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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Restored Bell Tolls Once Again

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From New York- When, in 1908, Mrs. Russell Sage purchased one 2,000-pound bell from the Meneely Bell Company for the Christ Episcopal Chur...

The Falls Church Anglican Files Appeal with Virginia Supreme Court

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From Falls Church- Today, The Falls Church Anglican filed a Petition for Appeal with the Virginia Supreme Court, asking that Court to re...

Annotated draft Episcopal Church triennial budget released

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From ENS- A commentary on the draft budget including a foreword by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, commentary on the budget pr...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Archbishop: Not everyone appreciates how funny Queen is

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From BBC- (with video) Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has issued a video tribute to the Queen, in which he gives a rare insigh...
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Inuvik priest elected bishop of Anglican Arctic diocese

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From The Arctic- Rev. Capt. David Parsons will take over as Anglican bishop of the Arctic diocese next year. Parsons was elected Wednesday...

Anglican diocese, dissident parishes strike deal

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From Canada- The Anglican Diocese of Niagara has retained ownership of three local churches, including one in Lowville, which saw their pa...

Backers of women in episcopate turn against Measure

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From The Church Timers- AMENDMENTS to the women-bishops Draft Measure (News, 25 May) will not help it receive final approval in the Genera...

The Queen’s Jubilee and the Florida connection

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From Florida- More than 450 years ago, England’s first Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne. In her half-century reign, playwrights such...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Anglican Arctic diocese to elect new bishop today

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From The CBC- Anglican leaders from across the North are in Iqaluit today to elect a new spiritual leader. Andrew Atagotaaluk will retire ...

Priest Dies During Mass

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From Bethlehem (with video) A priest in Northumberland County died Sunday morning while conducting services at his church in Mount Carmel....

Taize Movement Brings Throwback Appeal To America

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From Huffington- Every year, some 100,000 pilgrims trek to the Taize ecumenical community in France where the biggest attraction is the mu...

Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite

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From The Washington Post- Mack Wolford, a flamboyant Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia whose serpent-handling talents were profiled l...
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Canada: What would happen if we say ‘no’ to the Anglican Covenant?

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From ENS- The Anglican Church of Canada needs more clarity around what the “relational consequences” would be for not adopting the propose...

Katy resident excited to be church's new rector

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From Texas- Growing up, the Rev. Christopher R. Duncan would corral his parents so he'd have a congregation to preach to when he wante...

VIRGINIA: ‘Continuing congregations’ turn focus to future

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From ENS- The past weeks have been a time of transition for the Diocese of Virginia. Congregations that have worshiped away from their hom...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury: Who'll get the impossible job?

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From England- The role of Archbishop of Canterbury is, by common consent, a poisoned chalice. The challenge is to balance the various dogm...

Principal on ‘leave of absence’ after more redundancies

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From The Church Times- WYCLIFFE HALL, the Evangelical theological college in Oxford, was tight-lipped this week about the sudden departu...

Hope among the Ruins

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From The Living Church- Around the rubble of Trinity Cathedral in Port au Prince the bishops processed, entering a makeshift shelter cover...

The Push for Communion Without Baptism is an Assault on the Church

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From Mississippi- The topic of Communion Without Baptism (CWOB) continues to make the rounds in the Episcopal/Anglican blogosphere.  Lat...

Ratification of Canadian bishop for Uruguay fails

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From South America- The House of Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone has voted not to ratify the election of Archdeacon ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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Rest in Peace Doc- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09JP5Tj-1jg

Nigeria: You Can't Defeat Boko Haram, Cleric Tells Jonathan

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From Nigeria- Former Primate of the Anglican Communion, Peter Akinola, has told President Goodluck Jonathan that the Boko Haram insurgents...

Paranoid UK ‘must learn from Dickens’, says Archbishop of Canterbury

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From London- The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched an attack on the growing inequality and fear gripping a “paranoid Britain”. Dr Rowa...

Our view: What we can learn from Colin Powell

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From Erie- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says an elderly Episcopal priest gave him a lesson for life: "Always show more kind...

Crow's death causes fire at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

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Here's a headline you don't see every day. From California- A crow was electrocuted on power lines late Sunday, sparking a fire ...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Cheltenham vicar breathes fire during Pentecost sermon

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From The "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department (Courtesy of Bruce R. and The BBC) With video! A fire-breathing vicar h...

Row casts pall over St Alban’s service

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From South Africa- While churches across the world celebrated Pentecost Sunday – an ancient feast of the Christian Church held 50 days aft...

I think we should keep Anglican bishops in a reformed House of Lords

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From The London Telegraph- The debate continues about the place of the Church of England's bishops, the 'Lords Spiritual', in ...

Archbishop of Canterbury: who'll get the impossible job?

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From The Telegraph- T he role of Archbishop of Canterbury is, by common consent, a poisoned chalice. The challenge is to balance the vario...

Virginia Beach church pays tribute to fallen troops

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From Virginia Beach On the lawn of Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church, a field of American flags waved in the wind, as if saying hello ...
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