Episcopal Life Online Newslink November 26, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - Former Colorado Suffragan Bishop William 'Dub' Wolfrum dies at 81 * TOP STORY - Primates, ACC members respond to Joint Standing Committee report; summary available online * DIOCESAN DIGEST - CHICAGO: Parish aims to revitalize neighborhood via housing initiative * DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: Retired bishop announces plans to become Roman Catholic * WORLD REPORT - BRAZIL: Churches agree on mutual recognition of Baptism * WORLD REPORT - BURUNDI: Pastors gather to consider their role as peacemakers * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: South American province opens arms to dissenting Canadian parishes * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Rochester bishop attacks Blair statement, mention God and you're a 'nutter' * FEATURE - Great Idea: HUGS for the homeless
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TOP STORIES
Former Colorado Suffragan Bishop William 'Dub' Wolfrum dies at 81 Services set for November 28
[Episcopal News Service] Retired Diocese of Colorado Suffragan Bishop William Harvey "Dub" Wolfrum, died suddenly November 24 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was 81.
Wolfrum was consecrated suffragan bishop of Colorado in 1981 and served in that capacity for 10 years. He became the acting ecclesiastical authority in the diocese between the time Bishop William Frey retired in 1990 and Bishop William Winterrowd was elected in 1991.
Wolfrum then retired and lived with his wife, Beverly, in Ennis, Montana. They moved back to Colorado in late 2005 to be closer to their children.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on November 28 at St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Cathedral in Denver.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_92102_ENG_HTM.htm
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Primates, ACC members respond to Joint Standing Committee report; summary available online
[Episcopal News Service] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has written to the Anglican Communion's Primates and members of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) with a summary of their individual responses to the outcome of the Episcopal Church's September 19-25 House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans. Williams has said that he will not be offering his own interpretation of these responses at this time but would include his own reflections in an Advent letter to the Primates.
The summary of responses, and the subsequent report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates and the ACC, is available at http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2007/11/22/ACNS4340. A PDF is available at http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2007/11/22/ACNS4340.
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
CHICAGO: Parish aims to revitalize neighborhood via housing initiative http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_92104_ENG_HTM.htm
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: Retired bishop announces plans to become Roman Catholic http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_92070_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
BRAZIL: Churches agree on mutual recognition of Baptism http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92100_ENG_HTM.htm
BURUNDI: Pastors gather to consider their role as peacemakers http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_92101_ENG_HTM.htm
CANADA: South American province opens arms to dissenting Canadian parishes http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92078_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Rochester bishop attacks Blair statement, mention God and you're a 'nutter' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_92076_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
Great Idea: HUGS for the homeless
[Episcopal Life] Church youth group members in Reno, Neveda, devised a project last year that became such a success they are doing it again this Christmas.
Moved by stories of what homeless people face in wintertime Reno, including frequently going without socks or underwear because those items so rarely are donated, the young people planned a special drive. They sought hats, underwear, gloves and socks. They called their project HUGS.
After Thanksgiving, they set up barrels and boxes at three Episcopal churches: St. Paul's in Sparks, St. Stephen's and Trinity in Reno. A few weeks later, they sorted and wrapped everything donated. The young people had collected HUGS enough for 180 people. They distributed them all the week before and the week after Christmas at regularly scheduled food-distribution programs.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_92098_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm