Michele Pollesel processes at a Diocese of Cuba service in 2011, before he became a bishop. Behind him are the Anglican Church of Canada’s primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, and Griselda Delgado del Carpio, Bishop of Cuba. • Andrea Mann/General Synod Communications, via Episcopal News Service Adapted from Gavin Drake, ACNS The Bishop of Uruguay has delivered a … [Read more...] about Bishop Challenges Uruguayans
Archives for November 30, 2016
‘Call the Midwife’ Meets USPG
Adapted from ACNS The Christmas special of BBC’s Call the Midwife will feature the work of the Anglican mission agency USPG. The show follows the fortunes of the midwives and nuns at Nonnatus House, in East London, in 1961. In the Christmas special, the Rev. Tom Hereward and a number of the Sisters and midwives are sent by SPG, as USPG was known in the 1960s, to help a … [Read more...] about ‘Call the Midwife’ Meets USPG
Clerical Friends in TV Ad
Elizabeth Weise reports for USA Today about a TV ad featuring an Anglican priest and an imam: The most surprising thing about Amazon’s latest ad for its Prime service is that it appears to be the first time a Muslim cleric has been featured in a television ad shown in the United States. “I can’t think of one. There are plenty of religious figures in televisions, … [Read more...] about Clerical Friends in TV Ad
Convention & General Seminary
Chad Rancourt, General Theological Seminary • Wikimedia Commons Adapted from the Office of Public Relations The Committee to Study the Relationship of General Theological Seminary and General Convention has asked for wide participation in a survey it issued Nov. 29. These are two of the questions appearing on a SurveyMonkey page: How familiar are you … [Read more...] about Convention & General Seminary