A name that crops up with conspicuous frequency in the Cloyne report, when it comes to “restraint” on the part of Irish Catholic Church authorities in co-operating with State inquiries into child sex-abuse allegations, is that of Diarmuid Ó Catháin, solicitor to the diocese.
Day: July 19, 2011
Obama supports repeal of DOMA
The AP is reporting the President Obama has come out in support of repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.
+Sauls appoints Sam McDonald Deputy COO and Director of Mission
The Rt. Rev. Stacey Sauls has written the to the staff at the Episcopal Church Center about changes to expect during his tenure as Chief Operating Officer. He will place emphasis on mission and has announced that Sam McDonald will be the new Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission:
Lady Gaga: Kierkegaard in fishnet stockings
“Lady Gaga is a Kierkegaard in fishnet stockings, who can play piano and guitar,” according to Rodney Clapp writing in
And from those who have nothing…
The scripture has been fulfilled, it would seem. Since the 1980’s at least, to those who have, more has been given; and from those who have less, more has been taken away.
Bishops in NY differ on marriage equality
…gay and lesbian Episcopalians will be allowed on Sunday to get married by priests in Brooklyn and Queens, but not in the Bronx or Manhattan or on Staten Island; in Syracuse but not in Albany.
Rim to Rim: II
This is the second of a two-part article. By Donald Schell From coffee at North Rim Lodge at 5 we took the shuttle to the trailhead. We were up ahead of the sun, but the soft light seemed to shine from the tall pines and pop from the snow beneath them. Our first two miles […]