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November 21 2011 By virtueonline Washington Bishop Mariann Budde's First Sermon: The New Age Night

And to show how deeply Budde is engaged with New Age spiritual practices, she reveals her own use of autosuggestion, a mental technique discovered in the late 19th century. For not only is Katharine Jefferts Schori looking at herself in the mirror and practicing autosuggestion but also Budde. Many psychologists note that this technique can be used for good or ill but clearly at this point in history, these leaders use of it seems destructive for the Christian faith.

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November 20 2011 By virtueonline Episcopal Presiding Bishop Replies to Critics on Abusive Priest Charges

The condition of his ordination, said Jefferts Schori, was that Parry was to be supervised by another priest and not permitted to work alone with children.

"I made the decision to receive him believing that he demonstrated repentance and amendment of life and that his current state did not represent a bar to his reception," she wrote in her official statement.

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November 18 2011 By virtueonline CONNECTICUT: St. Paul's Darien Seeks Court Clarification on Property Ownership

The Rev. Christopher P. Leighton, the fourth rector of St. Paul's, and a charismatic, who joined the parish in 1998 told VOL that the bishop's solution to broker in Bishop Love was his decision, not theirs.

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November 16 2011 By virtueonline Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's New Vision for the Episcopal Church

While scholars pull out their hair over what to do about the decline of Protestant churches formerly called "mainline" denominations, do not fear because Jefferts Schori has a unique answer certain to attract instant attention. She declared at a well-attended meeting in Washington D.C., that the problem is not the increasingly smaller numbers but how the Episcopal Church counts.

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November 14 2011 By virtueonline Episcopal Church Bishops Admit Their Church is in Decline

"To use an image from the Old Testament, maybe this is the desert time. The desert was a period of purification and self-knowledge in order that they were prepared to enter the Promised Land. If we are in fact the body of Christ, limbs of Christ's risen body, we're OK," he said.

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November 14 2011 By virtueonline Washington National Cathedral: the Problem-Ridden Consecration of Mariann Budde

Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori began the service with the declarations of the election of Budde (who was ordained by John Shelby Spong.) During the Litany for Ordination, the prayer was being read "For Katharine, our presiding Bishop, and for all bishops, priests, and deacons that they may be filled with your love..." when something seemed to fall upon the pipe organ keys hitting simultaneously about three octaves of notes, creating a tremendously large sound of dissonance, overwhelming all

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November 12 2011 By virtueonline AMIA Leader Clarifies Relationship with Anglican Province of Rwanda

The bishop revealed that he has invited Canon lawyer and AMIA priest Fr. Kevin Donlon to put together constitution and statutes for the new society.

The Anglican Mission leader reported that at a regularly scheduled Council of Bishops meeting this week, Bishop Terrell Glenn resigned as a missionary bishop overseeing the Apostles Mission Network (parishes ranging geographically from the northeast to the Carolinas).

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November 11 2011 By virtueonline Jefferts Schori, Bede Parry, Charles Bennison, Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky & RCC

Sandusky was charged on Saturday with sexually abusing eight young boys over more than a decade. Two other officials were charged with failing to report an incident. Sandusky is rumored to have been 'pimping out young boys to rich donors from the Second Mile Foundation for troubled young boys. The relentless deviate, former PSU defensive coordinator is accused of sexually assaulting children for years.

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November 11 2011 By virtueonline BROCKTON: Holy Cross Bishop Says Continuers Can Be Catalyst in Great Realignment

Hewett said Islam is pushing us from behind. God is using Islam to bring His Church together, more quickly than we would have thought possible. Much of what needs to be done for a unified and orthodox Anglican witness in this country comes by simple living and serving together, within and beyond our jurisdictions. Our vocation is to produce saints, not strategies. Our vocation as Anglicans is to help the two lungs of the Church, Rome and Constantinople, breathe together again.

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November 10 2011 By virtueonline BROCKTON, MA:Women's Ordination Remains Dividing Issue between Continuers & ACNA

"Within the Canterbury Communion the ordination of women to Holy Orders has grown from an eccentric mid-20th century proposal into a widely supported proposal in the 1970s, then into accepted practice in North America and the Antipodes. In the 1970s opposition to the new view was officially protected with conscience clauses.

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