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Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church: An Episcopal Church in the Anglo-Catholic Tradition where all are welcome!

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Next Sunday, December 17!!

[Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi]

Words matter.

A number of media organisations have editorial guidelines directing them not to use the term 'terrorist' in their reporting of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. 

These guidelines may be borne out of well-intentioned aspirations to appear accurate and impartial. But there is a point at which the failure to use the term 'terrorist', is itself a failure of accuracy and impartiality. 

The depth of the terror that Hamas has inflicted upon innocent people across Israel in recent days is not in doubt. The murder of babies where they sleep is not the act of a 'freedom fighter'. The performative desecration of dead bodies for the benefit of social media, the rape of women and the beheading of civilians in their homes, are not the acts of 'militants'.

The true motives of Hamas could not be clearer. It seeks the murder of Jews and the annihilation of the Jewish state. Their charter says as much. Hamas is no different to ISIS. Did decent, moral people seek to justify the actions of 9/11, 7/7 or the Manchester Arena bombing?

It should be painfully obvious that there is no moral equivalence between those whose motive is to deliberately target innocent civilians in cold blood, and those whose motive is to remove the threat of such murderers. The fact that this discussion is necessary at all is a clear sign that we are losing our moral compass and of the warped nature of the depths to which discourse on Israel has sunk. 

And so I call upon broadcasters to urgently change the way they describe Hamas. Further, I call upon all decent people to have the courage to call out this terror for what it is. We must all be unequivocal that the loss of any innocent life is a tragedy, and that the barbaric, murderous terrrorism of Hamas cannot be denied or obfuscated. It is a matter of deepest regret that some feel otherwise.

This is not 'resistance' or 'struggle'. It is terrorism. To purposefully avoid that word is to wilfully mislead.

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Nope. Unequivocal. The Jews did not bring Hamas’ avowed intent to erase Jews upon themselves.

[jimmy miller @JimmyMi78661303]

@stignatiusnyc Hamas is doing horrible things, but we can’t pretend that Israel is innocent in all of this. The human rights violations in Palestine, caused by Israel, is what gave rise to Hamas. I agree we should pray for peace, though.

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@WeilToGo Grace

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Christians can not be silent. We can not but cry out in sadness and pain and the unspeakable violence wrought by terrorists avowedly bent on the annihilation of Jews. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for the end of the sin of anti-semitism. ACB+

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We are experiencing issues with our parish wide emails and our systems are not sending them out properly. We are probably changing our provider in then next week, so this issue should be resolved. In the meanwhile, keep an eye on our social media and web site for announcements.

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@clamoracolytus Ha! That’s a picture of me (@acblume)!

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@pickstockc @acblume … and we’re Episcopalian!

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@pickstockc Wait… that’s a picture of me (@acblume)!

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We’ve been gone a while, but we are back! Christmastide blessings from all of us at Saint Ignatius of Antioch! https://t.co/2wBbdiVlDw

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@ChanticleerSF I think you will want to tag the correct St Ignatius, which is Loyola on Park.

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@ChanticleerSF Sorry. You tagged the wrong St Ignatius. You wanted Saint Ignatius Loyola, the Roman Catholic Church on Park. We are the Episcopal Church of St Ignatius of Antioch on West End.

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Gaudete Sunday subdeacon training #Episcopal #GaudeteSunday

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We are delighted to announce that we have appointed a new Director of Music for St Saviour's - Yvette Murphy - who will join us from New Year's Day. @yvettefmurphy @StSavioursMusic @StSavioursSW1

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My notes from ballots 2-4. Congratulations to the Revd Matthew Foster Heyd on his election as XVII Bishop of New York

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Matthew Foster Heyd XVII Bishop of New York

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Second ballot

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First ballot

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Here we are ⁦@StJohnDivineNYC⁩ so we can elect the 17th Bishop of New York #Episcopal #bishop