Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Patronal Feast Day!

An excuse for all sorts of paddy-whackery.

I shall indulge myself.....

ABOUT SAINT PATRICK

Saint Patrick is believed to have been born in the late fourth century, and is often confused with Palladius, a bishop who was sent by Pope Celestine in 431 to be the first bishop to the Irish believers in Christ.

Saint Patrick was the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who is credited with bringing christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works, the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment of Irish christians. Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God."

(taken from the website St. Patrick's Day.com. Follow the link above to check it out.)

Once to Every Man and Nation

With thanks to BabyBlue for the inspiration...

Palm Sunday

All Glory Laud and Honor

Is +Stacy Sauls On His Way Out At DioLex?

Stacy Sauls was a nominee for PB, if you recall. Looks like he's cut of the same cloth as +Katharine.


“At present, the Diocese of Lexington is not functioning as it should. The lines of authority set out in scripture, tradition and canon have been repeatedly and purposely crossed.”



Check out the rest of the story at Still on Patrol......

Continuing Reconciliation

From the comments on TitusOneNine:

Don Armstrong wrote:

O’Neill of Colorado just sent a letter to an 89 year old priest with Parkinson’s disease telling him he was going to be defrocked for asking Archbishop Ping for help in 2001...Paula Nesbitt’s work on reconciliation at the HOB meeting must have been very moving...and how about those Windsor Bishops--our hope in ages past?

More about Bishop MacBurney

Bishop MacBurney was ordained a priest in 1952.

His son is in hospice, dying. This was apparently well known to the Presiding Bishop and the House of Bishops.

Can't you just feel the love?

The Reckoning contiunes......

From ENS
House of Bishops consents to deposition of John-David Schofield, William Cox

The House of Bishops voted March 12 to consent to the deposition from the ordained ministry of the Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield, bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, and the Rt. Rev. William Jackson Cox, bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Maryland (resigned).

From the Tulsa World: Bishop William Cox: “I feel sorry that they felt they needed to do this. A more charitable thing to do would be to say, ‘We recognize that you are now a member of the church in Argentina and ask God’s blessing on your ministry.’ ”

Did I mention that Bishop Cox is 86 years old and was ordained a priest in 1958??? Thank you for 50 years of faithful service to this Church; now we are deposing you.



Bishop Schofield's response:

The question that begs to be answered by the House of Bishops,” said Bishop Schofield, “is, why bishops who continue to teach and publish books that deny the most basic Christian beliefs are not disciplined while those of us who uphold the Christian Faith are?” He added, "At least I am in good company. It is a privilege to know that I am standing along side of one of the outstanding theologians of our time, J. I. Packer, who is under similar discipline by the Canadian Church and who, also, has placed himself under the authority of the Southern Cone."



Interesting that when I checked Church Publishing's on-line clerical directory, I got "no results found" when looking for stats on Bishop Schofield. Hmmm.

Next we get this:

Former Quincy Bishop Charged

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Bishop Edward MacBurney

Bishop Edward MacBurney, bishop retired of the Diocese of Quincy, has been formally charged with canonical violations by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. These charges stem from events occurring in June, 2007 when Bishop MacBurney was invited to make a pastoral visit to a non-Episcopal church in San Diego, California. MacBurney, 80 years old, retired from his position as a diocesan bishop in 1994, but as a bishop in good standing still actively ministers to churches throughout the country and also in other parts of the Anglican Communion..

The basis of the charges against MacBurney relate to the allegation that he did not receive permission to perform liturgical rites from the sitting Episcopal diocesan bishop in San Diego. Even though the church MacBurney visited had severed ties with the Episcopal Church in the United States and had re-affiliated with the Anglican Bishop of Argentina, a primate of the worldwide Anglican Communion, the charges allege that MacBurney impermissibly crossed Diocesan boundaries.