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Communiqué from the Primates Meeting – February 2007
Can a diocese secede from the Episcopal Church?
What makes a Diocese part of the Episcopal Church is the “union” it has with General Convention.
Episcopal bishops meeting in Texas send letter to House of Bishops
Twenty-one bishops sent a letter September 22 to their colleagues in the House of Bishops
The Kigali Communiqué
Global South Primates' Meeting
Kigali, Rwanda September 2006
The
Lambeth Commission on Communion
The Lambeth Commission on Communion Windsor Report is published by The Anglican
Communion Office, London, UK
Christmas
message from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Anglican Communion December
28, 2004
Christ does not save the world just by his death on the cross; we
respond to that death because we know that here is love in human flesh, here
is the creator's power and life in a shape like ours.
Diocese
of Pittsburgh approves Constitutional Amendment 1, November 5, 2004
The amendment gives the diocese the constitutional foundation needed to differ
with the national church when the diocesan convention determines the national
body’s decisions “to be contrary to the historic faith and order
of the one holy catholic and apostolic church.”
Via
Media USA affirms Eames Report Call for Reconciliation, October 19, 2004
We are encouraged that
the report's ultimate goals are to reach reconciliation within the Anglican
Communion through dialogue and to bring an end to the divisions that now plague
both church and communion.
Recommendations
of Lambeth Commission regarding ECUSA, October 18, 2004
Mindful of the hurt and offence that have resulted from recent events, and
yet also of the imperatives of communion - the repentance, forgiveness and
reconciliation enjoined on us by Christ - we have debated long and hard how
all
sides may be brought together.
Faithfulness
in focus at House of Bishops meeting, September 27, 2004
Faithfulness amid struggles confronting the Episcopal Church is essential
for "any authentic expression of Christian life"
Thoughts
on the Diocese of West Tennessee & the American Anglican Council, September
2004
This whole thing going on within the
church I love, the Episcopal Church, makes me very sad.
Letter
from Albany Via Media to the Lambeth Commission, 30 August, 2004
The commission should not make any recommendations that subvert the power
of individual provinces to interpret scripture and make moral decisions for
their common life.
Anglican
Leaders Seek to Heal Gay Bishops Rift, September 6, 2004
Anglican leaders, buffeted by a bitter row over gay bishops, put the finishing
touches on Monday to a crucial report seeking to heal deep divisions in the
church
Slate
of four announced for Rio Grande coadjutor, September 3, 2004
The four were chosen from an original field of 24, which was then narrowed
to 11 semifinalists. Further nominations by petition will be announced after
September 15.
Letter
to The Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles,
August 24, 2004
Via Media USA wishes to convey its support for your swift
and appropriate actions in response to the decision of two parishes to seek
affiliation withthe Diocese of Luweero in the Anglican Province of Uganda
A
Pastoral Letter from the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, Bishop of Los Angeles, Aug
17,2004
Response to extraordinary events in the diocese of Los Angeles
Letter
from Via Media USA to the Lambeth Commission. July 16, 2004
VMUSA hopes and trusts that Lambeth will help us find the sacramental route
through this field of controversy.
Episcopalians
see hopeful signs amid loss of N.H. congregation. June 29, 2004
Via Media USA, an
alliance of groups seeking Episcopal Church unity, mourns the loss of a New
Hampshire congregation but lauds efforts by two bishops who tried to prevent
it.
Albany
votes to join Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes. June 17,
2004
"Now that the Diocese of Albany
has officially joined the Network, we in Albany Via Media will do our best
as faithful Episcopalians to see that the Diocese of Albany's participation
in the Network remains faithfully 'within' the Episcopal Church," said
the Rev. John T. Sorenson, co-president of Albany Via Media
Griswold
finds a church 'focused on mission,' June 14, 2004
In his opening comments to the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church,
Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold reported that "everywhere I've been
I have found health, vigor, commitment to mission in a variety of ways."
Canada
has a new Archbishop June 2, 2004
Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold said, "Given the close friendship and
strong working relationship I enjoyed with the former primate, Michael Peers,
I look forward to continuing this relationship with Archbishop Hutchison.
There is much that our two churches share in common and many ways we can collaborate
in the service of God's mission in the
world."
Request
from Remain Episcopal of the Diocese of San Joaquin May 26, 2004
Let your voices be heard! Archbishop Eames, chair of the Lambeth Commission
established by the Archbishop of Canterbury to study "understandings
of communion" that unite Anglicans worldwide, needs to hear the perspective
of via media groups such as ours
Letter
from Bishop Parsley to clergy in Diocese of Alabama May 14, 2004
In my judgement the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes
is a divisive organization outside the canonical structures of the Episcopal
Church, the charter of which is undermining the good order and mission of
this church.
Via
Media groups unite in Atlanta meeting, Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Representatives of 12 groups opposed to efforts to realign the Episcopal
Church along more conservative lines met together for the first time in Atlanta.
Via
Media USA March 27, 2004
A report on the first national gathering, Atlanta
New
statistics on NACDP and AAC membership, Sunday, March 21, 2004
Almost half of the NACDP and AAC's membership are concentrated in 16 dioceses
of ECUSA in 9 states: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Texas and Washington.
Presiding
Bishop Frank Griswold responds to Ohio Confimations, Monday March 15. 2004
Irregular confirmations in Ohio spark stern response from bishops
Six
Episcopal Churches Move to Split from Ohio Diocese, Sunday March 14, 2004
A ceremony on Sunday may kick off the long-feared schism
PRESS
Release, Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Via media groups from around the USA to meet in Atlanta
AAC
and Network affiliations, Tuesday, February 24, 2004
How many parishes or missions in the
Diocese of the Rio Grande are affiliated with the AAC?
Lambeth
Commission tackles tensions in the Church, Monday, February 16, 2004
The Lambeth Commission today expressed its sadness over the "strident
language" being used in the debate now besetting the Anglican Communion
over the issues of openly gay clergy and same sex unions.
Resolution
of the Executive Council, meeting in Tampa, Florida, Friday, February 13,
2004
It is our hope that all
parties will continue their conversations in a spirit of what our Presiding
Bishop calls "passionate patience."