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Episcopal Church

A Stone Cold Reminder

February 20, 2010

Some people give up something for Lent, like a favorite food.
Alabama Episcopal Bishop Henry N. Parsley brings something extra with him during Lent.  “I carry a stone in my pocket,” Parsley said on Ash Wednesday as he opened the Lenten preaching series at Cathedral Church of the Advent. He held it in his fingers and [...]

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Presiding Bishop Pays Pastoral Visit To Haitian Bishop

February 9, 2010

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori paid a poignant visit to Port-au-Prince Feb. 8 to survey with Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin the devastation wrought by the Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake.
After climbing over the ruins of the diocese’s Cathédrale Sainte Trinité (Holy Trinity Cathedral), the presiding bishop turned to Duracin and [...]

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Snowmaggedon or Snowfromheaven?

February 7, 2010

The Washington-Metro area is digging out from its fourth largest snowfall on record.  The Northern Virginia suburbs registered from 28 t0 30 inches of snow by nightfall yesterday.
I woke up early this morning to make the 3 mile walk to Holy Comforter.  A parishioner, Drew Colliaitie, picked me up half way there in his snow [...]

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Bishop Duracin – “What’s important is to keep the faith.”

January 22, 2010

The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Bishop Duracin in Port au Prince, as he cares for his people at a tent city he set up behind the ruins of College Ste. Pierre.  Pray that people everywhere will keep faith with the people of Haiti.

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Rome’s Anglican Annex

October 23, 2009

From the Washington Post:
The Vatican is making it easier for Anglicans — priests, members and parishes — to convert to Catholicism. Some say this is further recognition of the substantial overlap in faith, doctrine and spirituality between the Catholic and Anglican traditions; others see it as poaching that could further divide the Anglican Communion. What [...]

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Summary of 76th General Convention

August 15, 2009

The Episcopal Church’s General Convention office has produced a 25-page summary of actions of the 76th General Convention available as a downloadable, searchable PDF.
From Episcopal Life Online-
The 76th General Convention, meeting in Anaheim, California, July 8-17, acted on or referred every one of the 419 resolutions it considered. Below is an unofficial, unaudited, abbreviated summary [...]

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The Archbishop of Canterbury: Two Ways of Relating as Anglicans Possible

July 27, 2009

From the Living Church:
In a 2,800-word reflection on The Episcopal Church’s relationship to the broader Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury on Monday again emphasized that the Communion may follow a two-track model in its future structure.
Archbishop Rowan Williams twice described the blessing of same-sex couples as involving a chosen lifestyle, and mentioned blessings’ possible [...]

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Virginia Bishops Write The Diocese

July 22, 2009

The Diocese of Virginia has released letters from its three bishops.  Our Bishop Coadjutor, Shannon Johnston will become the Diocesan Bishop in October.  Below is his letter.  All three letters can be read here.
A Letter from Bishop Johnston
Dear Diocesan Family,
With the conclusion of General Convention, the beginning of my time as your diocesan bishop fast [...]

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Leveraging an Institution

July 17, 2009

Though I’ve attended the triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church almost as long as I’ve been a priest, this is the first time that I have watched from afar, and with the development of live webcasts and Twitter feeds such as those found at the TEC Media Hub, one can certainly feel as though [...]

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