Monday, July 30, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] The action of General Convention can feel frenetic in a parliamentary sort of way and, when the Episcopal Church met in Austin earlier this month, Episcopal Relief & Development offered an antidote. The organization’s booth, which was...
Monday, July 30, 2018 | General Convention
11 Pentecost, August 5 2 Sam. 11:26-12:13a or Ex. 16:2-4, 9-15 Ps. 51:1-13 or Ps. 78:23-29 Eph. 4:1-16 • John 6:24-35 Speaking truth to power in terms explicit and direct is not only dangerous but also frequently pointless. Using the words adultery, deceit, and...
Friday, July 27, 2018 | General Convention
Appointments Paul K. Alexander is missioner for development and financial stewardship for the Episcopal Church in Colorado. The Rev. Alexander Andujar is rector of St. Vincent, St. Petersburg, FL. The Rev. Martin Bagay is interim rector of the Churches of St. George’s...
Friday, July 27, 2018 | General Convention
By Jim Goodson While General Convention and Episcopal Church Women met at the Austin Convention Center, 92 members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew gathered about 10 miles north for their triennial meeting. The brothers met July 5-7 at the Embassy Suites Arboretum....
Thursday, July 26, 2018 | General Convention
Adapted from Joelle Kidd’s report for Anglican Journal, via ACNS Two Anglican churches in Toronto are offering space for prayer after an evening shooting on July 22 left two dead and 13 others injured. The gunman, whose identity has not been released, was found dead...
Thursday, July 26, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Jacob Worley, who was turned away from becoming the Anglican Church of Bishop of the Diocese of Caledonia, has been called to lead St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Fort Worth. St. Andrew’s is a congregation in the diocese led by the Rt. Rev. Jack L....
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | General Convention
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry announces his surgery for prostate cancer: A few months ago, through my annual physical, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After a variety of tests, consultations, and conversations with my wife and daughters, I decided on a surgical...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | General Convention
Lord Carey, the retired 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, testified that he is “deeply ashamed” about the Church of England’s failure to discipline Peter Ball, former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester. Carey gave evidence in testimony July 24 before the long-running...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has taken the next step in a never-before-used canonical process contesting the election of the Very Rev. Kerwin Delicat as bishop coadjutor for the Diocese of Haiti. Curry on July 17 officially asked the...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | General Convention
By Retta Blaney As a student at Yale University 62 years ago, John Wulp was chatting with professor and literary critic Paul Pickrel at an Elizabethan tea. Pickrel mentioned that he had just read The Book of Margery Kempe and found it hilarious. Wulp, who had no...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | General Convention
Lawyers representing victims of Peter Ball, formerly the Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester, have questioned the status of evidence given by Prince Charles to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the Anglican Church. The inquiry resumed in London on July 23....
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | General Convention
A bus driver from East London was arrested when staff complained about his reading the Bible aloud from the front steps of St Paul’s Cathedral. Allan Coote, 55, drew the ire of cathedral staff. “In order to provide as prayerful and safe space for all, including on the...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | General Convention
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald For more than 250 exhibitors who cater to a niche clientele of Episcopalians, the start of General Convention on July 5 marked a long-awaited opportunity to greet, sell, and interact with the 3,200 registered bishops, deputies, visitors, and...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
The Episcopal Church in Colorado has announced three nominees in the search for its 11th bishop: The Rev. Kimberly D. Lucas, rector, St. Margaret’s Church, Washington, D.C. The Rev. Canon Michael Pipkin, missioner for missional management, Episcopal Church in...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
By Matthew Townsend, with reporting by Kirk Petersen La Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba will soon be a diocese of the Episcopal Church. On July 11 the House of Deputies unanimously passed Resolution A238, which calls for the diocese to be admitted to the church as soon as...
