MSJ General Synod Pictures

A few pictures from the recent (Oct.16-19) Missionary Society Synod in Liberty, KY.

Newly Vowed Missioners

From left to right above: Ron Berglund, Ann Dunklau, Mary Dougherty, Annie Berglund, The Rt. Rev. Frederick Fick – Father General of the MSJ, Rev. Kenneth Bieber and Diane Bieber.

At the recent General Synod of the Missionary Society of Saint John (Oct 16-19), six individuals committed their lives and made vows to proclaim the Good News that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting man’s sins against them” (2 Cor. 5:19) and to live that Gospel in their daily lives.

They were joyfully welcomed as brother and sister missioners of the MSJ.

"I, ________________, in the presence of God and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist, all the saints, and this company here present, do vow my life and my service to Christ within the calling and charism of the Missionary Society of St. John the Evangelist. Amen."

Missionary Society of Saint John 2013 Assembly

                                                       Bishop Frederick Fick, MSJ Father General 

                                                                                   addresses the Assembly

The Missionary Society of St. John the Evangelist met in Assembly October 16-19, 2013. Hosted by Christ the King Anglican Church in Liberty, KY, Missioners spent time in worship, study, work of the Society and wonderful fellowship.

Over fifty missioners from MI, OH, KY, IL and TX enjoyed the wonderful Fall colors of South Central KY and the warm hospitality of Fr. Robert Lemmon, MSJ, his wife Mary and the people of Christ the King.

Six individuals committed their lives and made vows to proclaim the Good News that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting man’s sins against them” (2 Cor. 5:19) and to live that Gospel in their daily lives. They were joyfully welcomed as brother and sister missioners of the MSJ.

Humility

As shared by The Rt. Rev. Frederick Fick, Father General, Missionary Society of St. John during the MSJ gathering - Oct. 17-19, 2013:

“Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.” 
― Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray - Writer

Andrew Murray was a South African writer, teacher, and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church." Born: May 9, 1828, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa 

Died: January 18, 1917, Wellington, South Africa  

Education: University of Aberdeen,Utrecht University

Who is an Anglo-Catholic:

 

From September 27, 2008 –

The Diocese of the Holy Cross has always intended to be a part of the golden thread that keeps traditional Anglicans together and at the table. We pledge that we will never compromise on the ‘three legged’ stool of our Anglican inheritance: Orthodox Liturgy, Catholic Order and New Covenant morality. We are ever mindful of the prophecy that we shall ‘build the old waste places…raise up the foundations of many generations, and be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.’ We revere the memory and invoke the blessing of our ancestors who grace the history of our Movement: the saints of the British Isles, the Non-Jurors, the Caroline Divines and the men and women of the Oxford Movement, all of whom inspire us to fight the good fight. We work and pray for an honorable and godly way forward that will reveal the essential unity of the Church, such that Anglicans will have a distinct and vital place. We desire that the Bride of Christ, breathing harmoniously with the lungs of both East and West, speaking in a powerful and Spirit-filled voice, led by apostolically-minded men of conviction and sustained by the sacramental life, is once again triumphantly evangelical about the Gospel and radically charitable about non-essentials. No Surrender, No Desertion.”

The Very Rev. Craig E. Young, SSC, of blessed memory (+2009).