Jeanne was the daughter of Marguerite of Angoulême, a well educated, cultured, and religiously devout woman of the Renaissance. She has been called the first modern woman. Marguerite was celebrated in her day, or notorious, for her poem “Mirror of the Sinful Soul,” in which she mystically identified with a succession of women in Scripture who experienced God’s grace. The poem was condemned by the theologians of the Sorbonne as heretical, but, as it happens, Marguerite’s uncle was king of France, so, ‘nuff said. The future Queen Elizabeth of England, at the age of eleven, translated Marguerite’s poem into English as a gift for her Protestant stepmother, Katharine Parr. With such a mother, Jeanne grew up Biblically literate, in touch with God, high-spirited, and resolute. In 1548, for dynastic reasons, she married the handsome

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Celebrating the Reformation, as we’re doing in this symbolic anniversary year, is double-edged. There’s much to affirm, but much to regret. On the one hand, I’m grateful for the leadership of women in the religious affairs of the Reformation period. Who was more influential, in the second half of the sixteenth century, than Elizabeth, Protestant Queen of England, and Catherine de’ Medici, Catholic regent of France? Not that their leadership was always, or maybe even usually, wise. But, if nothing else, their example sparked some fresh engagement with Scripture, challenged unhelpful views on gender, and opened opportunities for later Christian women. On the other hand, the militarized religious hostility of the period, Catholic

versus Protestant, is deeply repugnant to me. Wars of religion ravaged Europe, inflicted immense destruction and human damage, and alienated many modern people from all religious claims. Which brings me to Jeanne d’Albret (1528–1572), Queen of Navarre and leader of the Huguenots (French Protestants influenced by the Reformed theology of John Calvin) during the first three French wars of religion. Navarre, an independent kingdom in those days, straddles what’s now southwest France and northwest Spain. Jeanne’s authority also extended over much of Aquitaine to the north (it was called Guyenne then), an area that includes Bordeaux and the port town of La Rochelle, which prospered from shipping Bordeaux wine to the English.

Jeanne d’Albret, Huguenot

Leader, and the French Wars of

Religion - Alan Hayes

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Volume 33, Issue 5

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Faculty: Principal Bp. Stephen Andrews Room 103, x3521 AD Director Marion Taylor* Room 227, x3542 BD Director Glen Taylor Room 218, x 3541 Librarian/AD Coord. Tom Power Leonard Hall, x3526 Permanent Faculty: Annette Brownlee Room 233, x3540 Terry Donaldson Room L304, x3537 Alan Hayes Room L302, x3532 Ann Jervis Room 232, x3539 David Kupp Room 231, x2561 Wanda Malcolm* Room L303, x2557 Joseph Mangina Room 231, x3523 Judy Paulsen Room 229, X3534 Ephraim Radner Room L301, x3533 Peter Robinson* Room 225, 3529 Christopher Seitz Room L305, x3551 Permanent Part-Time Faculty: Marilyn Draper Catherine Sider Hamilton * on sabbatical Fall 2017

but philandering Antoine de Bourbon. In 1555, on the death of her father, she inherited the throne of Navarre, which she chose to share with her husband. For various reasons, lower Navarre and Guyenne had developed Protestant sympathies. In particular, La Rochelle was a Reformed stronghold. And Reformed churches were springing up all across France, planted by missionaries organized from Geneva. In 1559, the first national Reformed synod was held in Paris. Jeanne was open to the Reformed faith, and many of her advisers and nobles encouraged her in that direction. John Calvin wrote her frequently. An

(Continued from page 1) eminent young Geneva theologian, Theodore Beza (soon to be Calvin’s successor), came to visit her. She was touched, too, by the persecutions of Reformed believers. Finally on Christmas day 1560 the Queen attended a Reformed service of worship in Béarn and publicly announced that it had “pleased the Lord to extricate me by his grace from the idolatry in which I was deeply mired, and to receive me into his church,” as she recalled later in her fascinating narrative, the “Ample Discourse”. Three weeks later came a letter from Queen Elizabeth of England congratulating her on “her affection for the true religion.” As the highest ranking Protestant in France, Jeanne became the leader of the

Huguenot movement. She felt confident in God’s support for her and, frankly, in God’s promised help for her armies. She felt called to make her realm a homeland for the Bible-believing Christians of the Reformed faith. She recognized her own vocation in the stories of the Old Testament: she would thwart the prophets of Baal, raise the prophets of the Lord, and make safe the promised land for the beleaguered people of God. The Loire River was the northern boundary of her territory, and as Reformed refugees crossed over it into safety, they thought of Israel crossing the Red Sea. They sang out Psalm 114, “When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange

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Admin Staff: Accountant Sophia Chen Room 105, x3522 Business Office Peter Patterson Room 106, x3549 Paul Patterson Room 107, x3546 Chaplain Annette Brownlee Room 233, x3540 Communications Patricia Paddey Room A10, x3548 Connie Chan Room A10, x3590 Development Rob Henderson Room 102, x3538 Shelley McLagan Room 101, x3524 Peter Herriman Room 101, x2559 Front Desk Andy Witt, x3535 Indigenous Ministries Julie Golding Page Room A10, 4001 IT Matt Glandfield Basement, x3531 Maintenance David Durance Paul Mason Basement, x3543 Principal’s Office Karen Baker-Bigauskas Room 104, x3521 Registrar/Admissions Barbara Jenkins Room 226, x3530 Sean Otto Room 228, x3525 Jon Clemens/Rachel Lott Room 230, x3547 Residence Don Lane Scruggs x3030 Wycliffe Serves! Steve Hewko Room A10 Bonnie Kung Room A10, x2558 Karine White Room A10, x2558

LIBRARY DROP-IN SESSIONS Wednesdays in September/October 2017

October 18, 2017

12 noon-1 p.m. Ask Me Anything You Like!

Location: Graham Library Classroom

No Sign-Up Necessary. Just Drop-In.

Can’t Make It? No problem. Just email me or drop by the Graham Library

Tom Power, Theology Librarian

thomas.power@utoronto.ca , 416-978-2653 (Trinity), 416-946-3526 (Wycliffe)

exploded. Antoine chose the Catholic side, while Jeanne remained loyal to the Reformed Church, despite criticisms for disobeying her husband. Antoine sought to have his wife arrested and forced into a convent, but she was safe in her kingdom. Antoine died soon thereafter from wounds in battle. Jeanne was sorry. Jeanne steered towards neutrality in the first two wars of religion, but with the third war in 1568, her kingdom was threatened with attack. She actively supported the Huguenot cause from the walled city of La Rochelle. She looked after refugees, rallied the troops, inspected the defences, and supported the military leadership of the brilliant Admiral Coligny. Queen Jeanne died in 1572 of natural causes, though a rumour circulated that Catherine

de’ Medici had poisoned her. A few months later the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, perhaps plotted by Catherine, decimated the Huguenot leadership, including Coligny. Jeanne was succeeded in Navarre by her son Henry, also a committed Huguenot. In 1589 he would become King Henry IV of France, and he would end the eighth and final French War of Religion by granting religious liberty to Protestants in the Edict of Nantes of 1598. But by then he had accepted Roman Catholicism. A cute but mischievous legend implies that he changed churches for somewhat epicurean reasons. The story goes that Catholic Paris refused to let him enter the city as a Protestant King, and as he prepared to receive the Catholic mass at the basilica of St-Denis in

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language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.” Guyenne was the new Israel. Jeanne was the Lord’s anointed. Jeanne sent Reformed pastors across her territories, imposed limitations on the practice of the Catholic faith, commissioned the translation of the New Testament into Basque and Béarnese, and established a Protestant seminary. She was denounced and threatened by Pope Pius IV and became the object of violent plots. Religious hostilities escalated. Both Protestants and Catholics turned to condemnatory rhetoric, recriminations, conspiracies, vandalism, and marauding. Efforts towards peaceful coexistence faltered, and in 1562 the first French War of Religion

(Continued from page 2) Paris in 1593, he was heard to say, “Paris vaut une messe”: Paris is well worth a mass. And I thoroughly understand the charms of Paris. But I don’t think that’s what was on his mind. He had learned from his amazingly strong, faithful, and brilliant mother and grandmother quite a bit about the mysteries of grace, and the duties of government, and the need for peace, and the fallibility of human judgment, and the vocation to serve God. To do what he needed to do as King of France required setting aside some personal predilections. And, after all, the religious landscape had changed over the past generation, and perhaps he considered that, whether in a reformed Catholicism or in a matured Protestantism, the same Jesus Christ could be adored and served.

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BURSARIES AVAILABLE

The Prayer Book Society of Canada is pleased to announce the availability of a limited

number of bursaries of up to $1000, for Anglican students engaged in religious studies

who value the Book of Common Prayer, use it in their daily prayer life, and wish to

support its continuing use in the Anglican Church in Canada. Students in the

ordination stream are particularly encouraged to apply.

Students wishing to be considered for one of these bursaries should submit a copy of their

curriculum vitae and the names, addresses and phone numbers of two references, together with a

covering letter explaining their interest in this bursary and in the Book of Common Prayer, to: Dr.

Diana Verseghy, PBSC Bursaries Committee, 12 Sherbourne Dr., Maple, ON, L6A 1G8.

E-mail: diana.verseghy@sympatico.ca. The deadline for applications is Friday, November 10, 2017.

Candidates will be interviewed by a selection committee in late November, and awards will be made

in mid-December.

Financial Support for

Doctoral Students

DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

FTE offers the Fellowship for Doctoral

Students of African Descent and the

Fellowship for Latino/a, Asian and First

Nations Doctoral Students. Each fellowship

recipient receives an award up to $25,000.

Qualified candidates must be:

Students of African, Latino/a, Asian, Pacific Islands or First Nations descent

Enrolled full-time in a Th.D. or Ph.D. program in religious, theological or

biblical studies

Completed with coursework by the beginning of the award fellowship year

In a position to write full-time during the fellowship year if the applicant is at the

dissertation stage

Please go to this link for more information, and online application: http://fteleaders.org/grants-fellowships/c/doctoral-fellowships-for-students-of-color All online applications are due by February 1, 2018.

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DATE: 11 October, 2017, 3:00 - 4:30 PM

Location: Reading Room, Wycliffe College.

Professor Alec Ryrie, noted historian from University of Durham, UK, will address

the issue of the impact of the Protestant Reformation then and now. "Martin Luther

unleashed a spiritual revolution that neither he nor anyone else could define or con-

trol. And it’s not over yet," says Ryrie.

LET'S GO TO THE

BMO STADIUM

TOGETHER: TO

WATCH SOCCER TFC

VS MONTREAL

IMPACT SOCCER

GAME

Game: TFC Vs

Montreal Impact

When: Sunday,

October 15th

Time: 3PM

Where: BMO Field

Stadium

Ticket: $25+tax

(Group discount ticket

for standing

section...No seats)

Please sign up on the

notice board

Please contact your

sports Rep for any

clarifications or

questions

Thanks

Sports Rep

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2017-18 Student

Council:

Executive Committee

Senior Student

Jodran Dursrtein

VP Theology

James “the Jury” Sholl

VP Spirituality

Chritsine Ivy

Secretary

Jordam Smith

Treasurer

Jole Steiner

Position Reps

Social Chairs

Corina Ramamirez

Sweta Bhimain

2nd Year Rep

Micahel Reardon

House Advocate

Sydney “Stop” Caron

Day Student Rep

Ruth Baertlett

Sports Rep

Dayo Olusegun

Green Chair

Shelly Pollard

Mission Chair

Luis Dizon

1st Year Rep

Billy Weiland

WGS (WADSA)

Heejun Kim

Parker Cotton

In the Residence..

Residence Don

Blame Scruggs

X3030

Floor Dons

Joan Morris

X2329

Anthony Fredette

x2206

Student Council Info Oktoberfest! Oktober

20, 2017

All are invited to

Wycliffe’s autumn

community event.

Enjoy decorating the

college with autumn

decorations, line

dancing, eating some

delicious seasonal

treats like German

sausages and Belgian

beers, and of course a

good time spent with

good company. Dress

is casual (although

lederhosens are

highly encouraged!)

Decorating starts at

6:30pm! Meet in the

Reading Room!

Chapel Schedule for this week...

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Date & Sacristan Service Officiant/Homilist Readers, etc. Greeters

Monday—J. Smith MP

EP—Taize

Tuesday—B. Poole MP +S. Andrews/D. Smith A. Fung S. Monk

J. Smith Sung

Evensong

D. Badgley J. Mangina/D. Butorac D. Butorac

Wednesday—B. Poole MP K. Steiner Liturgics Class A. Fung

A. Polhod HE E. Radner/A. Ryrie S. Monk/C. Ivy, Server—D. Lee; Sub-

Deacon—S. Pollard

D Butorac/J. Hen-

derson

Thursday—A. Johnson MP A. Brownlee/A. Jervis D. Choi J. Henderson

D. Badgley EP G. Taylor/J. Morris C. Curtis L. Hurst

Friday—A. Polhod MP A. Brownlee D. Olusegun/K. Baker-Bigauskas

D. Badgley EP J. Duerrstein E. Rowe/A. Pohlod

Fellowship Groups

Sign-up sheets for Fellowship Groups are on the bulletin

boards in the main Lobby. Students, residents, staff, and

faculty are encouraged to sign-up and attend weekly

groups.

Meetings will start next week, so sign-up soon!

Mondays

Judy Paulsen—1:00-2:00 p.m.—Cody

“Encounters with Jesus in the Scriptures”

Glen Taylor—evenings

Alpha

Tuesdays

Ephraim Radner—1:00-2:00 p.m.

Reading Group

Thursdays

Ann Jervis—1:00-2:00 p.m.

Studying as a Spiritual Exercise

David Kupp/Tom Power—1:00-2:00 p.m. alternate weeks

MTSD Students

+Stephen Andrews—1:00-2:00 p.m.

Living Anglican Liturgy

Alan Hayes—1:00-2:00 p.m.

“visio divina: art and Christ”

Please remember to only sign up for 1 group/term.

Please Pray…

Wycliffe is a community that prays for each other, for

our families, and for life events. If you have something

you would like prayer for, please let Karen Baker-

Bigauskas know—she can be found in Room 104, via

phone at 416-946-3521, or email at

karen.baker@wycliffe.utoronto.ca . Here are some

prayers for this week:

Lambeth Meetings taking place in UK

For the Principal’s Dinner—planning team,

speakers, and staff

WYCLIFFE COLLEGE

Visionary leaders with Good News for a vibrant church in a

changing world.

Calendar of Events—October 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8 9 Thanksgiving Day (College closed)

10 MP: David Smith

11 WE: A. Ryrie Pr: A. Ryrie

12 MP: A. Jervis EP: Joan Morris Principal’s Dinner

13 Scripture & Theology Collo-quium

14

Scripture & Theology Collo-quium

15 16 Writing Workshop– Logic—How to make sense

17 MP: Joan Morris

18 WE: PWRDF Panel on Gender & Int’l Dev.

19 MP: +S. Andrews

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 Messy Church Conf.

27 Board Mtg. Messy Church

28

29 30 Writing Workshop - Rhetoric. How to Sound Good.

31 MP: Joes Steiner

1 November WE: Book Launch Pr: Susan Bell

2 MP: R. Dean EP: Jordan Duerrstein

3 4

Coffee Hour

is back!!

Coffee/tea will

be available in

the Reg Soward Reading Room

each Monday—Thursday @

10:30-11:30 a.m. Brought to you

by the Alumni Assoc.

Refectory Hours

Monday—Friday

7:15 a.m.—Open for

Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:30 a.m.—Breakfast

served

9:00 a.m.—Refectory closes

1:00-1L30 p.m.—Lunch

served

2:00 p.m.—Refectory closes

6:00-6:45 p.m.—Dinner

served

7:00 p.m.—Refectory closes

Saturdays

11:30-12:30—Brunch served

1:00 p.m.—Refectory closes

5:30-6:15 p.m.—Dinner

served

6:30 p.m.—Refectory closes

Coffee Hour

Monday—Thursday

10:50-11:10 a.m. in the

Reading Room (sponsored

by the Alumni Association)

Office Hours

College—8 00 a.m.—8:00 p.m. M-F

Principal’s Office—8:00-4:00 M-Th

Development Office—9:00-5:00 M-F

Business Office—9:00-5:00 M-F

Reformation Events @ Wycliffe

October 11- Afternoon Talk by Professor Alec Ryrie, University of Durham How the Reformation Made Our World (And It's Not Done Yet) October 12– Principal’s Dinner “500 Years After the Reformation, Where is Protestantism Going Next?” – Speaker: Alec Ryrie October 13 – One-Day Reformation Conference The Bible and Mission in the Wake of the Reformation With Alec Ryrie, Carl Trueman, Eckhard Schnabel and Cheryl Peterson November 22 - A Celebration in Song of Hymns Inspired by Reformation Ideals Now Thank We All Our God: Hymns of the Reformation and the Rise of Congrega-tional Singing

READING WEEK