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APRIL 2010

Haiti Supported
M e ss a g e f r om o u r with Outreach and Prayer
President by The Rev Richard A. Lord

Dear Friends,
As I write this letter we have celebrated the
resurrection with its message of new life, hope
and love. The preparatory season of Lent was a
time when we explored our faith more deeply
by practicing the ancient disciplines of prayer,
fasting, almsgiving and reading and meditating
on Holy Scripture and recommitting ourselves
as disciples of Jesus Christ, our Lord. May this
holy season of Easter bring fresh strength and
joy in the proclamation of the Gospel message. The devastation of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.
The devastating earthquake which struck
Haiti has left hundreds of thousands homeless
and millions with their lives in tatters. We M oved by the scenes of devastation and hardship following in
have watched as the world media has given the wake of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on January
us images of deprivation forever seared in our 12, Anglicans from all corners of the globe have been responding
minds. The response of some many has been with compassion and generosity to assist those most impacted by
swift and effective. What the media does not the disaster. It is estimated that one in three Haitians were affected
by the quake, roughly three million people.
show is the devastation of the church in Haiti.
Bishop J. Zaché Duraçin, whom I have known Church leaders, from the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan
Williams to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Episcopal
for more than a decade, leads a diocese in
Church to Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of
ruins. His cathedral church, theological semi-
Southern Africa, and Bishop Philip Poole, Compass Rose Society
nary, convent, churches and Bishop’s residence
President, urged a generous and immediate response combined
are all destroyed. I hope that the Compass
with solidarity in prayer.
Rose Society will help Bishop Zaché rebuild
Episcopal Relief & Development President Rob Radtke has
his church so that the
stated that the agency has been overwhelmed by how Anglicans
creative, effective and
and Episcopalians throughout the world are willing to respond.
innovation ministry they
“These sacrificial gifts are a testament to our church in action,
undertake in the name of
reaching out collectively to those in need in Haiti,” said Abagail
the Lord can once more
Nelson, the agency’s senior vice president for programs. “Many
flourish. I am thrilled that
Anglican provinces are facing their own challenges or disasters
Bishop Zaché will be our
and yet they are committed to supporting the people of Haiti at this
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difficult time. It’s a sign of great solidarity throughout our
church in times of trouble.”
In a recent Lenten reflection, Jean Zaché Duracin, the
Bishop of Haiti writes:
January 12 was a terrible day for the Haitian people.
The earthquake left not a soul untouched. There is not a
single family that did not lose a close friend or member:
Mothers, fathers, and siblings, in some cases entire families
disappeared. As for resources, we have next to nothing.
The wreckage is beyond imagination.
However, this situation delivers us into faith. I look
at this as a baptism. We who are still alive have had the
blessing of survival, but in many ways we have died to the
ways of the past. We have the opportunity to rise up and
start anew. In this moment of grief and mourning, life must
continue.

hope haiti
It is natural to question, but we hold on in faith to God
– God who is always good, the God of infinite compassion.
That we were struck by this tragedy does not mean God
is not with us. He is here. We must always remember that
God lives in this world. There is pain, but there is also joy.
He gives us assurance not of the life that ends, but the life for
that is eternal.
Dioceses, parishes, and individual members of the
Compass Rose Society are standing with the people and
the Diocese of Haiti both in terms of monetary contribu-
tions and in exploration of how best to be partners in the
relief and rebuilding efforts over the months to come.
Volunteer relief workers in the near future will more likely
be a burden than a help to those on the ground, and run
the risk of hindering current humanitarian efforts. Bishop
Duracin has requested that dioceses postpone parish
mission trips to Haiti until such time as the Diocese of
Haiti determines they are ready for us to come. They
will need us to come. The only question is when.

• F or those in the UK who wish to donate to Christian


Aid’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal,
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/

• F or those in the United States who wish to donate


through Episcopal Relief and Development,
http://www.er-d.org/

• F or those in Canada who wish to donate through


The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund,
http://www.pwrdf.org/

• B
 ilingual website for the Diocese of Haiti
http://www.egliseepiscopaledhaiti.org/

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All Points on the Compass: imminent arrival of thousands fleeing their devastated

“…to go and do likewise”


communities. Our small band of mission workers, cut
off from telephone contact with the States, needed to be
By Jeri Wells, CRS Member
evacuated. I eventually learned that my wife Della, after
first hearing the news and receiving some fragmentary word
that we were out of harm’s way, immediately set about her
For years I have sat in the congregation at All Saints’ Episcopal work: contributing money to the ERD, passing
Episcopal Church and watched the processional banners the word to members of the CRS that this island community
paraded in by the acolytes. For the most part I have admired and our mission group needed its immediate prayers, and
the pageantry without giving much thought to the imagery, working with CRS board member Jan Cope in Washington
including that mitre-topped compass. All that began to to help identify possible resources that could arrange an
change when my wife Della was fortunate enough to attend evacuation. By the time patchy phone service was restored,
the 2008 Compass Rose Society meeting in Canterbury and I learned that family and friends in Atlanta had found some
the subsequent mission trip to Cyprus; I joined the group in pilots who could land on the tiny island air strip, but
London this past fall. That meeting and the mission trip to secretly I suspected that Jan had worked the government
Malawi were for both of us life-changing events. Now the back channels to send in the Special Ops extrication
CRS banner at All Saints has not only intellectual meaning experts. We’ll never know!
but also deep personal meaning. We are more invested But this I do know. The mission of the CRS has encour-
members in the Worldwide Anglican Communion. aged us to look out along the many rays of the compass
But that meaning became even more personal three and “to go and do likewise” (Luke 10:37). I also know
months later when I made a different sort of pilgrimage, this that those vectors work in both directions, that prayers
time to Haiti. On January 8, I joined a group of Atlantans from throughout that Communion also focus inward on
headed to the island of La Gonave, for one of the mission immediate problems. CSR members from England, Cana-
trips sponsored by the La Gonave Partnership, a consortium da, the U.S., and countries as far flung as Uruguay collect
of southern churches who support numerous educational their energy, prayers and resources to effect positive change
and medical ministries under the auspices of the Episcopal in the name of Jesus Christ. Tonight we gather in our home
Church in Haiti, all coordinated by Pere Soner Alexander, to welcome Bishop Philip Poole and other CSR board
the Episcopal priest in charge on this island of 100,000. members as we attempt to generate interest in an Atlanta
My reason for attending was partly professional. The school chapter and thus add one more ray to the collective impact
where I work, the Westminster Schools, was developing a of the Compass Rose Society.
service learning course in science and public health that
focuses on safe potable water, an increasingly challenged
resource in the developing world, especially water-starved
places La Gonave. But my trip was also personal, for I
was returning for the first time in 40 years to a country
that my father has served throughout his professional life
as a volunteer surgeon at L’Hopital Albert Schweitzer. My
CRS experience in Malawi had awakened and invigorated
a commitment to apply whatever skills I could offer as an
educator to support the people of these communities whose
needs are so profound.
Four days later, however, the nature of our work on La
Gonave was transformed by the massive earthquake that
wrought so much damage on the Port au Prince area, only
a few dozen miles away. While our island community was
spared the worst, the numerous family links to Port au
Photos courtesy of http://www.episcopal-life.org/.
Prince meant both tragic news of lost loved ones and the

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CRS Attends Annual Meeting
of the Consortium of
Endowed Episcopal Parishes
By Norris Battin, CRS Board Member

During the last week in February, members of the


Compass Rose Society’s communication committee
attended the annual meeting of The Consortium of
Endowed Episcopal Parishes held this year in Austin,
Texas. Several CRS members who are also Consortium
members also attended.
A group of about 100 parishes founded 25 years
ago, the Consortium, “inspires its member parishes to
be leading voices in proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and powerful catalysts for Christian witness and
social justice in the Episcopal Church and the world.”
It strives to be, “a dynamic national network of endowed
Episcopal parishes bringing together lay and clergy
leaders for dialogue, discernment, education and
collaboration.”
The Consortium generously donated exhibit space
to CRS in this, our first year attending their meeting
and we are most grateful to them. We distributed the
two most recent issues of The Communicator, a brochure
describing CRS and our membership requirements, and
five prayer cards that underscore the our commitment to
mission work throughout the Anglican Communion.
In addition to discussing the value of membership
in CRS, our representatives were also invited to attend
the plenary sessions and workshops offered at the meet-
ing. We heard addresses from, among others, religion
scholar and author Diana Butler Bass and radio journalist
Christa Tippet. The Rt. Rev. James Tengantenga, Chair of
the Anglican Consultative Council (shown above with
CRS member The Very Rev. Sam Candler), was the
homilist at Thursday’s Eucharist.
A valuable series of workshops on contemporary
communications attended by CRS members covered
website development and “the new media”, a session
lead by the director of communication for the Episcopal
Church, Anne Rudig.
We are also most grateful to The Rev. Dr. Barney
Hawkins, vice president for institutional advancement
and associate dean for the center for Anglican studies at Rt Rev James Tengantenga and Rev Sam Candler (top);
Rev Marek Zabriski and CEEP participant; bottom Board members,
Virginia Theological Seminary for hosting us at a dinner Norris Battin and Connie Gray.
for VTS alumni and friends.

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AC Appoints
Communion Structures New Communication Director
Alliance of Anglican Relief and
Development Agencies
By Revd Canon Dr Kenneth Kearon
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon is pleased to announce the
appointment of Jan Butter as the Communion’s new
Director for Communications.
Members of Compass Rose Society who attended the Jan comes to the Anglican Communion Office after
Annual meeting in London last year will know of a major more than eight years at one of the world’s largest relief,
initiative in the Communion in the field of Relief and development and advocacy organisations World Vision.
Most recently he was Head of Global Advocacy Commu-
Development.
nications for World Vision’s international office. Previously
Much of this relief and development work is done by
he spent several years working at the organisation’s UN
the churches of the Anglican Communion by enabling the Liaison Office in New York, and at its offices in Sri Lanka
funding of major projects which respond to disasters and and the UK. He was a journalist for several newspapers
through the long term programmatic work of fighting including the Western Mail in Cardiff, Wales.
poverty and disease, and enabling education and health “The Anglican Communion is a wealth of inspiring
care. In most parts of the world the Church is the most and exciting stories crying out to be shared,” said Canon
effective organisation on the ground for delivering such aid. Kearon. “Jan’s experience of strategic thinking and global
At the Lambeth Conference the bishops proposed communications will prove invaluable in enabling the
Communion to shine a light on the very best Anglicanism
that this work be enhanced by the development of an
has to offer.”
international Alliance of Anglican Relief and Development
agencies, networks and departments bearing witness to Jan, who is married to Jennifer, lives in Oxfordshire
with their two children.
the Good News of the Kingdom of God. By working in
partnership with others, this Alliance will work with others
who share a common vision for justice and peace among New Communications Lead
all peoples to overcome inequality and injustice through
prayer, relief, development and advocacy.
The proposal was supported by the Primates’ meeting N orris Battin, CRS Board member, has assumed
and by the Anglican Consultative Council, and a planning responsibility for the leadership of Communications on
group has been appointed. Since the Compass Rose Soci- the CRS Board effective March 2010. We want to thank
ety meeting last autumn, when initial plans were outlined, Connie Gray for her tremendous work in this role and
look forward to her ongoing support of the committee.
the concept has been sent for consultation throughout the
Norris will continue to work with the Communications
Communion, and responses, mainly positive, are coming in
Committee including Sonja Krastman, Beverley Wood,
from all areas.
Rick Lord, Connie Gray and Terry Noble. The focus of
Through advocacy, better planning and strategies, the the Committee at this point is outreach. In the last couple
Alliance will be able to increase even more the effective- of years we have reflected on our our vision for CRS and
ness of the Communion’s vital work in this area. Funding refreshed our material - both printed, web and other
is being sought and a basic staff will be appointed in the social media including Facebook and Twitter, with which
next few months. to share the mission of the Compass Rose Society. The
Board has also established regional coordinators and are
The Anglican Relief and Development Alliance does not
currently working to support their outreach efforts. You
seek to reinvent the wheel when it comes to development,
may email Norris Battin with any questions or suggestions
but rather to add value where it can. Do please keep this
at commmunications@compassrosesociety.org.
important initiative in your prayers as it unfolds in the
months to come, and watch for news of its launch.

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Message from our President
continued from page 1
W e lcom e
to new members:
speaker at the annual meeting in London. The church is an
important sign of hope and needs to be strong if it is going
to help Haitians deal with the massive devastation of their Dr. and Mrs.
beautiful country. Please help them rebuild. James C. Jamison
I have been advised that the Theological Education (Jim & Pat)
Advisory Committee (TEAC) has requested once again that Jacksonville, FL
we help provide theological textbooks to those seminaries
which have requested them. The CRS has already donated
some thirty sets and is now being asked to purchase an
additional twenty. For $1,500.00 these texts can be
purchased and shipped. The Archbishop of Canterbury Della Wager
is particularly keen to raise the standards for theological and Jere Wells
education for clergy, lay people and bishops throughout Atlanta, GA
the Communion. Perhaps you can help that happen.
Archbishop and Mrs. Williams have invited the Society
to a dinner in their historic Lambeth Palace home on
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010. The Annual meeting

will be on September 7th and 8th. The Secretary General

is welcoming us to accompany him to Paris to explore our Thomas and
church in that place immediately following the Annual Raguet Hall
Meeting. We hope to have a mission trip to Brazil in the first Dallas, TX
half of 2011 and will advise as soon as those dates are firm.
I do hope you will be able to respond to some or all, of
these opportunities.
I am very grateful to you for your support of the ministry
of our Anglican brothers and sisters in the Anglican World
through your prayers and generosity. This past year or so Dr. and Mrs.
has been economically difficult for so many of us but you James W. Dyer
have not neglected the ministry of the church and for that (Jim & Ann)
I am profoundly grateful. Jacksonville, FL
As we move though the season of Easter may the
blessings of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit remain
with you always.

Blessings,
Mr. and Mrs.
Bishop Philip Poole
Gil Pomar
(Nancy and Gil)
Jacksonville, FL

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2010 AGM to be followed in the Society or details of the meeting, please contact Terry

by Paris Study Tour


Noble or use the contact form on the Compass Rose website:
http://www.compassrosesociety.org/contactus.shtml
Note: A mission trip to a location in South America is under consideration
for Spring of 2011.

We are please to announce the details of the next Annual


General Meeting (AGM) and study tour. The AGM will be
CRS Calendar of Events
held September 7 and 8 in London. The Right Reverend
Jean Zache Duracin, Bishop of Haiti, will address the
Annual General Meeting at St. Andrew’s House in London.
The meeting, as always, will be a day and a half, culminating
with a private audience with Archbishop Rowan Williams
at Lambeth Palace followed by dinner. The evening will
conclude with a service of Compline in the Lambeth
Palace chapel.
After the AGM, a study trip to Paris to the Convocation
of Episcopal Churches in Europe will begin on September
9th and conclude September 13th. Bishop Duracin will
accompany members of the trip which will be hosted by
Bishop Pierre Whalon in Paris, France. Bishop Whalon is the Lambeth Palace chapel
Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
Bishop Whalon is originally from Newport, Rhode Event Description Dates
Island. He received his Baccalauréat philosophie, in Caen,
Board meeting – Hong Kong April 28 -29
France in 1972 and took a Bachelor of Music degree from
Boston University in 1974. He was awarded the Diplôme AGM Board Meeting September 6
(Board Only)
supérieur, Harmonie et Contrepoint, from the Schola of
Sacred Music from Duquesne University in 1981. He is a AGM begins September 7
graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, earning the AGM continues; September 8
Master of Divinity degree, cum laude, in 1985. Bishop Dinner at Lambeth Palace
Whalon was ordained Deacon in June 1985 and Priest in
Study Trip - Paris September 9 - 13
December 1985. From 1985 to 1991, he was Rector of All
Souls, in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. He then served as
rector of St Paul’s, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, from 1991 to
1993. His last parish position was serving as rector of St
Andrew’s Church and School in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was
elected Bishop of the Convocation of American Churches
in Europe in June 2001 (since renamed the Convocation of
Episcopal Churches in Europe) and consecrated in Rome,
November 2001, at St Paul’s-within-the-Walls.
To learn more about Bishop Whalon and his ministries,
please visit the following websites.
http://www.tec-europe.org/bishop/index.html
http://web.mac.com/pwhalon/Bp_Pierre_Site/Blog/Blog.html

This trip leaves September 9 and will return to London


on September 13th. More detailed information will be sent
to CRS members soon. We look forward to an enthusiastic
turnout. Letters and booking forms for the meeting should be The American Cathedral, The Dean’s Garden
in the mail shortly. If you have questions about membership

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Regional Coordinators
Regional Coordinators are an integral part of the education and outreach of the Compass Rose
Society. If you want additional information or would like to host an educational, membership
outreach session in your parish, please contact your local regional coordinator.

Canada Terry Finlay thefinlays2@sympatico.ca


Far East Joey Fan joey.fan@internad.hk
Northeastern U.S. George Councell gcouncell@newjersey.anglican.org Capital Region Connie Gray cgray@triad.rr.com
Northwestern U.S Marshall McReal marshalmcreal@hotmail.com & Jan Naylor Cope jancope@starpower.net
& Rick Lord rlord@holycomforter.com
Far Western U.S. Jon Bruno jonbruno@ladiocese.org
& Norris Battin nbattin@gmail.com Texas Janie Stevens jstevens@epicenter.org
Florida Bob Foltz robert.foltz@ahss.org Midwestern U.S. pending
Georgia John Rogers rogers@atlanticnationalbank.com Australia and NZ Victoria Matthews Bishop@chch.ang.org.nz
Other Southern States Sam Candler scandler@stphilipscathedral.org Rest of the World Elliott Holman eholman@palmettoinsurance.com

The
The Compass Rose
Compass Rose Society Operating Summary
Society We Invite You to Join Us...
Operating Summary
Periods Ended
December 31, 2009 December 31, 2008
Chapter Groups, Parish and Diocesan Groups and individual Members.
INCOME STATEMENT Annual London/Canterbury Meeting Mission Trips
INCOME
Existing Members' Contributions $190,825 $233,048
www.anglicancommunion.org • www.compassrosesociety.org
New Members' Contributions $43,736 $131,827 If you would like more information please email Bishop Poole at
Member Advised Gifts $54,978 $45,861
Other $0 $11,495
philip.poole@compassrosesociety.org.
TOTAL $289,540 $422,232 As part of our ongoing effort to improve communications we would
like to update our files to better understand who has email and would be
DONATIONS willing to receive the Compass Rose Communicator via email, helping to
Anglican Consultative Council $202,993 $299,081
Member Advised Donations $55,411 $54,164
reduce postage costs. If email is your preferred method of receiving the
Other $20,000 $6,000 Communicator and other Compass Rose Society material, please email:
TOTAL $278,404 $359,245 terry.noble@compassrosesociety.org
EXPENSES $53,360 $41,315 Links of Interest:
NET OPERATING EARNINGS ($42,224) $21,672
The Archbishop of Canterbury: www.archbishopofcanterbury.org
The Compass Rose Society: www.compassrosesociety.org
The Anglican Communion: www.anglicancommunion.org
BALANCE SHEET
Episcopal Life Online: www.episcopalchurch.org
Cash $45,959 $88,109
Other Assets $3,400 $10,000 Anglicans Online: http://anglicansonline.org
Liabilities ($22,400) ($28,765) Save Canterbury Cathedral: www.savecanterburycathedral.com
NET ASSETS $26,959 $69,344 Rev. Rick Lord’s blog “World of Your Making”: www.ricklord.org

Mission PartnerS:
Diocese of Southern Malawi:  www.angsoma.org.mw/
Diocese of Jerusalem: www.j-diocese.org/
Diocese of the Highveld:  www.diocesehighveld.org.za/
Dear members, La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico:  www.iglesiaanglicanademexico.org/
In these difficult times I think it is particularly im-
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portant that we all prayerfully consider our ability to give
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to contribute to.
The Compass Rose Society:
Please use the included response card and envelope Supporting the global ministry of the
for your contribution or pledge. Thank you for your Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican Communion.

ongoing commitment to our worldwide Anglican THE COMMUNICATOR:


An occasional newsletter of the international Compass Rose Society.
Communion and to ministry in our Lord’s name.
April 2010:
Bishop Philip Poole Norris Battin, Communications Committee Chair
Sonja Krastman, Advisor
President, The Compass Rose Society

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