Bishop Ann Tottenham of the Anglican Church of Canada wrote Preludium with this comment: “For the record, I celebrated and preached at Southwark Cathedral on November 9, 2009 with the permission of the Powers-That-Be in the C.of E. in the presence of the Diocesan Bishop and fully vested including mitre.
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Bishop Ann Tottenham on the record re gratuitous Miter prohibition.
The Guardian’s Hugh Muir wrote in Guardian Diary “If the US Episcopal Church – still part of the worldwide Anglican communion despite having the temerity to elect gay bishops – feels nervous about the warmth of its welcome from the mothership that is the Church of England, perhaps there are reasons. Katharine Jefferts Schori , the presiding bishop of the US church and the first woman ever to lead an Anglican province, preached at Southwark Cathedral last weekend despite muted hisses of disapproval by conservative evangelicals.
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If this is true, what happened to hospitality?
According to a press release from the Anglican Church in North America, “The Anglican Church in North America has 614 congregations in 20 dioceses. More than 200 other congregations are ministry partners with the Anglican Church, including the congregations of The Anglican Mission. The Anglican Church represents more than 100,000 Christians in North America.” This is down by 200 from the more than 800 previously reported, although the number of persons continues at roughly the same 100,000.
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Anglican Church in North America numbers revised
Here’s a name from the past: Steve Hill. Name still not ringing a bell? Think about a church service happening nightly with a line around the building.
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Evangelist Steve Hill provides prodigals a map to come back home
The people who left The Episcopal Church in that part of Illinois that constitutes the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy have formed their own diocese (claiming it is the real and only one) now part of the Anglican Church in North America. They up and elected someone who claims to be a bishop to be their bishop.
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Alberto Morales elected by ACNA diocese of Quincy…what’s going on here?
Kantinho do Rev, the blog of the general secretary of the Episcopal / Anglican Church of Brazil is often a source of thoughtful analysis. Priest and lawyer Francisco Silva has written this observation which I am glad to post in its entirety
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Kantinho do rev on the removal of ecumenical representatives
Ever heard people say to plan for Christmas, you should begin in the summer? That phenomenon is already happening and raising quite the kerfuffle in the global media. But for the ubiquitous festive stocking of the yuletide shelves that you would think
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Now you know what Mary didn’t know thanks to a Jesus ultrasound
This from a story by George Conger, first published in the Church of England newspaper . (Note the material highlighted in red.) “The Archbishop’s Pentecost letter is the public half of a campaign to rein in the Episcopal Church, The Church of England Newspaper has learned, and follows a private letter delivered to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asking her to consider withdrawing from active participation on the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion. A letter from the Archbishop is believed to have been given to Bishop Jefferts Schori at the April 17 consecration of the Bishop of Connecticut, Dr Ian Douglas.
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Was the Presiding Bishop asked to step down?
Here we are in 2010, and as we watch the Catholic Church implode, let us spare a thought for those sheeple placing their shekels in the collection plates each week knowing that the group they have financially supported has covered up child rape and other forms of paedophilic abuse. The Pope will visit London in the Autumn and he expects to be greeted by a loud group of protestors who have enough of this charade, this parade of nonsense.
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Anti-Catholic? Moi?
The Virginia Supreme Court said the Circuit Court erred in the matter of the dispute between the Diocese of Virginia and The Episcopal Church vs. CANA, and required the Circuit Court “conduct further proceeding thereon consistent with the views expressed in this opinion.” So it is back to the lower court Here is what the last two paragraphs of the judgment say: “In light of our holding that the circuit court erred in granting the Code § 57-9(A) petitions, the control and ownership of the property held in trust and used by the CANA Congregations remains unresolved. Accordingly, the declaratory judgment actions filed by TEC and the Diocese, and the counterclaims of the CANA Congregations in response to those suits, must be revived in order to resolve this dispute under principles of real property and contract law.” “CONCLUSION For these reasons, we will reverse the judgment of the circuit court and remand with direction to dismiss the CANA Congregations’ Code § 57-9(A) petitions
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Resolution nearer in Virginia following correctives from Virginia Supremes