Church Club member Mary Reath has a new book out, which might interest you. From the press kit:
Rome and Canterbury tells the story of the determined but
little known work being done to end the nearly five hundred year old
divisions between the Roman Catholic and the Anglican/Episcopal
Churches. The break was never intended, has never been fully accepted
and is experienced, by many, as a painful and open wound. It is a
personal account that begins the story by reviewing the relevant
history and theology, looks at where we are today, and concludes with
some reflections on faith and belief in the US.
Bishop Griswold provided a nice blurb:
Mary Reath has provided an invaluable service in
describing, placing in historical context, and assessing the efforts of
Anglicans and Roman Catholics to heal the breach which occurred at the
time of the Reformation. Her lively and highly accessible account
underscores the determination of the two ecclesial communities to give
witness to the unity Christ desires for the Church. At the same time,
Reath does not overlook the theological stumbling blocks that have
occurred along the way. Rome and Canterbury is an important and timely contribution to ecumenical dialogue.
Here's the publisher's website, where you can place an order. Or try Amazon.
Mary Reath has been active in the Episcopal Church,
serving on the vestries of Trinity Church, Wall Street (NYC) and St.
Luke in the Fields, Greenwich Village (NYC). While working on this
book, she was a visiting scholar at the Episcopal Divinity School in
Cambridge, MA. She is currently a governor of the Anglican Centre in
Rome. She was the editor of Public Lives, Private Prayers (Sorin Books, 2001). She lives in Princeton, NJ.
