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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Newsmakers: Bishop Christopher Epting, Bishop Pierre Whalon, Archbishop
of
Canterbury, Ana Hernandez, Carter Heyward, Diane Knippers, the Rev.
Canon
Patrick Mauney

Episcopal Bishops to attend Pope's inaugural Mass in Rome

[ENS] -- Bishop Pierre Whalon of Europe and Bishop Christopher Epting,
the
Presiding Bishop's deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, will
represent the Presiding Bishop and the Episcopal Church at Pope Benedict
XVI's inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square, Rome, on Sunday, April 24.

The Standing Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
(SCEIR),
meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, issued the following statement April
20:

"The Standing Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations of
the
Episcopal Church sends greetings to the Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical
and
Interreligious Affairs of the Roman Catholic Church upon the selection
of
Pope Benedict XVI by the College of Cardinals as the new Bishop of Rome.
We
note his distinguished record as an ecumenical theologian that was
established early in his career, and we pray that our sisters and
brothers
in the Roman Catholic Church will build upon that record as they now
pursue
ecumenical relations with renewed vigor in this country under his
leadership. May the original Saint Benedict of Subiaco, founder of
monasticism and of Benedictine spirituality, serve as a model and source
for
this renewal in the years to come."

Louisville, Kentucky
April 20, 2005

A statement from Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold on the election of
Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI can be found online at:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_61402_ENG_HTM.htm

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Archbishop of Canterbury to attend Papal Inauguration

[ENS, Source: Lambeth Palace] -- The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most
Rev.
Rowan Williams, is to attend the solemn inauguration of the new
pontificate
of Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, April 24, in St Peter's Square in Rome.
Archbishop Rowan will become the first serving Archbishop of Canterbury
to
attend such an occasion, at least since the Reformation. The Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity has indicated its "great delight"
that
he will be attending.

The Archbishop has confirmed that he will wear the ring presented to one
of
his predecessors, Archbishop Michael Ramsey, by Pope Paul VI, and a
pectoral
cross presented to him by Pope John Paul II.

Archbishop Rowan will travel to Rome on Saturday and will be accompanied
by
the Rev. Andrew Norman, Archbishop's secretary for international and
ecumenical affairs, and the Rev. Jonathan Jennings, Archbishop's press
secretary.

Greetings and prayers for new Pope

Earlier this week, the Archbishop of Canterbury offered his best wishes
and
prayers for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on his election as successor to
Pope
John Paul II. "We wish Pope Benedict XVI every blessing in the immense
responsibilities he is about to assume on behalf of Roman Catholics
round
the world," he said.

"His election is also of great significance to Christians everywhere. I
look
forward to meeting him and working together to build on the legacy of
his
predecessor, as we seek to promote shared understanding between our
churches
in the service of the Gospel and the goal of Christian unity.

"He is a theologian of great stature, who has written some profound
reflections on the nature of God and the church. His choice of the name
Benedict suggests that he wants to connect his vision of the Church to
the
monastic spirit of service and contemplation.

"He will be much in our prayers in the days and weeks ahead."

Lambeth Palace press office:
Tel: 0207 898 1280/1200
Fax: 0207 261 1765
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org

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IRD president Diane Knippers dies at 53

[ENS, Source: IRD] -- Diane Knippers, president of the Institute on
Religion
and Democracy (IRD) died in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday, April 18 of
complications related to cancer. She was 53. Earlier this year she was
named
by Time magazine as one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals.

A member of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, Knippers was president of
the
IRD since 1993 and had worked for IRD since 1982. She was a leader of
evangelical and renewal voices in mainline Protestantism, especially in
the
Episcopal Church, of whose Standing Commission on Ecumenical and
Interfaith
Relations she was a member. She also served on the boards of the
National
Association of Evangelicals, the American Anglican Council, the
Religious
Liberty Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, Five Talents (an
Anglican micro-enterprise initiative), and the steering committee of
Anglican Mainstream, International. She had written for The Wall Street
Journal, The Weekly Standard, and Christianity Today, and appeared on
CBS's
60 Minutes, CNBC's Capital Report, and PBS's Religion and Ethics
Newsweekly.

Funeral Details:
There will be a time of visitation on Friday, April 22, 2005, from 2-4
p.m.
and from 6-8 p.m. at the Everly Funeral Home, 10565 Main St., Fairfax,
Virginia. A memorial service is scheduled for Knippers on Saturday,
April
23, at 3 p.m. at Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia. A reception will
follow
the service in the Truro Undercroft. There will be a private family
internment at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting
that donations be made to IRD or to Five Talents, an Anglican
micro-enterprise initiative. Further information can be found online at:
http://www.trurochurch.org.

Full story:
http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=390529&ct
=706343

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Hernandez, Mauney to receive honorary degrees from Episcopal Divinity
School

[ENS, Source: EDS] -- The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) has announced
that
it will confer honorary degrees on Ana Hernandez and the Rev. Canon
Patrick
Mauney for their distinguished and faithful ministries in social
justice.

Hernandez is a composer and arranger, singer, instrumentalist, and
writer
whose chants and hymns have been published in the Voices Found Hymnal
and
Enriching Our Music, Vols. 1 & 2. Among her literary contributions,
Hernandez recently published a book titled "The Sacred Art of Chant:
Preparing to Practice." She is also on the staff of the Episcopal
Book/Resource Center in New York. For more than a decade, Hernandez has
led
workshops on the uses of sacred sound and rhythm in prayer for "her
greatest
joys lie in helping people to experience the ways in which sound touches
our
hearts and enables us to listen to that still small voice; its
effectiveness
in enhancing our well-being and helping us to know ourselves; and its
uses
in manifesting peace and compassion."

Mauney, a '72 graduate of Episcopal Theological School, began his
ordained
ministry as deacon and later priest in the Diocese of Rhode Island.
After
serving for three years in Providence at St. Martin's Church, he moved
to
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil where he served as rector of Santo Andrew
Parish
in the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil. In 1982, Mauney joined the
national staff of the Episcopal Church in New York City and served first
as
the director of mission personnel, next as the personal deputy for
Anglican
relations, and until his recent retirement, as director of Anglican and
global relations. In 1993, he was named an honorary Canon of the Diocese
of
the Dominican Republic. In the course of his ministry, Mauney has
visited
most of the churches of the Anglican Communion and served on various
committees and commissions of the Anglican Consultative Council and the
World and National Council of Churches. He is widely respected as one of
the
foremost authorities on t!
he Anglican Communion in the Episcopal Church.

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Carter Heyward honored for 30 years at Episcopal Divinity School

[ENS] -- The Rev. Dr. I. Carter Heyward was feted at a festive dinner
April
15 marking her approaching retirement after 30 years as Howard Chandler
Robbins Professor of Theology at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. An expert in feminist liberation theologies
and
Christology, Heyward has written several books on spirituality including
"When Boundaries Betray Us."

As one of the "Philadelphia Eleven" in 1974, Heyward and 10 other women
deacons were ordained priests in the Episcopal Church, which would not
until
1976 pass legislation explicitly stating that women could be ordained as
priests and bishops.

Heyward earned a BA in Religion at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in
1967,
and subsequently studied at Columbia University/Union Theological
Seminary,
where she earned an MA in Comparative Religions (1971), an M.Div. in
Religion and Psychiatry (1973), and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology
(1980).
In 1974, Heyward was ordained an Episcopal priest and in 1998 she
received
the Distinguished Alumni/ae Award from Union Theological Seminary.

[Titles are available from the Episcopal Book/Resource Center, 815
Second
Avenue, New York, NY 10017; 800.334.7626 or 212.716.6118;
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org.]

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