News Updates

News Updates

September 2003

• Called to One Table

  The Holy Spirit holds us together in communion at this time of not knowing fully where God will lead us.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• Central Florida Disassociates from Convention Actions

  Clergy and lay deputies to a special convention in the Diocese of Central Florida Sept. 20 voted by a 4-to-1 margin to distance the diocese from the Episcopal Church.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• Albany Joins Voices in Opposition

  A special convention on Sept. 20 in the Diocese of Albany voted by overwhelming margins to disassociate itself from recent General Convention decisions to condone same-sex blessings and grant consent to the consecration of a sexually active homosexual person as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• Youngest Bishop Consecrated in Oregon

  The most important thing that will remembered about the episcopacy of the Rt. Rev. Johncy Itty will not be his birthdate — the new Bishop of Oregon is 40, the youngest bishop in the Episcopal Church — but rather his unflagging commitment to establishment of justice on earth, says former Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• No Blackmail, Bishop Spong Says

  The Episcopal Church should be proud of its vote to confirm the election of the Rev. Canon Gene Robinson as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire, and should offer no concessions to the shrill voices within the community who have subsequently denounced the General Convention vote, according to the Rt. Rev. John Spong, noted author and retired Bishop of Newark.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• What's a Home Visit Worth?

  Philadelphia woman's frugal living provides large financial gift to the Diocese of Pennsylvania.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• Willa Cather's Choice of the Episcopal Church

  Grace Church in the tiny prairie town of Red Cloud, Neb., gains its fame from Willa Cather's confirmation there in 1922.

  Posted on September 29, 2003

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• Dean Werner Strives to Keep the Church Talking

  Given the decisions of General Convention, conversation in the church now is more important than ever, says the Very Rev. Georger Werner, president of the House of Deputies.

  Posted on September 22, 2003

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• Redirected Giving Part of AAC Strategy

  The American Anglican Council (AAC) calls for dioceses, parishes and individuals who oppose liberalization of church teaching on sexuality to make their opposition known by redirecting their charitable giving away from the institutional Episcopal Church.

  Posted on September 22, 2003

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• Bishop Griswold Warned Against Deposing Fr. Moyer

  P.B. Warned Against Deposing Fr. Moyer The Presiding Bishop repeatedly warned the Bishop of Pennsylvania not to provoke an international incident by deposing the rector of a parish under his care, but ultimately proved powerless to persuade or prevent the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr., according to recently released court documents.

  Posted on September 22, 2003

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