News Updates

News Updates

November 2006

• Bishops Propose Primatial Vicar for Petitioning Dioceses

  A group of bishops, including Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, has developed a proposal responding to requests articulated in "An Appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury" regarding an alternate primatial relationship for petitioning dioceses. The proposal has been submitted to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the bishops of the petitioning dioceses.

  Posted on November 30, 2006

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• Network Bishops Reject ‘Primatial Vicar’ Offer; Recommit to Mediated Solution

  Speaking on behalf of the Anglican Communion Network of which he is moderator, the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh, said he was heartened by the “primatial vicar” proposal that Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori announced earlier today and reiterated his commitment to find a mediated solution. Seven Network dioceses, including Pittsburgh, have requested alternate primatial oversight (APO).

  Posted on November 30, 2006

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• Online Advent Calendar a Teaching Tool for Parents

  An online calendar designed by the Diocese of Washington in part to help parents teach their children about Advent becomes active Dec. 1. In addition to the calendar there are other Advent-related activities available at the site for children.

  Posted on November 30, 2006

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• South Carolina Missionary Released Unharmed in Haiti

  A lay missionary from the Diocese of Upper South Carolina has been released unharmed after he and four nurses were kidnapped on Nov. 23 in Haiti.

  Posted on November 29, 2006

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• Formal Complaint Filed Against Milwaukee Bishop

  A formal complaint also has been filed against the Rt. Rev. Steven A. Miller, Bishop of Milwaukee. The complainants allege that Bishop Miller mishandled the formal complaint against Ms. Englert and prejudiced the diocesan review committee against her.

  Posted on November 29, 2006

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• Archbishop Williams, Pope Benedict Hold Vatican Talks

  The Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church will begin a new phase of ecumenism, one which “goes beyond theological dialogue,” according to a joint statement issued Nov. 23 after a formal audience by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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• Open Letter Attacks Requests for Alternative Primatial Oversight

  Five retired bishops are among the more than 140 Episcopalians who have signed an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury that urges him to reject all requests for alternative primatial oversight.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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• Chancellor: Episcopal Church Will Prevail in Communion and Courts

  Although The Episcopal Church currently finds itself in uncharted territory both legally over ownership of diocesan property and with respect to its standing within the Anglican Communion, the Presiding Bishop’s chancellor, David Booth Beers, does not anticipate that the Archbishop of Canterbury will make any formal change in the church’s membership status in the Communion nor does he expect any dioceses affiliated with the Anglican Communion Network to attempt to leave.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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• TLC Offers Correction to Conference Coverage

  At no time during his Nov. 3 workshop presentation to the Episcopal Majority did David Booth Beers, chancellor for the Presiding Bishop, suggest motives for hypothetical actions that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams might make with regard to the future status of The Episcopal Church within the Anglican Communion, nor did he list possible Communion-funding sources or mention the Compass Rose Society by name.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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• Former Secretary of State: Religion Vital to Statecraft

  Diplomats should have as keen a knowledge of religion as they do of economics or political science, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said on Nov. 20.

  Posted on November 27, 2006

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