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October 24 2004
LOUISIANA: Episcopal bishop takes firm stand on church division
"If the American Church does not take responsible action, then it is in real danger of being separated from the Anglican Communion," he said. "If the church rejects taking part in the Anglican Communion, I see no other choice than to take our place in the wider communion. To do otherwise would be a compromise of my faith."
The statement was made at the Diocese of Western Louisiana's annual convention Saturday at St. Mark's Cathedral in Shreveport.
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October 24 2004
ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN CANADA: Windsor Report A Mixed Blessing
The Windsor-recommended ECUSA DEPO model does not deal adequately with the sincere need of orthodox believers in revisionist dioceses for adequate Episcopal oversight (AEO). Regret, without real repentance and remorse, is hollow and without any real value.
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October 23 2004
WESTERN NEW YORK: Batavia Episcopal priest suspended by Bp. Garrison
Wozniak would not elaborate, other than to say the complaints did not involve sexual misconduct.
After a meeting Tuesday evening with Bishop J. Michael Garrison, the parish vestry, in a split vote, decided to dissolve the parish's relationship with Howson.
Karen Clement, junior warden, said the allegations first came to the attention of the vestry Tuesday.
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October 23 2004
RWANDA: Archbishop Kolini Says Windsor Report is Not Final Word
Numerous examples have emerged throughout the Communion over the years. These include the Church Missionary Society, the previous but longstanding presence of two Anglican churches in Scotland, 'flying' bishops in England and Wales, the Church of South India's presence in the United States, the situation in the Armed Forces, and the presence of American and English Dioceses in Europe, among others.
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October 23 2004
Primates Meeting will "go far beyond Windsor Report" says Pittsburgh Bishop
Tuesday and Wednesday were more hopeful. Meeting with many of our
British, Canadian and Latin partners, including Archbishops Venables
and Gomez, it became clearer that the determinative moment is not the
report, but the Primates meeting for which the report was
October 23 2004
ENGLAND: Anglican Mainstream (UK) responds to Windsor Report
The division of views is deep and the Commission have taken them seriously. Their rebuke to unilateral action is clear and firm: before making innovations of this kind provinces and dioceses should consult the Communion. Provincial autonomy is not the same as provincial independence; it is autonomy within the Communion.
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October 22 2004
NORFOLK: Episcopal Church slams diocese in southern Va.
"Because of this vacuum in leadership and vision, the diocese is floundering in all areas," the report stated.
The report also called the relationship between Bane and Suffragan Bishop Carol J. Gallagher disastrous. The degree to which the two disagree is legendary, and until very recently communication between them did not exist, the report said.
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October 22 2004
OXFORD GROUP ISSUES "CALL FOR COMPLIANCE" TO WINDSOR REPORT
We are concerned that the repentance needed for true reconciliation as we believe the Commission intended could be read only as an “expression of regret” from the Episcopal Church USA and New Westminster. In addition, the report could be interpreted as drawing equivalence between crossing jurisdictional boundaries and breaking faith.
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October 22 2004
Griswold Hides Behind Skirts of Flak - by Ruth Gledhill
Every time my liberal instincts threaten to get the better of my evangelical ones, I have an encounter like this and turn into a foaming fundamentalist.
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October 22 2004
SEATTLE: Two local parishes break Episcopal-church ties
With about 2.3 million members, the Episcopal Church is part of a federation of 38 largely independent regional Anglican churches around the world. Although the Episcopal Church represents only a tiny fraction of the 77 million Anglicans worldwide, its election and confirmation last year of an openly gay bishop threatened to split the communion.
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