Considering colonial legacies associated with the history of Anglican churches and analyzing the future of the postcolonial Church will be the focus of a May 1-2 conference hosted by the University of Manchester's Lincoln Theological Institute in England.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori sent a letter to the House of Representatives on April 2 calling for passage of the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act, which has been approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee and is awaiting consideration by the full House. The full text of the letter follows.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Your Easter celebration undoubtedly has included lots of physical signs of new life -- eggs, flowers, new green growth. As the Easter season continues, consider how your daily living can be an act of greater life for other creatures. How can you enact the new life we know in Jesus the Christ? In other words, how can you be the sacrament, the outward and visible sign, of the grace that you know in the resurrected Christ? How can your living let others live more abundantly?
Opening Eucharist sets tone for UNCSW gathering
In a lively homily, the Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam, bishop suffragan of New York, told Anglican women from around the Communion gathered at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City to "stand up straight for Christ."
Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe hosted a January 20 discussion on France Culture radio about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the plight of Iraqi Christians.
The recent assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the resulting civil unrest has caused Church leaders to speak out against the instability that has roiled the South Asian Islamic Republic for years and raise concerns for the welfare of the country's Christian community.
In response to New Orleans Public Housing to be Bulldozed and Residents Evicted from FEMA Trailers
In an open letter to the New Orleans City Council on December 6, the Rt Revd Charles Jenkins, Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, urged council members to “reclaim and renew existing Federal Housing Projects as temporary and dignified homes,” for those still in FEMA trailers and returning residents until the proposed, mixed-income housing is developed.
The Revd John Kafwanka, research/project officer for Mission and Evangelism at the Anglican Communion Office in London, looks ahead to the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops and speaks about its mission focus.
At least four homes lost; others in jeopardy
At least eight congregations within the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego have opened their doors to shelter evacuees as 250,000 residents fled raging wildfires and one clergyperson lost his home.
Center for Anglican Communion Studies
The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, announced today that the Rev. Dr. J. Barney Hawkins IV, director of the Doctor of Ministry Programs and Professor of Parish Ministry, has been named the first Executive Director of the Seminary’s Center for Anglican Communion Studies. Hawkins will step into his new position on November 1, 2007.
Next steps for addressing global poverty are highlighted in the newly released final report of the ‘Toward Effective Anglican Mission’ (TEAM) conference held earlier this year in Boksburg, South Africa.
Hosted by the Anglican Provinces of Rwanda and Burundi, the Anglican Peace and Justice Network (APJN) began its triennial meeting September 25 in Kigali, Rwanda, with a welcome from Rwandese Archbishop Emmanuel Mbona Kolini, who greeted the representatives from 17 provinces (list below) of the Anglican Communion, many of them from conflict regions.
Eight bishops have accepted Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's invitation to serve as "episcopal visitors" to dioceses that have requested this provision.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has assured Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams that he will be received September 20 and 21 by the House of Bishops ‘with great respect and hospitality.’
The Cathedral College of Washington National Cathedral will host a Spanish preaching conference, spoken entirely in Spanish, October 22-26.
Madeleine L'Engle, a lay Episcopalian who wrote more than 60 books ranging from children's stories to theological reflection, died September 6 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was 88.
Presiding Bishop, colleagues outline recommendations; plan includes satellite offices
Raising levels of service to dioceses, congregations, and individuals – ‘equipping people to use their gifts’ - is at the heart of recommendations to reorganize work based at the Episcopal Church Center, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a September 5 presentation to staff.
Archbishop of Canterbury to join September gathering
When the House of Bishops meets September 20-25 in New Orleans, members and spouses will have hands-on opportunities to help rebuilding efforts in hurricane-affected areas.
While some will join weekend work projects of ‘mucking and gutting’ damaged structures, others will join in prayer and pastoral visits with congregations and individual.
Driving along what is left of the beachfront boulevard in Bay St. Louis, one sees a lot of green. Nature has reinvented itself; flora and fauna are prolific along the Mississippi coastline. A few people dot the beaches in between ruined piers. Houses, however, are missing. Miles of vacant lots dotted with concrete pipe sections and new septic tanks bear silent witness to the ever-present loss.
In the wake of Dean, a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds at about 150 miles per hour, Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) has contacted partners in Jamaica, Belize, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and other parts of the region. The major storm has caused flooding, mudslides, heavy rain, high winds and severe damage, killing at least nine people.
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