Through his tireless service and dedication, The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane has been ‘an icon of hope and grace for so many of God’s children,’ and in turn was presented Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa from Episcopal Divinity School at their Commencement ceremony on May 17, 2007 at the First Church Congregational in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ‘in recognition of his life, witness, and ministry.’
24 May 2007
A groundbreaking service for St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit has been scheduled for June 3, Trinity Sunday, to mark the rebuilding of the igloo-shaped church, which was damaged by arson in November 2005 and demolished in June 2006. Paul Okalik, the premier of Nunavut, has been invited to turn the sod at the service
17 May 2007
Canadian Anglican bishops have nominated four from among their number to be candidates in the election of a successor to Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
08 May 2007
At its meeting last month, the House of Bishops considered a draft pastoral statement on same-sex blessings that could be sent to all delegates to General Synod as part of the Convening Circular.
04 May 2007
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written to Nigerian Primate, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola asking him to reconsider plans to install Bishop Martyn Minns as a bishop in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), an action she says ‘would violate the ancient customs of the church’ and would ‘not help the efforts of reconciliation.’
02 May 2007
'To withhold or contaminate water; to be unconscious or deliberately unaware of brothers and sisters who lack water and all else that upholds their wellbeing and dignity, is to stand against the very One under whom this nation of ours has placed itself.' Such were the words of the Rt Revd Frank T. Griswold, former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
02 May 2007
Communicators packed 400 years into their April 25-28 annual meeting, from commemorating the beginnings of the first European settlement and Anglican Church in the New World, to contemplating future mission amid the rapidly evolving ‘wiki’ world of technology and celebrating with a Hip Hop Mass.
01 May 2007
Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) commemorates Africa Malaria Day 2007 on April 25th. The theme for this year, created by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, is ‘Leadership and Partnership for Results.’ It is also the first Malaria Awareness Day in the United States.
25 April 2007
Canadian Anglican bishops have nominated four from among their number to be candidates in the election of a successor to Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
25 April 2007
In a moving evening service of prayer, the Revd Canon Howard Anderson, Warden of the Washington Episcopal Cathedral College, led a reflection in which he spoke of a 'litany of horror' and of this 'mindless tragedy'.
24 April 2007