Sisk Elevated as Bishop Coadjutor of New York Diocese
About 5,000 Episcopalians gathered at St John the Divine in New York to consecrate Mark S. Sisk as bishop coadjutor of the New York diocese. He will share duties with the Rt. Rev. Richard F. Grein and become full bishop on Grein’s retirement. Sisk, elected last October, was president and dean of Seabury-Western The Episcopal Church has 2.4 million members nationwide within the 22 nation Anglican Communion led by the archbishop of Canterbury.
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St. John the Divine
New York
Mark S. Sisk
Sisk
Richard F. Grein
Grein
Seabury-Western
The
Episcopal Church
Anglican Communion
Archbishop of Canterbury
England
Pittsburgh weighs job fairs to recruit priests
The Diocese of Pittsburgh studies job fair ideas as priests dwindle from 371 active clergy to 467 a decade earlier. Nationwide seminary enrollment slumped from 1965 to 1995, with experts citing celibacy and potential gains if celibacy rules changed. The diocese promotes parish involvement and outreach including school visits and a priestly life video ahead of a pastoral letter from Bishop Donald Wuer.
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David Bonnar
Catholic Diocese of
Pittsburgh
Dean Hoge
Catholic University of America
Washington
Center For Applied Research
Georgetown University
United States
Hoge
Donald Wuer
Ukrainian priest censured for modernizing church practice
A Ukrainian priest says he was censured for installing a microphone and organ in his church and a computer in his office. He also celebrated mass in Ukrainian instead of Old Church Slavonic. After discipline from Moscow leaders, he joined the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which had split from the Moscow patriarchate six years ago. Excommunication followed from Moscow officials.
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Ivan
Kherson
Moscow
Ukainian Orthodox Church
Internet fuels spread of anti Semitic propaganda in 1997
A Tel Aviv University Roth Institute report says anti Semitic sites doubled worldwide in 1997 aided by the Internet. Violence remained relatively low with 38 violent attacks and 113 nonviolent incidents, though a new wave of hate linked to extreme right populism was warned.
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David Rosen
Anti-Defamation League
Tel Aviv University
Stephen Roth
Love of faith inspires cantor Berkovits at temple in DeWitt
Edward Berkovits, newly installed cantor of Temple Adath Yeshurun in DeWitt, blends liturgical mastery with teaching zeal. He aims to inspire youth, lead services with Hebrew chant expertise, and foster Judaic enthusiasm through bar and bat mitzvah preparation. A lyric tenor from a lineage of cantors, he vows to keep Judaism vibrant in Central New York communities.
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Edward Berkovits
Berkovits
Reminus Berkovits
DeWitt’s
Adath Yeshurun
Song
New York
Kimber Road
Paul Zim
Israel
Tel Aviv
Emile
Nova
Am! Maalouf
Tempte Adath Yeshurun
DeWitt
Portable Church Industries packs churches for moving and growth
Portable Church Industries, based in Michigan, provides worship crates, boxes, and crates design to start new churches or relocate. The company offers eight week setup, eight to three week rush options, with consultations and full containerized church packages used from Hawaii to Canada. Churches praise ease of setup and minimized disruption as they relocate to new spaces.
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Franklin, Tenn
Pete van der Horst
van der Horst
Portable Church Industries
Troy
Mich
Kensington Community Church
Michigan
Jeff Schulte
Fellowship Bible Church
Nashville
Derrick Shirley
Church
Shirley
Syracuse JCC names slate of officers for annual meeting
Community leaders circulate a slate of officers and directors for the Jewish Community Center of Syracuse with voting at the May 19 annual meeting. Nominations include Marci Erlebacher for president and Marjorie Loeb Chaim Jaffe and Dr. Robert Neulander as vice presidents, Jill Palmeter as treasurer, Mindy Lorenz as secretary, and three-year terms for Alan Gramet Bud Greenman Lorraine Rapp and Debbie Goldwein Rudd plus other SAU and community names. The article also notes cultural events and religious observances in the area including a Schola Cantorum concert at St Michael's Lutheran Church and vocations prayer services across the Diocese of Syracuse.
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Jewish Community Center of
Syracuse
JCC
Marci Erlebacher
Marjorie Loeb
Chaim Jaffe
Robert Neulander
Jill Palmeter
Mindy Lorenz
JUU
Alan Gramet
Bud Greenman
Lorraine Rapp
Debbie Goldwein Rudd
Sau Soie Owen
Steve Goldberg
Abby Gross
Jim Prioletti
Diane Schulman
Sam Signorelli
Melissa Weiss
Brett Kupermann
Michael Kalet
James Sonneborn
Marilyn Aronson
Stewart Docter
Karen Lawitts
Jan Bronstein
Schola Cantorum of
St. Michael's Lutheran Church
Hinsdale Road
Camillus
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Temple
Emanuel Perlman
Baltimore
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Scotia
Dalhousie University
Kimberly
Greater
Associated Press
Pete van der Harst
Kathleen Fursman
Kensington
Pete
van der Harkt
Honolulu
Schola Cantorum
Arizona Kinard
Mothers of Murdered Sons
University United Methodist Church
E. Genesee St
Joseph Champlin
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Prest
Hal Garman
Champlin
E. Onondaga St
James Moynihan
Moynihan
Avervane
James Quinn
Office of Vocation Promotion
Rosary International
St. Cecilia’s Church
Woods Road
Solvay
Christ the King
Siter Joan Sauro
Melanie Gleaves
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