St. Mark's Chapel visited by new Episcopal bishop

From South Carolina-

St. Mark's Chapel in Port Royal took a step closer to its goal of joining the national Episcopal Church on Sunday when a newly appointed bishop visited the congregation and performed the first confirmations of his tenure.
The Right Rev. Charles vonRosenberg, who recently was appointed provisional bishop of the South Carolina parishes remaining with the national church, joined in the service at Union Church on 11th Street and was celebrated afterward at a reception at The Shed in Port Royal.

The national Episcopal Church's presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, installed vonRosenberg at a convention in Charleston last weekend to lead the 19 parishes and six worship groups in South Carolina that remain with The Episcopal Church of the United States.

For years, St. Mark's has attempted to join the diocese in South Carolina but its petitions were refused up until a schism with the national church. The visit from vonRosenberg signaled a welcoming into the Episcopal Church, said founding member Scott Shaffer.

The congregation, which started as a home church, hopes to become full-fledged members of the national church at a convention in March, Shaffer said.

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