Episcopal Diocese of Lexington April, 2005
In this Issue:
Can you Catch the Spirit off the Beaten Path?
Bridge-Building, in the spirit of John Paul II
People, Parishes, and Pictures across the Diocese
From the Bishop: Breaking Barriers
St. Stephen's Covington: Faithful ot the Kingdom
For Kentucky's Junior Miss, Allison Asay, faith matters every day
Navajoland Bishop Stephen Plummer dies at 60
X-ercizing: Burgers, forgiveness, and alleluia
Pope John Paull II dies at 84: A message form the Presiding Bishop
Can You Catch the Spirit off the Beaten Path?
In July of this year, 1,500 people from North and Latin America will come to the Diocese of Lexington to see if they can catch the “Spirit.” July 26- 31, Berea College in Berea, Ky., will host the next Episcopal Youth Event (EYE). The youth who come will have a week filled with worship, fellowship, Appalachian culture, and hopefully lots of fun. The Design Team, which includes three members from the Diocese of Lexington, has been months into planning for the event. more.
Bridge-building, in the spirit of Pope John Paul II
[ENS] — As millions today (April 8) witnessed the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II, the faith and unifying accomplishments of this Pontiff — a term derived from the Latin “bridge builder” — were clearly reflected among the unprecedented human assembly, which reached from those gathered at the Vatican to all who followed the rites worldwide via broadcast media. more.
For Kentucky's Junior Miss, Allison Asay, Faith Matters every day
Allison Asay’s favorite photos of herself have nothing to do with
pageant gowns and crowns.
Bending over sheets of photographs, she points to her blue-jeaned image:
“I’m talking with Canon Ross about plans for the Eucharist
in this one. This one is from Reading Camp; I’d gone to get a Band-Aid
for one of my campers.” more.
St. Stephen's, Covington: Faithful to the Kingdom
Robert Horine came to St. Stephen’s Church at age 15. The neighborhoods of the northern Kentucky area known as Latonia were a mix of mom and pop businesses, single and multiple family dwellings and churches of many denominations. On Sunday, folks walked to St. Stephen’s and worshipped in a close-knit community. Robert Horine and his wife Donna headed what would be the last stewardship campaign for the parish. As Senior Warden of the vestry, he has presided over a Lenten season of discernment about the options open to a land-locked, dwindling congregation in a suburban, mega-church world. more.
From The Anglican World
Navajoland Bishop Stephen Plummer dies at 60
[ENS] -- The Rt. Rev. Steven Tsosie Plummer, the fi rst Navajo bishop in the Episcopal Church, died Saturday, April 2, in a Shiprock, New Mexico, hospital after a heroic battle with cancer. He was 60. more.
Pope John Paul II dies at 84: a message form the Presiding Bishop
[ENS] His Holiness John Paul II died Saturday, April 2, at the age of 84 after battling with health problems for months. Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, upon news of the Pope’s death, issued the following statement: more.
Archbishop - Pope's last days a 'lived sermon'
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has paid a warm tribute to the life and ministry of Pope John Paul II, describing his last days as a “lived sermon” for Eastertide about facing death with honesty and courage. more.
From The National Front
This is an Easter season story with all the makings of an uplifting message, except for one thing: At the end, there is no victory. To be sure, this account contains elements of despair, pain, sacrifice, hope and an unselfish devotion to the powerless. There’s also international intrigue linking a central Pennsylvania community to a distant village in East Africa. But coming at the time of Christianity’s central event, this is, in essence, a tragic tale of ignorance, bigotry and love unreturned. more.
Of all the consequences of the consecration of a non-celibate homosexual person as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire, none seems quite as tragic as the result of the severed relationship between the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the Diocese of South Rwenzori in the Church of the Province of Uganda. more.
Today down the street at a hospice or in your neighborhood hospital, one of many thousands of Americans is in a coma, or is “brain dead,” or in a “persistent vegetative state,” or any of a score of variations on the above. Unless the person is your patient, your relative, your friend, or your fellow congregant who is regularly being prayed for, you’ve never heard of this person, and never will. more.
The Season of Ordinations: Michael Ralph ordained at Trinity, Covington
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