CROSSROADS - St. Catherine's - Stuttgart

CROSSROADS
The newsletter of St Catherine’s Anglican Chaplaincy Stuttgart
Michaelmas 2010 - www.stcatherines-stuttgart.de
St Catherine’s Church
Katharinenplatz 5
Stuttgart
Chaplain:
The Revd. Ken
Dimmick
Lorenzstaffel 8
70182 Stuttgart
0711 7878783
0151 57989140
vicar@stcatherines-stuttgart.de
The Vicar writes … Putting things into boxes
As a child I moved around the USA a lot! My father was in the military and
so we moved at least every three years, sometimes across town, sometimes
to a neighbouring state, sometimes across the continent. As an adult I have
continued my family’s nomadic heritage by moving every few years. The
longest I spent anywhere was 13 years as rector of Grace Church in St.
Francisville, Louisiana, USA. I have lived in the Stuttgart area just over 4
years, but already in three different apartments. Sometimes my moves have
been voluntary, sometimes not. But one thing has been made clear to me
through all this “movement”: I am good at putting things into boxes. I can
pack up a kitchen and never break a dish. I know the difference between a
wardrobe case, a book box, and a household carton. I even have a favourite
way of taping the boxes shut. It is not a natural gift, it is something I
developed through time with the help of experience. Sometimes I wish it
were not so. But I think that all this moving has done me good. I have
learned to be adaptable, flexible, culturally aware, and not threatened by
newness.
Being good at putting things into boxes has also proven helpful in my
priesthood. While doing a funeral, for instance, I have learned to pack away
my own grief into a strong box so that I can lead the liturgy for the rest of
the congregation. There are many times I put such things into some neat
little box, store it away for a while, so that I can be the priest, and lead the
prayers. Later I go to the box and reclaim it. I’ll admit that as I get older it
gets harder both to pack the emotions away and to reclaim them later ... but
that is the subject for some other CrossRoads article.
In this article I need to ask you to put something into a box and stow it
away … for a month or so. Please read on. It is important to the life of St.
Catherine’s Church.
I want you to pack away the Organ Project for the month of October. We
can come back to it in November, but for the month of October, I hope that
you will take all you know and feel about the Organ Project and the fundraising
that goes with it … and box it, wrap it, tape it and stow it away into
the far corner of the closet.
Why Because during October we will turn our minds to think about
another more important financial issue: Stewardship! Let’s face it … we
have a considerable amount of money sitting in the bank, given to pay for
the organ renovation. People might be tempted to think that St. Catherine’s
must not need money if we have so much in the bank, but, that money has
been given for a specific purpose, and cannot be used to pay the rent the
Parish Centre, or for one of our generous outreach grants, or even to pay
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St. Catherine’s. That organ project money must
be packed away in a box out of reach. We must
instead depend upon the daily gifts, the weekly
offerings, the pledges and tithes of the members
of St. Catherine’s to do the things that make us
St. Catherine’s Church. We depend on “us” to
keep the church going.
This year, October will be our church’s annual
stewardship month. Everyone who is part of the
church will be asked to seriously consider how
they can be a good steward for the coming year.
Being a good steward means returning to God a
portion of all that He has given you, your skills,
your talents, your free time, your assets and
your love, for the work of the church: being a
good steward is about more than just money.
Money is, however, certainly part of it. Call it a
“donation” or “pledge” or “tithe” if you like. It
is the way the ongoing life of the church goes
on.
St. Catherine’s has been a poor church for a long
time. During poorest years, a little bit could
keep the place open for occasional services. As
the parish has developed, so have the needs
expanded. It has not been easy. Stewardship at
St. Catherine’s sometimes feels like a yearly life
or death referendum on the part of all the
parishioners on whether the church should
continue to exist or not. We get zero money
from the Diocese for the support of the day to
day activities of the church. We get zero money
from the city, state or nation. Sad to say those of
you who are paying German Church Tax are
supporting some other church, but not one cent
of all you give will come back to St. Catherine’s.
Even the benefactors in the USA who helped us
so much at the beginning of my work in
Stuttgart are no longer sending money for the
running of the church. I told them not to! We
are enough of a church now that we can and
should be paying our own way. We have
enough people with time, talent and treasure
that we should be able to do all that God asks of
us … as long as we are good stewards.
It is not a matter of amount, but a matter of
percentage. If every individual or family gives a
reasonable percentage of their income, we can
make it. When people stop being good stewards,
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the church will have to close. It is simple in that
regard. We live or die based on the willingness
of members to respond to this calling to be good
stewards.
The Parish Council’s Finance Committee will
soon be sending out pledge letters and packets.
When you get your packet please read the
materials in it. Please pray God to help you
know what is a “reasonable” amount for you
and your family to share for the work of the
church. Please give an amount suitable to the
income you receive. Some here are students or
workers who have little disposable income.
They should be giving less than those who have
considerable income. That is why we always
emphasize “proportional giving”. We do not all
make the same, so there is no expectation that
we should all give the same. But, if we all give a
reasonable, prayerfully-inspired amount, we’ll
be ready for another year of ministry bringing
Glory to God. On the other hand, if there are not
enough people who answer the call, we could
see hard times ahead for the church. [I don’t
even want to think about having to give up the
Parish Centre, the beautiful music, the grants we
can make to groups such as the Indian Widows
or the support of a full-time priest … but those
are all things that are covered solely by the
financial donations of the good stewards.]
We owe a great debt of thanks to all those who
in years past have kept St. Catherine’s going by
their good stewardship. Now it is up to us to do
our part.
When you get your pledge form, fill it in, and
return it on the given day for the blessing of
pledges. Only then can we know that the next
year is secure.
The task ahead of us is never
greater than the Power that
lies behind us.
KRD+

Crossroads – Michaelmas 2010
In this issue
The Vicar writes … Putting things into
boxes...............................................1
In this issue....................................3
Notices ...........................................3
Births................................................... 3
St. Catherine’s Directory..................... 3
A message from Joachim Feldes 3
Warden’s Corner ..........................4
Facilities .........................................4
Parish Centre Working Days .............. 4
Fundraising ...................................5
St. Catherine’s Church Bazaar ............ 5
Outreach ........................................5
Harvest Festival................................... 5
Ethiopian Project................................. 5
Poppy Appeal....................................... 6
Spectacles and beads ............................ 7
Christian Education .....................7
Toddler Group ..................................... 7
Sunday School ..................................... 7
A pilgrimage to Rome.......................... 7
When in Rome….. ............................... 8
Fellowship Events ........................9
Pints of View – a men’s pub night....... 9
Ladies’ Evening Group........................ 9
Organ Project ..............................10
St. Catherine’s History...............10
Catherine Masson.............................. 10
Spotting St. Catherine................11
A-Z of Anglicanism....................11
H is for Hymns Ancient and Modern 11
The First Anglican Church in the
Canadian Rockies.......................12
News from friends overseas .....13
What’s on at St. Catherine’s......14
Notices
Births
Congratulations to Kingsley & Aseneta Ezenwa
on the birth of their daughter Kailey Ada on the
3 rd August. We welcome a new member to the
St. Catherine’s family.
St. Catherine’s Directory
Have you got a copy of the St. Catherine’s
Directory If not it probably means you aren’t
listed in it! The St. Catherine’s directory is
circulated to those members of the church who
give their permission for their information to be
included in it. If you aren’t in the current edition
and would like to be included in the next update
please complete the form which you can find
under the membership section of the church
website and return it Frances Buttle
directory@stcatherines-stuttgart.de
A message from Joachim Feldes
Dear friends,
To be honest, when returning from Berlin to the
Palatinate almost a year ago, now an Anglican
priest, married and happy, I was somewhat
anxious about how it would be to be back home
and what to expect. But everything was much
better than I had thought and I was soon at ease
with the situation. The reason for that delight is
you. Now, only some days left before leaving
again, this time for Cambridge to spend about a
year for further studies, I'd like to thank you.
First of all I just have to express my gratefulness
to our congregations, especially in Heidelberg
and Stuttgart, who were not sure whom to
expect when my arrival was announced. Since
December Rosemary, Burkhard, Ken, Eric,
Frances and many others have become excellent
trainers for me and I am so happy for meeting
them on our way. Giving me the chance to
organise e.g. a meeting of members from
Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart with
Archbishop Rowan during his visit at the
Lutherans' Assembly and later a really
ecumenical (Anglican, Roman Catholic,
Protestant) trip to Rome, was both a joy and an
honour for me.
Many thanks also to Bernd Panizzi and Joachim
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Pfützner and their Old Catholic parishes for
their hospitality.
20 years ago the Diocese of Speyer allowed me
to study for three semesters at various
theological institutions in Rome. More than a
year ago the Diocese in Europe asked me
whether I would like to spend a year at the
University of Cambridge (or Oxford) for further
studies of Anglican theology, to continue my
scholarly work on Edith Stein and to carry out
pastoral work in an English parish. At Westcott
House (www.westcott.cam.ac.uk) my wife and I
will enjoy a flat with a garden (!). As my time in
Rome became one of the most precious times of
my life, I hope that my stay in Cambridge will
be blessed too.
So I would be grateful, if in the months to come,
every now and then you give a thought or send
a good wish to us across the Channel. We will
keep you in our hearts and wish you that God's
blessing remains with you always.
Best regards,
Warden’s Corner
Joachim Feldes
It is unusual, if not unprecedented, for this
column to strike a slightly negative note, but his
has been a rather frustrating period seen from
our perspective. The reason is technical rather
than spiritual: over the last few months there
has been so much travelling and so many
holidays going on that we, the Council and Ken
have hardly existed as a team. No sooner was
one person back, when someone else went
away. Council meetings have not had a full
attendance since March, and I believe that it has
only occurred once in the last few months that
both of us wardens have been present at once.
This has been particularly difficult at a time of
complications due to our temporary move to St
Leonhard’s for services. Although everything
has gone miraculously well at services, give or
take the hiccups one would expect, these two
factors taken together, missing personnel and a
change of location, engender a feeling of
insecurity. One has the strange feeling that
something really MUST have gone wrong, if
only you could find out what it was!
It has also meant that everything is running on a
fairly ad hoc basis, so that planning is made all
the more difficult.
However, this column has always been
governed by optimism, so let’s look at the
positive side: I write this having just come back
from our Sunday service, at which we received a
visit from Bishop Surya Prakash from the
Church of South India and his wife Vindhya.
We were delighted to be able to hand over EUR
2,765 as a donation towards their work with
Indian widows and orphans. Work on the floor
at St Catherine’s seems to be proceeding
according to plan, or rather there is a lack of bad
news, so our exile might not last longer than it
needs to, and plans for the bazaar and the Carol
Service remind us that Christmas is now just
round the corner.
So, chin up, wardens, and put your master plans
for the church back on ice – there’ll be time
enough for them when things get back to what I
believe is called ‘normal’.
Facilities
Eric Jarman & Gregg Walsh
Parish Centre Working Days
For one night only the Men’s Pub Night
relocated to the “Broken Wheel” a.k.a. the
Parish Centre and after sampling the delights of
the Ramquist/Schmalz kitchen, it was to
business with a plan for the next run at some
renovations.
"Team Pub Night" set out a plan to tackle the
outstanding jobs on the Saturdays after the
traditional pub night and on the 18 th September
they set to work:- striping out store room,
moving the light to ceiling, re-fitting the shelves,
painting the toilets and toilet vestibule,
mounting the fire extinguishers …
They’ll be rolling up their sleeves again on
Saturday 16 th October, any men wishing to join
the DIY fun should get in touch or come along
to Sophie’s Brauhaus on Thursday 14 th October
to find out more.
Jospeh Okutubo & Darren Buttle
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Fundraising
St. Catherine’s Church Bazaar
Saturday 20 th November from 10:00-16:00 in St.
Catherine’s Parish Centre
After the success of last year’s Church Bazaar as
a whole day event, we will again be putting the
Parish Centre on show to the public and hope to
draw in an even bigger crowd.
What can you look forward to What will be on
offer
Home-made cakes, cookies, sweets and candy,
scones, shortbread ... home-made jams,
preserves, chutneys, sauces ... home-made
crafts, gifts, Christmas crackers, decorations ...
Sunday School stall … second-hand books –
English and German … St. Catherine’s
information stand … activities for children …
Morning coffee and light lunches … and more!
Of course, none of this will happen without
makers, bakers, jamers, sellers, servers, washeruppers
and of course buyers!
Hazel Walz has put out an appeal for people to
help her with the Cake & Coffee stand. She’s
looking for volunteers to assist with selling of
Cake & Coffee/Tea on a rotation basis. Please
contact Hazel on refreshments@stcatherinesstuttgart.de
if you would be able to assist for
approximately an hour. “Many thanks and
looking forward to hearing from you!”
Alison Seyerle is in charge of the craft stall and
writes, “I know it seems like a long way off but
time flies and it will be upon us before we know
it. I am in charge, once again, of the Craft Stall,
so if you are handy with a needle, or knitting
needles, or crochet hook or in anyway creative I
would welcome your contributions for my stall.
We are also asking for homemade jam,
marmalade, savoury or sweet chutneys,
attractively presented, for the produce stall as
well as home baked biscuits, cakes, scones etc.
Do contact me (women@stcatherinesstuttgart.de)
or Julie Faust if you have any
questions.”
So spread the word, come along with friends,
family and neighbours and help us make this
fundraising event a big success! Everything you
spend or donate will go to a good cause as well
as supporting the work of St. Catherine’s
Church.
For further information or if you would like
help in any way, please contact Julie Faust on
fundraising@stcatherines-stuttgart.de and she
will put you in touch with the relevant person.
Outreach
Harvest Festival
This year's Harvest Festival will be celebrated
on Sunday 10 th October 2010 at the 11.15 service.
We ask you to bring canned and packaged food
items with you to church, preferably with a
picture of the contents on the packaging if they
are American. These goods will then be blessed
and subsequently distributed to the Stuttgart-
Möhringen branch of the Schwäbische Tafel.
This organization (literally Swabian Table)
founded in 1995, is a local food bank which
provides provisions for those on low incomes as
well as offering work to those who would have
difficulty finding work through the usual
channels. We have been supporting the
Schwäbische Tafel for several years now and
they very much appreciate our donations. Please
make an effort to attend this special service to
celebrate Harvest Festival and to share God's
gifts with those less fortunate than ourselves.
Ethiopian Project
Alison Seyerle
The Economist wrote recently about Ethiopia's
capital Addis Ababa: “Most African cities
separate fairly neatly into poor and rich areas,
like a sunny-side-up egg, with slums spreading
out from the rim […] But Addis is more of a
scrambled egg.” This description of Addis
draws quite a good picture of what this city is
like. It is virtually impossible to visit Addis
without discovering its widespread slum areas.
Addis is, at the same time, considered to be one
of the safest places on the African continent. The
crime rate is quite low compared to Kenya's
capital Nairobi, sometimes satirised as
„Nairobbery“. So it didn't take long for me to
take up the offer of coming to sit in one of the
ribbed roofed mud huts in Addis Abeba,
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visiting my friend Tobias, a missionary who is
working there in a microfinance project.
Ethiopia's currency, the Birr, suffers always
from high inflation. One euro currently
corresponds to 21 Birrs and it is very tempting
to salve one's conscience by distributing pretty 1
Birr bills, one by one, to Addis' tattered, often
underage, beggars. But it is hard to ignore the
fact that this would be no more than a drop in
the ocean. This is why I decided to concentrate
my endeavours on a smaller number of people,
hoping that I could see real fruit from my good
will.
I didn't have to search a long time until I found
someone I could invest in. In the very hut where
I drank my first real Ethiopian coffee there
cowered a shy teenage girl, who had found
shelter there after she had strayed two years
through the streets of Addis, abandoned by her
blind and deranged mother. Her host, a girl my
age, couldn't afford to send her to school so I
decided to pay her school fees. It felt great to
take responsibility for someone’s welfare and I
already felt rewarded when Elsa sent me her
first email addressing me as “daddy”. But I soon
started to realize that helping does not only
mean paying money and receiving a good
feeling in response. Elsa soon quit the school
after I had left Ethiopia. She felt humiliated
attending the 6 th grade at the age of 16 together,
with 12 year old pupils. She had already missed
4 years of school. When I returned to Ethiopia
one year later, she was still at the same level as
the year before. I needed someone who could
encourage her frequently, talk to her in her
mother tongue, speak to her teachers and
supervise her school attendance. This is how
Wagaye Teka got involved.
Wagaye is working as an accountant in Tobias'
Mission “SIM-Ethiopia”. With her help we
could convince Elsa to overcome her shame,
attend school and realise her chances. Wagaye
grew up as an orphan in an SOS-children’s
village, she knows what it means to struggle for
survival without the helping care of loving
parents. I understood that I could only help Elsa
with the help of Wagaye. With the time, more
people visited Tobias in Ethiopia and felt the
same as I did. The number of beneficiaries grew
and so did Wagaye's tasks.
It is high time now to shape our project into an
official NGO and we decided that it was also
time for Wagaye to further improve her English
and increase her leadership skills. We also
wanted to reward her and encourage her to
carry on in our project by sending her to
Torchbearers Bible School in Friedrichshafen.
The cost of her stay is fully covered by the
Torchbearers, pocket money is covered by the
evangelische Brüdergemeinde Korntal, Tobias'
home parish.
Thanks to a phenomenal cake sale on 29 th of
August the flight costs have been covered by St.
Catherine’s. Through the commitment of both
children and adults we raised 550 Euro towards
a target of 600€. The auction of award-winning,
children’s cakes proved to be very successful.
We will have a second fundraising event soon,
donating blood in order to meet the rest of
Wagaye's flight costs and just in case we make
more money, we will help the Bible school
paying her health insurance. I would like, on
behalf of Wagaye, to thank all of you who have
already helped us so much through your
commitment and your money to make Wagaye's
stay in Friedrichshafen a reality.
Christoph Meyer
Poppy Appeal
Remembrance Sunday this year is on 14th
November. This is the day traditionally put
aside in the United Kingdom and all the
Commonwealth countries to remember those
who have given their lives to give us the
freedoms and peace we enjoy today. As in the
past we will be supporting The Royal British
Legion’s Poppy Appeal and poppies will be
available at church on 7th and 14th November.
All donations of whatever size will be gratefully
received.
The first official Legion Poppy Day was held in
Britain on 11 November 1921, inspired by the
poem In Flanders' Fields written by John
McCrae in 1915:
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
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That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' Fields.
McCrae was a doctor serving with the Canadian
Armed Forces in the Flanders and Picardy
regions of Belgium and Northern France, which
experienced some of the bloodiest fighting of
World War One. The poppy was the only thing
which grew in the aftermath of the complete
devastation and he was so moved by what he
saw that he was compelled to write this poem.
McCrae never made it home but his words
moved an enterprising American teacher called
Moina Bell Michael to sell poppies made of red
silk to raise funds for wounded veterans and, in
1920, her idea was adopted as the US national
emblem of remembrance.
In 1922, the Royal British Legion, which had
been called into being the year before, set up its
Poppy Factory in Richmond, Surrey, where
every year workers (all of them former members
of the Forces or disabled dependants of one who
has served) assemble the poppies according to a
simple design. The factory produces a whole
range of poppies, wreaths and commemorative
crosses, but it is the basic model – the red paper
petal and green paper leaf attached by a black
plastic button to a plastic green stem – which is
the most popular. Nearly 40 million of them are
made every year.
For nearly 90 years The Royal British Legion has
been the United Kingdom’s custodian of
Remembrance, ensuring that people remember
those who have died in present and past
conflicts. The Legion provides financial, social
and emotional support to all those who have
been involved in these wars and to all their
families.
Please give generously.
If you want any further information on the
Poppy Appeal, please contact your Poppy
person.
Hilary Norman.
Spectacles and beads
A BIG thank you to all of you who contributed
beads and spectacles following my appeal in the
last edition of CrossRoads. I have delivered
them all to Wiesbaden. The spectacles are now
on their way to Malawi and the beads are being
used to make new items of jewellery. The
persons concerned in Wiesbaden were delighted
with your response to my appeal and are very
grateful for your contributions.
Christian Education
Toddler Group
Hilary Norman.
Our current toddlers are growing up fast and
new babies and toddlers are arriving so new
thoughts are being thought about our weekday
activities for little people.
If you have young children and would be
interested in being part of a toddler group or a
pre-schoolers group meeting during the week in
the Parish Centre , or if you don’t have small
children but would like to help in this ministry
please get in touch with Ken.
Sunday School
Lisa Walsh, our new Director of Christian
Education, is currently looking for volunteers to
help re-launch our Sunday School Programme.
Sunday School will take place after the 8:45
service, in the Parish Centre, and during the
sermon of the 11:15 at Leonhardkirche.
Please contact Lisa (education@stcatherinesstuttgart.de
if you are able to help.
A pilgrimage to Rome
There were nine of us, including Joachim Feldes
who led us, that set off for Rome this summer.
We were an ecumenical group of Roman
Catholics, Protestants (Evangelisch) and
Anglicans, with Eric, Peter & myself
representing St Catherine’s. After taking a train
to Frankfurt, we met the group at the airport
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and, after the flight and waiting for over an hour
to claim our luggage, we arrived at the hotel in
the evening. It was smallish, comfortable, and
very conveniently located for the subway … my
first experience of Rome, the Eternal City.
We did a lot of visiting and sightseeing, by
public transport and on foot, under the Roman
sun, although it was not too hot. We saw plenty
and learned a lot. We visited the tomb of St
Peter and the dead Popes. We also saw the
Catacomb at St Agnes, one of the ancient Roman
burial places. Here our Italian guide informed
us that, although Christians, like Jews, had their
own sections where their dead were deposited
in niches in the walls after their death, the
catacombs were never used by Christians as a
secret place of worship. The corridors were
much too narrow to use as places of assembly
and it was also a public place, anyone could
drop in at anytime to visit their deceased
relatives (there must also have been a strong
odour down there). All the bones – Christian,
Jew and heathen alike – were removed many
centuries ago by relic hunters. Relics fascinate
me. We had a mini Mass & Eucharist
afterwards.
It's hard to imagine what Rome must have been
like during St Paul's time.
What impressed me most
was the flight of wooden
stairs that St Helena,
mother of Constantine,
brought back from
Jerusalem.
“The Scala Sancta (Holy
Stairs) are, according to the Christian tradition,
the steps that led up to the praetorium of
Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, which Jesus Christ
stood on during his Passion on his way to trial.
The stairs were, reputedly, brought to Rome
by St. Helena in the 4th Century. For centuries,
the Scala Santa has attracted Christian pilgrims
who wished to honor the Passion of Jesus.
It consists of twenty-eight white marble steps,
now encased by wooden steps, located in a
building which incorporates part of the old
Lateran Palace, located opposite the Basilica of
Saint John Lateran. They are located next to a
church which was built on ground brought
from Mount Calvary. The stairs lead to the
Sancta Sanctorum (Holy of Holies), the personal
chapel of the early Popes in the Lateran palace,
known as the chapel of St. Lawrence.”
To climb up the Scala Sancta, one has to be in
prayer. Every single one I saw was on his / her
knees. I was thoroughly touched by their
devotion. There were two other flights of stairs
on each side, for the not quite so devout.
One evening we visited a new church, located in
the outskirts of Rome, that was dedicated to St.
Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Roman Catholic nun.
A very nice church inside and outside, showing
evidence of an active community life. We were
all invited to climb
up to the tower (I did
not go!). We had a
short service and
read about baptism.
Of course we took in
the usual tourist sites
but, under Joachim’s
expert guidance, also
visited some places
we would never have
seen otherwise.
Thank you, Joachim, firstly for arranging
everything so well and, secondly, thanks to your
expert knowledge and guidance we saw so
much more than we could have done on our
own. Also, thank you to our fellow pilgrims for
such pleasant companionship (even if the
Palatinate dialect was difficult to understand at
times!).
More photos of the trip can be seen in the
scrapbook church website.
When in Rome…..
Naomi Billard
I had never been to Italy before the trip to Rome
organized by Joachim Feldes at the beginning of
this month (if you read this, thanks yet again
Joachim!), so I didn’t know what I should
believe about all the things I had heard over the
years.
Now I know. It is true. All of it. Italians are like
that. What I mean is, while other nationalities
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might strenuously deny the things said about
them, the Italians revel in living up to them.
In the restaurant where we ate in the evenings
we met a wonderful cook whose accent and
gestures were straight out of a TV show and
whose cooking was out of this world. His
enthusiasm for what he was serving us was
unbounded, causing him to appear at our table
at least once every course to explain it and
accept our compliments. When, that is, he
wasn’t planning the next day’s menu with us.
Out in the streets, the traffic was apparently as
anarchic as we are always led to believe, with
one startling aspect which we don’t hear about:
the system – or lack of it – it works! Red lights
are apparently regarded as a frivolous
decoration: a really polite Italian driver (and I
mean really polite) will wait for a token 30
seconds before continuing his journey. Zebra
crossing stripes, like the crosshairs on a rifle’s
sights, appear to be to enable the driver to
accurately plot his course between the people on
the crossing. Taxi drivers have their own
highway code, providing for an ingeniously
flexible use of tram tracks and one way systems.
‘Right of way’ = ‘devil take the hindmost’. The
driver who took me from the station to our hotel
actually managed to break five traffic
regulations in 100 metres. Meanwhile,
pedestrians saunter through this chaos with an
insouciance which would be suicidal anywhere
else.
YET, as I said, it works. I did not see one person
shout, gesticulate or get angry, everyone
accepting that, if they themselves break the
rules, they must also accept it when other
people do. Nor did I see one incident which
came anywhere near being dangerous. It was
like a huge, intricate dance.
There are other things which I also found
confirmed. The pace of life is leisurely and
nobody seems in a hurry. The pines of Rome
celebrated by Respighi are everywhere, and
they are glorious, the architecture is
breathtaking.
So join with me in hoping there’ll be another
trip next year (are you still reading this,
Joachim). Like me, you’ll never regret it.
PS. Of course, you’ll realize I’m exaggerating –
slightly.
Fellowship Events
Eric Jarman
Pints of View – a men’s pub night
The men folk of St. Catherine’s meet on the
second Thursday of the month in Sophie’s
Brauhaus (http://www.sophies-brauhaus.de) in
Stuttgart, for a pint, fellowship, food and to
discuss the progress of their Parish Centre
renovation project.
If you would like to know more speak to Alex
Schmalz or e-mail pints@stcatherinesstuttgart.de
Ladies’ Evening Group
The Ladies’ Evening Group meets on the last
Monday of the month at selected eateries
around Stuttgart for good food and fellowship.
On 25 th October we will be visiting the Alte
Schlachthof.
Along with fine dining this former Slaughter
House is home to a pig museum! We will eat at
19:00, but anyone who wishes to come early,
discover more about the keeping of pigs, their
place in culture and be amazed by 40 000 pig
related objects will not be disappointed. Please
speak to Julie Faust or e-mail legs@stcatherinesstuttgart.de
to find out more.
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Organ Project
Great progress has been
made on the Organ Project
since the last issue of
CrossRoads. While the
congregations have moved
out of the church, the
workmen moved in. They
removed the furniture from the nave, ripped up
the floor, excavated down a meter or so and
removed the dirt. They then poured in a new
concrete foundation, reinforced with steel rods.
The pillars which will eventually hold up the
organ loft were installed at the same time. The
feet of the pillars are permanently imbedded in
the foundation concrete. This will soon allow for
the new floor to be installed, the organ loft to be
constructed and the pews returned to their
places. Once this is finished, both congregations
will be able to return to the church.
In the meantime, the fund-raising has
continued. During the summer months
individuals in the congregation were given the
opportunity to make their private donations.
Many people have wanted to make
contributions toward the cost of the renovations.
Through direct bank transfers they have been
offering their gifts to the project. In September
the Vicar, accompanied by St. Catherine’s
member, the world-class organist Andy Dewar,
originally from England, but now working at
the American Episcopal Cathedral in Paris,
France, made a nine city tour of the southern
USA, where Andy played concerts.
A considerable sum was collected in this way,
through the free offerings of those attending the
concerts. The organ project owes a great debt of
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gratitude to Andy for doing all this without
compensation. He is a strong supporter of the
Organ Project being the person who had the
original idea, both inspiring the project and
bringing to our attention the instrument itself
being renovated. Did you realize that our new
organ will be the old organ from the church
where Andy first learned to play He has
known this organ since he was 7 years old and is
thrilled that it will once again be put to service
after too many years waiting in a warehouse.
The result of the concert tour is to add approx.
10,000 euros to our totaliser! Thanks be to God!
Anyone still wishing to make a private donation
to the Organ Fund may do so with a simple
bank transfer.
Kontoinhaber : Friends of the English Church
e.V.
Kontonummer: 100 402 222
BLZ: 520 604 10
Bank: Evangelische Kreditgenossenschaft Kassel
(EKK)
Verwendungszweck - Organ Project
The next organ fund-raisers will be ;-
A concert by Katharina Mokwa, Hannah Walker
and Thomas Höpp at Leonhardskirche on
Saturday 9 th October at 19:00
A benefit Evensong liturgy at the Markuskirche
on 10 th October.
The Bazaar / Autunm Fair on 20 th November
The Carol Service on 12 th December.
St. Catherine’s History
Catherine Masson
In 1860 Mrs Margaret Dunbar Masson and her
three daughters were staying at the Hotel
Marquardt in Stuttgart, as the youngest
daughter, Catherine, was seriously ill and was
taking the waters. Catherine died at the hotel on
20th October 1860. Before her death she asked
her mother to ensure that her share of her
inheritance be used to build a church in
Stuttgart in her memory. It is due to this
extraordinary woman that we owe the presence
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Unfortunately we have very little information
on Catherine. Ken and I have been doing some
research and have so far established that
Catherine Ferrier Masson was born on 12 th June
1834 to John and Margaret Masson, who at the
time were living at Blackheath Hill, near
Greenwich in London. She was baptized on 21 st
November 1834 at St. Alphage church,
Greenwich. John Masson (1802 – 1860) was a
wealthy trader and shipping agent with
interests in London and Australia. The Dunbars
were a wealthy shipping family with estates in
Scotland and property in London. In addition to
Catherine, John and Margaret (1805 – 1867), had
two other daughters, Elizabeth Dunbar (1830 -
1919) and Phoebe Anne (born 1832).
In the 1840s John Masson went bankrupt and by
1851 he and his wife had separated.
Catherine would have had the money to
bequeath, as her uncle Duncan left the bulk of
his £1.5m fortune in 1862 to his sister, Margaret
and her three daughters.
In the years following Catherine’s death her
mother donated £6,000 for the construction of
the church plus a further £3,000 for the stained
glass windows and organ. Further donations
followed, including the establishment of a fund
from which the chaplain was to receive a
stipend of £60 p.a..
The foundation stone for St. Catherine’s was
laid in May 1864 and the first service held in
December 1865. Phoebe and Elizabeth Masson
were both present when the church was
consecrated in August 1868.
Ken and I are continuing our research into our
benefactor and we hope to find more about her
in the coming months. I will end this article by
quoting a poem which Phoebe wrote for her
sister in June 1852:
To Kate
For the wish that all health and happiness
For years may be thy part;-
The fervent prayer for thy future weal,
And the love of a sister’s heart!
Oh Kate, we have shared both joy and woe,
Like the past may the future be!
The trembling ivy, when storms arise,
Clings still closer to the tree.
Even thus may we brave the ills of life,
And, when our journey’s o’er,
In a higher world, in a brighter day,
May we meet, to part no more!
During one of our services in October we will be
marking the 150 th anniversary of Catherine’s
death.
Spotting St. Catherine
I spotted this statue of
St Catherine of
Alexandria whilst
walking around the
Severikirche in Erfurt
recently.
Hilary Norman
The statue is not
mentioned in any of
the guide books, so I
was unfortunately
unable to find out
anything about the
statue - except that it
was made in 1360. The
Severikirche (named
after St. Severus, the
bishop of Ravenna in
the 4th century) is
located directly next to the Erfurt cathedral and
is one of the most important Gothic buildings in
Germany.
A-Z of Anglicanism
Hilary Norman
H is for Hymns Ancient and Modern
Hymns Ancient and Modern was first published
in 1861 and was an attempt to standardize and
consolidate the numerous hymnbooks in
England which had come into use over the
previous hundred years or so. It proved to be an
enormous success and an appendix was added
in 1868, a revised edition in 1875 and a
supplement added in 1889. In 1904 a new
edition was published, to which a second
supplement was added in 1916. Thereafter
further editions were introduced (in 1922, 1950
and 1983) and it became the most widely used
hymnal of the Church of England.
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Over the past 150 years the hymns to be
included in Hymns Ancient and Modern have
been decided by the Proprietors, a body of
Church of England clergymen, who have been
appointed under a Trust Deed. Some of the well
known people who have been Proprietors and
who have also contributed hymns and/or music
to the various editions include the Rev. Sir
Henry Baker, Bishop W.H. Frere, Sir Sydney
Nicholson and Dr John Mason Neale. As each
edition was published, so some of the hymns in
the previous edition were omitted to make room
for new ones. The hymns left out were those
which had never found favour with the
congregations or those which the editors
considered, due to the prevailing times, would
soon become unpopular. The current edition has
hymns spanning several centuries with their
origins in various countries and musical
traditions. It caters for a variety of occasions and
for all sorts of congregations and choirs.
All of the profits on the book have been and
continue to be distributed to charities in
accordance with the instructions of the
Proprietors.
In 1975 the Proprietors formed a limited
company, Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd,
which, through its subsidiary, the Canterbury
Press, published a new hymnal in 2000 called
Common Praise.
Up until a few years ago Hymns Ancient and
Modern was the hymnal we used at St.
Catherine’s. With the rapid growth of our
congregation following Ken’s arrival, we found
that we did not have enough copies of this
hymnal to go round and so discussions were
held by the Council to see whether we should
order more copies or opt for another hymnal.
Various hymnals on the market were procured
and looked at and eventually the Council
decided that Common Praise fitted our needs
best and so that is why this hymnal is used by
us today.
Hilary Norman
The First Anglican Church in the
Canadian Rockies
During my recent trip to British Columbia I
came across St. Peter’s Church in the small town
of Windermere on the banks of Windermere
Lake. It is known as the Stolen Church and there
is a delightful story behind that name.
In 1887 the Rev. Henry Irwin, an Irish
missionary, set up the first Anglican ministry in
the Kootenays. He built St. Peter’s church in the
then prosperous railway town of Donald for a
reported cost of less than Can $500. It was
consecrated on 24 th February 1889. Ten years
later the Canadian Pacific Railway decided to
move the railway crossing to Revelstoke, about
80kms to the west and agreed to move free of
charge any buildings, including the church, to
Revelstoke. Knowing that this move would spell
Donald’s doom, one family, Rufus and Celina
Kimpton and their sons, decided not to go to
Revelstoke, but instead to relocate their store to
Windermere, some 150kms to the south of
Donald.
Celina Kimpton loved St. Peter’s; she and Rufus
had got married there two days after it had been
consecrated and their sons had been baptized
there. As she missed the church so much
following their move to Windermere, Rufus
decided to steal the building for her. He,
therefore, returned to Donald and, together with
several friends, dismantled the church one night
and then shipped it by rail and wagon to
Golden (some 28 kms away)and then by barge
up the Columbia River to Windermere, where it
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was re-erected on a hillside overlooking the
lake.
Naturally the theft of something as large as a
church did not go unnoticed. Church officials
were outraged when they came to move the
church to Revelstoke and found it missing and,
after establishing what had happened to it, sent
letters demanding its return. The letters were
ignored. A musical revue by local citizens
performed on the 100th anniversary of the theft,
worded Celina’s reaction like this: “Rufus, I
cannot understand the fuss – we built this
church, we loved this church and it belongs to
us.” Eventually, however, the citizens of Donald
and the Anglican Church accepted the situation
and the church was re-consecrated on its new
ground on 27 th August 1908.
There was, however, another twist to this tale.
When the men got to Windermere and started to
rebuild the church, they realized something was
missing. The 600lb bell was nowhere to be
found. Apparently a group of Golden residents
had decided that, if Mr. Kimpton and his friends
ould steal the church, then surely it wouldn’t
hurt if they stole the bell. After all, their church,
St.Paul’s, didn’t have one!
The bell has stayed in Golden ever since, except
for a few days in 1957 when a group of
Windermere men went on a daring raid to bring
the bell back to its original church. But this time
the Anglican Church decided that two wrongs
did not make a right, and the bell was returned
to Golden.
As can be seen from the picture, St Peter’s is a
small wooden church with seating for about 40
people. Services are held once a month and it is
a popular spot for weddings – in fact, one was
about to be performed when I was there. The
church has some interesting artefacts. A
common prayer book and two altar vases were
donated by St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and
there is a Bible presented by the Theological
College of Lichfield, Staffordshire. If ever you
are in the area, it is worth popping in to see this
little Canadian treasure.
Hilary Norman
News from friends overseas
Greetings were brought to all by our former
Chaplain, the Rt. Rev’d Surya Prakash and his
wife Vindhya when they visited Stuttgart in
September.
Patricia Bartholomai who was at St. Catherine’s
over thirty years ago, came to one of Andy
Dewar’s concerts in Texas and sends her
greetings to all.
April Jenkins and her mother Wilma, made an
altogether too sudden departure back to the
States as her orders were changed from "above".
They have landed in Dayton Ohio, but send
their greetings and love to all at St. Cat's. She
didn't get a chance to say good-bye to so many,
but vows to try to get orders back to Stuttgart as
soon as possible. "From her mouth to God's ear!"
Marva sends her greetings to all saying, “I miss
my family at St. Catherine's so much and am
hoping to get back soon.” However she did
manage to catch up with Ken & Andy whilst
they were in the US and take some photos.
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What’s on at St. Catherine’s
Sun 3 rd October 08:45 Proper 22
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4
Psalm: 37.1-9
NT: 2 Timothy 1.1-14
Gospel: Luke 17.5-10
Sun 3 rd October 18:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 6 th October 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 6 th October 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sat 9 th October 19:00 Organ Fundraiser Concert Leonhardskirche See p. 10
Sun 10 th October 11:15 Proper 23 – Harvest Festival
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche
OT: 2 Kings 5.1-3,7-15c
Psalm: 111
NT: 2 Timothy 2.8-15
Gospel: Luke 17.11-19
Sun 10 th October 19:00 Evensong Markuskirche A fundraiser for the Organ Project see p. 10
Wed 13 th October 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 13 th October 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Thurs 17 th October 19:00 Men’s pub night Sophie’s Brauhaus See p.9
Sat 16 th October 10:00 Parish Centre Working Day Parish Centre See p. 4
Sun 17 th October 08:45 Proper 24
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Genesis 32.22-31
Psalm: 121
NT: 2 Timothy 3.14 - 4.5
Gospel: Luke 18.1-8
Sun 17 th October 18:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
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Wed 20 th October 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 20 th October 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sun 24 th October 11:15 Proper 25
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Ecclesiasticus 35.12-17
Psalm: 84.1-7
NT: 2 Timothy 4.6-8,16-18
Gospel: Luke 18.9-14
Mon 25 th October 19:00 Ladies’ Evening Group Alte Schlachthof See p.9
Wed 27 th October 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 27 th October 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sun 31 st October 11:15 All Saints – Stewardship Sunday
with baptism
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Daniel 7.1-3,15-18
Psalm: 149
NT: Ephesians 1.11-23
Gospel: Luke 6.20-31
Tues 2 nd November 07:00 Morning Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 3 rd November 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 3 rd November 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sun 7 th November 08:45 III before Advent
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche
OT: Job 19.23-27a
Psalm: 17.1-9*
NT: 2 Thessalonians 2.1-5,13-17
Gospel: Luke 20.27-38
Sun 7 th November 18:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 10 th November 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 10 th November 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
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Thurs 11 th November 19:00 Men’s pub night Sophie’s Brauhaus See p.9
Sat 13 th November 10:00 Parish Centre Working Day Parish Centre See p. 4
Sun 14 th November 11:15 II before Advent
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche
OT: Malachi 4.1-2a
Psalm: 98
NT: 2 Thessalonians 3.6-13
Gospel: Luke 21.5-19
Wed 17 th November 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 17 th November 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sat 20 th November 10:00-17:00 Autumn Fair Parish Centre See p.5
Sun 21 st November 08:45 Christ the King
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Jeremiah 23.1-6
Psalm: 46
NT: Colossians 1.11-20
Gospel: Luke 23.33-43
Sun 21 st November 18:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 24 th November 19:00 Evening Prayer Parish Centre
Wed 24 th November 19:30 Bible Study Parish Centre
Sun 28 th November 11:15 Advent Sunday
Holy Communion
Leonhardskirche OT: Isaiah 2.1-5
Psalm: 122
NT: Romans 13.11-14
Gospel: Matthew 24.36-44
Mon 29 th November 19:00 Ladies’ Evening Group TBC
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