ENS: 'There will be no outcasts in this Church,' Presiding Bishop tells live webcast audience
Jefferts Schori reflects on Church's mission, House of Bishops meeting
By Daphne Mack
October 16, 2007

[Episcopal News Service] Opening with an overview of the mission-driven September 20-25 House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori set the tone October 16 for her second webcast held at the studio facilities of Trinity Church, Wall Street, in New York City.

"We met intentionally in New Orleans, as an act of solidarity with the people of Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf coast, so that we might represent the prayers and concern of the whole church, and offer a small contribution to the rebuilding effort," said Jefferts Schori. "We were told that 100,000 housing units were lost during Katrina and its aftermath, displacing nearly 250,000 people. Of those housing units, only about 4,000 have been made habitable once again."

Many of the bishops, their spouses, "as well as a number of our Anglican Communion visitors", Jefferts Schori said, "participated in various rebuilding efforts on one day of meeting." the rest