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Tag: Bishops
Bishop of Oregon to march in Portland Gay Pride Parade
The Right Rev. Michael J. Hanley, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, plans to march Sunday in Portland’s annual Gay Pride parade.
Bishop Scruton to retire in 2012
On Friday Bishop Gordon Scruton announced his intention to retire as the bishop of Western Massachusetts in 2012. Bishop Scruton has served 15 years in
To tweet or not to tweet?
Episcopal elections generate excitement and enthusiasm in a diocese, and the whole church wishes to be a part in each election.
Barker elected bishop of Nebraska
The Rev. J. Scott Barker, Rector of Christ Church, Warwick, NY was elected the 11th Bishop of Nebraska today on the second ballot in a special election convention held at St. Mark’s Pro-Cathedral in Hastings.
Courting the Holy Spirit by practicing retail politics
Like most Episcopal Church elections, it has been a homey affair, featuring five nominees touring the diocese on a bus, visiting parish halls, a school gymnasium and a retirement community where they gave brief talks, answered questions, and engaged voters in a dance of mutual ingratiation.
What’s the buzz at Lambeth Palace? (a spoof)
MrCatolick has a new YouTube video spoofing the “goings on” at Lambeth Palace
How the Church of England chooses its bishops
The process that I witnessed was so different than the one described by the late Dean Colin Slee in his now-famous memo, that it seems almost unfair to draw comparisons. In filling the vacancy in Southwark, the English method of appointing bishops was clearly at its worst. Or so one hopes.
Bishop Rickel on “A chance for a new creation”
I think many who finally step in our doors step in because of their brokenness, looking for some community to recognize that, not avoid it, provide some ways to help with it, and teach them how to pray in the midst of it. Instead, sadly, they often find people who claim to know something a bit more and above them, and a church that sometimes majors in niceness, rather than reality.
‘The time has certainly come’ – Bp. Hanley on marriage for all
“Our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in Christ deserve all the rights and privileges, including the right to marry and raise a family.”