News Updates

News Updates

October 2005

• In Florida: Moderate Damage, Difficult Communication

  A week after Hurricane Wilma swept across Florida, the Diocese of Southeast Florida was still struggling to get information on the status of its 83 congregations.

  Posted on October 31, 2005

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• Invoking the Saints

  One will not find in the Book of Common Prayer any example of directly invoking the saints to pray for us. This is an optional devotion, practiced by many Episcopalians in lesser or greater degree, but not required of anyone.

  Posted on October 27, 2005

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• Study: Demographics Explain Decline

  Demographics, not doctrine, has lead to the decline in communicants of the Episcopal Church and other “mainline” denominations, a recent study finds.

  Posted on October 27, 2005

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• Saints are a Little Strange

  Many of the saints of history are strange. If you did not grow up Roman Catholic, they seem even stranger. My blessed grandfather’s unusual teasing humor, and my great-grandmother’s eccentricities seem at home in the company of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Francis of Assisi. But unusual behavior in many ways defines sainthood. The first of several befuddling aspects of sainthood is “the gift of tears.”

  Posted on October 27, 2005

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• Missing the Mark

  It was surprising to read Archbishop Eames' remarks about the Episcopal Church when he delivered two lectures recently at Virginia Theological Seminary. (A Living Church editorial)

  Posted on October 27, 2005

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• Panel of Reference Awaits Referral

  As of mid-October, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference has received no referrals, one of its 13 members reports.

  Posted on October 26, 2005

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• Hurricane Wilma Complicates Communication

  Three days after Hurricane Wilma sailed across southern Florida, the greatest difficulty was communication. The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, bishop of Southeast Florida, said he hadn't been able to reach his archdeacon, and only one of his priests had a working cell phone.

  Posted on October 26, 2005

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• November Consecration for Alpha Bishop

  The Rev. Sandy Millar, the former rector of Holy Trinity Church Brompton in London—the home of the Alpha course—will be consecrated a “bishop in mission” for service in England on Nov. 27 by Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda.

  Posted on October 24, 2005

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• Legal Proceedings Explained to Central New York Clergy

  The Oct. 11-13 clergy conference in the Diocese of Central New York included an extensive presentation on ecclesiastical legal proceedings by the bishop against one of his rectors.

  Posted on October 22, 2005

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• P.B. Says Special Commission will Move Church Forward on Windsor Report

  Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold said the House of Bishops probably will not spend further time on the Windsor Report before the 2006 General Convention opens and expressed appreciation for the vote of confidence that the Primate of Ireland recently gave to the Episcopal Church regarding its commitment to recommendations put forth in that document.

  Posted on October 21, 2005

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