By Egan Millard
Posted Jan 13, 2021
[Episcopal News Service] A group of mostly Midwestern bishops, organized by Michigan Bishop Bonnie Perry, distributed a letter on Jan. 13 urging Episcopalians to stay home and not participate in public demonstrations in the wake of last week’s assault on the United States Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, who has been impeached an unprecedented second time.
The coming days are a critical moment for national security. At least 20,000 members of the National Guard are being deployed to Washington, D.C., to protect the Capitol from further violence and prepare for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
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From the pandemic to historic flooding to a movement for social justice to an unprecedented election, the year 2020 will go down as a year like none other in recent memory.
Jader Bignamini, Detroit Symphony Orchestra s new music director, poses for a photo onstage at Orchestra Hall in Detroit on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
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Dr. Bonnie Perry lays face down at the feet of Episcopal reverends during a service that will ordain her as the eleventh bishop of the.
Dr. Bonnie Perry lays face down at the feet of Episcopal reverends during a service that will ordain her as the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan on Feb. 8, 2020, at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Mich. Perry will become the first woman bishop as well as the first lesbian bishop in the diocese since it was formed in 1836.Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press
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Rev. Ron Victor of St. Isidore Church in Macomb Township will be officiating an all-virtual experience on Christmas Eve that will replace the 4 and 6 p.m. Masses and in-person Masses on Christmas Day. Before anyone ventures out call ahead as many churches in Macomb County are requiring advance reservations for in-person services.
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where people came in legally, versus the regime we have to they or a tighter regime of tighter border enforcement, the net wealth benefit for u.s. households would be a $260 billion difference each year. when you say it will be easier and more likely for people to earn higher wages and have more tax payment combined with the idea that you will have people who come in legally versus enforcement and having greater net wealth for benefit for the united states, you see the arguments that harming taxpayers is not a real realistic argument in this case. related to this, this touches on taxes and a moral argument, the new legalized immigrants will burden the welfare rolls. the second argument that is addressed in the paper. we don t really see this is the problem people think it is. it is very difficult when you come into the country legally, we make exception for refugees, if you are 5 years in the country before you are eligible to have access to several tested what we would cal