srigdon
Eucharistic Assistant
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Post by srigdon on Oct 15, 2006 0:33:51 GMT -5
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Post by angli_fan on Oct 16, 2006 10:26:18 GMT -5
More on a progressive parish seeking alternative oversight(from the Chicago Tribune) Unable to reach an accord with their conservative bishop, a progressive parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield asked for temporary alternative pastoral leadership this week.
If the request is granted, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Edwardsville would become the second progressive parish in the U.S. to take advantage of an option originally designed to allow conservative congregations to seek alternatives to liberal leadership.
...St. Andrew's rector, Rev. Virginia Bennett, the first and only female parish priest to serve in the southern Illinois diocese, said the request seemed like the only option left for her parish to function. After Bennett asked to [confirm] a lesbian into the church, Springfield Bishop Peter Beckwith refused to confirm any newcomers at St. Andrew's, she said.
"We are at peace in believing that we have gone the extra mile, done all that we can do to try and reconcile with our bishop," Bennett said. "We hope that he believes, as we do, that this is what we need in order for us to be able to get on with our ministry."www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0610110088oct11,1,1082996.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true (Copy & Paste)More on this story is available from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/4D79721DB515C10B86257207001CBD85?OpenDocument (Copy & Paste)
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Post by Sojourner on Oct 16, 2006 10:29:06 GMT -5
If I lived in the Diocese of Springfield, I would be a Lutheran.
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