THE FISHERMAN’S LOG
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church’s Newsletter
November, 2010
Vol. I, No. 2
May the Star of Bethlehem guide you home to your family this Christmas.
Alternatively, may you find your family right here at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church.
a bon mot from jo+ – Greetings in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ! The holiday season is nearly upon us,
and for those planning to be with family this year, I
would like to comment on family.
St. Andrew’s is blessed with many families that include
multiple generations. It was my honour this past year to
baptize the 4th generation of Catleys. People at St.
Andrew’s have longevity, and St Andrew’s is only in its
6th decade.
The church is very like a family. We are a community
who live together, yes, even if only on most Sundays.
We live together under the same roof, for many of us
more than just on Sundays. We eat together. We help
clothe and feed one another. We share our stories with
one another, our highs and our lows. We pray for one
another. We are a family.
In first century Christendom, church was held in
people’s homes. A family would invite other believers to
worship in their home, and so they would have church. I
saw one such home from the 1st century when I visited
England. There on the grounds of Littlecote, the Popham
castle, they have unearthed a Roman home. It had been
excavated and the archeological ruins reveal that at some
point it had been renovated by its wealthy family to add
a mosaic tile floor with Christian symbols and the bath
had been changed into a baptistery where new Christians
were initiated into the faith by baptism. Imagine my joy
at seeing such a home church. Inside the castle itself,
although dated many centuries later, there was a
Cromwellian chapel. I stood in the high pulpit and
imagined how the family and servants would have
worship together.
We at St. Andrew’s have many opportunities to gather as
a family and worship and celebrate our community in
the next few months. If you know of anyone in our
church family who will be alone this Christmas season,
please, contact the church office so that we can gather
them into the family. Calendar these dates, but watch for
updates in the bulletin and “At a Glance.” Regular
services on Sundays (*) are at 8:00am and 10:30 am.
• Saturday, November 20th Bazaar & Tea, 1-3pm
• Sunday, November 21st Jubilation! a celebration
of song and supper, 5:30pm
• Sunday, November 28th 1st Sunday in Advent*
Wreath workshop 11:30am
Angel tree in Narthex
Blessing of the Tartans
• Wednesday, December 1stCorporate Communion
service at the Col. Belcher
• Sunday, December 5th 2nd Sunday in Advent*
Greening the church 11:30am
• Monday, December 6th Women’s Group Christmas
Potluck and Adventa benefit
• Tuesday, December 7th Chapter&Verse Study 7pm
• Wednesday, December 8thVestry Meeting, 7:00pm
• Sunday, December 12th 3rd Sunday in Advent*
Pageant & Lessons & Carols
Christmas cookie party
• Sunday, December 19th 4th Sunday in Advent*
Christmas decorating
Jubilation! a celebration
of song and supper, 5:30pm
• Friday, December 24th Family Service, 5:00pm
Midnight Mass, 10:00pm
• Saturday, December 25th Christmas service, 10:00am
Note only one service.
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• Sunday, December 26 1st Sunday in Christmas*
• Sunday, January 2nd
2nd Sunday in Christmas*
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• Tuesday, January 4
Chapter&Verse Study, 7pm
• Thursday, January 6th Epiphany, 6:30pm
• Sunday, January 9th
Baptism and Confirmation*
May we as a family enjoy one another throughout the
holidays. 
The Rev’d Jo Popham
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St. Andrew’s Log - a retrospective look at the life of the parish
The season of Pentecost was marked with many comings
and goings at St. Andrew’s.
• The Klingers left for their dream home on Parkers
Island. Nancy has served as our librarian at the church
for many years. She has delighted us with two beautiful
dogs who came to worship with us as part of the Alberta
Guide Dog program. Tucker graduated with honours and
is back in Calgary serving as the helpmate of a young
blind teen. Finn moved west with them and now is living
with his new family. And Chalmers who was only 12
weeks old when the Klingers returned for a visit, is
charming and very well mannered, although given his
huge yawn, he thinks about the sermon in his sleep as
did Finn. Dave has found other fish to catch at his new
home, but we miss his music. He has been our resident
composer and coordinator of our Jazz Vespers. He will
continue to write the music for our weekly Psalms and
send them along via email. We miss them so.
• The choir ended the school year with a barbeque at the
home of the choir director, Bryon Seeley. A good time
was had by all.
• Jeanette Man-Sung-Hing also moved her home to
overlook the waters of western Canada. She has served
in various ministries at the church for 40+years. And we
sorely miss her.
• We celebrated many birthdays in the parish. Two
among us marked 90 years of life over the summer and
fall.
• Our prayer circle has been busy praying for the many
illnesses and accidents that have touched the
parishioners lives. We commend them for their
faithfulness.
• We have seen the return to health of a number of
parishioners, for which we are thankful.
• Ginny Betty became our new librarian and has
ambitious plans for the library catalogue system.
• There have been Baptisms and and funerals to mark
the life passages of parishioners.
• There were beautiful weddings a St. Andrew’s
including that of a grandchild of a long time member
where the Bride wore her grandmother’s wedding gown.
The Very Rev’d Fabian Hugh presided over his
granddaughter’s wedding. And Jo raveled to Mount 7
just outside Golden, BC, to preside at the wedding of
two 8 o’clock parishioners.
• The Rector’s Warden, Mathew Zachariah, and the
People’s Warden, Bob Treherne, have kept the parish on
an even keel, acting as the corporation to make decisions
during the summer when there are no Vestry meetings.
• Our altar guild has been busy keeping the
appointments in the church appropriate for the season
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and the many changes that occur throughout the church
year. They have had two workshops to conform to the
additional call upon their time and resources. We are so
grateful for their ministry to the parish.
• Our Community Growth Committee has met and
prayed and worshiped together. Through their
discernment we have continued our Sunday evening
family friendly service – Jubilation! a celebration of
song and supper. And after a survey revealed interest in
adult fellowship and study routinely rather than just
during Lent and Advent, we have added “Togetherness
Tuesdays” with a long-term books study called Chapter
&Verse on 1st Tuesdays, A DVD study on 3rd Tuesdays
called Popcorn Study, and Out-on –the-Town dinner
group on 4th Tuesdays. A weekend dinner club has also
been organized.
• Our extended community at the Colonel Belcher
continues with the monthly celebrations of the Eucharist
followed by fellowship time over tea and cookies. The
group has grown to over 10 people gathering once a
month at the Col. Belcher.
• Our parish secretary’s husband lost his long battle with
cancer in August. The Anglican community from St.
Andrew’s made up nearly one third of those at his
funeral. His ashes were interred a few weeks later with
Jo and her husband presiding.
• In September our Parish Breakfast series continued
with a pictorial and narrative trip through the Holy Land
by the Bryants. We look forward to many more
breakfasts together as a parish family.
• Choir practice resumed with an evening of fellowship
called “Holy Crepes” where the choir members brought
the ingredients to fill desert crepes and gathered for
fellowship before practicing for the Sunday worship
service.
• Pat Kover became our recording secretary for the
Vestry, and we thank her for her ministry.
• A Discernment Group has been formed for a young
man who aspires to the priesthood. He is seeking to
explore his calling to Holy Orders over the next several
years.
• We all look forward to the annual Christmas Tea and
Bazaar put on by the Women’s Group at the beginning
of the holiday season. 
The Fisherman’s Log is published bi-annually and is intended
to capture the life of the St. Andrew’s community. If you
would like to contribute an article, please, contact the Editor.
Editorial Staff
Editor......................................... Susan Chivers (chiverss@telus.net)
Publisher....................... David Hoskyn (davidhoskyn@hotmail,com)
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their new home. Parishioners loved it because they sat at
round tables in their shorts drinking their Starbucks they had
brought with them.
Parker’s Pen
Not for my friends - and certainly not for me.
I have to admit to being a bit uncomfortable with the Psalms.
That said I really appreciate and get so much out of the
selection and manner of presentation during the service on
Sunday mornings.
But particularly those in the early numbers don't do much for
the start of my day during my reading of the daily offices.
Calling upon God to,"make my enemies like tumbleweed, and
pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your
storm," is no way to face my All-Bran.
Fine when I get through to those like Psalm 108 that I recited
today, "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make
music with all my soul," or those magnificent words of Psalm
100 that remind us, ".. the Lord is good and his love endures
forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations,"
I'm ready for anything.
It seems as though the Hebrews continually promise to
maintain their love to him forever, mess up, get beaten by their
enemies, and then beg for God to become their fortress again.
I prefer Tranquillitas Ordinis, defined by Thomas Aquinas as
The Quietness of Order.
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All those who were in church to listen to Ted Clarke preach
were touched by his admission of the life changing experience
of his time at St. Andrews. Every Sunday we recite that we
believe in the Holy Catholic Church and we faithfully attend
despite the fact that it has a history of manipulation of people
and ideas and constantly recurring divisions. But it is the one
place where we can come together to offer praise and
thanksgiving, listen to the voice of the Lord, and eat his bread
in communion with each other.
Henri Nouwen says we should be able to say, "I love the
church, and I am glad to belong to it."
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Marion Parker can say that. I would believe that she finds so
much love at St. Andrews and I was thrilled to be at her 90th
birthday party to see her beaming at the full table of her parish
well-wishers.
Yet the Psalms have been and continue to be read or chanted
in monasteries every day for centuries; I must be really
missing something.
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Thank you Rev. Ted Clarke who in his sermon to us Oct. 17
suggested we read the Old Testament as Jews in history who
had no idea of the new covenant that Christ would bring.
That's a big help.
I hardly expected to learn anything about the Christian faith
from a Jewish author but Mort Rosenblum knows a bit about
Christ. I'd enjoyed his book on Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga
of Dark and Light, so bought his Olives: The Life and Lore of
a Noble Fruit.
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And I continue to read Thomas Merton who is also somewhat
difficult to understand at times; a very learned man but so
humble and self-questioning. He has written so many words
on contemplation yet I recently read a confession of his in The
Sign of Jonas that said, "I spend the time looking for
something to read about contemplation - something to satisfy
my raffish spiritual appetites - instead of shutting up and
emptying my mind and leaving the inner door open for the
Holy Spirit to enter from the inside, all the doors being barred
and all my blinds down."
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In chatting with some Lutheran friends who had moved out of
the northwest I asked them if they had found another church.
They told me they were happy to be back in the church they
had attended for years after they had visited one a lot closer to
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He writes that instead of starting his olive journey in Crete or
the Anatolian Plain he decided on Jerusalem where history
never slipped into the past tense, "where grizzled Arabs sell
some of the world's best oil, green-gold nectar from the West
Bank."
Rosenblum says, "no trees are better known than the gnarly
ents in the Gethsemane churchyard, the backdrop for Jesus'
bitter last night. In fact Gethsemane means oil press, and the
famous meal may have been served under the vaulted stone of
an olive mill at the grove." and goes on to say, "Hebrews
planted that garden a very, very long time ago. Jesus sat under
olive trees the night he was betrayed and Christianity was
born."
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ST. ANDREW'S ALTAR GUILD
When entering the church do you ever wonder about
the preparation of the altar? Who? When? Why
is it different today? Perhaps festive, or subdued, or dare
I say, ''formal''? What you see is the work of the Altar
Guild dedicated to making every service special.
Altar Guild contributions to worship have always been a
''quiet'' or ''silent'' ministry. Members of the
congregation are not, for the most part, aware of the
work and commitment required to sustain parishioners'
expectations. For example: parish traditions, ritual,
as seen in candles, flowers, linens, brass, church
paramounts, and, the ''invisibility'' of variations, related
to preferences of various priests.
We enjoy working together, and with Rev. Jo. Her
guidance is always available and is given with patience
and encouragement. She has taught us the historic
significance of procedures that have been passed down,
and at the same time, to appreciate modern innovations
that enhance, but do not change, tradition.
Serving as a member of the Altar Guild is a happy,
fulfilling ministry, and a blessing to those who serve. I
hope you have found this of interest and that some of
your questions, known or just felt, have been answered.
Blessings All.
Kathryn Tulk,
Coordinator, St. Andrew's Altar Guild
The purpose of the Altar Guild is to assist the priest,
with whom there is consultation on a regular basis.
Members are on scheduled 7 day rotations throughout
the year. Thus, there is always someone available for
''extra'' and ''unexpected'' events. Lent and Easter,
Advent and Christmas are probably our busiest times.
Add baptisms, weddings, funerals, etc., at any time, and
it is challenging, interesting and always rewarding.
Special days and seasonal times observed in both our
''secular'' and ''religious'' worlds provide many occasions
for creativity.
We all love flowers. In our church home, it gives us
pleasure to produce beauty for the eyes, and the soul.
The Cross in the Bullet
Poppies wild, a beauty
that reaches out to lost souls
Time passes, a tiny cross
is carved from a brass bullet, held tightly
day by day prayers whispered
The work of the Altar Guild, under the direction of Rev.
Jo, is dedicated to the use, care, management and
preparation of articles used in our liturgies. Our ''office''
is the sacristy, a room adjacent to the sanctuary and east
of the choir stalls. We perform our duties in the sacristy,
sanctuary
and
chancel.
The
Guild
shares
responsibility for the chancel with the choir and organist.
Prior to Easter, and again before Christmas we have ''a
cleaning''. At that time, we wash / polish / dust
everything in our designated spaces, and share some
''serious visiting''. Occasionally we combine a cleaning
with a structured meeting. We have 2-3 meetings
yearly, as necessary.
Traditionally, St. Andrew's Altar Guild has been
composed of parish women. Our priest, as ex officio
head of the Altar Guild, assigns a coordinator, whose
role is to organize / assign work to members, while
considering talents, skills and interests. Those currently
serving on the Guild recruit new members. Prospective
members [men, women, families] are approved and
appointed by the priest.
For more information call the office at 403-292-3234
In the trench, dirt and cold
cling to the flesh, while poppies dew
scarlet imprints the boot
Daybreaks, the spirit unites
Hope trumpets forth
encompassing our souls
with pure light
Remembrance, Lest We Forget
* I wish I could ask my Grandfather and Great
Grandfather if the Lord was there with them in WWI
and WWII. Sadly, I did not get that chance. But I
already know the answer. The Lord takes the journey
with me carrying me to whatever end.
By Amurlee Stobbs
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NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD
In 2010, the hymn has survived over 330 years.
Mathew Zachariah
The Reverend Kurien had called attention to the
remarkable faith and trust of Rinkart in God at a time
that most mortals would have had no reason to hope.
That is what made such an impact on my soul.
At the 10:30 worship on May 2, 2010 at St. Andrew’s
Church, Calgary, we sang the famous hymn “Now thank
we all our God.” As at other times when this hymn was
sung, my mind went back to when I was sixteen or
seventeen years old (1951 or 1952). At Christ Church,
Alappuzha in the state of Kerala in India, I heard our
vicar, the Reverend V.T. Kurien preach a powerful
sermon on the history of this stirring hymn of
thanksgiving. He had preached in Malayalam, his and
my mother tongue. I had completely forgotten why this
sermon had made such a strong impression on me. This
time, I decided to find out. Let us recall the first of three
verses:
Now thank we all our God, with heart, and hands, and
voices
who wondrous things hath done, in whom his world
rejoices,
who from our mother’s arms, hath blessed us on our way
and with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.
If we look at the notes at the bottom of the page in the
Anglican Church of Canada hymnal (Common Praise
No.399) we would know that the hymn was written by
Martin Rinkart (1586-1649). The German “Nun danket
alle Gott” was translated into English by the brilliant
translator Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878). The
melody was composed by Johann Cruger (1598-1662).
The now-standard harmonization was devised by Felix
Mendelssohn in 1840. We learn from other sources that
it was written circa 1636. Here is a brief history about
the hymn which is based on Ecclesiasticus 50: 22-24.
[This] German hymn was written by a brave clergyman
who went through the horrors of the Thirty years war
(1618-1648), a horrible conflict that pitted the Roman
Catholics against the Protestants. Rinkart was shut up in
Eilenburg with many hundred refugees. Pestilence broke
out and there were deaths by the hundreds. All the other
clergymen in the place were dead with the plague.
Rinkhart used to read the burial service over the
blackened bodies of forty or fifty victims each day until
he too fell, exhausted. One victim at this time was his
first wife. The hymn of praise he wrote at that terrible
epoch has survived over 250 years in Germany… It may
be called the German Te Deum… [Rinkart] was a
voluminous writer and a good musician. (Caroline
Leonard Goodenough, Highlights of Hymnists and
Hymns. Rochester, Massachusetts, 1931, pp.65-66).
For more information call the office at 403-292-3234
Here is another personal connection I have to a hymn
writer. In Madras Christian College founded by Scottish
missionaries in the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu,
India where I studied for my first degree, there were
three halls of residence on the main campus: Selayur, St.
Thomas and Heber. I lived in Heber Hall which was
named after Bishop Reginald Heber of Calcutta (17831826) whose many hymns are sung today in churches.
One of them: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty.”
Rinkart reminds me of another saintly Christian lyric
writer and musician
Moothampakkal Kochoonju
Upadesi of Kerala (1883-1945). His life too was filled
with tragedies and crises. Yet, his Malayalam lyrics, set
to melodious tunes, based on South India’s ancient
Carnatic music, proclaim God’s love. Here is my
translation of the first verse of one of his most popular
lyrics – written, it is said, after the untimely death of his
son - the first line of which is, Ente Daivam
mahathwathil ardrawanayi jeevikumbol:
When my God lives in glory in heaven with full of tender
feelings
Why should I, a man alone, who lives in this earth, be
sorrowful?
My heart tells me that there is no reason whatsoever to
worry.
The history of our hymns and lyrics tells us that, as we
face life’s challenges, “The eternal God is your dwelling
place and underneath are the ever lasting arms.”
(Deuteronomy 33: 27).
Other sources: E. E. Ryden. The Story of Christian
Hymnody. Rock Island: Augustana Press, 1959;
“Sadhu Kochooju Upadesi,” in Wikipedia.
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Outreach
The Calgary Drop In and Rehab Centre: As
many of you may have heard, the big news from the DI
is that at the end of December, Dermot Baldwin, the
Executive Director, will be retiring. To quote Dermot
himself, “I have been called a lot of things…determined,
nuisance, brilliant, empire builder, entrepreneur, idiot,
social engineer, bleeding heart, etc.”. In the sixteen
years Dermot Baldwin has been at the DI, he has steered
it from an overnight food and shelter facility to
providing round the clock care, 365 days of the year.
The DI meets the needs of Calgary’s homeless
population from Intox and Emergency shelter, to
Transitional, Affordable and Supported housing. The DI
also now has a 12 unit end of life centre for palliative
homeless seniors. As volunteers at the DI, we have
watched Dermot interact with the guests, and his care
and compassion for those he serves is obvious. For the
DI, Dermot Baldwin’s retirement will be the beginning
of a new era built on the legacy of one man’s
commitment to make a difference in the lives of those in
need. Upon reflection it is probably right to say, “Well
done thou good and faithful servant”.
Baby Food Blitz: The baby food blitz in May resulted
in 230 lbs. of baby food being donated to the Food Bank.
Since then, more baby food has been coming in on Food
Bank Sunday, and at this point, 279 lbs. is the grand
total. Thanks to everyone who is contributing.
A Prayer from the Diocese of St Andrews
in Scotland
The seed is Christ’s
The granary is Christ’s;
The Spirit Level.
Why Equality is Better for Everyone.
By Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Penguin Books.2010
Reviewed by Hugo Meynell
This seems to me a work of socio-political genius, which
could well be epoch making. Its basic thesis is
extraordinarily clear and simple. Many social evilscriminal violence, drug –taking, obesity, teenage
pregnancy, educational drop out – are largely due to
inequalities in income, which affect feelings of selfworth. Societies with greater equality, on the other hand,
have higher levels of trust and life-expectancy, and
fewer people in prisons and mental hospitals. This
contention is corroborated by a formidable body of
research, presented by the authors in the form of graphs
and statistics which compare and contrast different
countries, and different states within the USA. Japan and
the Scandinavian countries consistently do best, while
the UK and the USA are among the worst. There appear
to be two ways in which societies can move towards
greater fairness in the relevant respects: either initial
incomes can be made more equal as in Japan; or taxation
of the rich can be relatively heavy as is the case in
Sweden. The gargantuan differences in income between
CEOs and those working on the shop floor, which have
become notorious since the recent economic crash, are
evidently even worse in their effects than one would
have thought. The reviewer has been challenged to move
to the left by this book; it will give little satisfaction to
those who have made the move to the political right
fashionable over the last few decades. A careful and
detailed attempt to refute the argument by such a person
is greatly to be desired.
(This book was discussed by a group of parishioners in
September and we tried to see how as Christians we
might help those who feel less worthy as a result of their
perceived low status.)
In the granary of God
May we be gathered.
Seen in a church in Cumbria, UK
The sea is Christ’s
The fishes are Christ’s;
Whosoever thou art that enterest this Church, leave
it not without one prayer to God for thyself, for
them who minister and for those who worship here
In the nets of God
May we all meet.
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Know thy Neighbours
Biographies by Doreen Catley
Fabian and Doris Hugh - Lloyd and Grace Northcott - Linda Kamhuka
Fabian and Doris Hugh
Fabian was born the only child of
his parents, in the General Hospital
right here in Calgary although his
parents lived in Standard. He had a
shaky start because he refused to
eat but he obviously thrived and
after his first 6 years living in
Standard, where he attended Dana
Elementary school, his father was
moved to Calgary and they bought
a house on Riverdale Ave. then
almost the last street in the city. He
attended Elbow Park Elementary
and Rideau Park Junior High
schools in Calgary. Fabian’s father
was senior inspector for the Royal
Bank at that time and after almost
three years in Calgary he was
transferred
to
Camrose
as
manager. Fabian finished High
School at Camrose Lutheran
College with a little post graduate
work at Camrose High. University
came next where he majored in
Bridge and singing with the
University mixed chorus! The
original plan was pre med, but he
realized that was just not what he
was destined for. Plan B was to
follow his father to the Royal
Bank. This was a stopgap, which
lasted 13 years – until he found his
niche.
Doris started her journey in life in
the small town of Killam. She was
the youngest of 5 children – 3 boys
and 2 girls. She attended Killam
elementary school and Sedgewick
High School. Upon High School
graduation Doris moved to
Edmonton where she attended
McTavish Business College and
became a legal secretary. Doris
worked for lawyers in Edmonton
for 3 years and then decided to
take a run at University where she
met this handsome pre med student
who could really cut a rug! Fabian
and Doris often look back and
wonder what would happen if they
were to look for jobs now with the
training they had. Banking
certainly isn’t what it once was and
does anyone use shorthand
anymore? The courtship actually
began in the summer of 1951 when
Fabian was driving a Brewster bus
and Doris was a desk clerk for
Becker Bungalows. This was when
most of Banff shut down for the
winter. Now there is no Becker
Bungalows and Brewster’s has
been sold along with the name and
hires professional full time drivers.
At that time the bank had a policy
that one couldn’t get married until
you had been with the bank for
three years so Doris worked in
Edmonton for Shell Exploration
Department and Fabian worked
with the bank from Lacombe to
Edmonton to Grande Prairie to
High River. In 1957 they were
married in Killam and went to
High River to live in a strange
little house for which they paid
$25 a month for rent. What
followed has been 53 years of a
loving and happy marriage. They
moved from High River to
Edmonton to Medicine Hat and
back to Edmonton and completed
their family with 2 daughters,
Cathryn and Carolyn, between
moves. Fabian was transferred as
branch manager to a very small
town
in
the
middle
of
Saskatchewan –as a result of
thinking and talking to a dear
friend and clergyman he had come
to the conclusion that he just had
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to answer a call to the ordained
ministry. They were in Saskatoon
and Doris went back to the law
office while Fabian went back to
school. The girls were both in
elementary school and they had
many adventures and very little
money but they survived and
Fabian was ordained in Edmonton
by Bishop Burch and they were all
very proud and happy. His first
parish was Westlock where they
all felt very much at home. There
followed a move to St. Mary’s in
Edmonton and the girls went to
Eastglen High School. At this
point, Doris, who had been
counting cows at the Edmonton
Exhibition Agricultural Show
decided to take the chance and go
back to school. It was Grant
McEwan College this time and she
studied for a library tech diploma.
Cathryn, their oldest daughter,
commented once that it was rare
for children to be able to go to the
graduations of both their parents.
The timing was good because the
next thing they knew they were off
to St. James – Peace River, and
Fabian became Dean of the
Diocese of Athabasca. By this time
both girls were away from home,
Cathryn was doing extended world
travel covering Europe and some
of Asia while Carolyn was at
University in Winnipeg. Fabian’s
dear friend and mentor, Fred
Crabb, who had been Principal of
Emmanuel College during his time
there, was now Bishop of
Athabasca and Archbishop or
Rupert’s Land. They had happy
times in Peace River and Doris had
her dream realized when she
became librarian at the Peace
River Public Library after three
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hectic years as librarian at the High
School. Fabian and Doris feel that
all along the way they have been
blessed with lasting friendships
which they will always treasure
even though they are spread all
over Canada and beyond now.
Their final move before retirement
was in Calgary, as Rector of the
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer
and Dean of Calgary. What
followed were almost 4 tumultuous
years, which ended with Fabian’s
resignation. After 5 happy and
healing years as Priest-in-charge of
St. Clements, Balzac, Fabian was
appointed Dean Emeritus of
Athabasca and finally retired. In
between times Fabian went back to
school, the International Travel
Management Institute in San
Francisco. For nearly 17 years he
tripped around Canada, the
Western United States and even
Egypt.
Fabian and Doris found their
spiritual home at St. Andrews
when they left Balzac and Fabian
has been happy being Honorary
Associate and taking part in the
life of the parish. ‘Retirement’ is
not really a word in a clergyman’s
vocabulary and that is as it should
be. Doris also helps out at the
Bethany Centre Library and in
2005, she received the Alberta
Centennial Medal for her volunteer
work. Fabian has taken up yet
another career – drummer with the
Joyful Noise Trio – thanks to Dave
Klinger. Sadly, this career may not
go very far but he can always fall
back on his sawdust making skills!
His hobby was woodworking.
We have been extremely fortunate
to have Fabian in our midst as an
Honorary Associate in our parish.
He has always been ready, willing
and most able to step in whenever
he is needed and his sermons are
always right to the point. One of
my fondest memories of Fabian’s
ministrations to us are the Seders
that he has organized in past years.
Grace and Lloyd Northcott
Lloyd was born in Vancouver,
B.C. – the eldest of 4 children. His
father, a Civil Engineer, worked up
coast in the forest industry and
took the family to the Queen
Charlotte Islands until it was time
for school. Lloyd grew up with
Indians, guns and bears all around
him. When it came time to go to
school, mom and the kids moved
to Vancouver and dad was often
away working. Lloyd was active in
Sunday school and scouting during
his growing years and in 1959 he
went to Royal Military College.
Upon graduation he was appointed
to the Van Doos in Quebec City.
He felt that his ultimate destiny
was the Anglican Priesthood.
Grace was born in St. Catharines,
Ontario into a home with two older
brothers. Her sister was born two
years later. Because her mother
was a music teacher and her father
played the piano well, she grew up
with music surrounding her. By the
time she was a teen, the family had
a string quartet with the occasional
addition of a piano for a quintet
and four members of the family
were part of the St. Catharines
Symphony Orchestra. All four
children went to the elementary
school a block away and then to St.
Catharines Collegiate. Grace’s lifelong fitness was set up as she
biked to high school up and down
a deep ravine where the 1st
Welland Canal used to go. It really
was a case of “two miles to school,
uphill both ways” which she did
four times a day as she came home
for lunch. No one thought that a
girl’s bike would need gears so the
only way to get up the hill was to
stand and reef on the handle bars!
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For much of the time Grace
attended St. George’s Anglican
Church in St. Catharines. When
she was 15, her dad chose to form
a Unitarian Church so she had 10
years of a very liberal religious
education. Grace had fond notions
of becoming an engineer like the
boys of the family as she was
especially good in math, but she
was strongly discouraged. Instead
she went to Queen’s University for
five years, ending up with a
Bachelor of Nursing Science with
a specialty in Public Health in
1966.
Grace and Lloyd met at a football
game in 1961 in Kingston, Ontario
where Lloyd was attending Royal
Military College. They married on
Sept. 11 1965 and while Grace
completed her Bachelor’s degree,
Lloyd finished a Master’s degree
in History. They attended St.
George’s Church in Kingston. In
1966 they moved to Quebec City
where Lloyd was stationed with
the Royal 22e Regiment. Grace
worked as a nurse for almost two
years. In 1968, as a centennial
project while Lloyd was serving at
the Montreal Expo, their daughter
Janet was born. A year later they
were sent to Germany, a source of
life long friendships. Their son
Philip was born there in 1971 and
was baptized in the local Lutheran
church, with the pastor and his
wife as godparents. When the
Canadian Forces moved south to
Lahr, they both became active
members in the choir at the local
Anglican service Chapel and part
of a Bible study and discussion
group. Lloyd was given the
opportunity to attend the British
Military staff college so they
moved to Britain. The couple spent
as much time as possible touring
Europe in their VW Camper bus
during their 5 years in Europe.
After England they moved back to
Quebec City. Janet and Philip went
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to school in French. Grace became
coordinator for the senior Girl
Guides (Rangers.) From Quebec
City they moved to the Language
School in St. Jean D’Iberville for 2
years. Lloyd was very active as a
lay preacher and presider in the
diocese and Grace did many jobs
in the church including Sunday
school and Altar Guild. Together
they ran the local Cub Scout pack
and the Girl Guides. Lloyd was
then moved to the Officer Training
School in Chilliwack, B.C. where
they attended the local Service
Chapel and were again very active.
At the end of this tour Lloyd got
permission
to
attend
the
Vancouver School of Theology
and Grace joined him. The
children attended the local
bilingual school. Three years later
Lloyd had a Master of Divinity
degree and Grace had a Master of
Theological Studies. Lloyd then
was appointed to the parish in
Fruitvale, B.C. and Grace went
back to nursing. She also worked
as a paramedic for the B.C.
Ambulance and taught First Aid,
as there was a great need for this in
the community. Lloyd was Padre
for the local militia as well. They
went next to Revelstoke where
Grace worked for the ambulance
full time while Lloyd tried to deal
with a very divided and unhappy
parish.
Philip graduated from High School
and attended Simon Fraser
University in Engineering. He
married Karen and their son Liam
was born in 2002. Janet attended
medical school at UBC during
which time she met and married
Rob who was a teacher in North
Vancouver. Janet was posted to
Calgary for her internship year and
the couple settled here. Daughter
Simone was born in 1995 followed
by son Sean in 1998 and it was
decided that Grace and Lloyd
would retire and come to Calgary
to look after the children while
Janet and Rob worked. In the fall
of 1998 the move was made to
Calgary and Grace looked after the
grandchildren all day while Lloyd
taught ESL at a local language
school. Rob and Janet attended St.
Andrew’s so Grace and Lloyd
joined. It was especially inviting
because Steve Hallford, our Rector
at the time, was already a friend as
they had attended the Vancouver
School of Theology together. They
have been very happy and have
many friends in the parish.
They have been a very busy couple
on our behalf. Grace has been on
vestry and a synod delegate twice.
One of her favourite jobs was
Parish Maintenance Organizer.
Grace is a lay reader, an
administrant, prayer leader and a
reader.
Lloyd convened the Men’s
breakfast for 5 years and has
organized a number of educational
symposia. Lloyd and Grace have
always been choir members
together and attend book club and
movie club. Together they help out
with other parish members at the
Drop In Centre. Lloyd also takes
services on occasion. Their
common hobbies include lots of
travel, music, gardening, reading
and discussion and cross-country
skiing. Grace enjoys all kinds of
crafts, especially knitting and
photography. Lloyd still enjoys
hanging out with his military circle
and has taken up cooking. Visiting
extended family and friends all
over the world is a special
pleasure.
We are thankful that Janet and Rob
decided to make our parish their
spiritual home and that Lloyd and
Grace joined them. We are
fortunate to have Lloyd fill in as
priest whenever he is needed. They
are both very active members of
our parish family and I hope that
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they will be for many years to
come.
Linda Kamhuka
Linda was born in Harare, the
capital city of Zimbabwe. The
youngest of 4 children, she has a
sister and two brothers. Her sister
is the eldest and is a
Pharmaceutical Technician in
Kent, England. Her brothers are
twins. One of them lives in Texas
with his wife and daughters and
teaches high school mathematics.
The other lives in New South
Wales, Australia with his wife and
daughter and works in insurance.
Linda’s parents still live in
Zimbabwe, where her father is a
Headmaster at a primary school
and her mother teaches 3rd grade.
Linda attended primary and high
schools in Zimbabwe – in a
boarding school for high school,
first in a school run by Roman
Catholic nuns of the Dominican
Order, then in a school run by
Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests.
Linda, however, has been an
Anglican all her life. Her
undergraduate degree was earned
at Mount Allison University in
Sackville, New Brunswick where
she had moved in September 1999.
She had applied to a number of
Canadian Universities just to see
what would happen and received a
scholarship to go to this
University. She earned her
Master’s degree in Hospital
Epidemiology at the University of
Calgary - after making the move
here in April 2004. Linda has
worked at the Foothills Hospital in
Infection Prevention and Control
since November 2008.
Looking for an Anglican church,
she went online to look for one
that was close to her home and
discovered St. Andrew’s. She
attended one Sunday, liked what
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she saw and fortunately for us has
been with us ever since. This was
in June of 2004.
Linda loves the sense of
community and belonging we have
in our little church family. The
members of the congregation have
helped and guided her through
some very difficult times over the
last few years in ways she feels she
can never repay. Her hobbies
include
watching
basketball,
soccer and movies, reading and
swimming. Linda is currently in
the Choir and enjoys singing with
joy with the rest of that great
group. As I sit up by the choir I
can attest to the fact that she has a
lovely voice too! She is also a
valued vestry member, a reader
and one of the prayer leaders.
Linda loves learning about history
through reading, watching movies,
T.V. shows, documentaries, and
taking different classes. She is a bit
of a history buff, whether it is
political, economic, religions,
social, cultural or scientific. She
especially loves learning about the
classics – ancient Greece and
Rome. What an amazing mind she
has! Her mother and father
certainly deserve much kudos for
having raised four such intelligent
and successful children.
I guess we can say – thank God for
online information. It was amazing
that she would find us in that way
but the Lord works in mysterious
ways. We are very lucky to have
this lovely young woman in our
midst every Sunday. I hope and
pray that she will be with us for a
very long time.
The Nobel Peace Centre
Dave & Carole Thomson
At the end of September this year,
Dave and I had the privilege of
travelling in the four countries that
comprise Scandinavia. Our trip
began in Stockholm where for 5
days Dave attended meetings with
the ISU Longtrack Speedskating
Referees. While in Stockholm we
visited the Nobel Museum, which
relates the story of the world’s
most prestigious prize. The prizes
for physics, chemistry, medicine
and literature are awarded in
Stockholm and the ceremony takes
place in the Stadshuset (City Hall),
which is a beautiful building on
Lake Malaren and across the water
from the island of Gamla Stan,
which is the Old Town (i.e. where
Stockholm first originated).
Oslo, Norway is where the Nobel
Peace Prize is awarded and we
were in absolute awe that we could
just wander into the huge central
hall of the Radhuset (City Hall)
where the prize is awarded. The
hall feels like a temple and the
massive murals on the walls depict
the rebuilding of Norway after the
Nazi occupation. Across the road
from City Hall is the Nobel Peace
Center (which is housed in the old
West Oslo Train Station). To enter
the Center, one had to pass through
an art installation that spelled out
the word LAUGHTER. But when
it was lit up at night, an ‘S’ flashed
intermittently at the front of
laughter changing the whole
meaning. The center celebrates the
120-some past and present Nobel
Peace Prize winners. We were
fortunate to tour the Center when
an installation was in place entitled
“Strength and Convictions - The
Life and Times of the South
African Nobel Peace Prize
Laureates”.
This installation
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followed the lives of Albert
Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, FW De
Klerk and Nelson Mandela and
their roles in ending apartheid.
The art exhibition accompanying
the presentation was particularly
poignant and thought provoking.
Our favourite piece was an
amazing oil painting by Nelson
Mandela entitled ERRO, depicting
the White South Africans as 4 men
and women sitting around a bridge
table totally oblivious to the threats
and oppression symbolized by
caricatures of Viet Nam, the
Congo, Katanga, the Nazis, the
U.S. and the Klu Klux Klan, with
the image of a black South African
man wearing a crown of thorns in
the foreground.
From Oslo, we journeyed on to
Bergen on the coast and then into
fjord country, back to Oslo then to
Copenhagen and Helsinki. But it
is the images we took in at the
Peace Center that keep recurring
and giving us pause for thought.
Nobel Peace Centre Oslo
Photo by Sean Hayford O’Leary
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