College of Emmanuel and St Chad - Rotunda Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Dlie Principals 711 e6Aciai PRINCIPAL BEATTIE THE PRINCIPAL ' S FOREWORD J.D.F. BEATTIE Words move as music does, only in time . No book is more conscious of mean¬ ingful movement in time and in history than the Bible, and no literature more aware of the debt of the present to the past as it looks to the future. This foreword would be lacking in that spirit if it failed to note in the work of the College the insights brought to the development of the theological curriculum by Dr. F.H.W. Crabb during his ten years of leadership as Principal of the College, and the extension of joint programmes of study made possible by the spirit of ecumenicity which he fostered with the other Theological Colleges affiliated with the University. In a time of ferment in the work of theChurchand not least in the concept of ministry his leadership has been a stimulus to fresh thought. A word needed in the Church and in the world to-day - as it has always been needed - is RENEWAL. The Church, the Body of Christ, must ever be looking to its ancient charter of foundation and to the first proclamation of its saving message, but it must be doing this in the context of contemporary needs. The life of the Church, and the life of this College, as an integral member and servant of Christ and his Church, must be a growing and developing life. Renewal is a word which demands health and direction in growth and a constant seeking of the guidance of the Holy Spirit that we may, in these last decades of the twentieth century, understand and interpret Christ ' s message as a living word for man ' s need.

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THE ROTUNDA YEARBOOK FOR COLLEGE OF EMMANUEL AND ST. CHAD PUBLICATIONS BOARD: Garth Bulmer, Director Hugh Oliver Dave Tickner THE EDITORIAL The aim of the ROTUNDA is twofold. On the one hand the ROTUNDA strives, on be¬ half of all the members of the Emmanuel College Students ' Association, to capture and record something of the spirit of the college in the past year. On the other hand, the ROTUNDA is designed to be a meaningful contact between the college and her alumni and friends. The Publica¬ tions Board sincerely hopes that this aim has been achieved in the present edition. As editor I extend my thanks to my assistants, HughOliver and DaveTickner, tothefresh- men whosolicited the advertising, to our ad¬ vertisers, and toall those ECSA members who contributed articles and reports. This year the ROTUNDA is particularly grateful for the generous contribution from the Emmanuel and St. Chad Alumni Association . Garth Bulmer.

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Principal ' s Message (Cont ' d.) Six men expect to go forth from the College this year for full time service in the ministry. Of these, one returns to his home Diocese of Trinidad, the other five go to varied fields of service in the Province of Rupert ' s Land - in the Dioceses of The Arctic, Edmonton, Qu ' Appel le, Saskatchewan, and Saskatoon. A continuing missionary chal lengefaces every man entering the ministry, whether that ministry be the parochial ministry as we have known it, or a specialized ministry. But the missionary challenge faces not the clergy only: it is inherent in the nature of Christ ' s Gospel and of the Church that the whole Laos -the people of God, every member of the Church - shares in ministry, and by his life interprets, or denies, Christ ' s ministry to the world. This foreword would be incomplete if it did not recall the lifeandwitness in the College of two of our brothers, Canon Roy Manwaring and Canon Spencer Hayward Elliott, both called to Higher Service during the past year. Each of them, in his preaching and life exemplified the tribute paid by John Buchan to a distinguished writer: He stands securely among the prophets, for he gathers all things, however lowly and crooked and broken, within the love of God . We record with gratitude their service to the Church and to this College. The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad bears a name which, rightly interpreted, links ministry with missionary challenge, and at the same time bids men find renewal in The Word made flesh, who dwelt among us . In that inheritance and strength let us go forth to our tasks.