From Connecticut-
A group of nine of us recently traveled
to Cuba for a week-long visit with leaders of three Episcopal
congregations, as well as Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpio, who will
be the guest preacher at Christ Church, in Greenwich, on Sunday, July
28th. She is the first woman consecrated as a Diocesan Bishop in all of Latin America.
Although the United States’ government
recently cancelled travel visas to Cuba and forbid U.S. cruise ships
from visiting, Americans can still travel to Cuba on religious visas,
which is what we did, as we were meeting with Cuban religious groups.
The Episcopal Church in Cuba is part of
the Anglican Communion, a worldwide body of 80 million Christians living
in 165 different countries. The
Episcopal Church in Cuba was founded in 1901 by the Episcopal Bishop of
Minnesota, who happened to be traveling by boat to the Dominican
Republican when a storm left him stranded on Cuba. When the Minnesota
Bishop learned that there was not a single Protestant church on the
island, he started one. Hence, the Episcopal Church of Cuba was born. Today, there are 46 Episcopal churches served by 24 Episcopal priests. Many
of the churches meet in homes, because hurricanes destroyed their
sanctuary, and the Castro government would not allow them to rebuild. Now, the government is granting them permission to rebuild.
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