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Primates engage in 'intense listening,' discuss Windsor response

Primates engage in 'intense listening,' discuss Windsor response

Intense listening, characterized by an expression of ‘patience, graciousness, care and Respect’ was the atmosphere in which the Primates gathered February 15, said Australia's Archbishop Phillip Aspinall during a media briefing following the conclusion of their first day of sessions.

16 February 2007

Communications Committee endorses negotiations with Augsburg Fortress

Communications Committee endorses negotiations with Augsburg Fortress

General Synod's Communications and Information Resources Committee has unanimously endorsed negotiations with Augsburg Fortress Canada that would see the continuation of a bookstore at the site presently occupied by the Anglican Book Centre.

15 February 2007

Diocese of Louisiana responds to tornado damage

Diocese of Louisiana responds to tornado damage

Before dawn February 13 a tornado touched down in several parts of New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, leaving a swath of destruction. When damage reports rolled in, Bishop Charles Jenkins and the clergy mobilized to help those affected by the storm.

15 February 2007

Shea joins religious delegation going to Iran to talk peace

Shea joins religious delegation going to Iran to talk peace

A delegation of 13 U.S. religious leaders, including Maureen Shea, director of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations, will visit Iran February 17-25 to deepen dialogue between religious and political leaders there in the hope of defusing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

14 February 2007

For the People of the Episcopal Church' from the Presiding Bishop

For the People of the Episcopal Church' from the Presiding Bishop

As the primates of the Anglican Communion prepare to gather next week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I ask your prayers for all of us, and for our time together. 

08 February 2007

James Theodore Holly celebration in Haiti

James Theodore Holly celebration in Haiti

The Diocese of Haiti will celebrate its famous founder with a Eucharist and gathering at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince on March 13.

 

08 February 2007

Cubans hail appointment of woman bishop

Cubans hail appointment of woman bishop

Members of a Cuban diocesan synod burst into applause and shouts of joy on Sunday when Archbishop Andrew Hutchison announced the appointment of Revd Canon Nerva Cot Aguilera as one of two new suffragan bishops for the Cuban Anglican Church.

07 February 2007

Virginia diocese files suits against property claims of separated congregations

Virginia diocese files suits against property claims of separated congregations

The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia went to court January 31 over the real and personal property held in trust by 11 congregations where the majority membership has voted to leave the Episcopal Church, but have not vacated or relinquished that property to the diocese.

01 February 2007

Diocesan Standing Committee Outlines Request to Global South Primates

Diocesan Standing Committee Outlines Request to Global South Primates

In a unanimous decision, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has agreed to release the text of the diocese’s request to the Anglican Primates of the Global South for Alternative Primatial Oversight.

01 February 2007

California bishop arrested during San Francisco war protest

California bishop arrested during San Francisco war protest

Bishop Marc Handley Andrus of the Episcopal Diocese of California was arrested December 7 for blocking the front door of the San Francisco federal building to protest the deaths caused by the Iraq war. 

12 December 2006