The Rev’d Maxine Drover, Author at Anglican Life https://anglicanlife.ca Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:41:33 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/512alnl-150x150.png The Rev’d Maxine Drover, Author at Anglican Life https://anglicanlife.ca 32 32 214534578 Faithful Servant Becomes Lay Minister https://anglicanlife.ca/faithful-servant-becomes-lay-minister/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:42:50 +0000 https://anglicanlife.ca/?p=177862 In April of 2025, St. James’ Anglican Church in the Parish of Carbonear celebrated the licensing of long-time Eucharistic Assistant Genevieve Babb, who became a licensed lay minister. Genevieve has been a Eucharistic Assistant for 20 years! Under the direction of the priest-in-charge, the Rev’d Maxine Drover, Genevieve serves as an active lay minister, rector’s […]

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]]> In April of 2025, St. James’ Anglican Church in the Parish of Carbonear celebrated the licensing of long-time Eucharistic Assistant Genevieve Babb, who became a licensed lay minister. Genevieve has been a Eucharistic Assistant for 20 years! Under the direction of the priest-in-charge, the Rev’d Maxine Drover, Genevieve serves as an active lay minister, rector’s warden and holds several other parish roles. Blessed we be!

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]]> 177862 The Story of A Camino Pilgrimage https://anglicanlife.ca/the-story-of-a-camino-pilgrimage/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:40:10 +0000 https://anglicanlife.ca/?p=177849 On July 25th, the Feast of St. James, St. James’ Anglican church in Carbonear celebrated with food and fellowship. Everyone enjoyed a presentation by the Rev’d Maxine Drover about her recent trip to the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. According to tradition, James traveled to Spain to preach the Gospel before […]

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]]> On July 25th, the Feast of St. James, St. James’ Anglican church in Carbonear celebrated with food and fellowship. Everyone enjoyed a presentation by the Rev’d Maxine Drover about her recent trip to the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. According to tradition, James traveled to Spain to preach the Gospel before being martyred. This tradition also claims that his body was taken by boat to Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, and was buried there.

the first slide of a presentation about a trip from Carbonear Newfoundland to Spain tables set for a meal in a church hall with blue tablecloths various things collected by a woman who recently made a pilgrimage to Spain

In the early 9th century, his tomb was purportedly discovered and a church was built on the site of his tomb. Since the middle ages, the relics of St. James have attracted Christian pilgrims from all over the world. Rev’d Maxine was delighted to share her experiences with us in a slide show of many pictures of her travels, which included a bus tour to the Northern Coast of Spain, and her pilgrimage from Sarria to St. James’ tomb. It was as if we had walked the 120km trek with her!

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]]> 177849 A Joyful Celebration In Carbonear https://anglicanlife.ca/a-joyful-celebration-in-carbonear/ Thu, 01 May 2025 03:31:53 +0000 https://anglicanlife.ca/?p=177389 On Friday, March 7th, an ecumenical World Day of Prayer service was hosted by women from St. James Church, Carbonear, with participation from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the Salvation Army, and Bethany United Church. It was well attended by people from near and far. The service highlighted the life and concerns of the people of […]

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]]> On Friday, March 7th, an ecumenical World Day of Prayer service was hosted by women from St. James Church, Carbonear, with participation from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, the Salvation Army, and Bethany United Church. It was well attended by people from near and far. The service highlighted the life and concerns of the people of the Cook Islands while promoting prayerful action for all genders and ages to help raise awareness of others throughout the world.

woman speaking to a group of people who are gathered for a World Day of Prayer service a group of people on folding chairs attending a World Day of Prayer service man plays the guiat in front of a screen where the words to his song appear

The theme, “I Made You Wonderful,” was celebrated throughout the service through scripture, prayer, and music from Don Crane and Gloria Mercer. Our guest speaker, Pam Norman, gave a touching witness of her amazing life and how God made her wonderful!

Gloria and Lester Mercer, along with members of St. James congregation, did a fantastic job with the colourful decorations and the floral headdresses worn by participants. A time of food and fellowship following the service even included Cook Islands cookies! A wonderful time was had by all!

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