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Cuban Episcopalians Welcome New Bishops Suffragan

"Asi lo haremos - We will!" thundered the standing-room-only congregation at Havana's Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, when asked if they would accept as Cuba's first bishops suffragan the Revd Canon Nerva Cot Aguilera and Archdeacon Ulises Mario Aguero Prendes.

12 June 2007

Groundbreaking service for 'igloo church' draws hundreds

Groundbreaking service for 'igloo church' draws hundreds

A groundbreaking service for St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit took place June 3, Trinity Sunday, to mark the rebuilding of the igloo-shaped church, which was damaged by arson in November 2005. It was later demolished in June 2006.

12 June 2007

More native priests needed, says international gathering

More native priests needed, says international gathering

The Anglican Indigenous Network has put itself on a new and firm bureaucratic footing in order to push forward on its number one concern – the faster ordination of more native priests.

30 May 2007

EDS Honours The Most Revd Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane With Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa

EDS Honours The Most Revd Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane With Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa

Through his tireless service and dedication, The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane has been ‘an icon of hope and grace for so many of God’s children,’ and in turn was presented Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa from Episcopal Divinity School at their Commencement ceremony on May 17, 2007 at the First Church Congregational in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ‘in recognition of his life, witness, and ministry.’

24 May 2007

Arctic to begin rebuilding 'igloo church

A groundbreaking service for St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit has been scheduled for June 3, Trinity Sunday, to mark the rebuilding of the igloo-shaped church, which was damaged by arson in November 2005 and demolished in June 2006. Paul Okalik, the premier of Nunavut, has been invited to turn the sod at the service

17 May 2007

Anglican bishops nominate four candidates for primatial election

Anglican bishops nominate four candidates for primatial election

Canadian Anglican bishops have nominated four from among their number to be candidates in the election of a successor to Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

08 May 2007

Canadian House of Bishops' pastoral statement to go to General Synod

Canadian House of Bishops' pastoral statement to go to General Synod

At its meeting last month, the House of Bishops considered a draft pastoral statement on same-sex blessings that could be sent to all delegates to General Synod as part of the Convening Circular.

04 May 2007

Presiding Bishop urges Nigerian Primate to reconsider plans to install bishop

Presiding Bishop urges Nigerian Primate to reconsider plans to install bishop

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written to Nigerian Primate, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola asking him to reconsider plans to install Bishop Martyn Minns as a bishop in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), an action she says ‘would violate the ancient customs of the church’ and would ‘not help the efforts of reconciliation.’

02 May 2007

Mollegen Forum Explores Earth's Water Crisis

Mollegen Forum Explores Earth's Water Crisis

'To withhold or contaminate water; to be unconscious or deliberately unaware of brothers and sisters who lack water and all else that upholds their wellbeing and dignity, is to stand against the very One under whom this nation of ours has placed itself.' Such were the words of the Rt Revd Frank T. Griswold, former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

02 May 2007

Episcopal Communicators consider 'wiki' world, collaborative mission, hip hop

Episcopal Communicators consider 'wiki' world, collaborative mission, hip hop

Communicators packed 400 years into their April 25-28 annual meeting, from commemorating the beginnings of the first European settlement and Anglican Church in the New World, to contemplating future mission amid the rapidly evolving ‘wiki’ world of technology and celebrating with a Hip Hop Mass.

01 May 2007