Musing From the Rectory By Charles Calhoun
It comes as a surprise to many Episcopalians that Kenyon and Bard and Hobart William Smith colleges are “Episcopalian”, at least in their foundation, although everyone seems to know that Sewanee (The University of the South) falls in that category, even if it’s less “Episcopalian” than it was a generation ago, given an increasingly secular student body. And who knew that two Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) are Episcopal foundations – one thriving, the other just having declared bankruptcy? If you didn’t know this sort of thing, it means I’ve failed! Ever since Michael was a student at General Theological Seminary more than a decade ago, I’ve worked as a communications consultant for Colleges & Universities of the Anglican Communion (or CUAC – which in India is pronounced “quack,” as a duck might say).
Headquartered at the Episcopal Church Center in Manhattan – a short walk from the UN – CUAC is a global network of 160 institutions, large and small, which have some historic connection to the Church of England or the Episcopal Church, often thanks to some 19 Century missionary. th Much of CUAC’s networking takes place through conferences, lectureships, student and faculty exchanges, online seminars, and – here’s where I come in – by way of a quarterly online newsletter, Compass Points . Below you can access and read our most recent issue. Please do let me know if you’d like to be added to the subscriber list. (No charge!) Any religious organization that can include among its leaders an expert on Voltaire and one on urban insects must be doing something right!
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