Indianapolis Canon Joins Slate The canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Indianapolis has joined the slate of nominees for 11th bishop of the diocese. The nominees and their introductory videos follow. The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, director of networking in the Diocese of Chicago The Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards, rector of St. Thomas Church, … [Read more...] about Indianapolis Canon Joins Slate
Archives for September 19, 2016
PB to Visit Standing Rock
Adapted from the Office of Public Affairs In a show of support and advocacy, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry plans to visit Standing Rock Sioux Nation Sept. 24-25. He will: Tour Standing Rock with the Rt. Rev. John Tarrant, Bishop of South Dakota Visit Camp of the Sacred Stones near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, the staging area for … [Read more...] about PB to Visit Standing Rock
‘Love is the Best Medicine’
Kristen Opalinski/LUCSA, via Wikimedia Commons The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, 84, former Archbishop of Cape Town and key figure in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, recently returned to a hospital in Johannesburg because of a stubborn surgical wound. “Thank you all you tweeters and facebookers for the love and prayers for my good health,” Tutu … [Read more...] about ‘Love is the Best Medicine’
3 New Bishops for Toronto
Adapted from the Diocese of Toronto The Diocese of Toronto has elected three new suffragan bishops — one is of Métis heritage and another is a partnered gay priest. All three bishops are in their 40s. On Sept. 17, the Rev. Riscylla Walsh Shaw, the Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson and the Rev. Canon Jenny Andison were elected suffragan bishops in the Anglican … [Read more...] about 3 New Bishops for Toronto
Anglicans’ Back Pages
Subscribing to Faith? The Anglican Parish Magazine, 1859-1929 By Jane Platt. Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. xi + 268. $90 Review by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. This almost implausibly interesting book offers a detailed examination — the first of this length and seriousness — of the significance of parish magazines in shaping and responding to English cultural trends in the late … [Read more...] about Anglicans’ Back Pages