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Diocese of TN sues to reclaim church

November 3, 2009 2 Comments

“Parishes don’t have the option to leave the diocese,” Bauerschmidt said. “People can do whatever they want. But a parish doesn’t have that option.”

No. Michigan plan after rejection of their election

November 3, 2009 3 Comments

The Diocese of Northern Michigan approved a new process for selecting its next bishop at its recently concluded convention at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Escanaba, MI

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Affirming Catholicism rebukes CoE report on Women Bishops

November 3, 2009 No Comments

We believe that the removal of certain functions by statute from women who are consecrated bishops can carry no other inference than that it is legitimate to deny that they are truly ordained.

A better way to discern in community

November 2, 2009 2 Comments

Lately civic and religious discourse in America has taken on a certain road-rage quality according to Katherine Marshall. Recently she was able to observe an ethics consult at the Chicago Medical School. She came away believing that perhaps there is a more excellent way for us to engage one another

Church of Pakistan speaks about recent violence against Christians

November 2, 2009 No Comments

The Church of Pakistan adopted a strong statement decrying the violence against Christians earlier this year in Gojra. It lays the blame specifically at the feet of those who are using religion for political ends and calls for six concrete steps to be taken in response.

Bishop Scarfe on the new Vatican plan

November 2, 2009 No Comments

Bishop Alan Scarfe points out something not many others have seen in the latest initiative to include Anglican communities into a full communion relationship with the Holy See. There’s not much future in community defined as being opposed to other communities.

The challenge Uganda is presenting to the Communion

November 2, 2009 12 Comments

The silence on the part of the leadership of the Anglican Communion regarding the proposed “Anti-Homosexual” legislation in Uganda is scandalous according to Colin Coward of “Changing Attitudes”. He calls for a swift and strong response.

Bishop Vaché has died

November 2, 2009 1 Comment

The Rt. Rev. C. Charles Vaché, the 7th Bishop of Southern Virginia, died at 2:30 a.m. on the Feast of All Saints in hospice care at Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Leaving Church House, but not the Café

November 2, 2009 9 Comments

On December 11, I will be leaving my position as canon for communications and advancement for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington to form Canticle Communications, a strategic communications partnership that will work primarily with church clients. My partner is Rebecca Wilson, whose work Café readers may remember from this summer’ s General Convention.

How one ‘All Souls’ congregation marks today, tomorrow

November 1, 2009 1 Comment

What do you do when All Saints and All Souls are the closest thing you have to a patronal feast day?