Chicago is proving to be a popular holiday destination, at least for the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and his wife Eileen. The couple chose to spend their Summer holiday in the Illinois city for the second year running.
12 October 2000
The Vatican struck a great blow to ecumenical relations in reaffirming their doubts about the validity of the Protestant Churches (in these we are included) and in officially ordering Roman Catholic Bishops to not use the term "Sister Churches" in referring to them. An official note from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregations for the
18 September 2000
The Diocese of Cariboo is likely to approve plans to wind itself up during its October 2000 Synod. The diocese has been hit hard by the claims against it from previous residential school students who suffered abuse.
18 September 2000
Evensong, a Reception and a Forum with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honorable George L Carey and the US Secretary of State, the Honorable Madeleine K Albright on the Fate of Women and Children Globally.
06 September 2000
The fourth Conference of Anglican Provincial Secretaries meeting 24-31 August 2000, in Toronto, Canada faced crucial questions of unity and diversity throughout the Anglican Communion.
01 September 2000
The Anglican Church will cut more than half a million dollars in grants to support ministry in Canada's north and overseas, and eliminate eight full time positions at its national office. At the same time, grants available from the church's Healing and Reconciliation Fund, supporting work with Indigenous peoples, will double.
23 August 2000
The Most Revd Frank Griswold will undergo surgery for early-stage prostate cancer on September 11. In a letter to the members of the House of Bishops, dated August 7, Bishop Griswold wrote:
14 August 2000
The Episcopal Media Center has released its second book on tape featuring sermons by the Revd Barbara Brown Taylor, voted one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language by Baylor University. "Home By Another Way" includes 39 sermons recorded by the author. In it, Taylor walks listeners through the church year from the expectancy
14 August 2000
Following the adoption of "Called to Common Mission" at the Episcopal Church General Convention in Denver recently, a conference of Lutherans and Episcopalians in Virginia examined the question "Where do we go from here?"
09 August 2000
Eileen and I are so pleased to be back in Chicago, one of our most favourite cities, and in this lovely church of St Chrysostom's. We are grateful to the Rev Amy Richter for her welcome on behalf of the Rector, Fr. Raymond Webster.
06 August 2000