Anglican Communion Weekly Review; Successor to first gay bishop elected; Bishops Jefferts Schori and Tutu discuss mission “live”; Maryland allows same-sex divorce; Malawi ‘to overturn ban on gays’
ACNS – A roundup of the week’s Anglican Communion news plus opinion, reviews, photos, profiles and other things of interest from across the Anglican/Episcopal world.
This edition includes…
• This week’s Anglican Communion news
• Anglican Life – The Anglican Church of Kenya to Hold A Revival Conference
• Anglican Life – Bishop’s commitment to oversee diocesan changes
• Anglican Life – Bishop Dawani Attends Mission LAND Festival in Stuttgart, Germany
• Anglican Life – Experts show how to make churches “green”
• Anglican Life – Clergy family flees vicarage fire in Black Saturday
• Anglican Life – Australia’s Anglicare advertises for new Chief Executive Officer
• Comment – A thought for the day on wealth and poverty
• Comment – A world without faith would be a disaster, says Tony Blair
• Digital Communion – Watch an interview with the Rt Revd Justin Duckworth, ANZP’s dreadlocked bishop
• Digital Communion – Money doesn’t buy you love, but love buys you money!
• Bookshelf – Welsh bishop publishes diary
• The coming week’s Anglican Cycle of Prayer.
http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2012/5/18/ACNS5109
Successor to first gay bishop elected
The Rev. A. Robert (Rob) Hirschfeld was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire on the first ballot. In January 2013 he will succeed Bishop Gene Robinson as the Xth Bishop of New Hampshire. Since 2001 he has served Grace Church, Amherst, MA, as rector
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Bishops Jefferts Schori and Tutu discuss mission “live”
Conversation on Mission in the 21st. Century. The Washington National Cathedral hosted a live webcast featuring a discussion about mission with Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and former Archbishop of Southern Africa, Desmond Tutu.
A live webcast featuring an enlightening conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be available on the website of the Episcopal Church and will be available on demand afterwards (in a few days)
Framing the conversation on the Anglican Five Marks of Mission, the questions to be explored are: “What does Mission mean to me”; and “What does mission look like in the world.”
The May 19 event was the first in a series of discussions about mission with the Presiding Bishop and other prominent religious leaders.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/conversation-mission-21st-century
Maryland allows same-sex divorce
BBC – The highest court in Maryland allows gay couples to divorce, even though same-sex marriage is not yet allowed in that US state.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18121456
Malawi ‘to overturn ban on gays’
BBC – President Joyce Banda says she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts – the first African country to do so since 1994.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18118350