News Updates

News Updates

November 2008

• Analysis: Recognition of Third Province Likely to Take Years

  The primates are unlikely to vote on a third North American province in February because the necessary constitutional work in forming the province probably will not be completed.

  Posted on November 26, 2008

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• Michael Howell is New FIFNA Executive Director

  Michael Howell, the new executive director of Forward in Faith North America, says he's "never been more excited about the role that FIFNA will play in the new emerging Anglican church in North America."

  Posted on November 25, 2008

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• Joint ACC, Primates Steering Committee Meets

  Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda and Presiding Bishop Mouneer Anis of Jerusalem and the Middle East are not in attendance for the Joint Steering Committee meeting in London.

  Posted on November 25, 2008

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• Longtime Bishop of Puerto Rico Dies

  The Rt. Rev. Francisco Reus-Froylán, Bishop of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1986, died Nov. 19 of pneumonia. He was 89.

  Posted on November 25, 2008

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• Bishop Iker Describes Inhibition by PB as ‘Irrelevant’

  The Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth, said the disciplinary action was “irrelevant and of no consequence,” since he and the diocese were no longer affiliated with The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on November 24, 2008

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• Abilene Rector Elected Bishop of Northwest Texas

  The Rev. James S. Mayer, rector of Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, Texas, was elected on the second ballot to be the next Bishop of Northwest Texas.

  Posted on November 22, 2008

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• Financial Strain Evident at New York Diocesan Convention

  At the annual convention of the Diocese of New York, some convention delegates were prepared to go through the budget line-by-line on the convention floor, but Bishop Sisk urged against a floor fight.

  Posted on November 21, 2008

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• Arson Concern Becomes Reality

  After a nearby Baptist church burned to the ground due to suspected arson, parishioners at St. Christopher's Church in West Palm Beach, Fla., requested enhanced police patrols of the neighborhood. The extra surveillance paid off when a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office observed Rodney Smith attempting to set on fire a shed on the church property.

  Posted on November 20, 2008

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• Santa Barbara Retreat Will Rebuild After Fire

  Mount Calvary Retreat House in Santa Barbara, a spiritual home to many members of the dioceses of California and Los Angeles, will be rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire Nov. 14.

  Posted on November 19, 2008

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• Communion Partner Rectors: No Interest in New Province

  The advisory board of the Communion Partner rectors said a new Anglican province in North America “is not something we desire or a structure in which we wish to participate.”

  Posted on November 19, 2008

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