From Hartford-
Archbishop Desmond Tutu left no gray area when it comes to what Bishop Ian T. Douglas must do in his new ministry.
“We are thrilled that God called you to be a bishop here to remind us that we are all God’s children,” preached Tutu, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation work after the dismantling of apartheid.
“Ian, please tell the children of God, each one of them is precious, the preciousness that cannot be computed. ... Each one of them is a member of God’s family in which there are no outsiders.
“Each one ... those louts on the street corner, the down and outs, the drug addicts. It was for them Christ died. ... Tell them that Jesus loves them. Tell them that they matter.”
Douglas, 51, was consecrated Saturday the 15th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut in a nearly three-hour ceremony attended by 2,000. St. Luke’s Church of New Haven’s steel drum band played at the beginning and end of the service, adding to the joyous air.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefforts Schori led the ceremony, in which numerous bishops laid their hands on Douglas, signifying the unbroken line of bishops stretching back to Jesus’ apostles.
More here-
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/04/18/news/aa3_ctconsecrate041810.txt
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