UPCOMING EVENTSFor more information or times please call 474-8531.

Tenebrae - St. John’s College Chapel 7:30pm Wednesday 16th April 2014

Evensong - St. John’s College Chapel7.00pm Sunday 4th May 2014

Eucharist for the Eve of Ascension Day - St. John’s College Chapel 7:30pm Wednesday 28th May 2014

Final Evensong until October - St. John’s College Chapel 7pm Sunday 1st June 2014

Lunch & Lively ConversationNoon 3rd June, Cross Common Room

This IssueWarden’s Word p. 2

College Events p. 3

Convocation p. 5

Thank You! p. 8

Alumni/Student News p. 13

In Memorium p. 15

St John’s College Newsletter Vol XIII No.4 SpRINg 2014

The Class of ’63 –from l to r Murdith McLean, Jocelyn Barnard, Donna Byrne, Lynn Pate, Judy Waters and Bert Smith

Endowing a Scholarship, see page 10 for details.

Celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a special gift to the College

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Warden’s Word!

scholarship and bursary program to help the students at the College. You have continued to boost the Marjorie Ward Lecture and the Canadian Studies Endowments both of which give the College a special place within the University to ad-vance Canadian Studies. You have generously enhanced the endow-ment for Chaplaincy so that now our Chaplain has program money to work with as she exercises her ministry. Finally, you have contin-ued to support all the work on the Residence and the Daily Bread. We can now report that every room has been painted in Residence, and by the time you get this every room will have new floors and new closet doors. It is harder for you to see the unrestricted funds and those that go directly into operating that many of you contribute to. These are the sources of revenue that we can draw upon to cover any shortfall in University funding.

St John’s College continues to be a special place on campus. Our reputation for being a small caring community leads many people to our doors, and not just for the good food. We are one of the few places on campus to leave our classrooms open after hours and weekends for student study space. The mess we have to clean up every day is a sign of the heavy use. We want to remain an open, inviting and caring community. Thank you to each one of you for making this possible.

In Lumine is the official alumni journal of St John’s College

Design: Karen Armstrong graphic DesignEditing: Jackie MarkstromThank you to this issues contributors: Francis Carroll, Allison Chubb, Ivan Froese, Jackie Markstrom, Stephen Sharman, Amy Scott, Jill Stafford, Chris Trott, and our alumni and friends.OUR MISSION is to share information, stimulate discussion and foster happy memories about St John’s College and, in so doing continue to build community through the forging and improving of relationships with the College.

How to contact us:St John’s College, 92 Dysart Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M5phone: (204) 474-8531 Fax: 474-7610Email Jackie.markstrom@ad.umanitoba.ca Web: www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_johns

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Being The Fifth Epistle

During the spring budget and planning negotiations with the University, we were asked to plan for a 5% cut in our University budget. Unlike the Faculties, the University

contributes only 23% to-wards the College’s overall budget but we will still have to move some items from our University budget line to the College budget line. The University asked us how we intended to make up for the shortfall, and it is in answering that question that I realise how fortunate we are.

The first answer was that we contin-ue to increase our catering and food services operation. Under the ca-pable management of Ian park, the College runs an extraordinary food services operation that includes not only the Residence dining room, the Daily Bread Café, Espresso 101 but a full catering operation. With the best food on campus, St John’s College is the go to place to eat! Through the generosity of our do-nors we have been able to continu-ally upgrade our facilities by adding the patio in the ‘90’s, Espresso 101 in the 2000’s and refinishing the Daily Bread last year. Your support allows us to expand our operations, which ultimately continue to support the College’s day-to-day operations.

Our second answer was we can rely on the ongoing generous support of our donors. Look through this issue of In Lumine at what you have helped us do over the past year. You have continued to support our

Warden Chris sharing his knowledge at the first Lunch and Lively Conversation

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College Events

On Sunday, 29th September, 2013 new students, Fellows and staff were invited to sign the Matriculation Book. After the ceremony everyone gathered in the Cross Common Room for refreshments.

Matriculation A Big Welcome to Our New Students/Staff/Faculty

THE GREAT DEBATE: A friendly rivalry between the two Colleges

From l to r: Stephanie George, David Watt, Joe Darcel and Moti ShojaniaOn 22nd September the event began with a picnic lunch at St paul’s College and was followed by the great Debate. The Resolution (based on Newman’s idea): “That the University’s sole function is that of teaching and not research”. David Watt, Fellow and graduate student Stephanie George, ’12 representing St John’s College debated for the motion and representing St paul’s College was Moti Shojania, Dean of Studies and Joseph Darcel, SpC student. St paul’s was again triumphant for this second annual debate.

We again hosted the Children Rising Mentorship Programme: Children from the Skownan First Nation arrived in Winnipeg to have lunch at the College followed by a programme of Cultural teachings by Carl Stone a student advisor at Indigenious studies and Mad Science.

Our St John’s College team of stu-dents, staff and Fellows raised $1127 for Movember this year. Our sin-cere thanks to all those who partici-pated and even more thanks to those who supported the team.

Toronto Reunion – In February Chris Trott and Jackie Markstrom visited with alumni and friends at a special reunion event held at the Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor. It was a good turn out and many memories and stories of St John’s College were shared.

Ottawa Reunion – At the begin-ning of March Chris Trott and Jackie Markstrom held a reunion in Ottawa. A big thank you to Doug Rowland, ’61 who organized the space at HMCS Bytown Mess. It was a won-derful event and enjoyed by all who attended.

2nd Annual St John’s College Art Competition - During the month of January and part of February St John’s College again celebrated artwork of our students. The pieces were beautifully displayed in the Daily Bread Café for everyone to en-joy. Thanks to the Daily Bread Café for hosting a reception where this year’s winners were announced; First place Tracey Fehr ($300.00), Second place Jeremiah Valle ($200.00), and Third place Jesse Bergmann ($100.00). Thank you to all students who pre-sented their artwork.

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Ronald MacDonald HouseOn 20th February, 2014, in lieu of sending out Christmas cards, staff and students signed up to serve a meal for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. It was a full house with 27 people enjoy-ing a home cooked meal of ham, perogies, coleslaw, green beans, corn, and buns and 2 big trifles for dessert! Thank-you to Ian park, St John’s College Food Services Manager and his staff for donating food and helping with the prepara-tion and to Sysco who also donated a big portion of the food! Thanks to our students; Dion Nemez Senior Stick and Adam Wilson UMSU Representative and to our two staff members Diana DeFoort and Amy Craddock. We couldn’t have done it without you all!

Bach’s Birthday Concert- March 20th The Bach Birthday Concert was started in 2012 as a tribute to former Fellow Lawrence Ritchey who passed away in 2006. He loved the Chapel and performed at many events and services during his years as a SJC fellow. We continue this honoured tradition by having tal-ented guest performers. This year’s performers are Jenny Vincent on organ and Sarah Carswell on viola.

From l to r: Diana, Amy, Dion and Adam prepare the meal

Lunch & Lively Conversation!It was a lovely turnout for our 1st Lunch & Lively Conversation on Feb 20th held in the Quiet Room at the College. We had Alumni and Friends from the 60’s right through to a recent grad! We were delighted to have Joan McConnell ’78 as our Master of Ceremony. Joan introduced Allison Chubb, College Chaplain to open with a grace before enjoying a wonder-ful lunch prepared by food services. The presentation by Warden Chris Trott on “pilgrimage to Blacklead Island: My experiences in the North” was very interesting and stimulated some “lively conversations”. Thanks to everyone who participated in a survey. It looks like we’ll be holding 4 of these lunch events a year. See you all at the next one!

Joan welcomes friends and alumni

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ConvocationFriends of St John’s College Luncheon

Before Convocation commenced over 100 people

gathered in the galleria for some lunch and fellowship.

Jocelyn Barnard, ’63 (wearing her black gown from

1963) and her granddaughter Aleethia McKay, ’13 gave

the “What St John’s Means to Me” speech at the luncheon.

After receiving her 50th anniversary J-pin Jocelyn was

delighted to announce the very special Class of `63 gift.

See page 10 for details.

“Being a Johnian has been a lifelong special connection for me”. Jocelyn Barnard, ’63

Dr Aritha van Herk received a Doctor of Canon Law (honoris causa). Dr. van Herk gave the Convocation address

Dr Anthony Waterman, ‘62 received the Fellows Recognition Award

The Reverend Dr John Stafford, ‘05 received a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa)

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Thinking Theology with the Rev’d Dr Stephen Sharman

Beggars On Our Streets

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Manitobans are reported to be gener-ous people. This is especially true around Christmas time when, for example, we see Salvation Army kettles in shopping centres. We remember that Christmas celebrates the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus who is god’s gift to us for our salvation. god is generous and we in response are generous. When Christmas is over and the Salvation Army puts its kettles away to get on with their work, there are still beggars on our streets. How do we respond to them? Some ignore them. Some give them mon-ey and then pass on. Some stop to speak to them and then give them money. Some think that, after they have given them money, they have no more responsibility. The money now belongs to the beggar and he is now responsible for his use of the money. Others think that their responsi-bility extends to the beggar’s use of their money. One woman decided to buy a meal for a beggar. She gave him the food and went on. He threw the food away. He didn’t want food; he wanted money.

What then does god expect of us, the rich and the poor, in response to the needs of the poor? Scriptures give us an answer in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. (Luke 16.19-31)The rich man fails to give alms to the poor man at his gate. When he dies, he goes to hell. The poor man dies and goes to Abraham’s bosom, heaven. Christ gives the poor man a name, Lazarus, but leaves the rich man without a name. The Venerable Bede in his commentary on Luke, In Lucae Evangelium Expositio, consid-ers the importance of the poor man’s name and the rich man’s anonymity. He says that by using his name, god knows the humble and approves of them but, by not giving a name to the rich man, He does not know the proud. (Bede, In Lucae Evangelium

Expositio, CCSL Vol. 120, p.303) Bede quotes god saying to Moses, ‘I know you by name’. (Exodus 33.12) Bede does not cite a relevant passage about the good Shepherd, ‘the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out’. (John 10.3) We might conclude that the beggar is Christ’s because He knows his name, Lazarus. The rich man, however, by his own choice by failing to give alms, is not Christ’s and therefore Christ does not give his name. We might also conclude that the rich man has no name because he could be any one of us.

St John Chrysostom wrote a series on sermons, On Wealth and poverty, based on this parable. He points to the rich man’s failure to give alms as the fault which led him to hell. Chrysostom gives us a different idea of our possessions. We are inclined to think of them as our own absolutely. Chrysostom would have us think of our wealth as something to be shared with others, especially the needy. Our wealth is not for us alone but for others and for us. (St John Chrysostom, On Wealth and poverty, Crestwood, 1984, p.12).

Lastly, the Epistle to the Hebrews speaks of entertaining angels unawares. (Hebrews 3.2) St Martin of Tours met a beggar, cold and poorly clothed, in a for-est in wintertime. He gave him his cloak and rode on. When he looked back, he saw Christ wearing his cloak. (Sulpicius Severus, Life of St Martin, 3).

We now have an answer. The beggar is one of Christ’s people whom He knows by name. Our wealth is not ours but for shar-ing with others. The beggar may be an angel of god; he might be Christ Himself. What else can we do but be generous?

Father Sharman recently received his PhD from University of Wales, Trinity St. David

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Chaplain’s Corner Loitering with Intent

by Allison Chubb

Welcome to our new Chaplain Allison Chubb

wrestle with the big questions of life and faith.

On my way home later, I wondered what it would look like to loiter with intent in our own lives. What if I intentionally “hung out” with myself, being present for the things that matter most rather than rush-ing through my days checking my metaphoric email so intently that I don’t remember why I’m here in the first place?

The monastic practice of being present to each moment as it presents itself does not come easily to me, so I’ve started finding ways to build “loitering” into my regular routine. For example, the biggest waste of time in my life (apart from sleeping!) is taking the bus, but it is also the only time of day where I am required to sit still and either watch the world around me or talk to god. I don’t read on the bus, so instead I often find myself resting in a way which my spirit longs for but my brain deems unnecessary.

It seems to me that Jesus was the inventor of loitering with intent, lingering as he did over meals with friends and strangers, and wander-ing through the marketplace to see who would show up. What never ceases to amaze me are the times that god shows up when I choose

to do “nothing.” god sends me hurt-ing students, rest for my soul, and glimpses of the kingdom- all when I’m sitting on the bus in traffic! What about you? What ways have you learned to loiter in your own life in order to make space for connecting with god, with yourself, and with others?

There is a term I hear regularly among college chaplains called “loitering with intent.” With so many students and so little time, it’s a practice most of us find remarkably difficult but undoubtedly neces-sary. Intentional “hanging around,” it seems, is the best formula for building relationships. For instance, only yesterday I was standing idly in the residence wondering where I might find the cleaning staff when I suddenly found myself in a conver-sation about gaming and anarchy with two students I had never seen before. A few minutes later, politics turned into sharing experiences of privilege and childhood trauma.

The young men laughed at the idea that three introverts had stumbled into such a full conversation, but I realized that these kinds of con-versations are unable to take place without the practice of presence. As we stood there together, sharing laughter and our deepest convic-tions, I fought a compulsion to hurry back to the office. “I’m wasting time!” I thought to myself. “I haven’t even finished my emails for today and I have three services I should be working on!” I had to laugh at myself for thinking it was a waste of time to do the very thing I’ve become a chaplain for: walking alongside young people as they

Thinking Theology with the Rev’d Dr Stephen Sharman

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William and Debby Towill ‘79Robert Axford ‘81Thomas Naughten and Heather

Baxter-Naughten ‘81Patricia and Bradley Tonn ‘81Victor Siu Sun Lam ‘82F. Leigh Miller ‘82Peter M Somers ‘83Caroline and Bernie Dueck ‘84Melanie L Last ‘84Alison Lynch ‘84Donald and Deb McKibbin ‘85Jeffrey McLaren and Aline

Taillefer-McLaren ‘86Ken and Sandra Pawluk ‘86Michael W Bonar ‘87Blair and Kim Chapman ‘87Friend of St John’s College ‘88Alan B Hastie ‘88Robert D McKibbin ‘88Philip F Penner ‘89Jennifer Hyslop and Barry Smith

‘90Pamela Poulter-Friesen and Kevin

Friesen ‘90Kathryn A. and Robert J. Young ‘91Aaron and Caitlin Kowall ‘91Marilee and Peter Mansfield ‘91Elizabeth Pate ‘92Ernest Armitt ‘93Angela ‘93 and John McLean ‘90Audrey and Marc Harrison ‘95Michael Lea and Maria

Stapleton ‘96Katherine Abra ‘97Barbara Andrews ‘97Tonia Bagnall ‘97M. Louise Cornell ‘97Paul R Cobban ‘98Tina A Tenbergen ‘98Marcus J Steeds ‘03Ian T Lau ‘04John and Jilleen Stafford ‘05David Gordon ‘06Olubusola O Famuyide ‘07Wisam N Helewa ‘08Julie D Perepeluk ‘08Melanie Lewis ‘11Kathleen Wilson ‘11

FriendsJoelle AdairAll Charities CampaignLeslie AndersonWillard and Sharon AndersonFriend of St John’s CollegeMargaret BarronRose M. BartonRalph and Eileen BaxterBernhard and Meryle BergMargaret BlewettBonny BonnevilleJohn and Wendy Botkin

Annette BourdonArthur and Judith BraidBrenda Cantelo and Mr Gary LovettJ.Russell BrownLyle and Mary-Ann CairnsTeresa and Douglas CameronA. Lorne* and Kathleen CampbellDoreene CampbellCanadian Shield FoundationRay and Susan CardyColin and Linda-Faye ChapmanGeorge ChapmanBruce ChegusArthur ChipmanSusan Close and Richard HoldenThomas Collings and Julie Black

CollingsLen and Sandra ComptonMuriel ConnerRobert CouttsColin and Margaret DawesGeoffrey and Lynda DeanLois DoigAlfred Dyck and Jean BoyesThomas and Sandra ElliottHerbert EnnsBarry Ferguson and Natalie JohnsonWilliam and Shirley FraserGerald and Jean FriesenIvan FroeseJohn F. FunnellGilbert DuttonEdward and Karen GlaserFitz GriffithDiane GuilfordBonnie HallmanJean HealeyRobert and Vivian HiltonArlene HirschHope Wilmot and Richard SmithBill and Janet HoskinsSt Benedict’s TableJune HunnieIrene HunterLinda HyslopIBM Canada Ltd.Investors Group Matching Gift

ProgramElena IvanitskaiaJames and Ruth DeanJune JamesCarmen and Hycinth JayasuriyaFriend of St John’s CollegeJohnson Inc.David and Brenda JohnsonEsyllt JonesRobert Jones and Arlene Draffin

JonesWilliam and Judith KesankoDavid and Laura KilgourDelilah KippenMichael and Ursula KlymMaureen and Richard Kolodie

GradsRuth A Goring Johnston* ‘34 EstateMiriam G Crawford ‘37Marjorie Grace Dance* Estate ‘47Susann R Monroe ‘47Michael and Muriel Hankinson ‘48 Amy and William Wadley ‘49Tom Thurlow* ‘50Robert F Brown Estate* ‘51Robert and Victoria English ‘56Bernard Beare ‘57Anne and Ronald Leibl ‘57Kathleen and Robert Brown ‘58David and Jean Carter ‘58Eirene Landon ‘58G. Ted Poulter* ‘58Friend of St John’s College ‘59Jane and Paul Gibson ‘59George and Patricia Robb ‘59Jack and Gail Greenhalgh ‘60Marilynne S Keil ‘60Arthur Millward ‘60Friend of St John’s College ‘60Wilma and Charles Shirriff ‘60Mel Wiebe and Lola Cuddy ‘60Douglas Rowland ‘61David and Marlene Bright ‘62Joan Greatrex ‘62Judy and Tosh Hayashi ‘62Allan C Smith ‘62Friend of St John’s College’62Margaret Allen ‘63Jocelyn and Warren Barnard ‘63Patricia Lynne Bell ‘63 Donna Byrne ‘63Ardis and Hal Calder ‘63John and Elizabeth Deacon ‘63Dawne and Hugh Gordon ‘63 William J Houston ‘63Murdith McLean ‘63Bruce Nesbitt ‘63Lynn Pate ‘63Diane Schurek ‘63Bert Smith ‘63Eveline ‘63 and John Tanner ‘61Gordon and Lynne Tovell ‘63Judy Waters ‘63Joyce Wawrykow ‘63Barbara Black Peden and Russ

Peden ‘64Friend of St John’s College ‘64Alice M. E Cheatley ‘64W. Hugh and Willie Spencer ‘64Malcolm F X Neill ‘64V. Stirling and Cynthia Walkes ‘64Penny and Nestor Yakimik ‘64Campbell and Leah MacArthur ‘65D. Ross McIntosh ‘65Donald and Susan Thompson ‘65Brian F Webb ‘65Ian G Drummond ‘66Jo-Ann R Shelton ‘66Garth Bulmer ‘67Edward and Mary Alice Gammon ‘67

Friend of St John’s College ‘67Charles and Linda Johnston ‘67Nancy M Norton ‘67Richard and Lynda Palmer ‘67Donald J Smith ‘67Robert L Webster ‘67Richard and Deborah Boyd ‘68Irene and James Palmer ‘68David and Judy Quinton ‘68Susan J Ruttan ‘68James W and Jackie Brown ‘69Virginia M Doell ‘69Robert C Dojack ‘69Jim and Dolores Gailbraith ‘69James and Marguerite Newton ‘69Barbara Roche ‘69Robert W Sanders ‘69Janet Schubert ‘69Marilyn J Skinner ‘69Louise Carson ‘70Friend of St John’s College’70Lee and Harvey Teal ‘70Marianne G Boll ‘72W. Gary and Pat Cavanagh ‘72Catherine Dearden and Howie

Blatt ‘72Erica E Devlin ‘72Donna Lark Gamey ‘72Robert Hawkins ‘72L. Faye Thomson and Jim Kacki ‘72Penny and Richard Blouw ‘73Janet M Gladstone ‘73Margaret L Klementowicz ‘73Brenda and Glenn Lange ‘73Barbara L Nicolson ‘73Elizabeth A Popham ‘73R. Delores Schneider ‘73John and Elizabeth Simmons ‘73Ernest P Bratko ‘74Susan D Chenier ‘74Richard and Patti Gilhuly ‘74Jane E Harrison-Albright ‘74Lawrence E Palk ‘74John McKenzie and Sue

Chenier ‘75Eleanor and William Menzies ‘75Myrna Mitchell and Bryan Kirk ‘75Pamela Banting ‘76Friend of St John’s College ‘76Jane and Andy McMullen ‘76Heather and Hartley

Richardson ‘76James Ripley ‘76Bryan and Judy Bjerring ‘77G. Douglas Fenton ‘77Sheila and Karl Ruban ‘77Gregory and Alice Sadler ‘77Christopher W.B. and Fiona

Jensen ‘78Joan E McConnell ‘78Diana G Roblin ‘78Stephen C Sharman ‘78Peter and Carole Tilley ‘78James and Carol Smith ‘79

Thank You to Our 2013 DonorsThe impact your gifts have on our community empowers our students to achieve their very best! Thank you for supporting the small community atmosphere through donations to scholarships/bursaries, prizes/awards, endowment funds, the Residence and to the general well-being of the College.

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Thank You to Our 2013 DonorsWinnipeg FoundationAdelle YanusyewskiRobert and Beverley ZarownySusan Marie and Tony ZatylnyLorraine Zimmerman

Donations received in Memory of:

The Rt Revd Dr H James P. Allan

Bonny BonnevilleKathleen and Robert Brown ’58Doreene CampbellTom Collings and Julie Black

CollingsLen and Sandra ComptonMuriel ConnerG. Douglas Fenton ‘77John and Dorothy FunnellPam Poulter-Friesen & Kevin

Friesen‘90Linda HyslopAnn and Ronald Leibl ’57Kurt and Jackie MarkstromDerek and Wendy McLeanEdna PoulterGlen and Carol Puritch Robert and Beverley Zarowny

Dr Peter AitchisonErnest Armitt ‘93Bernhard and Meryle BergKyle and Mary-Ann CairnsRay CardyPaul Cobban ‘98Alfred Dyck and Jean BoyesThomas and Sandra ElliottEdward and Karen GlaserJean HealeyWilliam and Janet HoskinsIrene HunterRobert Jones and Arlene

Draffin-JonesMichael and Ursual KlymSara LugtigBruce and Judith McDonaldDonald and Christine McKeeNancy Norton ‘67Lorrie ParsonsValerie RossLily RosenbergGregory and Alice Sadler ’77John and Dorothy SandersonDianna ScarthSusan ScottBeth McKechnie and Ross

WheelerAdelle YanusyewskiYanzhi Zou

The Revd Peter M. Cain*’85Friend of St John’s College

Bernard (Bud) KolodieWillard and Sharon AndersonLois DoigRichard and Maureen KolodieKurt and Jackie MarkstromJohn and Jill Stafford ’05Lorraine Zimmerman

Len Kuffert Peter KulchyskiDebra LindsayWilliam and Marie Diane LoxtonSara LugtigKurt and Jackie MarkstromDawne McCanceLisa McCauslandBruce and Judith McDonaldBeth McKechnie and Ross

WheelerDonald and Christine McKeeDerek and Wendy McLeanJames MorrisonPeter and Margaret MorseMSBICathy MudryAreen MulderE. Joan NebbsEdward (Ted) and Sandy NimikWilliam and Pauline NortonGrace NunnLorrie ParsonsKaren PatzerGordon H. and Aileen PawlingBryan Peeler Michael and Dorothy PeersSherry PetersDonald and Nancy PhillipsPMC-Sierra Ltd (273424)William Pope and Elizabeth

Tippett-PopeEdna PoulterJack PoulterBeth ProvenDavid and Elizabeth PunterGlen and Carol PuritchAudrey RainesEdward RansbyTeresa ReillyTanya Reimer FalkLaura and Richard ReimerIra Ripstein and Elske

Hildes-RipsteinLance and Laverne RobertsRoss and Alana RobinsonLily RosenbergValerie RossMarianne RowbothamJohn RussellJohn and Dorothy SandersonDianna ScarthSusan ScottM SilverthorneGordon SmedleyShirlee Anne SmithSt John’s College Faculty Assoc.Robert and Judy StewartCarol and Jarvis StoddartThe Thomas Sill Foundation, Inc.Robert and Mary ThomasChristopher TrottFelicity TrottUniversity of Manitoba PressUniversity Women’s Club

Scholarship Trust FundElnora and Ed WiebeWilfrid Laurier Univ (Press)

Legacy Gifts to the College Received in 2013In 2013 we were saddened to say farewell to the following but thankful their legacy will live on.

Ruth (Wells) Goring Johnston `34 former Lady Stick whose father g.A. Wells was Warden of the College during the 1920s and early 1930s, left a bequest to an endowed prize in her father’s name.

Rev`d Robert Frederick Brown, ’51 former Stick passed away in January of 2012. Rev Brown had made a gift to the College in his Will. Rev’d Brown’s bequest has been placed in an endowment fund and a decision on where to best use his legacy will be made in the future.

If you wish to inspire future generations of Johnians please talk to your family about your desire to designate a gift to the College in your Will. Contact us so that we can work together to ensure your wishes are met.

Erin L. Palamar (nee Kolodie)Dutton GilbertCarmen and Hycinth JayasuriyaRichard and Maureen KolodieJohn and Jill Stafford ’05Marcus J. Steeds ‘03

Revd Ian PetersonJohn and Jill Stafford ’05

Edward W PopeFriend of St John’s College

G. Edward (Ted) PoulterLeslie AndersonJocelyn and Warren Barnard ‘63Rose M. BartonJohn and Wendy BotkinAnnette BourdonRobert and Victoria English ‘56Pamela Poulter-Friesen and Kevin

Friesen ’90June and Walter HunnieWilliam and Marie Diane LoxtonKurt and Jackie MarkstromEdna PoulterJack C. PoulterBeth ProvenIra Ripstein and Elske

Hidles-RipsteinM.David SilverthorneJohn and Jill Stafford ‘05Robert and Judy StewartSusan Marie and Tony Zatylny

Larry NazerRichard and Maureen Kolodie

The Ven. Allan Rupert Reed ‘66Edward and Mary Alice Gammon ’67

Ebony-Rose Simmonds-SassevilleRichard and Maureen Kolodie

Lorne WhitmoreKathryn and Robert Young ’91

The Rt Revd Gary WooleyG. Douglas Fenton ‘77

Donations in Honour of:

Jocelyn Barnard’63 Beth Proven

Mark Duncan ‘73John Simmons

The Revd Dr John K Stafford ‘05Lisa MacCauslandLaura and Gerry PachecoFiona Stafford and Hermann FuchsmeierJonathan Stafford ’10

Mel Wiebe and Lola Cuddy ’60Friend of St John’s College

~ Includes a Gift in Kind * Deceased ^ Matching Gifts

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Janet MacFarlane’s great uncle, Jim McDermid married her paternal great Aunt, and who among other things collected art work. Janet became the owner of several pieces of the art. One of them, was a beautiful pen and ink drawing of the College on Main Street which Janet felt belonged at the College and so donated the origi-nal work. Thank you, Janet. And, what an amazing family history!

Coincidentally Janet’s maternal grandmother, Janet Baxter, worked as a maid at St John’s College in the 1880s prior to her marriage.

In-Kind Donation If you wish to create a legacy please

talk to your family about your inten-tions, contact us so that we can work together to design your legacy and get in touch with your lawyer and financial advisor to find out what is best for you and your estate.

Thank you to the following who are leaving a legacy to St John’s College: Jocelyn ‘63 & Warren BarnardEllen Basler ‘71Karen ‘81 & Bob BindingRoy Bowkett ‘66Norman CameronAlice Cheatley ‘64Nancy (Bole) Cullen ‘64John Deacon ‘63Martin GerwinDiane GuilfordBonnie HallmanMarika Janovcik Harsanyi ‘84Elena IvanitskaiaKaren KristjansonJackie MarkstromDerek McLeanOrde Morton ‘61Geoff ‘67 & Susan (Bartley) Norquay ‘67Grace NunnSusanne PalmerBarbara Black Peden’64William PickeringEdna PoulterMuriel QuirkDouglas Rowland ‘61George Sigurdson ‘70Y.Christine SmithMarjorie (Webster) WardRon ‘68 and Janice WasikAnthony Waterman ’62Brian WebbTerry WiensJoan Williams

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The Class of ‘63

Thank you to:

Margaret Allen, ‘63Jocelyn ’63 and Warren BarnardLynne ’63 and David BellDonna Byrne ‘63Ardis ’63 and Hal CalderJohn ’63 and Elizabeth DeaconMurdith ’63 McLean and Ana Maria paredoBruce Nesbitt’63

Lynn ’63 and David ’65 pateDiane ’63 and Adolph SchurekBert ’63 and Bernice SmithEveline ’63 and John ’61 TannerJudy Waters ‘63Joyce Wawrykow ‘63AndBeth proven Investors Matching gift programme

Early last year Jocelyn Barnard, ’63 decided she wanted to do something special for the College in honour of her 50th graduation anniversary. Talking with Jackie Markstrom, Development Office, it was felt that a scholarship would be the most meaningful way of saying thank you to the College. Jocelyn wanted to include her fellow ’63 graduates and so a letter was sent to the graduating class of ’63 inviting them to be a part of this wonderful gift. Together they donated more than $5,000 which was matched dollar for dollar by the Manitoba Bursary and Scholarship Initiative! Every year from now on a Class of ’63 Scholarship will be awarded at Convocation to a student in arts or science. We want to thank the Class of ’63 and especially Jocelyn for making this very special tribute happen – a true legacy to the College and future generations!

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Feasibility Study As you may be aware the College undertook a Feasibility Study to explore the potential for a Capital Campaign. Four projects were reviewed in this study: the building of a new Residence; enhancing Scholarships/Bursaries; converting classrooms into Smart Classrooms (technology upgrades!); and investing in our Canadian Studies Programme.

The Study was conducted by ex-ternal consultants, Katarina Kupca and Janet Walker. They made five recommendations:

1. Develop a Strategic Plan that clarifies the College’s vision and engages alumni.

The College is in the process of hiring a consultant to lead us through the Strategic planning process. Once the consultant is in place the process will continue through the spring and be on its way to completion sometime in the fall.

2. Explore partnerships and other funding sources for capital improvements

The Warden is exploring sev-eral partnerships both within the UofM and with external organizations.

3. Strengthen the case for support

Once the Strategic plan is ad-opted by Council the Case for Support will be rewritten to ensure it is in alignment with the plan. A Case for Support is the document that is used to help with raising the large amounts of money needed for the capital campaign!

4. Strengthen volunteer leadership

Again, once the Strategic plan has been adopted then volunteer leadership for the capital cam-paign will be developed.

5. Strength commitment to fundraising

Included in this was a need for the Development Officer and Warden to travel and visit with our Alumni and friends more often. So far this year, we have visited our friends in Toronto and Ottawa with a trip to Vancouver planned for April. We will also be travelling to Brandon, Kenora and other centres closer to home! We look forward to visiting with our alumni and friends and hearing their College stories!

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From our Fellows

The Sinking of the Athenia

September 2014 will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Reacting to germany’s invasion of poland, Britain and France declared war on germany on Sunday, the 1st of September. Although Canada did not enter the war until the end of the next week, Canadians were involved that very first Sunday when a german submarine sank the passenger liner Athenia some 250 miles northwest of Ireland sailing from Liverpool to Montreal. The ship carried over one thousand passengers—housewives, children, students, scientists, and refugees—attempting to get home before the war broke out. At least 42 of the 469 Canadian passengers

The Athenia before the warDr. Francis Carroll, retired Fellow

were from Manitoba and 16 from Winnipeg. Among those plucked from the ocean were Evelyn Morris, a recent graduate of the UofM who would be known as the actress Judith Evelyn, gildas Molgat, the future leader of the Liberal party in Manitoba and Senator, and David Cass-Beggs, the l970s head of Manitoba Hydro. Although 112 people were lost, some 1,306 passengers and crew were saved. Fortunately the Athenia was not so far out into the Atlantic as to be beyond reach of several freighters, a private yacht, and three Royal Navy destroyers. Their rescue was complicated by the fact that some survivors were brought into nearby galway, some back to glasgow,

and some all the way across the ocean to Halifax. This confused and prolonged the process of reuniting families. The sinking of a passenger liner just eight and half hours after the declaration of war galvanized both Britain and Canada, reviving the great War specter of unrestrict-ed submarine warfare, which had been ruled illegal by international treaties. The sinking of the Athenia brought the war to Canada that Sunday, 3 September 1939.

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Alumni/Student News

Caroline Inglis ’12 takes top prize for Venice Biennale of Architecture collaboration! Caroline was one of the two lucky students from the Dept of Architecture whose work will be part of Arctic Adaptations cu-rated and designed by Lateral Office, in Toronto. The Toronto architectural office is collaborating for the large project with Nunavut organiza-tions, universities and students from across Canada. Arctic Adaptations will be on display at the Canadian pavilion during the Venice Biennale, from June to Nov 2014. Caroline took a trip to Whitehorse in January to further work on the piece.

Each year, many of our best and brightest St John’s College graduates qualify as Chartered Accountants. These students completed the 2013 Uniform Evaluations, one of the worlds’ most challenging profes-sional entrance exams. We give our congratulations to this year’s new Chartered professional Accountants: Amanda Einarson ’11 and Tannie Lam ’12.

Congratulation to Jason ’10 and Natalie Roberts on their recent marriage on November 9, 2013! They held the service in the Chapel at the College with their uncle, Norman paul presiding at the ceremony.

John Crookshanks ‘01 completed his ph.D. at University of Alberta in 2012 but did not Convocate un-til 2013. His work was on Urban Aboriginal governance compar-ing Edmonton and Winnipeg. He now works for the government of Alberta in the Aboriginal Relations division as a policy advisor on Urban Initiatives.

Our congratulations to Karen Smith ‘77 & ‘01 upon receiving the Merron Chorny Award from the Canadian Council of Teachers of English in November, 2013 for Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of English. Karen received Nominee status for the Lieutenant governor’s Medal for Literacy and was pinned at government House on June 30th, 2013. Karen published a children’s book entitled “Steve the Urban Rabbit” (MavenMedia press) in May, 2013.

On November 15, 2013 Susan McLure ’65 (nee Brookes) was awarded the governor general’s Caring Canadian Award in Calgary Alberta. Susan graduated from St John’s College with a BA in 1965 and earned the Certificate in Education from the U of M in 1966. Susan was nominated by the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank for her many and varied services to that organization over the last 15 years, including working on the food sorting line and seven years on the Board of Directors.

At a special event held in November 2013, several St John’s College students received the Aboriginal Education Award 2013-14. The Business Council of Manitoba with its partners, the government of Canada and government of Manitoba announced the Awards to: Monica Cyr, Tyler Henderson, Shelly Joss, Carly McLellan, Cynthia Oliviera, Lisa Thomas. Congratulations to all of you!

great work by Ahmad Byagowi our grad student doing his sec-ond phD work in the Biomedical Engineering field, showed his aerial helicopter with a video camera attached. He made an aerial tour of the St John’s College and U of M campus. You can watch it using this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xdvnpV21Q

The Athenia before the war

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Fellows/ Staff News

Birk Sproxton: An event to cel-ebrate the life and work of poet and novelist Birk Sproxton and the publication of a special issue of prairie Fire was held on the 15th November in Winnipeg. Born in Flin Flon, Sproxton studied in Winnipeg and spent a year at St John’s College before moving west to Alberta to teach at Red Deer College. Hosted by Christina Riegel, this event featured appearances from family members Lorriane Sproxton and Mark Sproxton; and contributions from Fellows Dennis Cooley, David Arnason and Warren Cariou.

Congratulations to Esyllt Jones, and Adele Perry, Faculty of Arts, who re-ceived an 2013 Outreach Award for their significant outreach activities, especially through their published work “A people’s Citizenship guide”.

If you love bacon, you would have loved the article in the Jan 15th Winnipeg Free press giving the best of the best recipes using bacon! Maureen Kolodie, retired staff member of St John’s College was the grand prize winner for her rec-ipe for Sweet and Salty Chocolate Covered Bacon! Just don’t tell your doctor!

We are happy to announce that Fellow Jeff Masuda received a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Marginalized populations, place and Health at Queen’s University. The sad news is the Jeff will be leaving the College at the end of the year. Congratulations to Jeff for this im-portant position. We wish you well on your move to Ontario.

Former Dean of Residence and Chaplain Jamie Howison was interviewed by Mary Hynes on CBC Tapestry, Feb 7, 2014 to explore the music and spirituality of the jazz great John Coltrane. Jamie shared from his book god’s Mind in that Music: Theological Explorations through the Music of John Coltrane.

Warden and Vice-Chancellor Chris Trott was interviewed on CBC Morning Show in Montreal in January about the book Sanaaq, written by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, an Inuk from northern Quebec. published in 1987, and now avail-able in English. Chris Trott is also an associate professor of native studies at the UofM and an editor for the UofM press, which published the English translation with the Avataq Cultural Institute in Inukjuak.

St John’s College extends our congratulations to Honorary Fellow Janice Filmon, CM, OM, BSc, LLD on her investiture as a Member of The Order of Canada. The Right Honourable David Johnston, governor general of Canada, pre-sided over the ceremony on Friday, December 13, 2013.

News from the Daily Bread CaféIan Park, Food Services Manager has been introducing some new and exciting things in the Daily Bread Café. The College sponsored a student art show and held a reception for artists and their sup-porters on Feb 13th in the Daily Bread Cafe. We introduced Chinese Wednesdays with the kick off on Chinese New Year day. We now promote Chinese food on Campus every Wednesday night with weekly specials.

New Tiffin projectThe Tiffin is a reusable take away container. Ian is working with the UofM Auxiliary services and sustain-ability offices to introduce a cam-pus wide program to:

- Reduced business costs for dis-posable food containers

- Improved food quality/experi-ence, by keeping food warmer and fresher for longer

- Reduced waste entering the waste stream and reduced preva-lence of litter

- Opportunity to raise awareness about responsible resource use.

We are also looking to add a few more gluten free items to our menu. With some of our Fellows and staff eating gluten free we feel it’s important to be able to meet this dietary need. We are also run-ning a survey asking our customers where we can improve to better meet the needs of our community.

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In Memoriam: Alumni and Friends of the CollegeOur sincere condolences to the families and friends of our dear departed Alumni

On May 27, 2013, Mrs Genevieve Edith (nee Mathison) Thomson ’37 died peacefully in her 98th year. She was married to Malcolm M. Thomson ‘29 who died in 2001.

Philip Cherry Bleeks ’62 passed away on Nov 9, 2013. philip had a long career in teaching and strove to make literature, and especially poetry and drama, accessible to everyone.

The Very Reverend Allan R. Reed, ’66 retired Dean of St. Michael and Angels Cathedral, Kelowna, BC died on October 19, 2013 at the age of 68 years old. Allan was born in Winnipeg, and after graduation from St John’s College he served as Curate at St John’s Cathedral from 1970 to ’72. A man who was truly “larger than life and twice as handsome” Allan was well known for his creativity, sense of humour, and general love of life and people and will be fondly remembered by many.

Dr Thomas (Tom) Richard Thompson ’71 died at the age of 69, after a lengthy illness November 7, 2013.

We also received word that Bishop Gary Woolsey ’74 passed gently and peacefully on October 18th. His wife, Marie, and family, Todd, Drew, Tina, Heather, Doug, and Helen were with him.

We are especially saddened to have received the belated news of the passing of Annette Mary “Anne” Patterson ’78, who died December 5, 2010 at age 80.

After a long struggle with brain cancer, Martin Speight ’79 passed away at the age of 58 years on February 12, 2014. While working on his Arts and political Science degree at St John’s College he met his wife Colleen.

The Reverend Kenneth Douglas Brown ‘81 passed away on December 23, 2013. At age 55, he took early retirement and came to St John’s College to pursue Theology and Biblical studies. He graduated in 1981, was ordained to the priesthood of the Anglican Church.

The Revd Ian Robert Peterson ’01 died peacefully with his wife Angela and family at his side on Sunday, November 10, 2013. Ian was a priest of St Mark’s Anglican Church and friend and mentor of many. Ian had received his B.Th from St John’s College and encour-aged many to continue to study theology.

Daphne Rosemary Maureen Rathbone died peacefully sur-rounded by family in her home at Samaritan place on September 12, 2013. Daphne attended St John’s College for two years where she met her future husband Bruce Rathbone ’54 who died in 1993.

Our condolences go to the family of Bishop Jim Njegovan ’75 on the death of his uncle Bogdan “Bob” Njegovan from Flin Flon, who died peacefully January 9, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer, at the age of 85.

It is with sadness that we remember the daughter of Honorary Fellow Janice Filmon and her husband gary, who died September 25, 2013. Allison Filmon-Carvey passed away at home with family by her side.

On December 20, 2013, Norman Louis Coghlan died peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Our thoughts and prayers go to his wife former Council Member pearl Mcgonigal, and family.

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of A. Lorne Campbell, O.C., C.D., LL.B., LL.D., D.C.L, Q.C. who died, January 15, 2014. Among his many contributions to the community he served as charter member of the Advisory Council for St John’s College Capital Campaign, and as Chair of the Special gifts Committee. At the College’s 1993 convocation, he received the hon-orary degree of Doctor of Canon Law. He retired from the practice of law in 2005.

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On a recent visit to Regina Jackie Markstrom was given this photo of the Canadian Rockies taken by Victor Lam, ’82

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