News Updates

News Updates

June 2009

• Bishop: Prayers Needed Amid Honduras Turmoil

  Bishop Lloyd Allen of Honduras said "the Honduran delegation is ready to participate at General Convention. However, if the course of actions does not improve in the next few days, I may have to reconsider.”

  Posted on June 30, 2009

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• Cuba Fails to Elect Bishop

  The Diocese of Cuba failed to elect a bishop for the fourth time in 20 years when a special meeting of diocesan convention in Havana split along faction lines.

  Posted on June 30, 2009

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• Preaching Foundation Names Director

  The Episcopal Preaching Foundation has announced that the Rev. E.F. Michael Morgan will become the foundation’s executive director July 1.

  Posted on June 29, 2009

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• Wisconsin Dioceses: No Resolution on Junctioning in Anaheim

  The dioceses of Fond du Lac and Eau Claire have decided that it would be premature to submit a resolution on a possible junctioning of the two dioceses to the 76th General Convention.

  Posted on June 26, 2009

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• Bexley Hall Names Interim Dean, President

  The Board of Trustees of Bexley Hall Seminary has announced the appointment of Robert E. Reber as president pro-tem and the Very Rev. William Doubleday as interim dean.

  Posted on June 26, 2009

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• Budget Chair: Triennium Income Could Fall by $9M

  The three-year draft budget submitted by Executive Council will likely be reduced before it is submitted for approval to General Convention on July 15.

  Posted on June 25, 2009

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• P.B.’s Canon: Church Faces ‘Vague Anxiety’ in Advance of Convention

  "Fear of the other" is at the root of opposition to same-sex blessings and related issues, according to the Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson, canon to the Presiding Bishop.

  Posted on June 25, 2009

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• Archbishop Williams to Address Economic Crisis at Convention

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will make a presentation addressing the world’s economic crisis during a panel discussion broadcast live over the internet on the opening night of General Convention.

  Posted on June 24, 2009

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• Controversial Missionary Accepts Haiti Assignment

  The Rev. Lauren Stanley, a priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Virginia, has accepted a three-year placement as an Episcopal Church missionary to the Diocese of Haiti.

  Posted on June 24, 2009

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• OCA Synod ‘Enthusiastic’ About Dialogue with ACNA

  Archbishop Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America said the Orthodox and the Anglican Church in North America share a common apostolic heritage and shared morality. He also announced that his church was abandoning all relations and dialogue with The Episcopal Church in favor of the ACNA.

  Posted on June 24, 2009

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