We have elected a new bishop!!

The Rev. Dr. Ian T.  Douglas was elected on the 2nd ballot during the electing convention Oct. 24, 2009 as 15th  bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut, and has accepted.
 Read more about Douglas here.
Read press release linked in news below, or here.

 Visit the 225th Annual Convention 2009 pages  for Bishop's address,  Bishop's homily at Eucharist. Standing Committee elections, resolutions debate and voting. 

DAY OF REPENTANCE: NOVEMBER 7, 2009 @Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford  SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 7
Letter from Bishop Smith to clergy and wardens; links  resources and research info here. Full page flyer.    Half-sheet insert.    Send your research notes if complete, or advise us of your ongoing research.  Research guide with reporting form

• For upcoming events, click HERE.

• Episcopal Diocese to hold "Day of Repentance" Nov. 7, in Hartford
  The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut will hold a Day of Repentance for its complicity in the transatlantic slave trade, and its legacies of segregation and racism. Morning education and conversation session; afternoon liturgy. Read more.
• Connecticut Episcopalians elect the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas as next bishop
  Douglas elected on second ballot.
• Bishop delivers annual address
  Prepare for the next life chapter, Bishop tells diocese; it’s time to embrace new ways of doing ministry

• A taste of missionary life
  A missionary's life can be full of surprises. When Mike Young, 24, of Abilene, Texas, signed up with the Young Adult Services Corps (YASC) as an Episcopal Church missionary, the last thing he expected was to be sent to First-World-known-for-high-development-and-electronics Japan, he said.
• Episcopalians pick five strategic goals for future
  A recently completed survey shows Episcopalians think the church ought to focus on youth and young adults, evangelism and elements of congregational life in the coming years.
• EPPN urges action on health-care reform
  The Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) has issued an appeal for church members to urge Congress to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009.