The Archive
Year: 2014
A GTS Trustee reflects on the crisis at the Seminary
The Rev. Ellen Tillotson, a priest in the Diocese of Connecticut and a member of the General Seminary Board of Trustees reflects on the conflict between the faculty and the Dean at the Seminary.
Eight GTS faculty terminated
Updated While social media has been abuzz today with news that eight members of the faculty of the General Theological Seminary had been fired, we have been attempting to get this news independently confirmed. Not long ago, we received this email that Dean Kurt Dunkle sent to the student body concerning these events. We will continue to follow the story.
NCC restructures to cope with change
As the mainline churches restructure, so does their umbrella ecumenical partnership. The National Council of Churches, of which The Episcopal Church is a member, has
Upper SC bishop writes education op ed
The Rt. Rev. Andrew Waldo, bishop of Upper South Carolina, has penned an editorial expressing his, and several other bishops’, support for increased education funding
Dean and President of General Seminary responds to community
A letter from the Dean and President received via email as distributed to students and members of the
Are You Being Served?
Monday, September 29, 2014 – Feast of St. Michael & All Angels [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office
The health effects of leaving religion
Jon Fortenbury writes about the health effects of leaving religion in the Atlantic:
One in ten C of E Bishops “could be secretly gay”
Bishop of Buckingham Alan Wilson writes in the Telegraph: The Rt Rev Dr Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham, accused the current episcopate of preaching
Kissing corpses
As the Ebola crisis in West Africa continues, there is increased scrutiny on funeral rites including kissing corpses and sharing a meal: