Suffragan bishop of Maryland announces retirement
Bishop John Rabb announced yesterday to the Diocese of Maryland that come this Fall he will retire from the active ministry.
Bishop John Rabb announced yesterday to the Diocese of Maryland that come this Fall he will retire from the active ministry.
There’s news this week of Episcopal Church groups reaching out to victims of domestic violence, hungry children, people in inadequate housing and people who want to know something more about the history of where they live. Read on for a snapshot of some of the local ministry of the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Dr. Canon Dean Mercer of Toronto and The Rev. Catherine Sider-Hamilton, a Ph.D candidate at Wycliffe College have called the Anglican Church of Canada to refuse to sign the Anglican Covenant because to do so would be to lie about where the Canadian Church stands.
Bishop Gene Robinson has written an open letter to Pope Benedict the 16th offering some thoughts on the present sexual abuse scandal that has been rocking the Roman Catholic Church of late. He shares the lessons that the Episcopal Church has learned during its struggle to come to grips with the abuse within its own denomination. He also warns of the error of imagining that the abuse of children is somehow the fault of Gay Christians.
During a meeting with Episcopal Church Center staff in New York this week, the Rev. Kesner Ajax, Diocese of Haiti partnership coordinator reported on the progress of the recovery efforts in Haiti.
I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no man comes to the Father but through me. If you know me, you know my Father also; and from henceforth you shall know him, and have seen him. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it will be enough for us. Jesus said to him, Have I been so long with you, and you have not known me, Philip?