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TEC: Central Florida diocese elects the Rev. Gregory Brewer as bishop

TEC: Central Florida diocese elects the Rev. Gregory Brewer as bishop

The Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, 60, rector of the Parish of Calvary-St. George's in New York was elected on Nov. 19 as the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.

21 November 2011

TEC: New York diocese elects the Rev. Canon Andrew M.L. Dietsche as bishop coadjutor

TEC: New York diocese elects the Rev. Canon Andrew M.L. Dietsche as bishop coadjutor

The Rev. Canon Andrew M.L. Dietsche was elected on Nov. 19 as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.

21 November 2011

Canada - Anglicans and Roman Catholics celebrated 40 years of their dialogue with each other

Canada - Anglicans and Roman Catholics celebrated 40 years of their dialogue with each other

Anglicans and Roman Catholics celebrated 40 years of their dialogue with each other in a service of Ecumenical Vespers held in St Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Quebec.

18 November 2011

El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

London, 14 November (ENInews). El Salvador on 11 November bestowed the first "Amigo de El Salvador" award on the London-based Archbishop Romero Trust, which celebrates the legacy of human rights advocate Archbishop Oscar Romero.

16 November 2011

As injured American veterans return home, congregations reach out

As injured American veterans return home, congregations reach out

Newton, Massachusetts, 14 November (ENInews) Some wounds of war are all too visible - a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot

16 November 2011

Anglicans celebrate 150 years as a Diocese

Anglicans celebrate 150 years as a Diocese

As Anglicans celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Diocese in The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and what it measn to be of their faith and Christian, they were told their history should be seen as a book of lessons from whcih they can gather some insights that can make them more effective  in their mission and ministry today.

 

15 November 2011

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Last year, the Parish of Christ the King in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro joined forces with international mural artist Joel Bergner to produce three murals for its boundary walls.

09 November 2011

Episcopal Church membership shows some regional growth, overall decline

Episcopal Church membership shows some regional growth, overall decline

While membership in 16 of the Episcopal Church's domestic dioceses and eight of its non-domestic ones grew in 2010, recently released data shows that overall membership has declined. The decrease is part of a trend that has seen membership decline by just more than 16 percent since 2000.

05 November 2011

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Sao Paulo, 26 October (ENInews). The Instituto Sou da Paz is mobilizing the participation of churches and faith communities of Sao Paulo to motivate the "Campaign for Voluntary Handing In of Firearms and Ammunitions," during the current World Week for Disarmament, reports the Latin America and Caribbean Communication Agency (ALC).

01 November 2011

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

Severe flooding and mudslides caused by tropical rains throughout El Salvador have affected about 150,000 people, cut off dozens of communities and resulted in almost 40 deaths. 

21 October 2011