Summer/Fall 2004

In This Issue

• Mission & Beginnings
• Commencement: Class of 2004
  • Founder of Integrity Inspires CDSP Students
  • Louie Crew
  • Joan Butler Ford
  • Dave Toycen
  • 2004 Graduates
  • That the Next Generation Might Know
    An excerpt from the sermon by Louie Crew at Commencement
• Borsch-Hull Reception Kicks Off Capital Campaign
• The Panama Project
• SeeCDSP!
• CALL News
• How Accreditation Affirms Us
• Faculty News
• Upcoming Events
• Alumni/ae Happenings

Mission & Beginnings
BY DONN MORGAN
President and Dean

Donn Morgan President and Dean

THIS ISSUE OF CROSSINGS is filled with beginnings, with transitions from one phase of institutional or personal life and ministry to another. Whether in the long process of accreditation which now leads into more intentional planning for the future, or Commencement which celebrates the preparation for new ministries, beginnings are very much a part of seminary life and very much a part of our mission. As you receive this issue we are in the midst of at least two more important beginnings: the arrival of new students on campus to start their programs in theological education, and the preparation (a long-term “beginning” process!) for renovating both Gibbs and Easton Halls so that another phase of CDSP’s instructional mission in these important buildings can take place.

As I think on beginnings, I am reminded that the exodus, a most important biblical tradition in both Old and New Testaments, points to the centrality of new beginnings for God and Israel. The God of the exodus brings people from Egypt to the promised land, from slavery to freedom, from death to life. Many biblical communities used the exodus to describe vividly the nature of God and the resultant nature of the people as they dealt with transition and movement, new beginnings. This movement, with God promising and then giving new beginnings, provides a chance to serve with new ministries. It is repeated over and over again in the Bible, as God brings the people into a renewed relationship through saving acts. Whether in the beginnings at the waters of the Sea of Reeds in an ancient past shrouded with mystery and praise, or in the waters of baptism today, the exodus is critically important in understanding both God and people—and our mission.

For CDSP, then, we can look at Commencement, at accreditation, at the beginning of the new school year, or the renovation of buildings as exodus movements from one place of service to another, all made possible by God’s grace and favor, a central part of our mission. Just as with the people of Israel, however, transition, change, and new beginnings are not always occasions for rejoicing, or at least there is sometimes dissonance caused by our comfort in being where we are with no great desire to move, or our wish just to stop and rest a bit, or the cost of leaving the old behind, or our apprehension about the future, not totally known and predictable. But like the people of Israel who found themselves in the wilderness, complaining, after being delivered from the Egyptians, the exodus God promises and gives us more even as we are called forward to new challenges and opportunities of service.

In the transitions, in the new visions given, in the new students and staff and faculty and trustees, in all of this CDSP’s mission and the role of theological education in the church and world become clearer. Our mission is the result of the graceful actions of God. These actions provide not only direction but also empowerment to go to places we had not envisioned, to touch others we had not seen.

Finally, we, like the ancient Israelites and so many after them, are called to give thanks for the gift of God’s gracious actions which provide us with the affirmation that we are on the way. Theological education involves both remembering the God of the exodus in scripture and Christian tradition, and the realization that we too are experiencing an exodus. It points to an ever present but ever new dimension of CDSP’s mission: a commitment to excellence which brings us from the old into the new, where we are given the vision and strength to move boldly into the future.

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Class of 2004
Founder of Integrity Inspires CDSP Students
Honorary Degrees Given for Vision and Service

BY JOYCE HUYETT TURNER
Donor and Member of All Saints, Pasadena

Church Divinity School of the Pacific’s commencement preacher for this year’s graduation ceremony was the well-known Episcopal writer Louie Crew, Ph.D., D.D., on May 21, with 34 seminary students graduating.

	Above: the Class of ‘04

With nearly 200 in attendance, it was a day long anticipated and celebrated by many. “This is a day of joy!” said Eleazar Otiochan, an M.Div. student from Nigeria.

“We were especially pleased to have Louie Crew preach at our commencement,” said President and Dean Donn Morgan, “for his vision and work in the Episcopal Church represent an important and needed perspective for future ministry and mission. The promise of good leadership to help the Church address the challenges it faces is found in the work completed by our students, which we celebrate on this particular occasion.”

	Top: M.Div. student, PRESTON PARSONS, and President and Dean, DONN MORGAN Bottom: Special Award Winners, WILLIAM KRIEGER (Multicultural Ministry) and RUTH CASIPIT (Preaching)

Honorary degrees were bestowed upon three distinguished individuals, including Louie Crew, who received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree, along with Dave Toycen, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Vision Canada. And an alumnus, The Rev. Canon Joan Butler Ford, Ph.D. also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.

Louie Crew
Professor Emeritus of English, Rutgers University in New Jersey, Crew has long been known in Episcopal Church circles for having founded the organization Integrity in 1974. More recently, he is celebrated for creating and maintaining an extensive collection of web pages focusing on issues facing the church today. Crew’s academic areas of expertise include Composition, Writing and Computers, Theology, and Gay Studies. In his home diocese of Newark, New Jersey, Crew has served two terms on the Standing Committee, for two years as its president, and a four-time deputy to the Episcopal General Convention, twice as Chair of the deputation. He presently serves on the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. A strong advocate of inclusivity, Crew embodies the hope that Anglicans of all sorts will continue to talk with each other and maintain the sometimes fragile communion with each other. The author of more than 1,450 articles published in a variety of media, including Saturday Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, and New York Culture Review, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, and received a Doctor of Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School in 1999 as well as a Doctor of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 2003.

	DAVE TOYCEN, JOAN FORD, President and Dean, DONN MORGAN, LOUIE CREW
	Toycen family and friends, LORI BURNS, TOM HARRISON, JUDY FELTON, RICHARD FELTON, DIANE TOYCEN, JOYCE HUYETT TURNER

Joan Butler Ford
The Rev. Canon Joan Ford ’90 serves as Canon for Communications with St. Paul’s Cathedral, Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. After raising four children, Canon Ford completed her undergraduate education and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Sociology at Stanford University ’80. Following a teaching stint at Stanford, she and a business partner ran a successful company specializing in market research for high tech companies. Ford then acted upon a long held call to the priesthood, and received a Master of Divinity in 1990 from CDSP, and was ordained the same year.

With a strong business background in computer technology and communications, Ford was appointed Director of Telecommunications for the Anglican Communion in 1996, in London. The post involved enhancement of global communication via computer for the church. She has recently been named to the newly inaugurated Inter-Anglican Telecommunications Commission for the Anglican Communion. Previously, she was a Trustee for CDSP, and headed a special technology committee of the Board of Trustees.

Dave Toycen
As President of World Vision Canada, Dave Toycen heads Canada’s largest humanitarian relief and development agency. In his seven years as President, he has guided the organization into dramatic growth in its efforts to follow Christ by serving the world’s poor. Toycen and his wife, Diane, are active members of Trinity Anglican Church in Streetsville, Ontario, where Diane is Director of Parish Life and Programme. They have been involved in the growth, education and ministry of several Anglican/Episcopal churches in dioceses where they have lived from Pasadena, Calif., to Melbourne, Australia.

	Preacher and honoree, LOUIE CREW
	Presenter, RICHARD FELTON, Vice President for Advancement, and DAVE TOYCEN
	JOAN FORD and presenter, Professor of Ministry Development and Director of CALL, JOHN KATER
	Sherman E. Johnson Professor in Biblical Studies, BILL COUNTRYMAN, presenter, honoree, CREW
	The family of REV. CN. JOAN FORD ’90, with THE REV. DOROTHY CURRY ‘82
	THE REV. JENNIFER BASKERVILLE-BURROUGHS’97, Celebrant offering, “The Body of Christ, Bread of Heaven.”

Toycen’s career with World Vision has spanned 30 years, during which time his strong leadership has been felt internationally. He has provided on-the-scene assessment and support during major humanitarian disasters throughout the past two decades. Under his leadership, World Vision Canada has raised more than $1.5 billion for aid and development programs. Toycen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lawrence University in Wisconsin, a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, Calif., and an honorary doctorate from Tyndale College and Seminary in Toronto.

Degrees and certificates given at commencement included Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, Certificate of Anglican Studies, Certificate of Theological Studies, Master of Arts, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Philosophy.

Church Divinity School of the Pacific’s mission is to provide the highest quality Christian theological education in an environment of scholarship, reflection and worship, rooted in the Anglican tradition. CDSP is a founding member of the Graduate Theological Union, an ecumenical and interfaith consortium based in Berkeley.

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2004 Graduates

Certificate of Theological Studies
Belinda Penn Byerly-Robins, B.A.
Mark Norman Caughey, B.S.
Christopher Brooke Craun, B.A.
Frederick Allan Fielding III, B.A.
Joshua Harold Hurni, B.A.

Certificate of Anglican Studies
Melanie Sue Donahoe, B.A., M.A.L.S., M.T.S.

Degree of Master of Theological Studies
Judith Leslie Reuss, B.A.
Thesis: “What Kind of Love is This?
Courtly Love Mysticism of the
13th and 21st Centuries
in the Work of Mechthild of
Magdeburg and Margaret Becker.”

Degree of Master of Divinity
Lucinda Beth Ashby, B.A.
Ruth Alegre Casipit, B.K.E., M.A.Ed.
Howard Roden Giles III, B.A., M.A.
William Frederick Krieger,
B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Paul James Lebens-Englund, B.A.
Jeffrey B. Littlefield, B.A.
Gary Thomas Lobdell, B.S., M.S., M.A.
Cinda B. Madonna, B.S.
Kevin Andrew Montgomery, B.A.
Eleazar Echezonachi Otiocha,
LL.B, B.L., LL.M.
Preston D. S. Parsons, B.A.
Diane Kimberly Pickell-Gore, B.A.
Lynn Marie Coggins Sanders, B.S., M.B.A.
Richard Henry Snyder, B.A.
Carol Leighann Walton, B.A.
Lori Ann Walton, B.A.
Elizabeth Jean Welch, B.A.

Degree of Doctor of Ministry
Ronald L. Dowling, Th.L., B.A., M.A.
Thesis: “Sharing in Christ’s Eternal Priesthood: A Project to Equip Laypersons to Share Fully the Responsibility of the Liturgical Life of a Parish Community.”

Lawrence Scott Hunter, B.A., M.Div.
Thesis: “Benedictine Spirituality and Formation of Lay People in Community in the Parish.”

Frank Denzil Sawyer, B.A., M.Div.
Thesis: “The Spiritual Life of Boys at an Episcopal School.”

The degrees Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy are conferred by The Graduate Theological Union in association with The Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

Degree of Master of Arts

Meng Hun Goh, B.A.
Thesis: “Did John the Baptist Fail to
Constantly Support Jesus?”

Martha Jane Jennings, B.A., M.A.
Thesis: “Figure and Light in the Works
of Fra Angelico and Mark Rothko.”

Julia Drew Wakelee-Lynch, A.B., M.Div.
Thesis: “Remembering Who We Are: A Bioethical Case Study through the Incarnational Lens of F. D. Maurice.

Aaron Jasper Welch, B.A.
Thesis: “Reinhold Niebuhr and Theology as Social Ethics: A Commitment to Action and Ambiguity.”

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Merrill Richard Stevens, B.A., J.D., M.Div.
Dissertation: “Burning for the Other: Semiotics of a Levinasian Theological Aesthetics in Light of Burning Man.”

Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters
Louie Crew, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., D.D., D.D.
David Toycen, B.A., M.Div., D.D.

Degree of Doctor of Divinity
Joan Butler Ford, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., M.Div.

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Borsch-Hull Reception Kicks Off Capital Campaign In Los Angeles

DAVID HARTZ is the CDSP Director of Development.

BY DAV I D H. HAR T Z
Director of Development

ON JUNE 5, 2004, Fred and Barbara Borsch and Norman and Susan Bade Hull, of Los Angeles, co-hosted a Los Angeles area reception to introduce guests to the Seminary’s Capital Campaign, Preserving Tradition—Building the Future.

Fred is a former CDSP Dean and President. Barbara ’91 is a co-chair of the Campaign and a current Trustee. Norman ’95 is the Rector at St. Marks in Van Nuys, CA and Susan runs her family’s construction business.

FRED BORSCH, MRS. JANICE RUSACK, DONN MORGAN and BARBARA BORSCH

President and Dean, Donn Morgan, discussed the exciting plans in Phase One of the Campaign—to renovate Easton Hall, creating a permanent ‘home’ for the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL), the seminary’s continuing education and church partnership program. Easton Hall, which at one time served as home to the Borsch family, will also provide modern guest facilities for conference attendees and other visitors to CDSP. Phase One of the Campaign includes retrofitting Gibbs Hall, CDSP’s original building in Berkeley which houses low cost guest rooms and meeting rooms for small conferences.

Additionally, the Capital Campaign will:

• endow faculty chairs in Old Testament, Liturgics, Liturgical Leadership, Church Music, and Homiletics
• establish the St. Margaret’s Chair for Women in Ministry, the first of its kind in an Episcopal seminary
• enhance and expand student scholarships
• support the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) with a Library Support Fund

Guests included alumni/ae John Hancock ’45, ’71, Roger Wood ’57, Charles Sacquety ’65, ’00, Hank ’76 and Mari Mitchell, and Lavette Teague ’79. Other distinguished guests included Mrs. Janice Rusack, the widow of the former Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles, Dr. John and Patricia Fricker (John is a CDSP Trustee) and Peter Haynes, the Rector of St. Michael and All Angels in Corona Del Mar.

The evening was marked by personal stories and fellowship. More receptions are planned on a regional basis to provide details of the vision and direction of Preserving Tradition—Building the Future.

For further information on the Capital Campaign, please contact Richard Felton, Vice President for Advancement at 510/204-0707.

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The Panama Project
Summer of 2004

Panama Project 2004: PETER SCHELL, LUCINDA ASHBY, SABETH FITZGIBBONS, and WALTER SMITH (Education Officer, Diocese of Panama)

THREE CDSP STUDENTS spent June 5-26, 2004, participating in the Panama Project. With the help of a generous donor, the Episcopal Diocese of Panama sponsors the Panama Project for Episcopal seminarians from the U.S. to learn through hands-on experiences about the church in Panama. The project began from John Kater’s contacts in Panama from his own work and ministry there, and continues to be administered by the Diocese of Panama’s Education Officer Walter Smith with the assistance of the Rev. Michael Dresbach ’00. This year all the participants were from CDSP. Lucinda Ashby ’04, Peter Schell ’06, and Sabeth Fitzgibbons ’06 talk here about their Panama experiences.

Why did you want to participate in the Panama Project?
SF: I wanted to participate for several reasons. As I learn more about the Episcopal Church in the US, I have a growing curiosity about how the church works and looks in other parts of the world, and this was a chance to learn about that through first-hand experience rather than books. I have never visited Latin America before. And I really wanted to be stretched, personally and in my ministry, to be present to people who are very different from me.

LA: I had heard John Kater talk about the Panama Project many times. Although I had been to Panama before, it was as a child and my visit was cursory. However, after participating in the Latino Ministry class, and talking with John about Panama, I felt that my experience of the church in Latin America (I had lived in Costa Rica and Peru) was limited; so if I were going to be an effective “person of mission” as a priest, I really needed to have the tools to build bridges adequately. Fortunately, my family and my parish agreed that this is very important to developing my ministry, and they all supported me in the Panama Project.

What surprised you about the Panama Project?
LA: I was amazed at the openness with which people shared their stories—both historical and spiritual aspects of their journey as Anglicans. The people whom I met had been through many painful experiences, both the US invasion of Panama in 1989, and the downsizing of departments and off-shoring of jobs with the banana companies. They were candid, I think, in telling me of the effects that both of these experiences, in particular, had on their lives.

SF: I was most surprised by what I would consider the hardships of every day life for many people in Panama, and the dramatic contrasts between nearly every facet of life as I know and expect it here in the US and life in Panama—from the personal poverty to crumbling roads, to the weather.

PS: What surprised me about Panama was a lot. Mostly, just how complicated life and social interactions are. Many, many small groups (and larger groups) all with their own mores and cultural norms, negotiating difficult economic situations, painful histories, intrusive foreign influence and their relationships with one another. This complexity was clear both at the local community level and on the national scale. Certainly, the same is true in the States, but in Panama, the scale is so much smaller, and the diversity so much denser that this complexity really shines out. Mostly it made my head spin and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around everything I saw.

What comparisons would you make between Anglicanism in the US and in Panama, as you understand it?
SF: The comparison that I would make about Anglicanism in the US and Panama is that it is my sense that the church in Panama is very much a colonial church. The people there are, for the most part, still living out (liturgically and culturally) the church as it was brought to them. In Panama, the people are just beginning to be empowered to understand living out a baptismal ministry. Not that the church in the US is making great strides in this direction, but we have introduced language about it.

LA: There was a distinctly different flavor of Anglicanism, I thought, with respect to the mission of the church as it is clearly communicated and lived in Panama. My impression is that the Panamanian church is strongly devoted to education and to social action. I did a little research and found out that the average person living in Panama has 6.7 years of formal education. Therefore, it was no surprise that among clergy and lay leaders, education is a high priority. The Diocese has well-developed programs in terms of providing education, both theological and otherwise, and supports every endeavor on the part of its people to become more educated. Second, while the US church has a stronger ability to articulate its mission, Anglicans in Panama are deeply devoted to social action—feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and healing the sick. The Anglican Church is part of an entire ecumenical effort to affect legislation that will provide for the needs of the broadest sector of the population. The Panamanian church seems liturgically very much a product of its colonial status, but it is a church that is dedicated to service in the community, and its lay leaders have a strong sense of mission.

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SeeCDSP!
Prospective Student Conference
November 12-14

Heavy equipment, and freshly poured concrete were much in evidence on campus this summer, completing the drainage system above the Refectory and classrooms.

Visitors are welcome any time of the year at CDSP. But this is something special. SeeCDSP! is the Prospective Student Conference being held jointly this year with the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS). The weekend features time with faculty, student panels, worship, detailed information about everything from housing to financial aid, from Field Education to student and community life. Also included are lodging and meals on campus with time to get to know the seminary and the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). A schedule outline is available. There will be shuttle service for all events taking place on the PLTS campus, and to San Francisco on Sunday.

Space is limited! Reservations may be made by emailing admissions@cdsp.edu, or calling Kathleen Crisp, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, at 510/204-0715.

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How Accreditation Affirms Us
BY LINDA CLADER
Dean of Academic Affairs

AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS of preparation, writing, consulting, hosting visiting teams and attending meetings, CDSP can report that our accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges has been renewed for ten years.

As the Accreditation Liaison Officer, and one of the chief authors of the long reports we had to compile, I will say candidly that this process was not a lot of fun. On more than one occasion, those of us most directly involved in accreditation were shaking our heads and wondering if“they” would ever be able to understand a) the Episcopal Church, or b) the GTU, or c) a school with only around 100 students and 12 faculty! The visiting team was mystified by things we at CDSP take for granted: 15 chapel services every week, a contextual approach to just about everything we do, the indirect and intuitive nature of the way Anglicans think. There were more than a few times when we wondered whether we could possibly translate our ideas into “their” language.

But eventually, it appears that they did understand. The areas they celebrated (e.g., our collaborative style of leadership, our strong academic program, fiscal responsibility, the amazing progress we have made in the Capital Campaign) were areas in which we take pride. The areas they identified for further work (e.g., increasing the racial/ethnic diversity of our community and offering better hospitality to that diversity, consistent and regular methods of assessment of educational effectiveness) were areas we agree continued to challenge us. In the end, we believe we were assessed for who we truly are.

The long process of review for reaccreditation involved not only many of us on campus—staff, students, and faculty—but also trustees, alumni/ae, and diocesan and parish representatives. Have you filled out a questionnaire and wondered what use would ever be made of it? Have you written an evaluation of the Field Education program and wondered if anyone ever read it? Have you made a pledge to the Capital Campaign and wondered if your modest offering made a difference? Documents and records like these were gathered along with the files and statistics we regularly keep here on campus—all went into providing the profile of CDSP that has now been affirmed.

Accreditation really has been a labor of the CDSP community in the broadest sense, and that whole community—you!—can rejoice not just in having “passed” a hurdle, but in having articulated a shared vision—the vision of a seminary that is already strong and healthy, and that is faithful to its mission to grow in wisdom and service to God and the church.

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CALL News
It’s CALL’s Tenth Year!
BY JOHN KATER
Professor of Ministry Development
Director, Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL)

SEPTEMBER WILL MARK CALL’s tenth year of programming! Building on CDSP’s Ministry Development program, CALL has been offering special events, conferences, online education opportunities and workshops to the church, while also providing an important meeting-point between the seminary and the wider church and the world we live in.

To commemorate our tenth year, CALL is offering a number of new or expanded programs that I want to share with Crossings readers.

CALL ONLINE. CALL’s online courses have been a mainstay of its programming since the beginning. This year, we will be offering a total of twenty-five courses. Some are of general interest; many form part of online series that are designed especially for people wishing to prepare for or strengthen their ministry skills. CALL’s Anglican Study Series already plays an important part in preparing people for ministry, literally around the world—two courses are offered each year in Spanish. We recently added a Pastoral Studies Series, designed as a resource for congregations in which clergy and laypeople share responsibility for pastoral care, for those preparing for ordained and lay ministry, and for clergy and laypersons who wish to explore current ideas on how the Church offers care to its members.

New this year is a series of courses on Congregational Leadership, to help provide the practical skills to all clergy and laypersons called to serve as leaders in their congregation, whatever its size, location or structure. Courses will address issues such as training for new vestry members, change theory, conflict resolution, congregational discernment, working with volunteers, and conducting effective meetings

We are also beginning a two-year sequence of courses called Celebrating the New Community. The “New community” we celebrate in offering these courses is the Church as it is meant to be: a community of people brought together “from every kindred and language and people and nation,” all proudly offering their heritage and gifts to make up a church in which we are all truly “one in Christ Jesus.” These courses will examine the sometimes painful, always important stories of how the Episcopal Church has been nourished and enriched by the Native American, African American, Latin American and Asian American communities. In doing so, each will help us to celebrate the “new community” we have in Christ.

CALL ON THE PENINSULA. Next year CALL will be offering a new series of programs designed especially for congregations “on the Peninsula”—that part of the Bay Area that is separated by the Bay from Berkeley and CDSP.

CALL ON THE PENINSULA is designed with the assumption that questions are every bit as important as answers; that the expressions of spiritual search we meet in popular culture can be as good a place to begin as the pages of the Bible; and that the Church is a setting where the spiritual resources of centuries and our everyday longing for meaning and faith can come together. The overall theme for fall programming is Searching for God in the World We Live In, while the spring programs will respond to the question, Does what you believe make a difference in the way you live? In the course of the year, four Saturday morning programs will be offered at St. Bede’s Church in Menlo Park by CDSP’s President and Dean Donn Morgan and faculty members John Kater and Bill Countryman. Those programs will be complemented by online courses taught by Kelly Kirby, a CDSP alum with a special interest in spirituality and pop culture, and John Kater, who teaches ethics at CDSP. The online courses will be available to all, not limited to the Peninsula.

EPIPHANY WEST 2005. CALL’s Epiphany West conferences are another mainstay of its programming, but this year is special—our faculty presenter is Donn Morgan, CDSP’s President and Dean. The title of this year’s conference, scheduled for January 27-29, is TRUTH AND DIALOGUE: FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? Biblical Diversity in the Anglican Communion. The conference will be preceded by a choice of classes on January 25 and 26. Donn Morgan will be joined by presenters Fredrica Thompsett, Professor of Historical Theology at the Episcopal Divinity School; Richard Jones, Professor of Mission and World Religions at the Virginia Theological Seminary; and Paul Zahl, President and Dean at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA. The range of interests and perspectives represented by this year’s presenters, and our commitment to create an environment of mutual respect and dialogue for honoring differences of opinion, promises a rich and positive experience.

You can find more information and opportunities to register for these and many other CALL offerings in CALL’s new catalog, or by contacting the CALL office at 510-204-0720.

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Faculty News
BY LINDA CLADER
Dean of Academic Affairs

Linda Clader spent the summer mostly doing deanish things like annual reviews of about 12 faculty and three staff, facilitating the arrival of two new faculty members, preparing to begin searches for two more next year, filing the mountains of materials that had been produced for the accreditation process, and helping prepare for new student orientation and the annual faculty retreat. In the gaps, she preached at Lucinda Ashby’s ordination to the priesthood, wrote a short piece on “Water” for The Living Pulpit, and prepared a presentation for the Academy of Homiletics. As this issue goes to press, she is just returning from a “real” vacation in British Columbia.

John Kater was a speaker at the annual conference of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry held in San Francisco June 17-21; he led the Parish Retreat for Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester, Virginia; and he continued his research on ministry in the Anglican tradition at St. Deiniol’s Research Library in Hawarden, Wales.

Lizette Larson-Miller began the summer by spending a few days with the Rectors of Large Parishes gathering at CDSP as their chaplain, wrote an article on “Symbols and Vestments in Ordination Rites” for the IALC collection of articles on Anglican Ordination Rites; substantially re-wrote an article on memorials and shrines for Liturgia Condenda (a Dutch liturgy journal), began research on a third article on feminist liturgical theology and radical orthodoxy, cleaned her office, played with her kids, went sea-kayaking, and enjoyed being a parish priest in San Francisco. In addition she began language studies in Arabic as preparation for a trip to Jerusalem in January (2005), will be part of the Luce Fellows Conference in Pittsburgh in November 2004, and has been invited to be part of a liturgical theology conference (The Place of Christ in Liturgical Prayer: Christology, Trinity, and Liturgical Theology) hosted by the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University.

Rebecca Lyman is preparing for a clergy conference for the Diocese of Pennsylvania in November; she also is editing The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Christianity.

Russell Moy attended a workshop on “Africa in the Bible” at the Province VIII convocation in Salt Lake City June 4-7. He addressed the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM) annual meeting, held June 17-21 in San Francisco. The topic was “Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites.” Russell attended the conference “Pacific and Asian American Religions Crossings 12 Summer/Fall 2004 and Empires” sponsored by APARRI in Chicago on August 5-7.

During the early part of June, Louis Weil lectured at the continuing education conference which the Virginia Seminary offers each summer. He and the other faculty, Kate Sonderegger and Rya Glover, structured the program on the liturgy and theology of the Triduum of Holy Week. The participants were alumni of the majority of the Episcopal seminaries, and the nine-day conference was very fruitful. Having determined to spend as much of the summer at home as possible, the only other travel for Louis was a trip to Southern California to attend a meeting of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. Most of his time at that meeting was spent in sub-committee work on questions related to the multiplication of commemorations kept as “Lesser Feasts and Fasts.” The committee is weighing a variety of approaches that would permit a full list of commemorations without implying necessarily that all of these would be observed in any one parish or even in one diocese with a full liturgical celebration. Louis notes that the Roman Church has dealt with its very overloaded calendar by restricting some commemorations to relevant local situations.

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