Uncategorized

[Episcopal News Service] The disciplinary case against the Rt. Rev. Alan Gates, former bishop of Massachusetts, has been closed after a conciliation process between Gates and a priest over an incident at a worship service in March. The conclusion of the Gates case was revealed publicly Oct. 21 in an update to a page of…

[The Melbourne Anglican] Christian women leaders will discuss violence, abuse and coercive control of women in the church as part of an upcoming national conference, which will take place Nov. 28-20 at St. John’s Cathedral in Brisbane. The 40th anniversary gathering for the Movement for the Ordination of Women aims to examine women’s experiences in Christian…

Byron Rushing [Episcopal News Service] Byron Rushing – three-time vice president of the House of Deputies and a deputy from the Diocese of Massachusetts for almost 50 years – is being honored by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts during its annual Bill of Rights Dinner on Oct. 22. Born in 1942, Rushing…

[Lambeth Palace] On Oct. 22, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby issued the following personal statement. I have recently discovered that my biological father, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne, had an ancestral connection to the enslavement of people in Jamaica and Tobago. His great, great grandfather was Sir James Fergusson, an owner of enslaved people…

The Rt. Rev. Julia E. Whitworth departs from Boston’s Trinity Church after her ordination and consecration Oct. 19 as bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Photo: Diocese of Massachusetts/Matthew Cavanaugh Diocese of Massachusetts] The Rt. Rev. Julia E. Whitworth was ordained and consecrated a bishop in the Diocese of Massachusetts on Oct. 19 at Trinity…

Members of the dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem meet Oct. 19 to vote on a reunion of the two dioceses. Photo: Diocese of Bethlehem, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem voted Oct. 19 to reunite as one diocese – just as the dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western…

The Rt. Rev. Richard Grein, seventh bishop of Kansas and 14th bishop of New York, died Oct. 8. He was 92. [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Richard Grein, the seventh bishop of Kansas and the 14th bishop of New York, died Oct. 8 at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 92. The announcement…

Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe addresses the Diocese of Wisconsin convention during a speech Oct. 4 in Stevens Point. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Two decades ago, the future of The Episcopal Church looked grand, ambitious and much bigger. The bishops and deputies at the 74th General Convention, meeting in summer 2003, embraced…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Church in Japan) has paid tribute to Nihon Hidankyo, the Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, which has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Nihon Hidankyo began in 1956. It is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It lobbies…

The Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas [The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas] The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas has elected the Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas as its next bishop suffragan. Cortiñas currently serves as associate rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. She will be consecrated and installed as the seventh bishop suffragan of West…