TitusOneNine Anglican and Episcopal News Feed http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/ TitusOneNine en Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T23:00:21+00:00 Federal Judge Remands Diocese of SC Case to State Court http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49064/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Episcopal Church (TEC), TEC Conflicts, TEC Conflicts: South Carolina, * Culture-Watch, Law & Legal Issues
“If this Court determined that a case may be removed based on federal question jurisdiction whenever a defendant attributed a federal constitutional issue not alleged or advanced in a well-pleaded complaint, federal question jurisdiction could potentially be expanded to all cases containing tacit First Amendment issues.”

Diocesan officials expressed their gratitude for the decision.

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LATEST:
A PR from the brand New TEC Diocese in South Carolina on the recent Legal Ruling, June 12, 2013
An ENS Article: Federal judge remands lawsuit to state court, June 11, 2013
Alan Haley Analyzes Senior District Judge C. Weston Houck’s reasoning in Yesterday’s S.C. Ruling, June 11, 2013
An AP Article—Battle between SC Episcopalians back to State Court, June 11, 2013

A Local Paper Article—Federal judge remands Episcopal Church case back to state court, June 11, 2013
(SC Now) Episcopal case to be tried in state court, June 11, 2013
Federal Judge Remands Diocese of SC Case to State Court, June 10, 2013
(Anglican Ink) Federal Judge remands South Carolina Episcopal Case to State Court, June 10, 2013
A.S. Haley on the South Carolina Episcopal Contretemps Court Hearing this week, June 8, 2013
(AP) Federal court considers S.C. Episcopal division, June 6, 2013
Your Prayers requested for Today’s Hearing in the South Carolina Diocesan Dispute, June 6, 2013
(AP) Federal court hearing set in South Carolina Episcopal schism, June 6, 2013
(Island Packet) South Carolina Episcopal diocese alleges retirement savings held hostage, June 5, 2013
The Episcopal Church Holds Hostage Pensions of More Than 80 Disassociated Staff Members in S.C., June 3, 2013

Full chronological entry listings are continued here and Click below to see an index of Key Entries and all the recent stories and documents.]]> 2013-01-31T20:33:55+00:00 (All Africa) Men’s fellowship of Anglican Cathedral in Kubwa Donates 3.5 million Naira to 3 widowers http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49175/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Anglican Provinces, Church of Nigeria, * Christian Life / Church Life, Parish Ministry, Stewardship, * Culture-Watch, Children, Marriage & Family, Men, Women, * International News & Commentary, Africa, Nigeria
The President of the fellowship, Innocent Ekeopara, who spoke to our reporter, said the gesture is in line with the organisation's mandate to empathise with members, who are faced with financial challenges.

He said the assumption that some men who lost their wives would not find it difficult in taking up the family responsibilities might be wrong especially when the woman was the bread winner before her demise.

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Morinville RCMP officers and about 20 volunteer fire fighters from Morinville and Legal responded to the blaze at 107th Street and 100th Avenue at 2:30 a.m. No one was injured. The cause is under investigation.

When Tracy Roulston, chief of the Legal fire department, and his five member crew arrived, he said the fire was “as big as they get.

Read it all.]]> 2013-06-18T09:46:25+00:00 (C of E) Tools for the ‘S’ curve of priestly ministry http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49168/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Anglican Provinces, Church of England (CoE), * Christian Life / Church Life, Parish Ministry, Ministry of the Ordained, * Culture-Watch, Books, * Theology, Anthropology, Pastoral Theology
Realising that development can slow down then speed up in an ‘S’ shape , and can actually take place without moving to a new role, the book encourages priests to make reflective and practical responses to moving on in ministry. It begins with an essay by Tim Harle on the ‘S Curve’, to help priests identify where they are in the process of accommodating the change they are experiencing; and also to help them “live comfortably out of control”.

Mark Pryce uses the poetry metaphors for priesthood of RS Thomas to analyse change, looking particularly at the “self-in-relation to God” and the “mystery of God disclosed or hidden in others”; Thomas’s poem The Moor, for example, is quoted from: “There were no prayers said. But stillness of the heart’s passions – that was praise enough.”

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The nominees are the Very Rev. Robert S. Munday, former dean and president of Nashotah House, and the Rev. Stewart Ruch III, rector of Church of the Resurrection, Wheaton. Under the ACNA’s canons the bishops may appoint one of the two nominees as bishop or choose another person.

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Most of the scheduled events are free and open to the public.

Read it all and please take the time to look at the special website for this event.

]]> 2013-06-17T10:41:07+00:00 (The Tablet) Pope notes Anglicans’ efforts to understand setting up of ordinariate http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49151/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Archbishop of Canterbury , --Justin Welby, * Religion News & Commentary, Ecumenical Relations, Other Churches, Roman Catholic, Pope Francis , * Theology, Ecclesiology
But he told Archbishop Justin Welby he was "grateful" for "the sincere efforts the Church of England has made to understand the reasons that led my predecessor, Benedict XVI, to provide a canonical structure able to respond to the wishes of those groups of Anglicans who have asked to be received collectively into the Catholic Church".

In a public address, following private talks that last just over 30 minutes, Francis said he was "sure" the Anglican Ordinariate, erected in 2009, would "enable the spiritual, liturgical and pastoral traditions that form the Anglican patrimony to be better known and appreciated in the Catholic world".

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Archbishop Welby, accompanied by his wife, Caroline, met Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace on Friday morning, after meeting the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch. The Archbishop and the Pope had a private conversation, after which they gave public addresses and attended a service of midday prayer together.

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]]> 2013-06-16T10:15:53+00:00 (National Mirror) Biggest Lagos Anglican Church Ready for dedication http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49143/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Anglican Provinces, Church of Nigeria, * Christian Life / Church Life, Parish Ministry, Stewardship, * Culture-Watch, Religion & Culture, * International News & Commentary, Africa, Nigeria
The new building, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Kirikiri Industrial Estate Lagos which was begun in July 2005, has cost over N400 million upon completion. It will be dedicated on Sunday, June 23, this year.

Archdeacon of cum Vicar of the church, the Venerable Levi Opara, who disclosed this in a statement made available to Sunday Mirror yesterday, said commendation must be given to the untiring efforts of the Bishop of Lagos and Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. (Dr) Ephraim Ademowo, for stirring up contributions from well-meaning Nigerians and church members.

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]]> 2013-06-16T10:00:11+00:00 A.S. Haley—Another California Judge Denies Summary Relief to TEC http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49136/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, - Anglican: Analysis, Episcopal Church (TEC), TEC Conflicts, TEC Polity & Canons, * Culture-Watch, Law & Legal Issues As to the issue of the parish’s right to disaffiliate from the church, it is undisputed that Canon XX, section 20.01(g) of the Diocese of San Joaquin has been an adopted canon of the diocese for many years, and that the plain language of section 20.01(g) allows for disaffiliation of the parish upon the written approval of the bishop of the diocese.

Plaintiffs argue that section 20.01(g) is invalid because Episcopal Church rules do not allow for a parish to disaffiliate. They base their contention upon church rules that indicate parish canons may not conflict with church rules and that parish property is to be held in trust for the church. However, the evidence before the court does not show that the Episcopal Church has objected to section 20.01(g) in the past, or taken any action to remove it from the diocese’s canons. Moreover, other church rules appear to give broad authority to bishops, such as Episcopal Church Canon II.6 which authorizes a parish to encumber parish property with consent of the bishop.After years of hearing courts say that dioceses and parishes never objected to the Dennis Canon before the current disputes arose, this opinion comes as a breath of fresh air, by turning the same point against ECUSA.

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]]> 2013-06-15T16:01:57+00:00 [C of E Vicar] David Keen—We Must Face into An epidemic of family breakdown on Father’s Day Weekend http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49134/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Anglican Provinces, Church of England (CoE), * Christian Life / Church Life, Parish Ministry, Ministry of the Ordained, * Culture-Watch, Children, Marriage & Family, Men, Religion & Culture, * International News & Commentary, England / UK, * Theology, Ethics / Moral Theology Children who experience family breakdown are more likely to
--experience behavioural problems;
--perform less well in school;
--need more medical treatment;
--leave school and home earlier;
--become sexually active, pregnant or a parent at an early age;
and report more depressive symptoms and higher levels of smoking, drinking and other drug use during adolescence and adulthood.
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]]> 2013-06-15T15:28:57+00:00 (ACNS) Archbishop Justin Welby meets Pope Francis in Rome http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/49131/ Kendall Harmon * Anglican - Episcopal, Archbishop of Canterbury , --Justin Welby, * Religion News & Commentary, Ecumenical Relations, Other Churches, Roman Catholic, Pope Francis
In their first meeting, Archbishop Justin and Pope Francis both spoke this morning of the bonds of "friendship" and "love" between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

The two leaders agreed that the fruits of this dialogue and relationship have the potential to empower Christians around the world to demonstrate the love of Christ.

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