The 75th General Convention June 21 approved a resolution that calls on bishops and Standing Committees to "exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecration of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion."
21 June 2006
The House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will meet in joint session after the 9 a.m. Eucharist on June 21 to consider a resolution responding to the Windsor Report.
21 June 2006
Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of the Diocese of Nevada, was elected the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, June 18, on the fifth ballot cast by the House of Bishops.
19 June 2006
A public hearing on the response to the Windsor Report welcomed more than 70 speakers the evening of June 14 to address the Standing Committee on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion on four resolutions (A160-163. More than 1,000 people packed the Hyatt Regency Ballroom for the two-and-a-half hour hearing
15 June 2006
In a series of decisions at its May meeting, the Board of Directors of The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) announced the receipt of $600,000 in gifts for HIV and AIDS work and allocated $350,000 in undesignated donations to Partnership for Life: For a Generation without AIDS.
15 June 2006
In-depth coverage of the Episcopal Church's 75th General Convention, meeting in Columbus, Ohio, from June 13-21, will be provided by the Episcopal News Service
13 June 2006
A total of sixty men and women were graduated yesterday, May 17, at the 184th commencement exercises of the Episcopal Church's oldest seminary, The General Theological Seminary doctorate to four persons with distinguished and faithful ministries in the world beyond the Episcopal Church
19 May 2006
The 148th commencement of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, in Evanston, Illinois, will be held on Friday, June 2, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Forty-two students will receive a degree or certificate of study:
17 May 2006
Eastern Michigan diocese elects Todd Ousley as bishop coadjutor, California diocese elects Mark Andrus as bishop, Northern California elects Barry Beisner as bishop coadjutor
08 May 2006
Canada's Anglican bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing 'grave concern' about proposed legislation in Nigeria that 'would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and assembly of gay and lesbian persons'
05 May 2006