{"id":26636,"date":"2018-12-28T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=26636"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:05:25","slug":"suicide-eucharists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/suicide-eucharists\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Eucharists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as the burgeoning euthanasia industry dons the grim reaper\u2019s cowl before swinging its scythe through an increasing number of Canada\u2019s ageing infirm, so Anglican clerics, eager to keep abreast of the latest in do-it-yourself death, robe up to administer a Suicide Eucharist. A Canadian Anglican variation on the Last Rites: Last Wrongs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BishopMichaelBird.jpg\" width=\"132\" height=\"156\" \/>Niagara\u2019s (ex-Niagara now) Michael Bird <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/assisted-dying-one-anglican-familys-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does it<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last September, Niagara Anglican,\u2028 the newspaper of the diocese of Niagara, reported that Bishop Michael Bird had released a set of revised guidelines \u201cto ensure pastoral care is available to those who inquire about or qualify for and claim the legal right to medical assistance in dying.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26637\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Nethery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>So does the Diocese of Huron\u2019s Keith Nethery:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy role, what God has called me to do, is to go and be present\u2026so that people have someone to journey with,\u201d says Canon Keith Nethery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At last the Anglican Church of Canada has found a way to attract new customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as the burgeoning euthanasia industry dons the grim reaper\u2019s cowl before swinging its scythe through an increasing number of Canada\u2019s ageing infirm, so Anglican clerics, eager to keep abreast of the latest in do-it-yourself death, robe up to administer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/suicide-eucharists\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[976,1075],"class_list":["post-26636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-euthanasia","tag-keith-nethery","tag-michael-bird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}