tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post113038456928313268..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: Does the Church care for the 2000, or even the one? (Revised version)Mark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-1130440347088110332005-10-27T15:12:00.000-04:002005-10-27T15:12:00.000-04:00Christ Church, New Haven CT is reading the names o...Christ Church, New Haven CT is reading the names of all 2000 on the afternoon of All Souls' Day before the Solemn High Requiem-- it seems necessary to make some witness-- though we'd planned to do this in the summer well before the list reached this particular marker -- or before so many natural disasters killed so many as well. David CobbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-1130423900154199022005-10-27T10:38:00.000-04:002005-10-27T10:38:00.000-04:00We are organizing a protest in Sewanee. I will m...We are organizing a protest in Sewanee. I will mention it tomorrow in the seminary chapel, as well as the death of Rosa Parks and the unfinished agenda for racial justice in this country, in my sermon for Sts. Simon and Jude, on the text "He is our peace. He has broken down the dividing wall, that is the hostility between us."<BR/><BR/>Even when the military is not involved, we are fighting a relentless war against the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-1130419165550167022005-10-27T09:19:00.000-04:002005-10-27T09:19:00.000-04:00There are a few things I think we can reflect on i...There are a few things I think we can reflect on in this post: <BR/>Every church is a peace church. The Episcopal Church is a peace church.<BR/>The American Friends Service Committee helped organize nearly 600 antiwar events yesterday in 49 states and Canada including the vigil in Pittsburgh.<BR/> <BR/>Last evening we had a silent march and vigil attended by over 100 dressed in black. It was led by our local Gold Star Parents. Diane Davis Santoriello and Neil Santoriello Sr. got the visit that every soldier's family dreads. "I heard the knock and I looked out and saw our pastor and I knew immediately," Mr. Santoriello. I would bet some of our Episcopal clergy have had to deliver this message.<BR/><BR/>Edith Bell, an 81-year-old Raging Granny who survived Auschwitz, said she was "infuriated" about this war.<BR/>"We were all bamboozled and our rights were taken away slowly" during the Holocaust, and that is beginning to happen here. <BR/>What is it that we are seeing as a Church?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-1130388577879850352005-10-27T00:49:00.000-04:002005-10-27T00:49:00.000-04:00Not sure if you browsed down under, Mark. All the ...Not sure if you browsed down under, Mark. All the Bishops of the great Southland are against this war (in which we are involved too). The Bishop of the armed Forces has apologised for initially supporting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com