Archive for June, 2006
Five Dioceses Have Now Asked for Alternative Primatial Oversight
Thursday, June 29th, 2006A number of stories I just posted identify three dioceses that have asked for alternative primatial oversight. Two more have done so today. To the best of my knowledge, Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, San Joaquin, and most recently Central Florida have now made the request.
It is worth emphasizing that in doing so, none of […]
Episcopal Feud Over Gay Bishops Widens (AP)
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Three conservative Episcopal dioceses that oppose consecrating gay bishops voted Wednesday to reject the authority of the denomination’s presiding bishop, but stopped short of a full break with the Episcopal Church.
In separate meetings, the Dioceses of Pittsburgh, South Carolina and San Joaquin, Calif., asked the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan […]
Pittsburgh Episcopalians Seek Seperate Conservative Jurisdiction
Thursday, June 29th, 2006In a step toward creating a church within the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Pittsburgh decided yesterday to seek formation of a boundary-less, theologically conservative province, and it appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury for immediate alternative oversight and pastoral care.
Yesterday’s resolution does not change the diocese’s standing within the Episcopal Church. Nor is it […]
Three Episcopal Dioceses Seek Release (LA Times)
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Three conservative Episcopal dioceses, including one in Central California, asked Wednesday to be released from the authority of the U.S. church’s presiding bishop.
Citing differences over the ordination of gay bishops, the dioceses of San Joaquin, Calif., South Carolina and Pittsburgh voted to ask Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, […]
Diocese Asking for Alternative Primatial Oversight
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Members of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted this morning that Pittsburgh join with other dioceses in appealing to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primates of the Anglican Communion and the Panel of Reference for “immediate alternative Primatial oversight and pastoral care.” The Standing committee also published its intent (pending ratification […]
Archbishop Williams’ Statement Helpful, Says Bishop Duncan
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Bishop Robert Duncan, moderator of the Anglican Communion Network and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, welcomed Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ recent statement on the future of the Anglican Communion.
“Archbishop Williams has clearly recognized the immediate need to stabilize the Communion according to agreed theological understandings and mutual submission. Further, for the first […]
Lots of news happening right now
Thursday, June 29th, 2006I don’t have a ton of time to keep posting, but seeing as folks continue stopping by, I think I’ll use this as a clearing house for Pittsburgh information over the coming months. They are already promising to be interesting ones. Keep praying for all of us.
Report from the Pittsburgh Deputation to General Convention
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Prayers for clarity were answered at the Episcopal Church’s 75th General Convention, members of the Pittsburgh Deputation told the more than 120 people who attended the presentation of their report to the diocese on June 24.
Before convention, it was not clear how the Episcopal Church would respond to requests made of it by the rest […]
Archbishop Williams Proposes Covenant (ACNS)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Dr Williams says that the divisions run through as well as between the different Provinces of the Anglican Communion and this would make a solution difficult. He favours the exploration of a formal Covenant agreement between the Provinces of the Anglican Communion as providing a possible way forward. Under such a scheme, member provinces that […]
Bishop Duncan Writes to the Diocese of Pittsburgh and to the Network
Friday, June 23rd, 200623rd June, A.D.2006
TO THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH:
Beloved in the Lord,
With this communication comes a letter I have just written to all within the Anglican Communion Network.
I realize that not everyone in our diocese is a part of the Network, twelve vestries having disassociated. What these vestries have done follows the very same pattern […]