Comments on: 100 years after Vimy, a chaplain’s witness to war still resonates

By: John Barnes (St Paul's L'Amoreaux)

John Barnes (St Paul's L'Amoreaux) — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:35:16 +0000

I too was a member of the Vimy Oakes project and had a chance to tour the battlefields of the western front on the 100th anniversary of Vimy. My grandfather was a Lt. with the Cdn. artillery group of the 102nd North British Columbians at the battles of Vimy, Somme, Ypres and Lens. He also served in WW2 and retired as a Colonel and Member of the Order of the British Empire.
The oaks were raised from a stand of tress that now sit on the site of a Chinese Baptist Church at Kennedy and Passmore in Scarborough – not far from Grace Church. A short book on the project and history has been published by Scholastic Books..

By: Duleep Jesudian

Duleep Jesudian — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 03:27:02 +0000

My dad was in the Royal Indian Navy ( as it was called then ) & he had Chaplains in the ships which served in the Bay o Bengal & after he returned to civilian duties (due to my mother) he continued his friendships with some of them long after. He was a pacifist after the war after hearing after all the lives lost.

By: Alan Cook

Alan Cook — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:47:22 +0000

Thanks for this helpful summary of the life of this Chaplain. As a chaplain myself (though in healthcare) it’s always a cutting edge experience, where you work within a ‘secular’ institution to serve the Mission of God. It affects the organisation and, hopefully, it affects the Church.