Episcopal Cafe Millworker Swearing to my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance. Malcolm French on opposing the Covenant The "final draft" of the Covenant ... is a profoundly unAnglican coup d'eglise, which would see Anglican theology and ecclesiology redrawn as a Frankenstein's monster with the authoritarian centralism of Rome and the reactionary instincts of the American religious right financiers of the ponderous prelates who have manufactured the present crisis. The new Know-Nothing-ism When the residents of this aristocratic avenue discovered that they were in danger of seeing a Roman Catholic church spring up among them, with all that the establishment of such a church implied, they bestirred themselves to oppose the project. The wisest of the Roman Catholics here did not favor it, and St. Mary’s was induced to exchange the lot for a good one in some other locality.” A living wage It hangs in the window of one of the little cash-and-carry stores that now line a street where fashionable New Yorkers used to drive out in their carriages to shop at Tiffany’s and Constable’s. It is a “supper dress” of silk crepe in “the new red,” with medieval sleeves and graceful skirt. A cardboard tag on the shoulder reads: “Special $4.95.” Bargain basements and little ready-to-wear shops are filled with similar “specials.” The Poetics Of Space a story teller in the Realm of the Image Pope not 'fishing' on UK visitation Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols says that despite recent overtures to Anglicans through the instrument of an ordinariate, Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip to the UK isn't for tossing out lures. Irish Catholic reform priests: small group, big dreams "Some years ago I was walking to the Mater Private Hospital to visit a good friend, Archbishop Joe Cassidy. On the way, I passed a group of teenagers who shouted, 'Abused any children lately, Father?'" God may want a minute alone with Stephen Hawking Such words about the necessity of God bring to mind Napoleon's conversation with Pierre-Simon LaPlace, who, when asked by Bonaparte why he hadn't mentioned God in an entire book about the system of the universe, famously replied, "Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis." Sunday Social Hour One thing we have been able to figure out about Facebook's recent quirkiness: it's not "spamming" you when we invariably pipe in 5-6 new items at a time. We know this because whenever the feed updates, we get plenty of comments on the one or two items that DO get posted to your walls, but none of the rest. So just consider the wall update you do see to be a nudge to check the site for new posts, or the Facebook page for new notes. Anglicans report in from post-quake Christchurch "My prayers go out to all those in the diocese who have been impacted by the earthquake," the bishop writes. "We praise God that there were no deaths or severe injuries and my thoughts are with those parishes that have received significant damage." The death of self-will I heard his holy voice speaking to all without distinction. “He who does not leave father and mother and brothers and all that he possesses and take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” I learned from Scripture and from experience itself that the cross comes at the end for no other reason than that we must endure trials and tribulations and finally voluntary death itself. In times past, when heresies Toy Story III: New Members It's surprising sometimes the places where we can recognize the best and worst of congregational life reflected in the media. Cynthia Weems sees clear paralles between the ways that newcomers are greeted and brought into congregational communities, and what happens... Saturday Collection 09/04/2010 Most of the congregations of the Episcopal Church seem to be working hard behind the scenes to get ready as parishioners return from summer vacations, children return to regular Sunday formation programs and the congregations get back into the rhythm... Central Africa did not sign CAPA Primates statement Rewritten for clarity: Contrary to reports in the press last weekend, while a number of Primates of CAPA signed a statement that called for harsher discipline of Provinces that the Primates disagree with, at least one Primate said to have... Episcopal Church called to consider the Covenant The Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, and the Chair of the Covenant response Task force have co-signed a letter to the Episcopal Church calling on congregations to study the Anglican Covenant in advance of General...