[Magdalen] PRS Advent 1

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 00:07:36 UTC 2015


So these are now lady Lords? Talk about gender-bending!  ;^}

> On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 30/11/2015 20:28, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> (It seems 'light' for a 3 week lag, please forgive and contact me if I've missed anything... I try to file requests when I read them, not always successful. L. )
>    <snip>
>> +For the Church, we pray...
>> for  ++Justin and all the Primates of our Anglican Communion that all will set their hope in Christ and work together to remain one;
>> for TEC's Presiding Bishop, Michael, and for all bishops of TEC, that they may serve Christ, their flock and the church (please provide names for the PRSummary, if desired)
>> for the Diocese of Pennsylvania, as they begin their search for a new bishop
>> for  The for The Right Reverend Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport, UK and first woman to become a Bishop in the CofE
> 
> There are a number of women among the C/E bishops now, including two who are diocesan bishops.  For a few years female diocesan bishops are being fast-tracled intyo the House of Lords. There are 26 Lords Spiritual.  Five places are linked to specific Sees (Canterbury, York, London, Durham and Winchester) and the other 21 go to the bishops who have been diocesan the longest.  However for the next ten years any woman who becomes a diocesan bishop is moved to the head  of the queue and this has already happened to +Rachel Treweek of Gloucester who has been introduced into the House of Lords. +Christine Hardman of Newcastle will be the next one.when one of the sitting bishops retires.
> 
> Roger


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