Bp.
Frade and his wife Diana both urged the church to support the
workers' organizing to demand just treatment from foreign employers,
and asked that we also put pressure on manufacturers of foreign-made
clothing to treat workers fairly.
Bp. Frade said it's important for groups from churches in this
country to come to Honduras and other poor countries, and not
simply to send money. "If you give me a check," he
said, "I get your money. I want you--your heart
and your money...When you come down and work with the people,
you will be our slave, our emotional and spiritual slave,
because you will see the reality of poverty."
Bp. Leo Frade tells breakfast guests of the plight of workers
in Honduran maquilas. Photo by Mary W. Cox.
Dean Horace Ward discusses issues of justice with Diana Frade
at the Episcopal Peace and Justice Network breakfast. Photo
by Mary W. Cox.
"Women and children are suffering", Diana Frade told
the group. Photo by Mary W. Cox.
Bp. Said and Ann greet a friend, Bp. Leo Alard, who was at one
time rector of St. John's, Homestead. (Our diocese seems to
nurture bishops named Leo!) Photo by Mary W. Cox.
Elaine Schofield has stayed busy, joining a team to build a
Habitat for Humanity home one day last week, and yesterday and
today, working as a convention volunteer. Note her official
"Diocese of Colorado Volunteer" vest. Photo by
Mary W. Cox.
"Miz Dixon and Miz Rehm"--Bp. Jane Dixon, suffragan
bishop of Washington, DC, and Diane Rehm of National Public
Radio spoke at a luncheon today about their own "fierce
friendship" of 30 years and of friendship as "something
God's grace allows" in our lives. Photo by Mary W. Cox.
Mary Lou Ricker, Verneka Silva, Susan Stokes and Cynthia Williams
pose in their official Triennial t-shirts. Photo by Mary
W. Cox.
Bp. Frade ( here with Verneka Silva ) and his wife Diana spoke
to the ECW this afternoon and enjoyed some time with our delegates.
Photo by Susan Stokes.
For complete news of today's General Convention events and actions,
go to
www.ecusa.anglican.org/ens.
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