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On October 8th, 2006, at St. Thomas of Canterbury, Reformed Episcopal Church of Houston Tx.The Service of Admission was conducted for the admission of acolytes to the Order of St. Vincent. The Rector, Cannon, James Payne the Rector of St. Thomas conducted the ceremony.  Later that same day, Assistant Rector, Steve Stults was ordained to the priesthood.   Butch Key is the Chapter Warden. The preceding article was submitted by Butch KeyRead more …

The Diocese of Southeast Florida was well represented at the 27th Annual National Acolyte Festival, Saturday, Oct. 7 at Washington National Cathedral Acolytes from the Church of the Incarnation, Miami; St. Anne’s, Hallandale; St. Kevin’s, Opa-locka; Church of the Transfiguration, Miami Gardens; and Trinity Cathedral showed up and blew out the other churches. Bishop John Crane of Washington, his wife, the cathedral staff and other acolytes were impressed and amazed by the shifts and moves St. Anne dished out and also by our new step (we call it the “kick”) taught by our Acolyte…Read more …

On the 52nd anniversary (January 25th, 2006) of the ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi, the first woman to the priesthood of the Anglican Communion, the Order of St. Vincent at St. Martin’s in Pompano Beach had a Celebration Eucharist in her honor. The Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi became a deaconess in 1931 and became the deacon in charge of an Anglican congregation in 1941. Because of the occupation of China by the Japanese in WWII, no priests could serve in the occupied country. Li Tim-Oi traveled through occupied territory to a meeting in the free part of…Read more …

The 1st annual Mere Anglicanism Conference was held on January 19th - 21st , 2006 at the Cathedral of St. Luke & St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina.  Several members of the Order of St. Vincent attended and acted as host for the conference.  For a report and information from the conference, please click on the Mere Anglicanism Conference link above. The preceding article was submitted by Glen MillerRead more …