Diocese of the Holy Cross

South Carolina

Columbia: At the Pro-Cathedral of the Epiphany on June 18, Bishop Paul Hewett blessed the new steeple given to the glory of God in loving memory of Arthur Colby Sprague, "a church member who was a Harvard-educated Shakespearean scholar. 'My husband particularly wanted us to have it and left the money,' said Rosamond Sprague, a USC philosophy professor and Sprague's widow. Years passed, she said, and the church never got around to putting up the steeple, even though a pen-and-ink postcard of the church shows one. In 2003, smoke from a kitchen fire heavily damaged the church and renovations took priority, said Deacon Lee Herbert. Once the church determined it was time to erect a steeple, Herbert set out to find a company to build one. The 48-foot steeple, adorned with a four-foot tall gold cross, was built by Kivett Inc. of Clinton, NC, [and]...is made of treated wooden beams and covered with fiberglass" (from an article in The State by Carolyn Click). Also on this day, Randy Headley and Ann Hubbard were confirmed.

Spartanburg: At St. Francis, during the July 18-21 Synod of the Christian Episcopal Church, the Rev. Dr. Peter Toon will give a lecture series on "Anglican Formularies." Those who wish only to attend Dr. Toon's lectures (Wednesday, July 19, from 10am-5pm and Thursday, July 20, from 10am to noon) may register by phoning 1-864-579-3079 by July 15. The $40 fee includes lunch both days and all lectures. For hotel accommodations, phone the Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park at 1-800-228-9290.

North Carolina

Jefferson: June 25-July 1 Youth Camp of the Diocese of the Eastern United States, Anglican Province of America. DHC's Deacon Peter Geromel and Father Paul Sterne will be in attendance. For details, contact Father Paul Sterne at psterne@gmail.com. Please remember the Camp in your prayers.

Illinois

Belleville : The Fellowship of Concerned Churchmen's (FCC) biennial membership meeting will be held at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, a Roman Catholic retreat center in the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, IL from 5 pm, August 22 to 5 pm August 23. The banquet speaker will be the Most Rev. Mark Haverland of the Anglican Catholic Church. He will give the overview for the next day's sessions devoted to "Conservative Anglicanism in relation to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church." There will be four addresses the next day. The presenters will be the Rev. Herman Hattaway, Ph.D. (ACA) on "One," the Rev. Canon Marvin Gardner, Ph.D. (ACC) on "Holy," the Rev. Kurt J. Henle, Ph.D. on "Catholic," and the Rev. David Kennedy, SSC (FiF/NA) on "Apostolic."

The Responders will be the Rev. Canon Kenneth Gunn-Walberg (ACC) on "One," the Rev. Michael Heidt (FiF/NA) on "Holy," the Rt. Rev. Paul C. Hewett, SSC (DHC) on "Catholic," and the Rev. Dr. William Bauer (EMC) on "Apostolic." Call 1-703-356-7291 to register.

Immediately following the FCC meeting wlil be the Forward in Faith General Assembly, also at Our Lady of the Snows. For more information, call the Rev. Edward den Blaauwen at 1-309-836-2940.