News Updates

News Updates

September 2005

• Press Release Concerning Newly Formed Task Force

  The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, Bishop of he Diocese of Lexington, provided The Living Church with the text of a press release made available following the recently concluded House of Bishops' meeting.

  Posted on September 30, 2005

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• Six Connecticut Parishes File Lawsuit

  The state of Connecticut gives special status to the canon law of the Episcopal Church, violating the First Amendment prohibition of government establishment of religion, according to a lawsuit filed by five rectors and the vestries for six parishes in the Diocese of Connecticut.

  Posted on September 30, 2005

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• WWI Memorial Plaque

  World War I memorial plaque

  Posted on September 28, 2005

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• House of Bishops Concludes Puerto Rico Meeting

  The public face presented at the conclusion of the Sept. 22-27 meeting of the House of Bishops at the Ritz Carlton San Juan Hotel Spa & Casino in Puerto Rico revealed an Episcopal Church that is focused on the injustices magnified by Hurricane Katrina, while privately there is widespread consensus that the Church is directionless and in danger of being processed to death, according to a number of bishops representing widely diverse theological positions.

  Posted on September 28, 2005

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• Lay Anglican Leaders from Baghdad Church Presumed Dead

  Four lay leaders of St. George’s Anglican Church in Baghdad are missing and presumed dead, according to the church’s vicar, the Rev. Canon Andrew White.

  Posted on September 28, 2005

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• Bishop Sheridan of Northern Indiana Dies

  When the Rt. Rev. William C.R. Sheridan was consecrated the fifth Bishop of Northern Indiana in 1972 in the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame University, it was an “earth-shaking decision” for its time and established a precedent for his successors. Bishop Sheridan died surrounded by family at his home in Culver early on Sept. 24. He was 88.

  Posted on September 27, 2005

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• Maine Bishop Looks Ahead to Retirement

  Next month at diocesan convention, delegates from each of the 67 congregations in the Diocese of Maine will be asked to approve a number of rules proposed by the standing committee for the discernment process and election of a bishop coadjutor. The election is tentatively scheduled for October 2007.

  Posted on September 27, 2005

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• Bishops Told Help is on the Way for Gulf Coast Dioceses

  Dioceses, congregations and institutions seeking to building companion relationships for hurricane relief are encouraged to work through a new church-wide system to be administered by the Bishop Suffragan for Chaplaincies, the Rt. Rev. George Packard.

  Posted on September 26, 2005

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• Connecticut Bishop Will Not Allow Clergy to Perform Civil Unions

  Despite the fact that the state will permit two people of the same gender to enter into a civil union effective Oct. 1, the Bishop of Connecticut said he was extending an already existing prohibition against same-sex blessings to include civil unions as well.

  Posted on September 26, 2005

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• Diocese of Texas Relocates Headquarters in Advance of Hurricane Rita

  With Hurricane Rita bearing down on Houston, the Diocese of Texas has taken the precaution of temporarily relocating its headquarters to Camp Allen, located about 70 miles northwest of downtown Houston.

  Posted on September 26, 2005

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