News Updates

News Updates

2007

• Fire Damages Historic Queens Church

  St. Paul’s Church, considered to be the first church in Woodside, N.Y., was heavily damaged by a two-alarm fire Dec. 26. No one was injured in the blaze, which destroyed the building’s eight stained glass windows.

  Posted on December 28, 2007

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• Traditionalists Plan June Conference in Holy Land

  A group of traditionalist Anglican primates and other bishops have announced an eight-day event to be held in the Holy Land next summer that will be structured as “a pilgrimage back to the roots of the Church’s faith.”

  Posted on December 26, 2007

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• Louisiana Bishop Keeps Spotlight on Housing Ministry

  Despite a confrontational city council meeting on Dec. 20, Bishop Charles E. Jenkins said he and the Diocese of Louisiana remain committed to the ministry of housing in New Orleans.

  Posted on December 22, 2007

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• Bishop Schofield: ‘Not My Wish to Leave’

  Not long after he was consecrated Bishop of San Joaquin in 1988, the Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield recalls traveling to the Episcopal Church Center in New York City on business and being mistaken for Bishop Calvin Schofield, who was Bishop of Southeast Florida at the time.

  Posted on December 21, 2007

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• San Joaquin Vicar Questions Bishop Schofield’s Visitation

  The Rev. Fred Risard, vicar of St. Nicholas’ Church, Atwater, Calif., has written to Bishop John-David Schofield of San Joaquin, informing him that the congregation has retained legal counsel, and asking for clarification regarding a planned visitation on Dec. 23.

  Posted on December 20, 2007

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• Three Bishops Seek Lambeth Invitation for Bishop Robinson

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has appointed three bishops to “consult” with the Archbishop of Canterbury about extending an invitation for Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire to attend the Lambeth Conference next summer in England.

  Posted on December 20, 2007

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• Common Cause Elects Officers at Council Meeting

  Delegates to the first Common Cause council meeting elected officers, appointed members to committees among other steps toward “building a federation of orthodox Anglicans in North America” Dec. 17-18 in Orlando, Fla.

  Posted on December 19, 2007

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• Church Lawyer Who Deleted Child Porn Spared Prison

  A lawyer was spared prison time for his role in an attempted cover-up after pornographic images were discovered on a laptop computer used by the former organist and choir director at Christ Church, Greenwich, Conn.

  Posted on December 18, 2007

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• Central Florida Approves Parish Departure Protocol

  Voting 20-4 with one abstention, the diocesan board of Central Florida approved a protocol Dec. 13 for congregations and clergy who wish to leave The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on December 18, 2007

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• Plans Underway for Second Conference of Anglican Bishops

  Conservative Anglican leaders are pressing ahead with plans to hold their own conference of Anglican bishops, according to a source familiar with the details who spoke today with a reporter for The Living Church.

  Posted on December 17, 2007

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