The Rev. Capt Catherine Askew [nee Morrison] is an Anglican military chaplain who has served in Afghanistan and is currently deployed to the Canadian Forces Support Unit in Ottawa. "Like other chaplains, Capt. Askew ministers to soldiers of all faiths. As a military chaplain who is also an indigenous woman, Capt. Askew is also well aware that she carries the additional responsibility of helping to ensure equity in the Canadian Forces. She is part of the Defense Aboriginal Advisory Group as well as provincial co-chair for all military members in Ontario. The work involves advocacy, recruitment, retention of members and awareness of aboriginal culture and events".
"Col. John Fletcher, archdeacon of the Anglican Military Ordinariate of the Canadian Forces, has been appointed Chaplain General and will assume command of the chaplain branch in Ottawa this fall [2013]. Fletcher, who will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, succeeds Brig. Gen. Karl McLean, another Anglican padre, who will retire in September [2013]. Canadian National Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Fletcher's appointment along with other Canadian Armed Forces senior promotions and appointments, on Feb. 6 [2013]. Fletcher has had wide experience as a military chaplain and has also served various national ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada. He has represented the ordinariate at General Synod, the church's governing body, and has served as a member of the Council of General Synod. He has also served on the communications, information and resources committee and as a member of the board of directors of the 'Anglican Journal'." [Text of entire article.]
Part of: Special Report: The Anglican Military Ordinariate. Commander the Rev. Canon Baxter Park is the Formation Chaplain of the Maritime Forces (Atlantic). He became a military chaplain twenty years ago. "In 1990, after just one year, Park was sent to the Persian Gulf, the first Anglican military chaplain to go into a conflict area since the Korean war. His ministry included the personnel on three Canadian warships. 'I was running a parish on a warship', recalls Park" (p. 7). "'In the old days', explains Park, 'when the ship pulled away from the dock there was very limited interaction between sailors and their families'. Today, thanks to email and cellphones, news of any kind ... is relayed instantly. 'We work closely with chaplains on land and can put a lot of resources towards resolving problems, including the expertise of military social workers and psychologists', says Park" (p. 7). "Today, Park again manages a team of 191 chaplains: six Anglican priests, three Roman Catholic priests, three Catholic laypeople, three United Church ministers, one Baptist minister and a Muslim imam" (p. 7). "There is a sweat lodge and military chaplains work with a Mi'Kmaq elder to provide spiritual care to those who follow a traditional spiritual path. 'Whether you're a believer, Christian, Muslim, Jew of aboriginal, male or female, we are here to demonstrate that we are people who care and who live out our faith daily by caring for the needs of others', says Park" (p. 10).
"Peter Coffin, Anglican Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Armed Forces, has announced his retirement [as of March 2016]". "The primate appointed him to the position of Anglican bishop ordinary in November 2004. Coffin's task as bishop ordinary included serving as the Anglican member of the Interfaith Committee on Canadian Military Chaplaincy (ICCMC), which represents the chaplaincy to the federal government". Bishop Coffin visited serving troops in Afghanistan during his term of office. "The Anglican Military Ordinariate (AMO) chaplains provide pastoral support to members of the Canadian Armed Forces at home and abroad, while pastoral care for chaplains is the main responsibility of the bishop ordinary. Hiltz said Coffin worked hard to 'get provisions in place that the AMO needs for the election of a new bishop ordinary'. The first election of an Anglican bishop ordinary will be held March 5 [2016], followed by an installation ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa May 28 [2016]".
Contents: Canadian Forces Chaplaincy (Anglican) [and List of Bishops Ordinary] -- Anglican Chapter Cnadaian Forces -- Foreword / Edward W. Scott, Primate, The Anglican Church of Canada -- Introduction / G.F.C. Jackson, Anglican Bishop Ordinary to the Forces -- Our Ecumenical Way: A Christian Mosaic -- Canadian Council of Churches: Committee on Chaplain Service (Protestant) -- Statement of Ecclesiastical Policy of The Canadian Council of Churches Committee in Chaplain Service in the Forces -- The Anglican Church of Canada Chaplains in the Canadian Forces -- The House of Bishops' Statement in Regard to the Service of Anglican Chaplains in the Canadian Forces -- Oaths and Subscriptions -- Licence: Anglican Chaplaincy Service -- The Clericus of Anglican Chaplains -- Bishop Ordinary's Visitation -- Canadian Forces Cathedral and Chapter -- Some Guidelines to Ministry.
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Contents: Canadian Forces Chaplaincy (Anglican) [and List of Bishops Ordinary] -- Anglican Chapter Cnadaian Forces -- Foreword / Edward W. Scott, Primate, The Anglican Church of Canada -- Introduction / G.F.C. Jackson, Anglican Bishop Ordinary to the Forces -- Our Ecumenical Way: A Christian Mosaic -- Canadian Council of Churches: Committee on Chaplain Service (Protestant) -- Statement of Ecclesiastical Policy of The Canadian Council of Churches Committee in Chaplain Service in the Forces -- The Anglican Church of Canada Chaplains in the Canadian Forces -- The House of Bishops' Statement in Regard to the Service of Anglican Chaplains in the Canadian Forces -- Oaths and Subscriptions -- Licence: Anglican Chaplaincy Service -- The Clericus of Anglican Chaplains -- Bishop Ordinary's Visitation -- Canadian Forces Cathedral and Chapter -- Some Guidelines to Ministry.
OTCH has two printings. This printing/edition has cream coloured stiff paper cover, stapled in gutter with the coat of arms of the Anglican Church of Canada and Canadian Forces crest printed on front cover.
Part of: Special Report: The Anglican Military Ordinariate.
Full page advertisement for the Anglican Foundation of Canada. "Through its trust services the Foundation provides financial support to this important ministry. Trust administration services is just one of the ways that the Anglican Foundaiton supports the work of the Anglican Church. With over $14 million invested, the Foundation manages over forty funds for dioceses and specific entities within the Anglican Church of Canada".
"Many thanks to the Faith, Worship and Ministry Department (FWM) of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada for instigating and encouraging this resource. The Military Ordinariate is also grateful to Lt. Col. The Rev. Canon Gary Thorne, CD, MMM for authoring this work and seeing it to completion". -- Acknowledgements.
"This resource provides valuable insights and practical guidelines to assist Anglican parishes in extending appropriate care to deployed military personnel and their families. ... This resource will help parishes become an extended caring family to Canadian Forces personnel and their families. Please know that the members of the Chapter of the Anglican Ordinariate, and the seventy-five priests of our Clericus, are committed to assist parishes in providing spiritual and pastoral care to deployed military personnel and their loved ones a home. We want to help you to support them." -- Message, p. 1.
Contents: Acknowledgements dated The Feast of St. Martin of Tours [11 November], 2008 / +Peter i.e. Peter Coffin -- Message from the Anglican Bishop Ordinary / The Rt. Rev. Peter Coffin, Anglican Bishop Ordinary and Col The Venerable Karl McLeam, Anglican Archdeacon to the CF [Canadian Forces] -- Introduction -- Regular Force Members and Reservists -- When is it appropriate for a parish to offer spiritual and pastoral support to deployed members and families at home ? -- Chaplains in the military -- At the pre-deployment stage -- How the parish can help at the pre-deployment stage -- During the deployment of the military member -- How the parish can help when a family member is deployed -- Post-deployment: the military member returns -- How the parish can help in the post-deployment stage -- Sample prayers.
"Canadian Anglicans are supporting the work of our military chaplains by video-recording themselves singing the popular Christmas carol, 'Silent Night'. As of Dec. 14, 2010, nearly 500 submissions had been received at the Anglican Church of Canada's national office in Toronto, according to Brian Bukowski, web manager. The videos came from as far away as the peaceful fishing and trapping community of Aklavik, NWT, and war-torn Kandahar in Afghanistan. 'It's exciting, it's great', says Lisa Barry, producer for Anglican Video. Barry edited the submissions and compiled them into a single video. On Christmas Eve day, the compilation video was posted to YouTube for the world to see. The recordings offer 'Silent Night' in French, English, Japanese, Munsee, Inuktitut and Cree" (p. 1). "Funds raised through the project will be used to support the work of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, which ministers to the needs of women and men of the Canadian Forces and their families. There are more than 85 Anglican military chaplains, both clerical and lay, working around the world" (p. 2). "The Silent Night Project was modelled after the 2008 Amazing Grace Project, in which thousands of Anglicans across Canada recorded themselves singing 'Amazing Grace', raising about $100,000 for suicide prevention projects in northern Canada" (p. 2)
Anglican offerings by members of the Canadian Armed Forces supported this summer's native convocation as well as overseas projects. In all $20,000 in Canadian and overseas grants were approved.