Bill Broadway
No matter what the quantity of milk they gave, he invariably sent half of it every morning to the sick people in the hospital. "I am paying my tithes," he said. 2 - His bedroom was tolerably large, and rather difficult to warm in bad weather. As wood is extremely dear at D--...
Recently, a member of a local Facebook group that focuses on sharing pleasant memories of the past, asked “What part of Birmingham are you from, and what is your favorite memory of that area.” The post received over 900 comments. Read some of their memories below. (Some of the comment...
diocese, he and a missionary worker, Charles Johnson, got lost in an early winter storm. They could not use their canoe as planned, so they had to walk 60 miles over a mountain range to get back to civilization. They ran out out of food and had to stew their spare moccasins to stay...
“While the Diocese of Des Moines is protected by insurance and anticipates the restoration of the funds, we have been advised that such criminal activity is rampant,”Des Moines Bishop Richard Patessaid. “Obviously, any entity that experiences such a crime should be signific...
The bishop in the diocese in which the person died must determine if they were sufficiently virtuous and holy to be considered. If the standard is met, the person is put forward to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for investigation, where the decision on whether to advise the Pope...
The despairing eyes and voice have be come familiar to me ever since I began my personal response as a bishop to the AIDS pandemic some 10 years ago. I looked into her eyes, and the questions surfaced again. If, as a church, we uphold the sanctity of life, is the life of every ...
James Wales, the person convicted in the killing of 12-year-old Cheri Lindsey on Binghamton's North Side, will remain in prison for at least two more years. The 74-year-old Wales has once again been denied parole. He is serving a sentence of 33 years to life for his his 1984 convict...
Archbishop Tutu referred to the debate about whether Gene Robinson, who is openly gay, could serve as the bishop of New Hampshire. He said the Anglican Church had seemed “extraordinarily homophobic” in its handling of the issue, and that he had felt “saddened” and “ashamed” of his chu...
has to be started and pursued by the PCC concerned: it’s an open question as to whether the diocese ought to be able to be more proactive, which might help their PCC to grasp the nettle. Even joining parishes and benefices together is complex – and often hard-fought by small ...