THE DIOCESE OF THE ARCTIC
ARTHUR TURNER TRAINING SCHOOL (ATTS)
APPLICATION FORM
Instructions: Applicants please read this information completely:
Please read through all the questions before you try to answer any of them.
Please answer the questions in English unless you are to answer a specific question in another language.
When you and your spouse have completed your sections please give the forms to the priest or deacon or lay leader of your parish to complete his/her section and send it on to the Bishop of The Arctic.
Send along with the completed form a statement from your local nurse or doctor saying that you and your spouse are in good health.
The answers you give are confidential being seen only by those involved in the process of your application.
PLEASE PRINT: COMPLETE THE FORM FULLY.
NAME/ADDRESS
Full Name _____________________________________________________________________
Previous Name (if changed) _______________________________________________________
Permanent or mailing address:
Street/P.O. Box Number ______________________Community __________________________
Prov/Terr _______________________ Postal Code _____________ Telephone _____________
Social Insurance Number ________________________ Health Care Number _______________
Birthdate ____________________________ Birthplace _________________________________
Date of Baptism __________________________ Place of Baptism ________________________
By whom baptised _______________________________________________________________
Date of Confirmation _____________________ By whom Confirmed _____________________
For married applicants
Full name of spouse _____________________________________________________________
Previous name (if changed) _______________________________________________________
For applicants with responsibility for children:
Name of Child Age Grade in School
______________________________________________________________________________
For applicants with responsibility for others:
Whom do you have to support? ____________________________________________________
What is their relationship to you? ___________________________________________________
PERSONAL DATA
Education Achievements
Highest grade level successfully completed (1 to 12) _________ Date completed ____________
Name of last high school __________________________________________________________
Community of last school _____________________________ Prov/Terr ___________________
Last educational institute attended:
Elementary High School Vocational Centre
Private Vocational School Technical Institute
University College
Other, please specify ___________________________________________________________
Location of Educational Institute __________________________ Date Completed ___________
Employment History please list the jobs you have done
Employer Type of work From To
Ancestry: Inuit Inuvialuit Dene Non-Status Indian Metis Caucasian Other _______
Languages spoken: ______________________________________________________________
Languages read/write: ____________________________________________________________
Do you realize that teaching at ATTS will be mainly in English? Yes No
SPIRITUAL
On a separate page, write the story of your life, telling how you became a Christian
and why you feel you should offer yourself for training at ATTS and service in Christ’s Church.
Please note any problems that you have had with liquor, drugs or gambling and how you have overcome them.
If you have had trouble in which the police have been involved,
this and what you have learned from it should also be noted.
MINISTRY
What work have you done in your local church and for how long? (youth leader, choir member, vestry member, visitor, etc.)
What do you think is the work of a priest, deacon, or lay leader?
FINANCE
To guide the school as it seeks to assist you with finances, please answer the following:
When you come to the school will you have any outstanding debts? _____ How much? $______
When you come to the school will you have any savings to help you with the cost of your training? ____________________________ How much? $______________________________
Will you be getting financial assistance from any person or group other than those to whom you are applying for a
bursary or grant? __________ How much? $___________________________
Have you had any previous grants, bursaries, loans etc. to help in your education? ____________
Type of help From To Amount
Any further comments:
______________________________________________________________________________
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THIS SECTION IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT’S PRIEST, DEACON OR OTHER MINISTER
Please note this application is confidential and is not to be discussed with people other than the student and spouse, and the Bishop and Principal of the School.
You have been able to read the student’s application. Do his/her comments agree with what you see the applicant doing in the community? _____________________________
If your answer is “no” please specify where there is disagreement.
Do you think this applicant is suitable for training at ATTS with a view to being ordained to the ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada? ______________________________
Date _________________________ Signature of Priest or Deacon ________________________
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THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT
NAME/ADDRESS
Full Name _____________________________________________________________________
Previous Name (if changed) _______________________________________________________
Health Care Number _____________________________________________________________
Birthdate ____________________________ Birthplace _________________________________
Date of Baptism __________________________ Place of Baptism ________________________
By whom baptised _______________________________________________________________
Date of Confirmation _____________________ By whom Confirmed _____________________
Date of Marriage _______________________ Place of Marriage _________________________
PERSONAL DATA
Ancestry: Inuit Inuvialuit Dene Non-Status Indian Metis Other _______
Languages spoken _______________________________________________________________
Languages read/write ____________________________________________________________
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SPIRITUAL
On a separate page, write the story of your life, telling how you became a Christian and what you think a Christian should do.
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MINISTRY
What work have you done in your local church? (Sunday school teaching etc.)
Do you support your spouse in his/her desire to train at ATTS? __________________
What do you think is the work of a priest or deacon's spouse?
Do you realize that your spouse will only have a small allowance to live on while attending ATTS? ________________________________________________________________________
Will you be satisfied trying to live on this small allowance? ______________________________
Do you realize that although there will be a month holiday each year that you may not be able to go to your home community for a holiday until after the course is finished? _________________
Do you accept this? ______________________________________________________________
If your spouse is ordained after completing the course are you willing with him/her to serve in any part of the Diocese that the Bishop wishes to send you, even if it is among people who are different from your own? ________________________________________________________
Are there any problems in your home, such as drinking and gambling that would hinder your ministry? If there have been these problems please write about them saying how you have overcome them. (please use a separate sheet of paper for this response).
Are you willing as the spouse of a student to take training in order to assist in the ministry for which your spouse is training? __________________________________________________
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THIS SECTION IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT’S PRIEST, DEACON OR LAY MINISTER
Please note this application is confidential and is not to be discussed with people other than the student and spouse, and the Bishop and Principal of the School.
You have been able to read the spouse’s form. Do the comments agree with what you know of this person?
If your answer is “no” please specify where there is disagreement.
Do you think this person will be a help or hindrance to the spouse in training and after in the ordained ministry?
Why?
Date _________________________ Signature of Priest or Deacon ________________________
PLEASE SEND THE COMPLETED FORMS WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS TO THE BISHOP OF THE ARCTIC,
PO BOX 190, YELLOWKNIFE, NT X1A 2N2
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THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS TO BE GIVEN TO THE DOCTOR OR NURSE WHO IS ASKED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SPOUSES HEALTH.
To Whom It May Concern:
First I would thank you in advance for your help in this matter.
The person who gives you this letter and his/her spouse are applying to attend a three year course at the Arthur Turner Training School with a view to ordination for the ministry of the Anglican Church. This is quite a gruelling course lasting three, eleven month, years with five full instruction days per week, homework and often Sunday duties.
In requesting a medical statement from you we are not seeking a detailed medical examination, but would like a general opinion that the student and his/her spouse will be able medically to complete the course and move into an active ministry in the Anglican Church in the Diocese of the Arctic. (If, for example, there is a heart condition that would be aggravated by additional strain in a serious and life threatening way, then we would appreciate for the student as well as for ourselves being warned of such a condition.)
I would assure you that your comments will be treated with due respect and confidentiality being seen only by those whose duty it is to approve, or otherwise, a student’s application. Your comments can be sent to the:
Synod Office, PO Box 190, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N2.
Thank you,
Debra Gill
Executive Officer
Diocese of the Arctic
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