Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Bishops vote unanimously to admit Cuba as a diocese https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-vote-unanimously-to-admit-cuba-as-a-diocese/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-vote-unanimously-to-admit-cuba-as-a-diocese/#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:32:15 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156525 The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops voted unanimously on July 10 to admit – or re-admit, really – the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a diocese of the Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Cuba will become part of Province II. “I feel the breath of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, everyone, for the support right […]

The post Bishops vote unanimously to admit Cuba as a diocese appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-vote-unanimously-to-admit-cuba-as-a-diocese/feed/ 0 156525 Cuba committee to hold hearing July 7 on new resolutions https://anglicanjournal.com/cuba-committee-to-hold-hearing-july-7-on-new-resolutions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cuba-committee-to-hold-hearing-july-7-on-new-resolutions/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:02:34 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156462 Required constitutional change will push reunification to 2021 Turns out it seems there is no mechanism for the Episcopal Church to admit an existing diocese into its structure without making a change to its constitution: a change that requires approval by two successive conventions. The 79th General Convention is underway at the Austin Convention Center […]

The post Cuba committee to hold hearing July 7 on new resolutions appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cuba-committee-to-hold-hearing-july-7-on-new-resolutions/feed/ 0 156462 Episcopalians gather in public witness outside immigrant detention centre https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:01:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156438 A thousand Episcopalians, at least two for every one female incarcerated at the Hutto Detention Center in rural Texas, stood under the blistering sun July 8 in public witness to the actions of the U.S. government in its enforcement of immigration policies that have separated families over the last couple of months and have led to roundups of migrants and deportations.

The post Episcopalians gather in public witness outside immigrant detention centre appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopalians-gather-in-public-witness-outside-immigrant-detention-centre/feed/ 0 156438 Interfaith voices demanding changes to immigration policy make a difference in Washington https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-voices-demanding-changes-to-immigration-policy-make-a-difference-in-washington/ https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-voices-demanding-changes-to-immigration-policy-make-a-difference-in-washington/#respond Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:19:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156227 Episcopal Church hosts ‘family unity’ vigil Phones are ringing off the hook at congressional offices on Capitol Hill with Americans demanding migrant children be reunited with their parents, and for an end to the Trump administration’s immigration policy of separating families at the Southwest border, according to legislators. “Calls coming in to Capitol Hill are […]

The post Interfaith voices demanding changes to immigration policy make a difference in Washington appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-voices-demanding-changes-to-immigration-policy-make-a-difference-in-washington/feed/ 0 156227 Episcopal Church to host vigil in D.C. to condemn Trump’s immigration policies separating families https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-to-host-vigil-in-d-c-to-condemn-trumps-immigration-policies-separating-families/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-to-host-vigil-in-d-c-to-condemn-trumps-immigration-policies-separating-families/#respond Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:01:15 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156181 The U.S. government is holding the youngest children – babies and toddlers – separated from their families in “tender age” shelters in south Texas. In these shelters, some children are kept in chain-link cages, their screams and cries for their parents a cacophony of terror. On June 20, under intense political pressure, President Donald J. Trump reversed […]

The post Episcopal Church to host vigil in D.C. to condemn Trump’s immigration policies separating families appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-to-host-vigil-in-d-c-to-condemn-trumps-immigration-policies-separating-families/feed/ 0 156181 Presiding Bishop co-leads service, candlelight public witness to the White House https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-co-leads-service-candlelight-public-witness-to-the-white-house/ https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-co-leads-service-candlelight-public-witness-to-the-white-house/#comments Fri, 25 May 2018 18:02:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155663 Love your neighbor, the neighbor you like and the neighbor you don’t like, your black neighbor, your white neighbor, your Latino neighbor, your Muslim neighbor, your Christian neighbor, your Democratic neighbor, your Republican neighbor. That was the message Presiding Bishop Michael Curry took to a standing-room-only crowd that overflowed onto the steps at National City […]

The post Presiding Bishop co-leads service, candlelight public witness to the White House appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/presiding-bishop-co-leads-service-candlelight-public-witness-to-the-white-house/feed/ 1 155663 ‘Water protectors,’ supporters rejoice over victory for Native Americans https://anglicanjournal.com/water-protectors-supporters-rejoice-over-victory-for-native-americans/ https://anglicanjournal.com/water-protectors-supporters-rejoice-over-victory-for-native-americans/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:10:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/name-81/ Federal government stops pipeline from crossing Sioux tribe's water supply

The post ‘Water protectors,’ supporters rejoice over victory for Native Americans appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/water-protectors-supporters-rejoice-over-victory-for-native-americans/feed/ 0 104093 Episcopal churches in Maryland, Indiana vandalized with hate speech https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-churches-in-maryland-indiana-vandalized-with-hate-speech/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-churches-in-maryland-indiana-vandalized-with-hate-speech/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/episcopal-churches-in-maryland-indiana-vandalized-with-hate-speech/ Episcopalians in Indiana and Maryland awoke Sunday morning to hate messages scrawled on their churches' properties. But rather than despair, they responded with a message of love and welcome.

The post Episcopal churches in Maryland, Indiana vandalized with hate speech appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-churches-in-maryland-indiana-vandalized-with-hate-speech/feed/ 0 104073 Peaceful, prayerful solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux https://anglicanjournal.com/peaceful-prayerful-stand-of-solidarity-with-the-standing-rock-sioux/ https://anglicanjournal.com/peaceful-prayerful-stand-of-solidarity-with-the-standing-rock-sioux/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:51:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/peaceful-prayerful-stand-of-solidarity-with-the-standing-rock-sioux/ "We knew you were coming; that one day you would come here and start asking questions about your government," said elder Regina Brave, her long, gray braid falling over the word "navy" written in yellow, capital letters across the top of her black, leather vest. "We are all children of God. Black, red, yellow, white, are all represented."

The post Peaceful, prayerful solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/peaceful-prayerful-stand-of-solidarity-with-the-standing-rock-sioux/feed/ 0 104086 Commonalities surface as Galatians 6:2 participants share their stories https://anglicanjournal.com/commonalities-surface-as-galatians-6-2-participants-share-their-stories/ https://anglicanjournal.com/commonalities-surface-as-galatians-6-2-participants-share-their-stories/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:51:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/commonalities-surface-as-galatians-6-2-participants-share-their-stories/ Throughout the Galatians 6:2 Conference, participants from six Anglican Communion provinces found that on issues of Anglican and Episcopal identity, theological education, migration, human trafficking and the environment, their commonalities outnumber their differences.

The post Commonalities surface as Galatians 6:2 participants share their stories appeared first on Anglican Journal.

]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/commonalities-surface-as-galatians-6-2-participants-share-their-stories/feed/ 0 104068