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October 2011. Fr. Bob Caruso recently had the
opportunity to dine and share thoughts with his friend and teacher, Fr. Gunter
Esser from the University of Bonn. He reflected on their time together on his
Blog page, The Way Home, An Old Catholic Perspective of Communion in North
America, located at: oldcatholicnorthamerica.blogspot.com
September 30, 2011. The Rev. Christopher Courtright-Cox
launched the Crossroads Catholic Community in Saranac Lake, New York.
It offers Mass on Saturdays at 5pm and will be beginning a Wednesday evening
spiritual development group in November.
July 15, 2011. The Rev. Robert W. Caruso has been
incardinated as a priest. Fr Caruso holds a M.A. and M.Div. from the
United Theological Seminary, and has served the pastor of a church community in
Minnesota since being ordained to the priesthood in 2006. He is the
author of The Old Catholic Church (2009), and is a member of the
St. Willibrord Theological Society of the Union of Utrecht and the International
Working Group on Old Catholic Research.
June 2011. (The Rev.) Chaplain Joseph Moldon
has been promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel in the USAF Auxiliary, and has taken
on supervisory ministerial responsibilities as a group chaplain for the South
Florida squadron. He was also recently named as the Chaplain of the Year
for the Florida wing, and given the President's Lifetime award for his service.
June 5, 2011. The Holy Family
Church has moved to a new location, 8726 West Olive Avenue in Peoria, AZ, in a
church space shared with the Celebration Evangelical Lutheran Church.
May 23, 2011. The Rev. Dr.
Christoper Courtright-Cox, was
incardinated as a deacon and is in the process of opening a public spaces
ministry to serve residents of New York's Franklin County; he will
be ordained to the priesthood on August 20, 2011 for service to that population. Courtright-Cox was ordained to the deaconate in 2004, and works as a licensed
mental health counselor in NY. He holds a D.Ed. in Spirituality and
Psychology from Argosy University, a M.A. in Psychology and Counseling
from Goddard College, a M.Th. from St Michael's College in Vermont, a S.T.B.
from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and a B.A. in
Philosophy and Religious Studies from Wadhams Hall Seminary College.
April 2011. The Rev. Dr. Peter
Aduba has taken up Associate Minister responsibilities at the Grace Baptist
Church in Waterbury, Connecticut in addition to his Nigerian ex-patriate
outreach ministry activities through St. Joseph's parish of this church.
August 1, 2010. The laity, clergy and
bishops of the United Catholic Church unanimously voted to approve clarifying word
changes to canon 6.3 (bride and groom made gender neutral) and to canon 6.7.5 (displaced
ecumenical component removed) of this church.
May 27, 2010. The Most Rev. Rose
Tressel competed a Master of Sacred Theology degree focusing on ecumenism and
conciliar thought at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in
New York City. Her thesis, An Examination of the Process and
Applied Theory of the Ecumenical Movement, Viewed Through the Lens of the 2001
ELCA-TEC Full Communion Agreement, explored this domain.
The degree will be awarded at graduation services on May 18, 2011.
May 14, 2010. The Rev. Dr. Judith Loftus was
awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree in Congregational Development from the
Seabury Western Seminary, Evanston IL. A police chaplain, the
Rev. Dr. Loftus' thesis, Compassion Fatigue: The Law Enforcement
Chaplain's Response, explores the concept of compassion resilience and
offers suggestions to ameliorate the effects of trauma that are faced
by field practitioners.
May 1, 2010. Fr Al Pike won the silver medal in
poetry for his book, Searching for Salvation: From Brokenness to Wholeness -
see
http://readersfavorite.com/2009-readers-favorite-winners.htm.
April 30, 2010. The Church's St Francis of Assisi
House in Peru, a 25 year ministry led by Bishop Peter Orlando to support
abandoned children, continues to produce meaningful futures for the young people
it serves. One young lady served by the mission, after years
of difficulties has graduated from chef school and recently started
a cafe/grocery store with her brother. Another will be graduating
from a mission-sponsored apprenticeship in welding in June, and a third
just graduated from beautician school. The mission also recently
arranged for another mission supported recipient to be placed in the
beauty and sewing academies and for another to start training to become an auto
mechanic this summer. The mission is also continuing to grow in
self-sufficiency through a newly-started mission business. The UCC's
annual appeal to support this mission is underway; please contact Bp Orlando at
pandborlando@q.com for more information on how you can
help.
December 15, 2009. Fr. Al Pike's book,
Searching for Salvation: From Brokenness to Wholeness, has been
named as a 2009 Readers Favorite finalist in the Christian Non-Fiction and
Poetry sections by Amazon.com.
November 30, 2009. Fr John Stygles has
published Scammed By Society, The Contextual Theology and Christian Ethics of
the Irish Travelers in the United States of America - A Moral Ethnographic Study,
available in paperback through Amazon and through Kindle.
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