Bishop-elect Ian T. Douglas’ heart is drawn to two different places these days. One brought him to where he is now; the other will form his future.
Douglas, a former missionary to Haiti, was elected Oct. 24 as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and, while he won’t be consecrated until April 17, he’s finished teaching at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and is settling in at Diocesan House on Asylum Avenue, waiting for his office to be painted.
Douglas, 51, has spent his ministry primarily involved in world mission, looking outside the Episcopal Church’s boundaries to the church’s role in the worldwide Anglican Communion. But he decided to run for bishop of Connecticut because of what’s within the state’s boundaries.
“is settling in at Diocesan House on Asylum Avenue…”
One could hope the new bishop would overcome that address.
“worldy perspective”, hmmmmmmmmmm. Yes, seems most of the newer bishops bring just exactly that..
Grandmother in SC
Unfortunate snark from first two commenters. Here we have an article about a new bishop who has done missionary work in a challenging environment and has lost friends and things of value that he personally relates to in Haiti. Is every single thing about how utterly horrible the Church, its Bishops and its clergy are?
Not at all! The apathy of the laity is much to blame for the state of the church, bishops, and clergy.
RalphM, the Asylum for which the Avenue is named is now the American School for the Deaf. They apparently changed their name somewhere along the line (founded 1817), but it was never “that” kind of asylum!
ASD has a long history of benefitting the deaf and mute; this is not a reputation to be “overcome”.