Simon Sarmiento, speaking at a conference in Northern Wales, has an excellent review of the events that have led up to the present situation in the Anglican Communion. The conference is call the “Rebuilding Communion Course” and is being covered by Walking with Integrity, Integrity USA’s official blog.
Terrence Kelshaw has been received into the Church of Uganda and will serve as an interim in a parish in California that has associated itself with Uganda in response to conflicts with the American church.
Thinking Anglicans has put together an omnibus post of all the document presented at the Church of England’s General Synod earlier this month. Of particular
Packer, a widely known Anglican theologian, is an associate of one of the break-away Canadian parishes and is in danger of having his ministerial license suspended as a result. This situation may make a difficult situation more complicated because of the possible reactions around the Communion to this action.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church has made a statement about the departure of several parishes from Anglican Church of Canada –and made it available through a videocast on the web. In it, he states that the Canadian Church is still “vibrant and united in its witness to the Gospel message.”
First in a new series from the L.A. Times on sacred spaces is a profile on The Rev. Brad Karelius, rector of Santa Ana’s Episcopal Church of the Messiah. After experiencing an incredible sense of peace and holiness while exploring the mountain wilderness that lies north of L.A., Karelius went on to study how retreating to such raw places often acts as a portal to spirital awakening, according to the article. For him, that first visit evoked such “serenity” that he has made it a regular practice to return to the area whenever he needs to “detox” from the hustle and bustle of daily living.
This week, Manga Bible author Siku was featured in a 13-minute long segment of the NPR program Faith Matters in which he discusses why he chose the stories he did, the challenges of interpreting narrative style within graphic novels, how his family reacted to his “calling,” the Archbishop of Canterbury’s feedback, the difference between manga and comics (manga is “cinematic,” among other things) and much more.
Bishop Valentino L. Mokiwa of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam will be the next primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, according to Episcopal News Service. Mokiwa will succeed Archbishop Donald Leo Mtetemela, who has served as primate since 1998 and will retire on May 25.
Lambeth Palace has been careful to avoid sending Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire any of the mail that goes out to bishops invited to
Membership in the continuing diocese is growing with 17 congregations remaining with TEC and the possibility of more. Some are start-up and some are continuing congregations. About five others are also considering continuing with TEC. 42 of 47 diocesan congregations voted in December to leave TEC and to realign with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.