May 15, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] In a letter to the people and clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Bishop James Stanton announced his intention to...
May 10, 2013
[Harvard Divinity School -- Press Release] The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) is pleased to announce four new members, who will begin terms of service on July 1, 2013: Peter K. Anagnostos, MTS ’86, of Shaker Heights, Ohio; Christopher J. Hanson, MDiv ’10, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Shenila Khoja-Moolji, MTS ’10, and Margaret R. Rose, MDiv ’79, both of New York, New York.
Julia Whitcavitch-DeVoy, MTS ’94, of Newton, Massachusetts,...
March 28, 2013
El obispo inglés Justin Welby de 57 años de edad, fue oficialmente instalado y entronizado como arzobispo de Cantórbery y líder de 80 millones de anglicanos alrededor del mundo, en una solemne ceremonia de casi tres horas celebrada el 23 de marzo en la histórica catedral de Cantórbery en la ciudad del mismo nombre en el sur de Inglaterra . El nuevo arzobispo tiene en su responsabilidad primera trabajar por la reconciliación dentro de la Comunión Anglicana que se ve amenazada por diferentes...
March 26, 2013
[Seminary of the Southwest -- Press Release] Douglas Travis, dean and president of Seminary of the Southwest since June 2007 has announced his retirement. His last day of service will be May 31, 2013. In his message to the seminary community, Dean Travis expressed his joy at having led the seminary during a time of growth in enrollment and financial support during a time of health and great hope for the future. “This has been an amazing ride and I have experienced enormous...
March 14, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] Diciendo que “lamentan los asesinatos en masa ampliamente divulgados” en Estados Unidos y que “han llorado por su causa”, la Cámara de Obispos de la Iglesia Episcopal declaró también el 12 de marzo que [los obispos] estaban “escandalizados por las masacres diarias de nuestros jóvenes que pasan inadvertidas en ciudades...
March 12, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] Saying that they “lament and have cried over the widely reported mass shootings” in the United States, the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops said March 12 that they are also “outraged by the too often unseen and unacknowledged daily massacre of our young people in cities such as Chicago, Newark, Baltimore, Port-au-...
[Center for American Progress] President of the House of Deputies Gay Clark Jennings and retired New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson are among the faith leaders who have added their voices.
In response to the release of the 2013 House Republican budget blueprint—a plan that for the third year in a row puts the wealthiest few ahead of the most vulnerable Americans—a diverse group of distinguished faith leaders issued the following statements condemning the...
March 8, 2013
[Office of Pubic Affairs -- Press Release] The outcome of a January conciliation meeting concerning complaints involving the Episcopal Dioceses of Fort Worth and Quincy has been announced, following the written agreement of all parties and acceptance by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
“As a result of the process of Conciliation under Canon IV.10 of The Episcopal Church, the…Complainants and Respondents agree to this Accord on terms which promote healing,...
February 27, 2013
[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] Las oficinas denominacionales de la Iglesia seguirían en el Centro de la Iglesia Episcopal en Nueva York si el Consejo Ejecutivo acepta una recomendación recibida el 26 de febrero de parte de un grupo de ejecutivos de la Sociedad Misionera Nacional y Extranjera (DFMS, por su sigla en inglés).
De cuatro principales escenarios analizados, “la misión reconciliadora de Dios se promueve mejor” permaneciendo en el 815 de la...