May 20, 2013
Pentecost
19 May 2013
Westover Episcopal Church, Charles City, VA
400th anniversary; baptism of 3 month old tripletsThe Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchI met a remarkable woman in Atlanta this week. We were gathered at an ecumenical conference on peace-making on the Korean peninsula, where a state of war continues, because a final peace agreement has never...
May 15, 2013
[Day 1] The Rev. Canon Louis “Skip” Schueddig, D.D., who retires this month after 30 years as head of the Alliance for Christian Media, will be honored with a special ecumenical Evening Prayer service on Tuesday, June 11, at 6 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Ga. The service will be followed by a reception.
Those interested in attending are asked to contact Rebecca Kurziak at the Alliance, 404-418-6772 or...
May 10, 2013
Young Adult Service Corps missionaries Nina Boe and Ashley Bingaman during the closing Eucharist of the 18th...
[Sewanee] A Convocation for the Conferring of Degrees will be held in All Saints’ Chapel at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 10, to recognize the 42 students who have completed their studies at The School of Theology. The preacher for this year’s commencement service is Bishop Wright from the Diocese of Atlanta. A luncheon in McClurg Hall honoring the class of 2013 seminary graduates, their guests, families, faculty, and staff will follow the service. The convocation will be streamed live...
May 2, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Robert G. (Bob) Oliver, a former dean of the American Cathedral in Paris, died April 26 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 83.Oliver was ordained to the...
April 18, 2013
[Episcopal Relief & Development -- Web Feature] Atlanta has played a major part in the fight against malaria, both historically in the United States and now as a major force in the NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund, Episcopal Relief & Development’s church-wide, grassroots effort to raise awareness and support for malaria prevention. The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta launched their NetsforLife...
April 15, 2013
[Church Divinity School of the Pacific] When Church Divinity School of the Pacific began looking for models of effective youth ministry, it found these examples.
A holy meal
March 20, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The Episcopal Church Asiamerica Ministry will celebrate its 40th anniversary June 20-24 in San Francisco CA. Focusing on the theme “EAM@40: Remember, Celebrate and Re-Envision Our Mission,” the conference will celebrate the 40 years of Asiamerica Ministry, from its beginnings when a handful of Chinese and Japanese clergy gathered in San Francisco on March 1973.
“What began as modest vision has grown into a conglomeration of...
March 19, 2013
[Sewanee, School of Theology -- Press Release] The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, dean of The School of Theology, has appointed Dr. Courtney Cowart as associate dean and director of the School’s programs center. James Goodmann has been appointed the center’s associate director. These appointments were effective March 1, 2013.
Building on the success of the programs center’s international ...
March 18, 2013
From left, bishops Ed Leidel, William Jay Lambert, and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori following the ordination service...
