Archive for September, 2008

NEXT STEPS: After Convention

Posted on September 30th, 2008

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The following information is designed to explain what will happen now that “realignment” has been approved by the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh on October 4, 2008.

List of Parishes Committed to Remaining in the Episcopal Church (Updated)

Posted on September 30th, 2008

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The parishes listed here are those whose congregations are active participants in the life of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church. It was updated November 3, 2008. The absence of the name of any parish is not indicative of the present or future status of that parish with respect to the Episcopal [...]

Convention Traffic Information Update

Posted on September 30th, 2008

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From www.pitanglican.org:
Although construction is not currently scheduled for the Parkway East (376 E) this coming Saturday, convention participants planning on using this route to Monroeville will want to call PennDOT’s construction hotline on Friday to confirm this, as advisories are sometimes issued with little advance notice. The hotline can be reached at 412-429-6035. Route 28 [...]

Defending The Faith: Across the Aisle Responds to Charges about Belief

Posted on September 29th, 2008

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The following Letter to the Editor was published in the September 29, 2008, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It follows an Op-Ed piece and other comments in the media in which critics misrepresent the faith and teachings of the Episcopal Church.
Defending the Faith
Wendy Scott Paff and others planning to leave the Episcopal Church are blatantly wrong when they [...]

(ENS) PITTSBURGH: Convention will go forward, Standing Committee says

Posted on September 27th, 2008

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From Episcopal News Service
During its meeting on September 23, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh said that the diocese’s previously scheduled October 4 convention would go forward.
Referring in a news release to what it called “the purported deposition” of Bishop Robert Duncan September 18 by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops, the [...]

Pittsburgh Standing Committee Unanimously Commits to Convention Going Forward

Posted on September 26th, 2008

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From the pitanglican.org Web site:
During their meeting on September 23, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh unanimously committed itself to carrying forward the annual convention of the diocese in “an orderly and grace-filled manner” on October 4. Since the purported deposition of Bishop Robert Duncan by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops [...]

2008 Diocesan Pre-convention Journal

Posted on September 26th, 2008

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As a public service, the pre-convention journal distributed to all clergy and lay deputies to the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s historic 143rd diocesan convention is available by clicking here. It contains important information including the rules of order, agenda, proposed budget, canonical and institutional body reports, along with the important proposed resolutions. Other convention [...]

Across The Aisle Meeting Recap with Selected Presentations and Photos – September 13, 2008

Posted on September 23rd, 2008

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A standing-room only crowd from across the Diocese jammed St. Paul’s Parish Hall to hear plans for continuing an Episcopal Diocese in Pittsburgh despite an upcoming convention vote to the contrary.
An estimated 325 people gathered here on September 13th, exactly three weeks before convention deputies were scheduled to vote on realigning the Diocese of Pittsburgh [...]