News Updates

News Updates

December 2008

• Artwork Commemorates Church’s Rebirth After Hurricane

  For the past year the Rev. Bruce Cheney, rector of Holy Cross Church in Olive Branch, Miss., has been “writing” a story using bits of broken glass.

  Posted on December 31, 2008

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• High-Roller Priest Inhibited

  A priest who spent thousands of dollars on champagne and tips for cocktail waitresses at nightclubs in New York City has been inhibited by Bishop Paul Marshall of Bethlehem.

  Posted on December 31, 2008

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• Church of England Releases Proposals on Female Bishops

  Under a new proposal, Church of England bishops would be required to “have regard” for a voluntary code of practice for those who cannot accept female bishops, but they also would be free to deny a parish request for alternate oversight.

  Posted on December 30, 2008

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• Nashotah House Honors ANiC Leader

  The Rt. Rev. Donald Harvey, moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada, has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Nashotah House Seminary.

  Posted on December 30, 2008

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• Presiding Bishop: End Gaza Conflict

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has called for an end to the repeated rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas, and air strikes in retaliation by Israel.

  Posted on December 30, 2008

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• No Lay Discipline in Proposed Canon Changes

  In a change from an earlier draft, the Title IV Task Force on Disciplinary Policies and Procedures will not propose new canons to address discipline of members of the laity.

  Posted on December 29, 2008

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• First Female Bishop for Conservative Anglican Breakaway

  The Rev. Ruth Urban, who was ordained an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Bethlehem in the late 1980s, was consecrated Dec. 20 as a bishop of All Nations Anglican Church.

  Posted on December 22, 2008

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• Maryland Bishops: End Death Penalty

  The Rt. Rev. James J. Shand, Bishop of Easton, and the Rt. Rev. John L. Rabb, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland, have added their voices to other Maryland religious leaders calling for repeal of the death penalty.

  Posted on December 18, 2008

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• African Church Leaders Decry Congo Violence

  An ecumenical delegation of church leaders from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo recently met with the presidents of the Congo and Rwanda.

  Posted on December 18, 2008

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• Six Nominees for Long Island Bishop Coadjutor

  The nominating committee in the Diocese of Long Island has announced a slate of six nominees for the election of a bishop coadjutor in March.

  Posted on December 18, 2008

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