The Living Church

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The Living ChurchApril 30, 1995You Can Live Without Knowing This by DAVID KALVELAGE210(18) p. 2

Realizing that one offering of useless facts about the Episcopal Church is probably enough for one year, here's the 1995 version:

The office of the Diocese of Fond du Lac is located on Sophia Street.

There are Episcopal churches in He Dog, S.D., Beaver, Alaska, and Horseheads, N.Y.

A fly-fishing group composed of members of the Church of the Redeemer, Pendleton, Ore., is named The Lord and the Flys.

St. John's Church, Wellsville, N.Y., has a meteorite in the front wall of its building.

National Executive Council member Ralph Spence, Jr. of Montana is the son of former council member Ralph Spence of Texas.

The newsletter from the canon to the ordinary to the clergy of the Diocese of Northern Indiana is called Canon Fodder.

There's a St. Thomas' Church in Bath, N.Y., and a St. Thomas' in Bath, N.C.

Church of the Ascension in Cloudcroft, N.M., is located on Chipmunk Street.

There's a St. Philip's Church in Laurel, Md., and a St. Philip's in Laurel, Del.

The Very Rev. Jon Bruno, provost at the new Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles, once played pro football for the Denver Broncos.

Current enrollment of 190 in the 11 Episcopal seminaries is believed to be the lowest in 35 years.

The city of Richmond, Va., has parishes in two different dioceses - Virginia and Southern Virginia.

There are 37 Episcopal churches in Chicago.

There is a Grace Church in Canton, Miss., and a Grace Church in Canton, N.Y.

There are Episcopal churches in Pahrump, Nev., Oriental, N.C., and Exchange, Pa.

St. Thomas a Becket Church in Morgantown, W.Va., is located on Old Cheat Road.

The 72nd General Convention, to be held in 1997, will mark the 19th time convention has been held in Philadelphia.

The Rev. Nicholas Marziani is assistant at St. Nicholas' Church, Midland, Texas.

The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society is listed 219th on The Chronicle of Philantrophy's Philanthrophy 400 list.

The new newsletter of deacons in the Diocese of New York is called Deacon Beacon.

The Episcopal church in Allen, S.D. is named Church of the Inestimable Gift (the locals call it "I.G.")

Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning is a David Letterman fan.

At the end of 1994, there were 1,599 deacons in the Episcopal Church.

DAVID KALVELAGE, editor


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