Peace and hope to the Churches of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Provinces of the Anglican Communion. We, the Bishops that make up The Anglican Church of the Central American Region (IARCA) gathered in Managua, Nicaragua have made a space for reflection and biblical analysis and shared our individual concerns and experiences of our ministry as pastors and spiritual leaders of our clergy and people.
26 March 2004
The church is the Body of Christ. Our life in this Body is a continuing action of God’s grace among us, by whose power alone we are “joined together” in Christ and grow “into a holy temple in the Lord” (Eph. 2:21). Through the church’s common life in Christ, God intends to signify to the world the beginning of a new and reconciled creation.
24 March 2004
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi A. Annan, will be the keynote speaker at Trinity Institute's 35th National Conference at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York on 2 May.
23 March 2004
My Dear Brother, It was with surprise, sadness and concern that we received the news about the participation - without permission from the diocesan bishop of Ohio - of the Brazilian Bishop Robinson Cavalcanti, diocesan Bishop of Recife of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, in a confirmation service of 110 people in the state of Ohio,
22 March 2004
The Parish of Trinity Church today announced that the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper of Christ Episcopal Church, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, had accepted a call to succeed the Rev. Dr. Daniel Paul Matthews as Rector.
15 March 2004
[Episcopal News Service] With the traditional trio of raps on the door of St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire, the service of investiture for V. Gene Robinson as the ninth Bishop of New Hampshire began on March 7, 2004.
10 March 2004
The Anglican Church of Canada's chief governing body will be asked to affirm that the blessing of same-sex unions is within the authority of a diocesan synod and that any Canadian Anglican diocese, if the bishop agrees, has the authority to perform such blessings.
09 March 2004
TORONTO - The Most Reverend Terence Finlay, bishop of Canada's largest Anglican diocese, announced last night that he will retire on June 11.
01 March 2004
A guide from the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) to a new film about the last days of Jesus Christ, has been endorsed by the Episcopal Church's ecumenical and interfaith officer as a helpful guide to congregations viewing the controversial film. Called “The Passion of the Christ” and directed by Mel Gibson, the film is to open at cinemas on Ash Wednesday (25 February).
20 February 2004
"To my colleagues, the Primates of the Great Anglican Communion; to my sister and brother bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America; and to the bishops and other clergy and lay leaders of our beloved Province of the Central Region of America, which includes the countries of Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador; to all, peace and goodness in the name of the living and true God that surely is among us.
13 February 2004