Saturday, May 5, 2012

Guest Commentary: The Journey Home: Returning to The Falls Church

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From Falls Church- In December 2006, the majority of worshipers at The Falls Church Episcopal decided to disaffiliate from the Episcopal D...

Diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church Settle with Church of the Apostles Anglican, Fairfax

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From Virginia- The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, the Episcopal Church and Church of the Apostles Anglican, Fairfax, have reached an agree...

Bishop: Episcopal Church must change

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From Albany- The Episcopal Church must embrace change and diversity if it is to move forward, the presiding bishop of the 2.4 million memb...
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Homeless man suspected in Ellicott City church shootings

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From Baltimore- A homeless man who regularly visited the food bank at an Ellicott City church is thought to have shot a co-rector and kill...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI makes £150,000 donation to 'disaffected' Anglican church so it can convert to Catholicism

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From London- The Pope has donated £150,000 to help Anglicans who have become disenchanted with the Church of England’s liberal teachings m...

2 women shot in Ellicott City church; 1 dead; man found fatally shot nearby

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From Baltimore- A woman was found fatally shot Thursday evening in St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, a man was discovered...
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Feuding Episcopal churches settle dispute

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From Georgia- Rival congregations that battled for five years over rights to Georgia's "Mother Church" after splitting in a ...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Methodists reach across historic racial boundaries with communion pact

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From The Washington Post- The predominantly white United Methodist Church and five historically black denominations — after more than a de...

Episcopal Diocese of Northern Phl bags health award

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From The Phillipines-   The Department of Health (DOH) named the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines (EDNP) as one of the five winne...

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From Schenectady- A stained-glass window, the only monument honoring the Civil War service of the 169th New York Infantry Regiment, has ...

Columbus Mileposts | May 3, 1817: Episcopal priest inspires by example

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From Columbus- Connecticut Episcopalian priest Philander Chase came to Ohio on a mission in 1817: to preach the gospel on the frontier. On...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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From ACNS- "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." "All the deceits of the world, the flesh and the devil." "Read, mark, ...

Prayer issue requires some reflection

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From Kansas- Because I am a retired Episcopal priest, prayer has long been a significant part of my day. My wife and I begin every morning...

‘William White is Dead’

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From The Living Church- This past year during the clergy conference of the Diocese of Long Island our second day was devoted to the examin...

Trinity Wall Street hosts May Day teach-in

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From ENS- The Rev. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, during “Occupy: A May Day Teach-In” webcast live from Trinity Wall Street, described the ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

My new congregation is 10,000 Olympians

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From England- CATERING for the 10,000 athletes from 165 countries descending on London for this summer’s Olympic Games is a daunting prosp...

Anglican church makes global appeal to the world to make sermons easier to find

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From ACNS- All Souls Church, Langham Place in London, England, has appealed through Social Media and its website for volunteers to help ...

St. Andrew's Parish may lose home in dispute with Episcopal Diocese

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From Tennessee- A local congregation that left the Episcopal Church six years ago may be leaving its church building as well. An appeals...
Monday, April 30, 2012

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From All-Africa- Outspoken Church of Uganda Kampala Diocese Assistant Bishop, Zac Niringiye, spoke to The Independent's Mubatsi Asinja...

Dreadlocked pioneer elected new Bishop of Wellington

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From ACNS- Justin Duckworth has been announced as the next Anglican Bishop of Wellington. And he may just be the least likely-looking bis...

Anglican Communion life impeded by insufficient communicators

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From ENS- The Anglican Communion faces a shortage of qualified communicators, according to an international Working Group on communication...

N.H. Episcopalians may elect 2d gay bishop

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From The Boston Globe- Nine years after electing the first openly gay bishop in the history of their church, causing a rift in the world...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Virginia court rules in favor of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

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From Virginia- The Fairfax Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Diocese late on Friday, April 27, denying the Falls Church Anglican's m...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

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From Los Angeles- The diocesan community stands in prayer with Bishop J. Jon Bruno who today received a diagnosis of acute monocytic leuk...

Lord picked to choose Archbishop

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From ITV- A crossbench peer and former Conservative minister has been appointed head of the commission to choose the next Archbishop of Ca...

We should elect our chair, say Primates

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From The Church Times- THE Primates of Nigeria and Kenya suggested this week that the Archbishop of Canterbury should no longer chair the ...

Convention to consider position on proposed Anglican Covenant

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From ENS- The Anglican Covenant has been variously rejected, affirmed, approved and subscribed to by some Anglican Communion provinces, an...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace as tensions rise between neighbouring countries

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From ACNS- The Anglican archbishop who was instrumental in delivering peace to Sudan has raised the spectre of full-blown war and appealed...

Bishops File Brief in Texas

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From The Living Church- Seven bishops and the Dallas-based Anglican Communion Institute filed a brief with the Texas Supreme Court Monday ...

Ground broken for cardboard cathedral

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From UPI- Ground has been broken for a temporary Anglican cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, to replace the building damaged in last ...