Council Releases ‘Unable to Adopt’ Report
November 16, 2011
Council urges General Convention not to adopt the proposed Anglican Covenant.
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November 16, 2011
Council Nixes Covenant, Backs Peaceful Protests
November 16, 2011
Executive Council “expresses thanksgiving for those who worked at producing the Anglican Covenant” and adds that the Episcopal Church is “unable to adopt the Anglican Covenant in its present form.”
Upper S.C. Diocese Urges Reconciliation
November 16, 2011
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
St. Luke’s Finds its Way Home
November 16, 2011
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
Attorney J.B. Burtch Returns to Lawrence Case
November 16, 2011
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
Church Attorney Recuses Herself
November 16, 2011
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.
Bishop: Attorney Never on Disciplinary Board
November 16, 2011
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.
‘The Question Is not Whether We Can Stay’
November 16, 2011
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
