International Anglican-Roman Catholic - Ukrainian Catholic Conference on the Diaconate
May 2018
See the Articles section for some commentary on our published work, The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective
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Gone to Glory!
Gone to Glory!
The Very Rev. Mike Sinclair, Dean of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Regina has shared the profoundly sad news that the Reverend Deacon Canon Michael Jackson, the longest serving deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) died on November 22, 2022.
Anglican Deacons Canada extends our deepest condolences to his family, his church family at St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Regina, Saskatchewan, the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle, and all who mourn his loss.
Ordained in 1977, Canon Michael Jackson served with distinction for forty-five years, continuing to contribute in significant ways to the very end of his life. In 2018 he coordinated an International Anglican-Roman Catholic & Ukranian Catholic Conference on the diaconate held at Campion College at the University of Regina and edited a book based on that conference which was published in 2019 by Sacristy Press, Durham, UK: The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective. In 2021 Canon Jackson was awarded the Honourary degree of Doctor of Divinity by College of Emmanuel and St. Chad in Saskatoon. At the time of his death he was one of four deacons representing each of the ecclesiastical provinces serving on Faith, Worship and Ministry's Ordinal Review Taskforce, a group charged with updating the ordination services in the ACC's Book of Alternative Services. He is pictured here on the August night in 2017 that Anglican Deacons Canada awarded him its own Maylanne Maybee award, an award recognizing Canadian Anglican Deacons for their outstanding service.
His loss will be keenly felt by many deacons across Canada and by the whole church. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!
You may click here to learn more about this man who was such a blessing to many.
Anglican Diocese of Qu'Apelle
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina
The fruits of the conference: The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective:
Christian Churches, East and West, especially in the past fifty years, have revived the diaconate as a permanent form of ordained ministry rather than a brief stage on the way to the presbyterate. These essays examine this development from the perspectives of history, theology and practice, showing ecumenical convergence on the renewal of an ancient order. Contributors from Anglican, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist perspectives explore and emphasize the relevance and potential of deacons for the Church today. As well as significant differences, there is much common ground between the traditions. The essays explore subjects such as the retention of the transitional diaconate, women deacons, and the prophetic ministry of the diaconate, as well as the liturgical role of the deacon.
Click the image to the right for the publisher's site at Sacristy Press.
Click here for a recent blog from sacristy press about the book.
This conference was co-sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of Qu’Appelle and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, through their joint Anglican-Roman Catholic Covenant Implementation Committee (ARCCIC).
The venue was Campion College, a Jesuit affiliated college in the University of Regina.
The conference was…
Primarily academic in nature: a conference about the diaconate, reflecting recent scholarship, rather than a gathering of deacons – although, as hoped, many deacons attended.
An Anglican-Roman Catholic-Ukrainian Catholic conference, looking at the points of convergence as well as divergence of our two Communions, in the context of the world-wide Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue (ARCIC) given renewed impetus by Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury.
The conference co-chair, Archbishop Donald Bolen, is also co-chair of the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM). It held major events in Canterbury and Rome in October 2016; Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin participated in the event in Rome.
Speakers
Speakers
Anglican/Episcopal
Anglican Church of Canada:
Deacon Maylanne Maybee, former principal, Institute of Christian Studies, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canon Michael Jackson, deacon, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Regina; canon, Diocese of Qu’Appelle
Church of England: Canon Rosalind Brown, Canon Librarian at Durham Cathedral
Episcopal Church in the USA: Deacon Josephine Borgeson, School for Deacons, Berkeley, California
Deacon Susanne Watson Epting, Diocese of Iowa, former Director of the Association for Episcopal Deacons
Scottish Episcopal Church: Canon Alison Peden, Provincial Director of Ordinands, Edinburgh
Roman Catholic/Ukrainian Greco-Catholic
Canada: Sub-Deacon Brian A. Butcher, assistant professor of theology, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto
Deacon George Newman, Diocese of St. Catharines, Ontario; director of deacon programs, Newman Theological College, Edmonton
Dr. Brett Salkeld, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan; archdiocesan theologian and director of diaconal formation
United States: Deacon Frederick Bauerschmidt, professor of theology at Loyola University, Maryland, Archdiocese of Baltimore
Topics
Topics
· The Theological Basis of the Diaconate
· The Conundrum of the Transitional Diaconate
· Women and the Diaconate
· The Diaconate as Ecumenical Opportunity
· The Diaconate in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches
· The Prophetic Ministry of the Deacon
· The Deacon in the Worshipping Community
· Diaconal Formation
· Diaconal Relationships
2018 is the 50th anniversary of the renewal of the Roman Catholic diaconate in the United States, following the motu proprio of Pope Paul VI in 1967, Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem. The 1968 Lambeth Conference, the world-wide gathering of Anglican bishops every ten years, took a strong stand in favour of the distinctive diaconate. The Episcopal Church in the USA was the first to implement this vision in the early 1970s, followed later in the decade by the Anglican Church of Canada. With respect to the diaconate, Anglicans owe a lot to Vatican II and Paul VI – all the more reason for this conference!
Conference Officers
Conference Officers
Co-Chairs: The Most Reverend Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina
The Right Reverend Robert Hardwick, Bishop of Qu’Appelle
Conference Secretary: Canon Michael Jackson, Deacon, Diocese of Qu’Appelle
Committee Members: Dr. Brett Salkeld, Archdiocesan Theologian & Director of Diaconal Formation,
Archdiocese of Regina
Deacon Joe Lang, Archdiocese of Regina, Consultant for the Regina Catholic School Division #8
Canon Susan Page, Deacon, Diocese of Qu’Appelle, and past president, Association of Anglican Deacons in Canada
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