. They can reveal their
most shameful secrets behind a screen, confessing anony-
mously, which enables them to be truthful more easily when
declaring their sins. There is a psychological need to verbally
express ones sins and to receive verbal reassurance of ones
forgiveness. The Church uses this psychological need in her
administration of the sacrament. It is good psychotherapy as
well as sacramentally efficacious. Besides the psychiatrists
usually charge a large fee without the power to absolve and
the church does it for free and provides an infallible absolu-
tion: something that money can’t buy!
For Those Who Have No Sin.
What about the second group? What is their reason
for not going to confession? They believe in the sacrament and
the priest’s power to forgive sins but they don’t believe they
have anything to confess. “I don’t want to bother the priest and
wasn’t his time since I have no sin.”
I was at a Retreat House and the director with whom I
was working planned a candle-light service. The chapel lights
were extinguised and the penitents were instructed to light
their candles. They were informed that the light of their can-
dle, which pierced the darkness, was a symbol of the light they
had received in baptism. An examination of conscience was
going to be given at the end of which they were to blow out
their candles if they believed they had sinned. The retreatents
began to blow out their candle as we spoke of their particular
sin. This became a public confession.
“Taking God’s name in vain,” several candles were
blown out. “Lying and cheating,” a lot more candles darkened.
“Missing Mass on obligatory days,” (remember the bounden
duty of worshipping the Lord every Sunday in his church)
a few more candles went out. You can picture it as we con-
tinued to go through the commandments and apply them to
their lives. Finally, all the candles were out but one. A woman
proudly held her light as it pierced the darkness of the chapel.
For the next ten minutes or so, the director and I continued
to list every sin we could imagine. Still, her light burned.
We needed complete darkness for the desired effect. We
had planned to play, “Where you there when they crucified
my Lord?” once we had the darkness which represented
our sinful state. That’s when the paschal candle was to be
lit for the commencement of individual confessions. Af-
ter which the penitents would relight their candles from it
once they had recieved absolution. Since we couldn’t seem
to find a sin the lady would acknowledge, I suggested to
the director that one of us should blow her candle out for
her. The director whispered, “don’t do that or she will have
pride.” Why didn’t I think of that? “For those with sins of
pride.” It was then that she blew out her candle. She had
no sin? She had the sin of the fallen Angels!
The Healer
I have given you very ordinary reason for going to
confession but that is not enough to convince the Evangel-
ical Christian who needs to find support for this custom in
Sacred Scripture. Why got to a man to seek forgiveness?
Why not go straight to God? This is a common problem
for which our Protestan brethern seek an answer.
Come with me on a journey back in time to Caper-
naum. Imagine the scene: Jesus has a packed house for His
healing service with wall to wall people and no room even
around the door. Picture the scene as Jesus stands there
in your midst teaching with authority. As we watch Je-
sus’ expressions and intently listen to His every word, we
are disturbed by the noise above our heads. Four men are
removing the tiles from the roof and are lowering a par-
alzyed man down through an opening. The mat on which
he rests is lowered right in front of Jesus. Imagine you are
a devout Jew and you have come to listen to this great Man
from Galilee.
Two Kinds of Healing
To the shock of all present He makes an audacious
claim. Looking at the sick man with great tenderness He
says. “Your sins are forgiven.” What is your reaction? Do
you shake your head in disbelief and murmer along with
the rest of them who say, “ He blasphemes” and “Who but
God alone can forgive sins?” If you doubt whether you
would have done so, ask yourself how would you regard
a a priest who claims to do exactly the same things Christ
did, only to receive ridicule from a modern crowd.
I am constantly challenged by disbelievers who
claim they go straight to Jesus for forgiveness and spiritual
healing, and murmer against those who seek spiritual heal-
ing from a priest because a priest is just a man. Yet, like
the Jews of Jesus’ day, they pack the auditoriums to see a
mere man perform a physical healing. It is God who heals
in both cases. He often uses a mere human hand to do so
and the voice of a mere man to proclaim it. If God can
and does use mere human instruments to heal bodies, why
would it seem so strange and impossible for Him to do the
same with regards to our immortal souls? - to be continued
in the next issue..
 Teen Scene
Jonathan Becker, Church of the Holy Family, Casper, Wyoming
Q. Three things you like about your church?
A. People, service, and everything about it
Q. Three things you don’t like?
A. There is nothing I don’t like.
Q. What does Lent mean to you?
A. It means a time when we can actually experience what Christ went
through and what he had to give up when he fasted for 40 days. When
we give up something, we kind of experience what He went through,
but in a smaller way.
Q. What does His Resurrection mean to you?
A. It gives me and my friends a new sense of hope in beginning anew,
or during the year, if things are going bad, it gives us a new sense of
hope.
Q. What does “sin” according to you?
A. Sin shows me we are all human and that no one is perfect. And that
we can correct things to make ourselves better and more like God.
Q. What does Christ’s Sacrificing His life mean for you?
A. To me, sacrifice is a way that we can give up something for someone else even though it makes us lose
something. But in your losing something, the other will gain something better for themselves. Christ sacrificed
himself and that sacrifice gave us access to heaven and to His Holy Home. If we sacrifice something that we
love, and someone gains something from that sacrifice, that is devoted love.
Q. Is “forgiveness” meaningful to you?
A. Forgiveness is meaningful to me because even when people have done something wrong against you, you
can do something positive to make up for it. And when you have done something wrong, you want that second
chance to prove yourself. Otherwise you feel crushed and defeated. When someone offers forgiveness, it gives
you a chance to become a better person.
Q. In school you chose a religious theme for your art project. Why?
A. For our first art project we had
to chose a picture with our hands as
the subject. Most chose a guitar or a
favorite animal. I decided to do some-
thing close to my heart. I found my
old crucifix. It was real close to my
heart because I got it at my first year
of camp. I had such a good time there
and learned a lot. I wrapped it around
my hands, took a picture of it and drew
it in graphite.
Q. What other artwork have you done?
A. My grandmother lives in South Da-
kota. She loves to attend our church,
so I drew a graphite sketch of our
church as a Christmas present to her. I
hope to use the sketch as a fund-raiser
to raise money for the upcoming Youth
Camp.
 God is our Compass
You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts. Psalm 139:2
2009 HCCAR Summer Teen and Adult Camp Story, WY
July 19-24, 2009

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Purification

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he Church of The Holy Family
welcomes you to attend the “2009
Summer Teen & Adult Camp” at
Camp Story, Wyoming.
With GOD AS OUR COMPASS, come and enjoy a week of fellowship. We will have the opportunity to
enjoy the wonders of nature that God has made for us to enjoy in our daily lives. We are scheduled to view the
history of our country, hiking in the wilderness, swimming, horseback riding, evening campfire, and morning &
evening prayer by Bishop Leo Michael.
Adult Retreat: Sunday through Thursday evenings in an outdoor chapel in the piney woods. It will be conducted
by Bishop Kinner. Theme: The Praises of Israel. The songs of the Old Testament--how they relate to us. We be-
lieve that during the day, adult participants will want to see the area and enjoy it with the youth.
Registration: by June 30th please. Plan to
arrive in Casper on Saturday, July 18th. We
will have a carry-in supper at the church;
housing with people in the parish. Mass
on Sunday at 9:00 am and caravan to the
camp. Exit 44 off I-90. Camp Leader: Sr.
Warden Johnny Becker,
Deacon Jimmie Dean, coordinator--the
Daily Worship.

Cost for Camp: $225.00 payable to

Church of the Holy Family, Bishop Ken-
neth Kinner, 6492 W. Riverside Terrace,
Casper, WY 82604 307.473.2200
 Travelogue-Ephesus

As I stood, prayed, sat and reflected on this holy

T
he Apostle John the Divine is buried in Ephesus, ground, I felt my very being penetrated by the images of
Turkey. To honor his burial place, the Emperor Jus- the treasures the Divine Theologian left us in his five sa-
tinian and his wife Theodora, built this huge church
in the sixth century.
In February while in Anatolia, I had the privilege
of visiting his tomb. From Anatolia City Center I took a
mini-bus which they call ‘shared taxi’ to Effes or Ephesus
for the equivalent of 3 USD. Upon reaching the bus stand,
I walked back for about a mile to the town which was once
called the ‘Town of the Divine Theologian’. There, on a
hill, stands the magnificent church now in ruins (above)
and some parts still under excavation. But the giant Ro-
man columns with sculpted crosses in each one of them
are in tact as also the tomb of the Saint and the baptismal

Fr. Jayaraj by the tomb of St. John

cred books. Even the liturgy we call by his name came

alive. Does not his theology open, move along and close
the Eucharistic Sacrifice? Is not the Prayer of Consecra-
tion in the Book of Common Prayer really Christ’s High
Priestly Prayer that the Apostle John records in his Evan-
Replica of the church of St. John the Divine
gel, Chapter 17? Are not our ceremonials, as Dn. Jerome
Brown once said, patterned after the heavenly worship re-
font with steps descending. The site is maintained by the corded by St John in his Revelation?
Turkish Ministry of Culture and the entrance fee is 5 Liras “This is the disciple which testifieth of these
(5 USD). things: and we know his testimony is true. Alleluia.”
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 God is our Compass
You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts. Psalm 139:2

2009 HCCAR Summer Teen and

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