From Canada-It’s been in the hands of church officials since the 1880’s. But at some point in the last two or three weeks, the crozier—or ceremonial staff used when the bishop is present at a service—went missing.
The Dean of St Paul’s. Anglican Cathedral Mike Sinclair has spent the last week and a half talking with volunteers from the congregation, checking to see if anyone with access to the $15,000 crozier may have moved it somewhere. But to no avail.
“It was a matter of somebody saying ‘Hey, this isn’t where I saw it last.’ And then from there, you try to track back to the last time you saw it,” said Sinclair.
The crozier was gifted to the cathedral over 130 years ago when the first bishop of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle took his position, according to Sinclair. He said the staff-like artifact is an important part of the Anglican tradition, symbolizing the bishop’s power as a ‘shepherd’ of the diocese.
More here-
http://cjme.com/story/bishop-without-staff-st-pauls-anglican-cathedral-hunts-missing-crozier/143031
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