Ordinations 13th to 15th of May 2022
by Silke Chatfield
The four new priests:
From left to right: Rev Robert Bower (USA), Rev Nigel Lumsden (Great Britain), Rev Damien Gilroy (Australia) and Erica Maclennan (Canada)
Last week we all came together to celebrate the Ordinations of four new priests. What a truly inspiring event it was!
People from far and near gave their willing hands and time to prepare for this weekend, from sorting out accommodation to setting up tables and chairs. It was community building in action! Much was helped by the warm sunshine, the leaves and flowers that suddenly burst forth with vigour.
Marquee outside in the Garden
It was very heart-warming and inspiring to witness the Ordination of our student colleagues to take on this task of becoming priests and shepherds of souls, the serious and solemn vow to work from Christ and with the help of the Higher Beings to guide people in becoming and growing into true human beings . And this journey started by stepping into the Seminary and saying yes to being shaped by the directors and life itself!
The Erzoberlenker Rev Joao Torunsky (middle) congratulating the new priests.
The directors of the Seminary Rev Patrick Kennedy and Rev Jonah Evans gifting a “Bag of Tools for the Way”, one of which is a journal for prayer.
The church and seminary became a meeting point of the Leadership of the Christian Community, of priests from as far away as Australia, Peru, the USA, of families and friends and of members of the congregation in Toronto. An endless supply of good food and coffee and the warm weather made conversations and talks even more inviting.
Last years’ ordained priests presenting a song.
We wish these four new priests well, as they leave the sanctuary of the Seminary and step out into the life in their own congregations.
Priests and Leadership present at the Ordinations
Our Author:
Silke Chatfield grew up in East Berlin and currently lives in Bristol, UK.She has worked in Camphill, in England as well as Germany. She is married and has seven children, who where all homeschooled. Silke has begun studies in the “Knowing Christ” program ithe Seminary in Toronto.
This is a blog entry by The Seminary of the Christian Community in North America. These are posted weekly by the student editorial team of Marc Delannoy and Silke Chatfield. For more information about our seminary, see the website: www.christiancommunityseminary.ca and for even more weekly podcast and video content check out the Seminary’s Patreon page: www.patreon.com/ccseminary/posts.
