There’s a new feature on Bonnie Anderson’s webpages. It’s called “Voices of the House. Bonnie is the President of the House of Deputies (the larger and more senior portion of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention.) The Voices series has profiles of various deputies who have been elected to General Convention and who are expected to be present in Anaheim this coming summer.
The Daily News has a report on the national event taking place this weekend in Philadelphia. According to reports we’ve gotten here that Cafe, there are over four hundred people in attendance.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses the events and the controversies facing the Episcopal Church this fall in Room for All. The Presiding Bishop offers her remarks during a visit to the Diocese of Georgia following Eucharist with Christ Church Savannah, currently worshipping at St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Savannah.
There is a legal case in the courts of Britain that, depending on the decision, could have the effect of allowing clergy in Britain to unionize. Up until now, the custom has been to say that clergy are employed directly by God and therefore exempt from existing employment law. Depending on the way the court decides, its decision could, by implication, allow clergy to claim otherwise.
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited Lourdes earlier this week, the site where the Virgin Mary is supposed to have appeared to St. Bernadette. He was
News of a settlement with some of the parties involved in the lawsuits between the Diocese of Virginia and two of the break-away congregations was published on the diocesan website this afternoon
There are a number of stories starting to appear that are all basically attempts to think theologically about what is happening in the world’s financial markets. But there’s no real consensus yet on whether the Church should speak out now.
Violent attacks on church members that have left more than 60 dead began in late August in southern India according to a report by the Church of Brethren in Christ released this week. The attacks lasted for 12 days and are believed by some to have been instigated by the regional government in attempt to heighten divisions in the region prior to a coming election.
The Anglican Province of Wales has decided to dismantle parallel church structures for Anglicans who are unable to accept the ordination of women. There will
The meeting of the House of Bishops in Salt Lake City is being characterized as a difficult one but also as not simply one where the focus was on the vote to depose the Bishop of Pittsburgh. The bishops discussed Hurricane relief and the future of theological education as part of their meeting.