Mary Frances Schjonberg of Episcopal News Service reports: “A covenant task force, composed of six council members, based its recommendation to council in a report that is available in English here and Spanish here.”Here is the report as released by Executive Council (watermark included).D020_Report_09_2011 … [Read more...] about Council Releases ‘Unable to Adopt’ Report
Archives for November 16, 2011
Council Nixes Covenant, Backs Peaceful Protests
One version of the lyrics to “Weave” is available here. Embedded video is from Home of Truth Spiritual Center, Alameda, Calif.Via the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public AffairsA Message from Executive CouncilSalt Lake City, October 21-24, 2011Weave, weave, weave …Weave us together in unity and love.[from the Weave song attributed to Rosemary Crow]All day long on Thursday, … [Read more...] about Council Nixes Covenant, Backs Peaceful Protests
Upper S.C. Diocese Urges Reconciliation
The Diocese of Upper South Carolina approved a resolution Oct. 22 asking Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Bishop Mark J. Lawrence to “come together in person at a mutually convenient time and place in order to strengthen the bonds of our community” and “engage in healing conversation regarding the ongoing tensions between The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of … [Read more...] about Upper S.C. Diocese Urges Reconciliation
St. Luke’s Finds its Way Home
It is only a few miles from the modest hamlet of Bladensburg, Maryland, to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. But when the multicultural former Episcopal congregation of St. Luke’s, Bladensburg, arrived at that towering edifice Oct. 9, it marked the joyful completion of what Donald Cardinal Wuerl of Washington called a … [Read more...] about St. Luke’s Finds its Way Home
Attorney J.B. Burtch Returns to Lawrence Case
Bishop Dorsey Henderson sent this message to members of the Disciplinary Board for Bishops on Oct. 17, and released a copy to The Living Church. Jack W. “J.B.” Burtch’s resumé is available on the website for his firm, Maccaulay & Burtch, P.C., of Richmond, Va. Sisters and Brothers, This message comes with the prayer that you are all well and joyful. Because I … [Read more...] about Attorney J.B. Burtch Returns to Lawrence Case
Church Attorney Recuses Herself
Bishop Dorsey Henderson sent this message to members of the Disciplinary Board for Bishops on Oct. 14, and released a copy to The Living Church. Sisters and Brothers, today I have accepted the withdrawal of Ms. Josephine Hicks from further participation in the matter before us regarding Bishop Mark Lawrence. Ms. Hicks has withdrawn from all involvement in the Board’s … [Read more...] about Church Attorney Recuses Herself
Bishop: Attorney Never on Disciplinary Board
Church Attorney Josephine H. Hicks performs legal work for the Episcopal Church’s Disciplinary Board for Bishops but is not a member of it, the Rt. Rev. Dorsey Henderson said in an interview with The Living Church.The board is in the early stages of investigating allegations that the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, Bishop of South Carolina, has abandoned the Episcopal Church. … [Read more...] about Bishop: Attorney Never on Disciplinary Board
‘The Question Is not Whether We Can Stay’
From the Diocese of South Carolina: In an atmosphere of prayerful solemnity, the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of South Carolina gathered at Saint James Church, James Island, S.C., for more than two hours on Tuesday, October 12. In focus were the “serious charges” that have been made against Bishop Mark Lawrence and the diocese under the new Title IV canons. Bishop … [Read more...] about ‘The Question Is not Whether We Can Stay’