The Anglican Journal reports that Bishop Michael Ingham, of the Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster, has written to five members of the clergy who resigned from the Anglican Church of Canada that they may not exercise ministry at their churches, are considered to be trespassing if they are on the property and may not remove anything, including books.
…encourages all couples, whether gay or straight, to be married in a civil ceremony with blessing to be performed by the clergy. Andrus also encourages all members of the diocese to become volunteer Deputy Marriage Commissioners. He intends to volunteer in this capacity.
In advance of GAFCON, CANA Bishop Martyn Minns is making the media rounds. He appears in a side by side profile with Gene Robinson in Time.com and on the BBC TV program Hardtalk. Time.com says that Minns has moved from Northern Virginia, to Morristown, New Jersey, which is inside the Diocese of Newark.
The Diocese of Albany met in convention last Saturday and, among other business, elevated two existing policies to the level of diocesan canon: one prohibiting same-sex blessings and another reserving licensed ministry to clergy who are “married, celibate or abstinent.”
The Ecclesiastical Trial of the Right Reverend Charles E. Bennison, Jr., Bishop of Pennsylvania began today.
Bishop Gene Robinson and his longtime partner Mark Andrew were united in a private civil union ceremony on Saturday, June 7 at St. Paul’s Church, Concord before attorney Ronna Wise, a justice of the peace.
The Fund for Theological Education, an ecumenical foundation based in Atlanta, has awarded theological education grants to 162 top students under 35, at least 16 are Episcopalian.
Delightful it would be
From a rock pinnacle to trace
Continually
The Ocean’s face:
That I might watch the heaving waves
Of noble force
To God the Father chant their staves
Of the earth’s course.
If the issue that presents itself to the Archbishop of Canterbury and his team of Assessors is serious enough to require action, it seems obvious to me that the issue will require careful and deliberative thought, inviting participation from as many members of the Communion and all orders of ministry as possible. Such a process is going to take a great deal of time. Given that, are the suggested deadlines of the Appendix realistic? If not, why then should they be specified?