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El Salvador Earthquake

El Salvador Earthquake

We had not woken up from the earthquake of February 13th yet when suddenly, a tremor of 6.6 on the Richter scale hit us on Saturday 17th at 2:24 in the afternoon. A telluric movement with different characteristics and with epicenter on the south of the capital city of San Salvador. Damages have not been estimated yet because there are confusion and panic on the population.

26 February 2001

Churches form a friendship

Churches form a friendship

St Mary's Episcopal Church in Tampa, USA, has become home to two congregations, who have formed a bond that transcends culture, language, race and religion, after using the same building for three years at different times on Sundays.

19 February 2001

Former ACC Member from USA dies

Former ACC Member from USA dies

The Reverend Austin Cooper died on Wednesday, February 14, 2001.

16 February 2001

A Greeting to the Primates of the Anglican Communion

A Greeting to the Primates of the Anglican Communion

As members of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church we give thanks for the vital response to the gospel all around us in our Province of the Anglican Communion, and for the renewed commitment we see everywhere to the church's mission.

16 February 2001

New earthquake rocks El Salvador

New earthquake rocks El Salvador

Crying, pain, suffering, anguish, desperation: Tuesday February 13 at 8:22 a.m. time of El Salvador, exactly after a month from the earthquake of January 13, a strong telluric movement of 6.6 in the scale of Richter hit our country again, affecting mostly the departments of San Vicente, La Paz and Cuscatlán in the central area of the Republic.

15 February 2001

A new Sabbath

A new Sabbath

Two Episcopal priests are bracing themselves for a second World Sabbath, focused around the idea of working for peace and justice and to combat the evils of religious prejudice and violence, at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, USA.

15 February 2001

Episcopal Relief and Development donates to earthquake struck El Salvador

Episcopal Relief and Development donates to earthquake struck El Salvador

Episcopal Relief and Development based in the United states of America, has sent an emergency grant of $25,000 assistance through, following a major earthquake in El Salvador, in which hundreds have died and tens of thousands were left without homes.

07 February 2001

Church leaders call for security

Church leaders call for security

The leaders of nine Canadian churches have called for a peace settlement in the Middle East that would guarantee "peaceful existence within secure borders" for both Israelis and Palestinians.

07 February 2001

Letter from Bishop Martin Barahona, El Salvador

Letter from Bishop Martin Barahona, El Salvador

10 days have passed after the earthquake that has desolated our country. I can say that Salvadorans are now waking up from this horrible nightmare; we begin to look at everything with more calm and we find 98 municipalities of the national territory are practically destroyed.

26 January 2001

Second Letter from Bishop Martin Barahona, El Salvador

Second Letter from Bishop Martin Barahona, El Salvador

This is the second official statement from Bishop Martín Barahona to the members of the Episcopal Church in El Salvador, in the Central Region of America, in the United States and in other places of the world, to all our friends.

19 January 2001