The Parish of Trinity Church today announced that the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper of Christ Episcopal Church, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, had accepted a call to succeed the Rev. Dr. Daniel Paul Matthews as Rector.
15 March 2004
[Episcopal News Service] With the traditional trio of raps on the door of St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire, the service of investiture for V. Gene Robinson as the ninth Bishop of New Hampshire began on March 7, 2004.
10 March 2004
A guide from the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) to a new film about the last days of Jesus Christ, has been endorsed by the Episcopal Church's ecumenical and interfaith officer as a helpful guide to congregations viewing the controversial film. Called “The Passion of the Christ” and directed by Mel Gibson, the film is to open at cinemas on Ash Wednesday (25 February).
20 February 2004
Episcopal Relief and Development is providing support to victims of Cyclone Heta, which hit Samoan islands in the Pacific in early January. Winds, flash flooding, and strong waves damaged homes and destroyed crops.
22 January 2004
A gathering of more than 3,000 conservative Episcopalians from the USA met in Woodbridge, Virginia, January 9-10, to declare their faith and commitment to the traditional teachings of scripture in the Anglican Communion and to prepare for realignment of an orthodox Anglicanism in the United States.
16 January 2004
Archbishop Drexel Gomez, Primate of the Province of the West Indies, was among the speakers who stirred the "Future of the Anglican Communion" conference meeting January 8-9 in Charleston, South Carolina, with calls for disciplinary action against the Episcopal Church, USA, (ECUSA) for its stance on homosexuality and the interpretation of scripture and tradition.
13 January 2004
With some Anglican provinces threatening or actually breaking communion with the Episcopal Church (ECUSA) over the actions of General Convention 2003, the work of ECUSA missionaries continues as usual throughout the world.
06 January 2004
Since the consecration of Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire on November 2, nine of the 38 worldwide Anglican provinces have declared themselves to be in "impaired" or "broken communion" with all or part of the Episcopal Church in the United States
09 December 2003
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, I am delighted to know that you have agreed to meet our Anglican Observer at the United Nations, Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa Matalavea, in order to hear from her something of the important work she does at the United Nations on behalf of the 75 million-member Anglican Communion.
02 December 2003
Even as the controversy over the November 2 consecration of V Gene Robinson as the church's first openly gay man to be elected to the episcopate continued to simmer among Episcopalians around the world, he quietly began his ministry with a pledge to take the message of God's love to "those on the margins".
13 November 2003