Parliamentarian and priest
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38389
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 5
- Page
- 11
- Notes
- "For the Rev. Canon Reginald Stackhouse, public service is part of the Christian vocation. A former priest in two west-end Toronto parishes and former principal of Wycliffe College, Stackhouse also has a long list of elected and appointed public offices on his resume: two terms as a Conservative MP, a commissioner on both the Canadian and the Ontario Human Rights commissions, a regent of Toronto's Centennial College and a member of library and public school boards. For Stackhouse, now 87 and retired, public service is part of the vocation of being a Christian. He points to Romans 13:1, which urges Christians to acknowledge the powers that be as existing by the will of God. 'Government is part of God's creation', he says. 'Whether you're appointed or elected, you're able to use the power of government to achieve things not possible as an outsider'." "As an MP, Stackhouse never played up his clerical status or brought his religion into the house. 'But I never hid it, either', he says. Not making a public issue of one's religion is a positive way Canadian politicians differ from some of their U.S. peers, he notes. Stackhouse admits he would like to have served longer in Parliament, focusing on human rights for the elderly. 'We've made notable advances in rights for women, and I'd like to see the same for older people'."
- Subjects
- Stackhouse, Reginald (Reginald Francis), 1925-2016
- Christianity and politics - Anglican Church of Canada
- Social service - Canada
- Social service - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Aged - Canada
- Aged - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada