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Merrill Lynch freezes disputed San Joaquin diocesan accounts

June 4, 2008 1 Comment

Merrill Lynch has frozen the financial accounts it manages for the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin until the courts decide the rightful owner of those accounts…. The San Joaquin diocese, along with The Episcopal Church (TEC), on June 2 had amended an earlier lawsuit against Schofield, “on the basis of new information gathered about recent transfers of real and personal property and assets to entities formed by Mr. Schofield and his attorney sometime in early April of 2008,” diocesan chancellor Mike Glass said.

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Mugabe cracks down on aid groups, opposition

June 4, 2008 No Comments

The opposition leader has been detained by the military, and the government has suspended independent aid operations denying access to food to hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions. Are we looking at a man’s last desperate grasp to hold onto power, or the failure of the international community to bring justice to bear?

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Presiding Bishop calls for day of prayer for Lambeth Conference

June 4, 2008 No Comments

The Anglican Communion is one of the largest networks of human connection in the world….. That far-flung network is the result, in part, of seeds planted by a colonial missionary history. The fruit that has resulted is diverse and local, and indeed, unpalatable to some in other parts of the world. Our task at the Lambeth Conference is to engage that diverse harvest, discover its blessings and challenges, and commit ourselves to the future of this network. – Katherine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church

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The last great theological debate in Pittsburgh…

June 4, 2008 No Comments

…on the realignment question.

From this point on I suspect that we will not bother to argue theology. Realigners and non-realigners will continue to plan for their individual futures. Everyone will play out his or her role, and what will happen will happen. – Lionel Deimel

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American friends of Sudan

June 3, 2008 No Comments

The fourth annual conference of the American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan took place in Chicago last weekend. The gathering brought together the many partnerships between American and Sudanese dioceses and congregations.

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