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January 24 2005 By virtueonline Open Letter to the Anglican Primates - by Bishop John Rodgers (AMiA)

Here is my sense of what is needed if we are to be faithful to our calling:

January 21 2005 By virtueonline LONDON: Archbishop says Church cannot back euthanasia

The issue of assisted euthanasia was reignited last week when Brian Blackburn, a retired policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in a suicide pact, received a nine-month suspended sentence at the Old Bailey. The court was told that Blackburn's wife, Margaret, 62, had just weeks to live and had asked her husband to cut her wrists.

January 21 2005 By virtueonline ROCHESTER, NH: Redeemer Episcopal church in Rochester to close

"With much disappointment and sadness, (the parishioners) reached the decision that there was just not a critical mass of people to really make a viable go of it as a congregation," said Robinson in an interview Wednesday. "Perhaps it was time to rest."

The church will remain open until April, with the final service to be held Easter Sunday.

January 20 2005 By virtueonline LONDON: Liberals criticise Archbishop for handling of gay row in new book

If the Church can't move forward with society and be more inclusive on questions of gender and sexuality, much as it has done in the past on questions like slavery and women's rights, then schism is preferable to unity the new publication will say.

Dr Williams is also criticised for failing to criticise conservatives for their behaviour at the 1998 Lambeth Conference, the 10-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops which upheld a traditional line on homosexuality.

January 20 2005 By virtueonline SYRACUSE: Priest abuse report checked. Financial mismanagement reviewed

He said no criminal charges have been filed in either case.

Adams met privately Wednesday afternoon with clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York to discuss the cases.

The diocese includes about 150 clergy and about 22,500 members from Canada to Pennsylvania and from Utica to Waterloo.

January 20 2005 By virtueonline PHILADELPHIA: Testing the Faith. Christian group gets obscene, hateful messages

"Michael, I hope you enjoy your time in prison, you piece of s--t," the caller said. "You are a worthless piece of s--t."

As WorldNetDaily reported, on Oct. 10, a group of 11 Christians was "preaching God's Word" to a crowd of people attending the Philadelphia "OutFest" event and displaying banners with biblical messages.

January 20 2005 By virtueonline "Spinning wheel...spinning wheel..." - Griswold on consecration of Steenson

Following our meeting I went on to Albuquerque, New Mexico to preside at the ordination of Jeffrey Steenson as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of the Rio Grande. At the point in the liturgy for objections to be made a priest I knew from my time as Bishop of Chicago stepped forward and urged Jeffrey not to allow himself to be ordained by one who had participated in the New Hampshire ordination. He also asked me to withdraw from the service.

January 19 2005 By virtueonline NEW YORK: Artist blasts "hate speech" art at St. John the Divine Cathedral

Dear Bishop Sisk,

January 19 2005 By virtueonline CALGARY: RC bishop attacks gays. Anglican bishop rips RC bishop

Which, in fact, was a conclusion Bishop Henry arrived at himself. In an interview late yesterday afternoon, he said if he was rewriting the letter, he would not talk about unleashing the "coercive power" of the state.

What he had attempted to say was misunderstood, he said. "You should see some of the hate mail I'm getting right now. . . . I'm just amazed."

January 18 2005 By virtueonline In Memoriam: The Rev. Dr. Louis R. Tarsitano - by S. M. Hutchens

I first encountered Lou Tarsitano through his writing. I don’t remember where, for he wrote for a number of publications I read—perhaps it was in the Evangelical Catholic in the days when David Mills was its editor. He struck me as one of the most consistently trenchant, penetrating, and knowledgeable authors I had read among living Anglicans. He always went straight to the heart of his subject, anatomized it elegantly, and served it up neatly for the consideration or ridicule it deserved.

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