From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Vatican: Pope to Meet with Archbishop Rowan Williams

October 30, 2009

From the New York Times: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders’ first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a Vatican spokesman said Friday. Archbishop Rowan Williams, the Anglican leader, was already [...]

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Whirlwinds and Stewardship

October 28, 2009

A Sermon for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2009 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 
Gird up your loins like a man, 
I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 
”Where were you when I laid the foundation [...]

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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. [...]

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Vatican Bidding to Get Anglicans to Join Its Fold

October 21, 2009

From the New York Times: VATICAN CITY — In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican said Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans uncomfortable with their church’s acceptance of female priests and openly gay bishops to join the Roman Catholic Church while retaining many of their traditions.  Anglicans [...]

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Returning and Rest

October 16, 2009

I’ve just returned from the annual Bishop’s Retreat for the Clergy of the Diocese of Virgina at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs.  It was wonderful to take a few days away from the busy routine of parish ministry and give my soul time to catch up with the rest of me.   We were blessed [...]

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