Fellowship of St. Aidan

10/17/2025

Bishop Fitzwater is visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in England. This is the site of the apparition of The Blessed Virgin back in the 11th Century. Enjoy some of the views!

10/09/2025

The microcosm of the Church is the diocese. Since the days of the penning of the New Testament, 'churches' were constituted geographically around major city centers. The venerable 5 major Patriarchates - Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Rome - were the development of that same pra...

09/10/2025

This podcast needs to be on your list! The American Catholic with our own, Bishop Darryl Fitzwater.

Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton is a good example in recent history.

09/09/2025

Great things happening in the Diocese of All Saints.

(New) Clergy Spotlight. Weekly highlights about our (new) clergy will be shared. Take time to pray for these individuals and their families. Each one is a gift to the Church.
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Clinton Collister is the next Ordinand to be ordained. He is to be made a transitional Deacon on Sunday September 28. The picture above is his wife Sarah and their son Theodore (5 months old).
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Q: Tell us about your call to vocational ministry.
After years of discerning whether God was calling me to be a teacher or priest, I heard him assure me that I could serve him at the altar and teach at a Holy Communion service at St. Clement’s Cambridge—I did not need to choose between the two vocations. This led me to begin my journey of formal discernment in the Church.

Q: Tell us about your family.
I am married to Sarah Elisabeth Collister, a fellow teacher, poetry enthusiast, and Anglican Christian. We share everything in common: our daily lives, our ministry (we hosted a church plant in our apartment as newlyweds), our literary and artistic tastes, our love of Oxford, and our immeasurable gratitude to God for our son, Theodore Alfred, who is now five months old.

Q: Tell us about ministry.
I spent the past four years serving as a pastoral assistant and theological educator at Pusey House, Oxford, ministering to students at the university. In July, we moved to Minneapolis so I could teach theology and great books at University of Northwestern, St. Paul, where I had also accepted a job as a family minister, and God willing, transitional deacon, at Church of the Resurrection in Robbinsdale.

Q: Anything "interesting" you'd like to share?
In God’s providence, my life has developed in some surprising ways. I grew up in a remodeled Methodist church in the room under the bell tower. I did not know that I would someday minister in the church. My wife and I traveled to my ancestral home of the Isle of Man for our honeymoon, where we worshiped at the local Church of England parishes. I did not know that we would someday move to England, and I would serve at Pusey House and train for the priesthood at Wycliffe Hall. My first post as a teacher was at a classical Christian school teaching, in large part, theology and great books. I did know that God would someday lead us to a university where I would help found an honors college as a professor theology and great books.

Q: What do you hope for as an Ordained minister?
As a priest in Christ’s Church, I hope to feed his sheep through word and sacrament. I also hope to serve my parish, diocese, and province as a theological educator, continuing to publish articles and essays that strengthen the faithful. In a world with so much darkness and confusion, I hope to reflect Christ’s light and share his truth to the lost people God puts in my path, especially the students who I meet in this formative season of life.

09/03/2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/utm8imcoRH4?si=IxwC_Y8ZuZRcjmME

Bp. Darryl preaches on obedience to God and liturgical rhythm.

08/31/2025

Today we honor our Patron Saint and give thanks for his example of a lively faith. Tomorrow we celebrate his feast with our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Darryl Fitzwater!

“As the tide draws the waters close in upon the shore, make me an island, set apart with you, God, holy to you. Then, with the turning of the tide, prepare me to carry your presence to the busy world beyond, the world that rushes in on me, until the waters return and enfold me back to you.” - Aidan of Lindisfarne (?-651), Abbot-Bishop, Missionary to Northumbria

By the time of Aidan’s ministry, Christianity had been present in the British isles for over 5 centuries, but paganism had displaced the progress of the Gospel in much of England. Aidan was a monk on the ancient, isolated island monastery of Iona. At the invitation of King Oswald, Aidan was sent as a missionary to Northumbria. Aidan founded churches and monasteries and ministered to all people, whether kings, slaves, or children. Aidan is credited with playing a pivotal role in the conversion of the Anglo Saxons.

Almighty and everlasting God, you called your servant Aidan of Lindisfarne to preach the Gospel to the people of Northumbria: Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Art & history by Ben Lansing

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08/22/2025

Your day needs to begin with God. Morning Prayer is live at 9:00 am on our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/)

08/21/2025

We chant the Service of Holy Eucharist every Sunday at Lindisfarne on the Lake. It's our hope to expand this to the Daily Office in the future. Here's a look at the reasoning behind that.

The St. Bernard Breviary offers a gentle introduction to chant, explaining why it is beneficial and giving a primer on how to get started.

08/15/2025

I'm asking for a huge favor. The Fellowship of St. Aidan needs to switch our livestreaming to YouTube. However, YouTube requires 50 subscribers to enable livestreaming. We currently have 19. If you would like to see livestreaming from the Fellowship of St. Aidan at Lindisfarne on the Lake, please visit our YouTube Channel and subscribe.

Experience The Fellowship of St. Aidan as we plant a new Anglican Church in Northeastern Michigan. Interviews, bible studies, and informational videos.

08/14/2025

It was a great time. Sermons for The Blessed Virgin Mary and Advent 1-4 are IN THE BAG!

Thank you Fr. Steven McCarthy for making our inaugural Sermon Planning Retreat so fun and productive.