Word: parish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus far the schism is loud but small: the larger parishes are remaining loyal. But there is potential for dramatic skirmishes in the next year or two, especially if courts rule that departing parishes can retain their property. As if to remind the bishops of the threat, a parish in nearby West Palm Beach became the 18th to quit the denomination. It will join the emerging "Anglican Church of North America," which was proclaimed last month at an emotional rally of 1,750 traditionalists in St. Louis. Besides women priests, the group protests modernization of the church's liturgy...
...thousands of gay Episcopal bishops and ministers, insisted that Barrett was known only as "homosexually oriented," and had created no "public scandal" before he ordained her. Other bishops cited press reports to the contrary. But C. Kilmer Myers, the bishop of California who plans to license Barrett as a parish assistant, replied, "I don't know what she does behind the doors of her bedroom. If I were Ellen Barrett, I would sue you all." In a welter of confusion, the bishops finally tabled by 66-48 a motion to disapprove Barrett's ordination...
Governor Michael S. Dukakis will also display his oratorical abilities at 3 Church Street (the First Parish Church in Cambridge). He'll talk about "Ethics in State Government" at 12:15 this Friday...
...prefer to be known as Charismatics. They share Par-ham's belief in baptism by the Holy Spirit, but they prefer to remain in their own churches rather than join a Pentecostal church. They are predominantly white and middle class, and they are growing rapidly. Starting within one parish in California in 1960, the Charismatics now number about 5 million...
When the rich try to hit it big-or in their case, bigger-they do not go to their neighborhood parish house to play bingo or purchase lottery tickets in a cigar store. Instead, they travel to Kentucky in the summertime and, midst all the splendor of the bluegrass, they buy thoroughbred race horses...