Glasspool receives required number of consents
“Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop Suffragan-elect Mary Douglas Glasspool has received the required number of consents from diocesan standing committees to her ordination and consecration, pending verification by the presiding bishop’s office…”
– No surprises in this story from Episcopal Life.
From a December 5 2009 Diocese of Los Angeles press release:
“The second woman to be elected a bishop in the diocese’s 114-year history, Glasspool is also the first openly partnered lesbian to be elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church…”
South Carolina Resolutions to respond to Schori
The Diocese of South Carolina’s annual convention will consider five resolutions on March 26, three of which stress diocesan authority amid conflicts with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
In proposing one resolution, the diocese’s standing committee calls it a “Response to Ecclesiastical Intrusions by the Presiding Bishop.” That resolution refers to the diocese’s “legal and ecclesiastical authority as a sovereign diocese within the Episcopal Church,” adds that “the Presiding Bishop has no authority to retain attorneys in this Diocese that present themselves as the legal counsel for the Episcopal Church in South Carolina,” and demands that she “drop the retainer of all such legal counsel in South Carolina as has been obtained contrary to the express will of this Diocese.” …
– Full report from The Living Church.
(Photo of Bishop Mark Lawrence: Diocese of South Carolina.)
Far-flung flock
Bishop David Mulready is featured in the February–March 2010 edition of R.M. Williams’ Outback magazine. It’s a refreshingly positive article.
“David Mulready pulls on his purple polo shirt, adjusts his Akubra and sets off to tend to his flock in the heat and red dirt. He’s mustering, but not the Santa Gertudis and the Brahman and Black Angus cattle that abound on the vast stations of Australia’s north and west, which is his beat. It’s the people who live in this remote area that he’s off to care for.
David is an Anglican clergyman and he is the bishop of North West Australia, responsible for the world’s largest landed diocese.…”
You can download it as a 1.1MB PDF file, courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Mark Muller.
(Photo: Maureen and David Mulready and friends at Wyndham.)
Archbishop Kwashi on the attacks in Jos
Channel 4 in the UK conducted a telephone interview with Archbishop Ben Kwashi in Jos in central Nigeria, on the violence that has seen hundreds of people killed in the last few days. (h/t Anglican Mainstream.)
Prayer is urged.
Anglican Mainstream on Bishop James Jones’ statements
Anglican Mainstream’s response to the Bishop of Liverpool’s address to his synod last week –
“Anglican Mainstream, whilst acknowledging that Bishop Jones reflects a way of thinking which is gaining ground amongst some English evangelicals, considers it deeply flawed in terms of both teaching and practice.…”
There’s also a selection of comments on Bishop Jones’ Presidential Address. (Related.)
CASE Conference: Christian Perspectives at the End of Life
From the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education:
“As treatment of disease improves and life expectancy is extended, many of us will face difficult decisions about life and death. Moral dilemmas abound and ethical choices need to be made. Many of these issues are often news items in the media. This second annual conference is based on our conviction that providing a Christian perspective on medical ethics is essential for the public debate and discourse.”
– Read more on the CASE Conference on Medical Ethics – Saturday 27 March 2010. (Registrations close on March 17.)
Time to get Faith Book (re-post)
The Diocese of North West Australia has launched Faith Book, a 36 page book of “Stories of Faith written for the Centenary of the Anglican Church of North West Australia, 1910–2010”.
Very encouraging and a good aid in praying for the people of the North West. Copies are only $5 each, posted, and are available from the Diocesan office.
Graham Miller: A Day’s March Nearer Home
Many in the Presbyterian Church and beyond will know the name of the Rev. Dr. J. Graham Miller — missionary, preacher and pastor. He was minister of St Giles Hurstville from 1974–1980.
The Rev. Iain Murray has recently completed the editing of Dr. Miller’s autobiography, ‘A Day’s March Nearer Home’, to be published by Banner of Truth.
The book will be launched on Tuesday 16th March at 7:30pm at the Hurstville Presbyterian Church — corner Park Road and MacMahon Street, Hurstville. This will include a talk from Rev. Iain Murray – ‘J. Graham Miller: Life and Lessons’. Supper will be provided.
For enquiries please call 9580 1425. Read more