This statement was sent as an email to the Diocese this morning Sunday, October 19, 2014 My brothers and sisters,
On Saturday at the Vatican Extraordinary Synod on the Family, efforts to welcome LGBT and divorced Catholics failed: Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to
I feel compelled, not only as a former member of the GTS faculty, but also as a bishop, to register my dismay and indignation regarding this decision.
Yesterday, the Board of General Theological Seminary in New York City issued a statement after meeting with 8 faculty whom the Board claimed had resigned,
The Church has dealt with the issue of how to respond to infectious disease before, from the 1919 flu epidemic to swine flu. Today’s concerns
“The eight fired faculty members of the General Theological Seminary sincerely thank the thousands of academics, hundreds of clergy and colleagues, GTS alumni, and other Christian faithful from around the world who have expressed their support for us in the aftermath of the Board of Trustees’ disappointing decision today.”
Update #2 The Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary met with students and the seminary community. The Seminary released a statement. This evening the terminated faculty released a brief statement.
Update #2. The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, monk and, for 20 years, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, died on Friday, Oct. 17 in the care of his SSJE brothers at Emery House in West Newbury, Mass.
In Eugene, Oregon, local faith groups, religious leaders, and volunteers have created Opportunity Village, a community of small houses for the unsheltered homeless.
The Union of Black Episcopalians and the Office of Black Ministries have issued a joint statement on the “Rationale for Historically Black Colleges of Episcopal Church.