St John's Episcopal Church, the "historic mother church" of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy which celebrated its 150th birthday this year, was gutted by a five-alarm fire caused by lightning early August 23, sustaining major damage.
30 August 2002
The normally public dealings of a group of Anglicans opposed to same-sex blessings in New Westminster have moved behind closed doors on the say-so of a Texas priest.
30 August 2002
Please remember in your prayers this weekend the people of the Anglican Church of the Central American Region [Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama], IARCA, as they install their second Primado Elegido, the Rt Revd Martin Barahona, Bishop of El Salvador.
21 August 2002
The Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York is offering a series of worship services, presentations, concerts and opportunities for quiet reflection to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
21 August 2002
Churches across the nation are completing plans for special ways to commemorate the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon.
16 August 2002
The Rt Revd Cornelius Joshua Wilson, Bishop of Costa Rica.
14 August 2002
It's not unusual for a church to resettle a refugee family from overseas in the Diocese of Virginia, but when St Mary's in Richmond welcomed the Noori family at the Richmond airport it was an extraordinary event by any American's standard.
13 August 2002
The National Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) is encouraging Christian churches to participate in an Interfaith Hospitality Project as a tangible way to observe the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
07 August 2002
"Bless the Diocese of Texas," said Archbishop of Canterbury, George L Carey, commissioning a crowd of more than 2,000 Episcopalians during a celebratory Eucharist at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts in Houston, Texas, on July 19. "Make it strong. May it reach out in loving sacrifice and service to so many needy people."
24 July 2002
Integrity welcomes the appointment of the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, as Archbishop of Canterbury. The announcement was made this morning [23rd July] that he will succeed Archbishop George Carey on October 31.
24 July 2002