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The late Anglican priest Canon Andrew Hatch was remembered yesterday for the way he executed his pastoral role, managing to balance spirituality with social action and thereby contributing to transforming the Anglican faith in Barbados and the region.
In his tribute to Hatch yesterday, former Anglican Bishop Rufus Broome credited Hatch for being in the vanguard of the “indigenisation” of the Anglican Church in the region, through his association with the Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC) which led that movement.
In his virtual appreciation delivered to the late Canon’s relatives, friends and the Anglican clergy gathered for the funeral service at the St James Parish Church, Bishop Broome said Hatch had “a very disciplined approach to a balanced form of ministry, spirituality and social action”.
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The late Sir Lisle Austin Ward was laid to rest on Friday at a small, quiet ceremony on the breezy grounds of Westbury Cemetery.
Sir Lisle, who passed away last Monday at age 85, was remembered as the “spiritual father of many” as well as a mentor, confidant, motivator and social engineer.
The eulogy was delivered by family friend Lady Blackman, the first woman to serve as vice-president of the Senate of Bermuda, where Sir Lisle also served as chief justice.
“It is certainly not by chance that a man who lived quietly, who avidly sought to avoid inclusion among exhibitionists, who humbled himself and outstripped many in his dedication to duty, is being recognised as he lived – quietly, humbly and without what might ordinarily be an occasion for crowding a place of worship arranged to celebrate a life well lived as a giant of a jurist,” she said.