ABOUT THE AUTHOR: H.M. Peter Westin is the second born of three sons of the Reverend Canon H.M.D. Westin , rector of St. Peter 's Cathedral, 1974-90, and his wife Margaret. After completing High School in Amherst, N.S. he attended Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B. where he was awared a B.A . in History, and a B. Ed . Returning to university twice in later years he earned an M.A . in British and Imperial History, and an M. Ed , in Curriculum Studies, both from Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S. WmtM H.M. Peter Westin Peter is a teacher by vocation and has taught school for seven years. He spent three years overseas teaching in Zimbabwe through World University Services. He also taught for three years in St. Theresa Point , a native reserve in norther Manitoba . He is currently the teaching Principal of a small multi-grade schoiol in the interlake region of Manitoba . For one year, 1989-90, he was the Coordinator of the Prayer Book Society, Nova Scotia and Branch , amd the Coordinator of the Halifax Christian Education Program in the public school system. Peter is married with five children — Shane, Joseph, Edward, Kathleen and Paul. IV