Tuesday, January 10, at 6:00 p.m.

New York Public Library (Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street), South Court Auditorium

Felder Dorn, Writer in Residence in the Library's Wertheim Study, and retired professor of chemistry and Dean Emeritus at Kean University, will offer an analysis of the ways in which bishops in the Episcopal Church confronted slavery during the antebellum and Civil War years.

Documentation to support this lecture comes primarily from diocesan journals of the period which recorded the words and reported the actions of the bishops who led dioceses. The Episcopates of two prominent bishops will be used to provide specific examples of the approaches of bishops in Southern states to the slaves in their midst. These illustrations will be followed by a series of summary observations about the roles of Souther and Northern bishops with regard to the institution that held human beings in bondage. The question of why neither Southern nor Northern bishops spoke publicly against slavery during the antebellum period will be examined.

A manuscript, CHALLENGES ON THE EMMAUS ROAD, that documents the responses of Episcopal bishops to slavery, secession, civil war, and emancipation is under consideration by the University of South Carolina Press. Dr. Dorn's book, THE GUNS OF MEETING STREET: A SOUTHERN TRAGEDY, a documentary account of a feud that occurred in Edgefield County, South Carolina, in the 1940s, was published by the USC Press in 2001.

The lecture series at the NYPL is coordinated by Jay Barksdale the librarian who works with writers in the Wertheim Study.

Church of the Mediator, 260 West 231st Street  

Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Andrew Dietsche,
Bishop Coadjutor-Elect  

Each year, the parishes in the three Bronx Interparish Councils get together to give thanks for the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The location of the Service rotates from year to year among the Bronx IPCs -- the 2012 Service will be hosted by the Northwest Bronx IPC and held at the Church of the Mediator, 260 West 231st Street. The preacher will be the Ven. William Clay Parnell, Archdeacon for Mission.

As a further tribute to Dr. King, the Bronx Council has established a Memorial Scholarship Fund; the Offering received on the day of the celebration goes towards this Fund.

For those unable to attend the Service, gifts to the Scholarship Fund may be made payable to the Bronx Council, earmarked: MLK Scholarship Fund, and sent to the Church of the Holy Nativity, 3061 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467. Attention: Richard Kelly, Treasurer.

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Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, September 15 and 22