Administrative Assistant City
Resume:
The Very Rev. James C. Barlow
(Anglican Church of Canada)
Box 1764
Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0
Objective Position as advertised
Work Experience
****--**** ****** ** St. John's Church, Nipawin, Saskatchewan
weekly bible study with large turnout
Sung BCP Morning Prayer and Holy Communion
2009 – 2011 Dean & Rector, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Diocese of Caledonia,
Prince Rupert, British Columbia (interim)
* reinaugurated daily Morning and Evening Prayer and mid-week Eucharist, clergy home visitations.
* Weekly bible study and learning class.
* Liturgical training for new servers and readers.
2007 – 2009 Instructor, Mathematics and Study Skills (English), Nunavut
Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
* Instructs in Study Skills and all aspects of English usage for
students through the Marine Institute course offered by the
college. * Instructs in Mathematics and Geometry for students through the
Marine Institute course offered by the
college.
2006 - 2009 Dean, St. Jude's Cathedral, and Rector, St. Simon's Church,
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
* Largest Confirmation class since 1984 (37) in 2006
* Manages Cathedral parish for a city comprised mostly of
Anglicans
* Administers all aspects of parish operations
* Is on Executive Boards of various community organizations
(Soup Kitchen, Homeless Shelter, Habitat for Humanity,
Embrace Life)
2003 - 2006 Priest-in-Charge, St. Francis Anglican Church, Estes Park,
Colorado (Anglican Church of America)
* Received into membership an increase of 34% over two years
* 2005 Confirmands equaled 14% of parish total membership
* Reinstituted first Sunday School after four year hiatus
* Wednesday night Evening Prayer and bible class begun and
resumed. Monthly Evensong & Benediction, Morning Prayer
for all Prayerbook holy days begun
*Served as American Legion chaplain, serves community as on-
call Hospital Chaplain and Estes Park Police Department Chaplain
* Meditation and music programming on local radio station with
Methodist Church
*Contributes to "Weekly Word" pastors' column in local
newspaper, presenter at local Philosophy and Theology Club,
and poetry group
* Teacher at Anglican Diocesan Youth Summer Camp, 2005
Latin class for parishioners
1999 - 2003 Chaplain, Wisconsin Department of Corrections
As first chaplain for a new institution for young adult males,
organized entire program of religious services and
counseling for all persuasions (Native, Wiccan, Buddhist,
Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, etc.)
Supervised fifty-two (52) pastors and religious volunteers for
the sake of inmate religious programming
Counseled inmates on a regular basis, and procured religious
materials for them in accordance with State regulations
regarding same
Prepared the institution for evangelical yard rallies for all
inmates, involving the logistics of feeding and arranging for 100
volunteers for 300 inmates per rally
Led bible studies and taught an ongoing class of 10 or so in Latin
Participated in Native talking circles, procured firewood and
stones for sweat lodge
Participated as inmate advocate in disciplinary inmate
proceedings
1998 - 1999 Office Assistant, Wisconsin Legislature Sgt.-at-Arms Office, State Capitol,
Feb. '99-Spring '99; Traveled Far East with wife and child from Nov. '98-Jan. '99
1997 - 1998 English Instructor, St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska
Taught English Literature and Oral Communication to incoming
freshmen: Thlingkit, Aleut, and Yupik seminarians
* Learned Slavonic chant and lectorship of Russian Orthodox
liturgy
Studied liturgical Music Theory, Greek, Doctrinal History,
Liturgical Theology, New Testament, Practical Liturgics, and
Drug and Alcohol Counseling at St. Herman's netting a 4.0
g.p.a. out of 4.0
In conjunction with another Anglican priest organized seminary
records for the sake of an Alaska Post-Secondary Educational
Commission yearly inspection
1995 - 1997 Rector, St. Timothy's and the North, Rigolet, Labrador, Newfoundland
Celebrated the Eucharist, weddings, funerals, principally for
the people of Rigolet
Conducted visitations to parishioners homes, mostly shut-ins
and the sick or dying
Served on local Housing Authority board
Served as chaplain for Boy Scout unit, and as chaplain for all-
grade parochial school
Visited and brought Sacraments to northern communities of
Postville and Nain, on occasion to southerly communities of
Cartwright and Mary's Harbor. Filled in for Rector of St.
Andrew's, Goose Bay, while he as on vacation
Taught Grammar and Composition locally for Labrador College,
Goose Bay
Advocated for Labradorean and Native rights
Spring, 1995 Curate, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Fresno, California
Led Wednesday night Lenten study groups and Evening Prayer
Did neighborhood door-to-door visitations in order to invite
more to join us
Taught Confirmation class
Celebrated Eucharist weekly
Served on Bishop's Multi-Ethnic Task Force
1994 1995 Rector, St. Stephan's Mission, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fontana, California
Organized mission of Filipino people in the Los Angeles area
near Fontana and surrounds
Celebrated Eucharist bi-weekly
Led bible studies and taught Confirmation class
1993 - 1994 Curate, St. Luke's Anglican Church, LaVerne, California
Established and became Rector of St. Clare's Mission (mostly
Filipinos), raising membership of St. Luke's after integration of
two congregations by 44%
Was acting Rector of St. Luke's June-August 1993
Organized and led Diocesan Youth Camp, Summer, 1993
(over 150 kids)
Served as Spiritual Director of cursillo movement that had 30,000
members worldwide and 10,000 in the Los Angeles area,
conducting monthly ultrea and bi-weekly retreats; held retreats as
faraway as London
Celebrated over 500 Eucharists, weddings, baptisms and funerals
for the Los Angeles area Filipino community in a little over a
year's time
1992 - 1994 Bishop's Administrative Assistant & Oratory Chaplain, Guardian Angels, Los Angeles
Organized and arranged appointments and scheduling,
correspondence, for the Philippine Independent Church's bishop
for the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean ("the Americas")
* As oratory chaplain of Guardian Angels' Chapel, scheduled
services and arranged for visiting clergy to use same.
Celebrated 178 "Masses for the Dead" requested of the Oratory
over a two year period
Supervised juvenile delinquents who lived on the compound
whose custody was awarded the bishop courtesy of an
arrangement with the California Juvenile Court system
Organized and supervised food bank for local transients and
Hollywood runaway youth
Catalogued the Bishop's library (8,436 volumes)
1992 (Fall) Bishop's Assistant, Our Lady of Peace and Safe Voyage, La Carlota, Philippines
Celebrated Eucharist Wednesday and Friday evenings
Was responsible for all funerals (21 outstations)
Ran the parish in the absence of the Bishop
Ministerial Qualifications
Ordained to Subdiaconate by the Rt. Rev. Tito Vilches, Philippine Independent Church, August 1st, 1992, San Agustin Church, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines Ordained to Diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Tito Vilches, Philippine Independent Church, August 1st, 1992; San Agustin Church, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Ordained to Priesthood by the Most Rev. Macario V. Ga, Supreme Bishop, PIC August 2nd, 1992 San Agustin Church, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
First non-Filipino ordained to the Priesthood in the Philippine Independent Church
Attained highest academic marks in the history of the PIC's St. Paul's Seminary, La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines (1990-1992)
Educational Attainments
L.Th., St. Paul's Theological Seminary, La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines
B.A., (Pastoral Studies) St. Dunstan's School of Theology, Merrilville, Indiana USA
M. Div., St. Dunstan's School of Theology, Merrillville, Indiana USA
Post-Adv. degree studies, St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska USA
Certification, Conflict Resolution Mediator (valid in 43 US States)
Teaching Experience
1981 - 1982 Linguarama Britannica Privatschule
60 Fritz-Elsas Str.
Stuttgart, Germany
(A. Mark Neumann, headmaster)
Conversational American and Grammar
1996 - 1997 Labrador College (now College of the North Atlantic)
Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
(Liz Menno, Superv.)
Grammar and Composition
1997 - 1998 St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Mission Road
Kodiak, Alaska USA
(Fr. Michael Oleksa, Ph.D., Dean)
Oral Communication and English Literature
1995 - lifelong Substitute Teacher license, all grades
Department of Education
State of California
2007 – 2009 Instructor, Mathematics and Study Skills (English),
Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Liturgies Known and Celebrated: US Book of Common Prayer 1928, 1979; Canadian Book of Common Prayer, 1962; Book of Alternative Services; Roman Novus Ordo, Tridentine Mass (Latin & English); 1549 Anglican Mass (Gregorian and American canons)
Awards
National Forensic Association
Degree of Merit
National Forensic Association
Degree of Honor
National Forensic Association
Degree of Excellence
Select Chairman
Mayor's Youth Advisory Council
Sheboygan, Wisconsin USA
Chief Justice (faculty advisory appt)
Student Supreme Court
Wisconsin (1970)
Chairman
Wisconsin Delegation
Model United Nations
New York City (1971
)
Representative for the Philippine Churches
Congress of World Religions
Johannesburg, South Africa (2001)
International Lions' Club membership
($4,300 entrance fee paid by parishioners)
(2005
)
Guest Lecturer in Philosophy
Estes Park Philosophy & Theology Assoc.
(2004, 2005)
Guest Lecturer in Philosophy
San Carlos Univeristy, Cebu City, Philippines
(2009)
Hobbies, Writings, and Interests
Winner of the 2001 Luther College Poetry Contest
Published collection of short stories, 2000
Journalism, short stories, poems, reviews, articles published in numerous
newspapers and on the web
Book "God and Eternity" (363 pp.)
Book “World and Possibility” (100 pp.)
Further References On Request
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