May 6, 2013
Episcopal Chancellors Network
4 May 2013
Clearwater, FLThe Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchMonnica is remembered as a saint mostly because of the fervency of her prayer. She had a challenging family life. Both husband and son at various times led remarkably dissolute lives that probably called abundantly on the gifts of people like those in this room. Eventually she gave up...
May 3, 2013
[St. Peter's Episcopal Church Ellicott City, Maryland] For 172 years, people of all ages and from all walks of life have gathered at St. Peter’s Church to praise, worship and give thanks to God.
For 172 years, this community of faith came together for fellowship, extending hospitality to the community and welcoming all to enjoy bountiful food and fun.
For 172 years, these people, inspired by Jesus Christ’s instructions to Peter, whose name they bear, to “tend my...
May 2, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached the following sermon May 2 during “Sustaining Hope in the Face of Climate Change,” an event hosted by the Episcopal Church and the Church of Sweden held at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.
May 2, 2013
Sustaining Hope in the Face of Climate Change
St. John’s Episcopal Church,...[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The heads of three religious denominations – The Episcopal Church, theChurch of Sweden, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) – signed a...
[Episcopal Divinity School -- Press Release] The Rev. Margaret Rose has been the deputy for ecumenical and interfaith collaboration for the Episcopal Church since 2012. In this position she has helped represent the Episcopal Church in many interfaith contexts. This spring she is a Procter Scholar at Episcopal Divinity School.The...
April 30, 2013
[Episcopal Relief & Development] Six months after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the northeastern United States, washing over coastal barrier islands and causing an estimated $50 billion in wind and flood damage, the Episcopal dioceses of Easton, New Jersey, Newark, New York and Long Island are continuing to aid impacted communities and facilitate recovery efforts.
Episcopal Relief & Development is currently supporting the work of disaster recovery...
April 29, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached the following sermon April 27 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston’s Copley Square, during a daylong Climate Revival –An Ecumenical Festival to Embolden the Renewal of Creation.
The event included preaching, worship, prayers, and music in celebration of the splendor of creation, mourning of its desecration and in advocating...
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affair press release] The office of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the...
April 25, 2013
[Seminary of the Southwest -- Press Release] Dean and President elect Cynthia Briggs Kittredge announced on Monday, April 22, her appointment of Dr. Scott Bader-Saye to academic dean beginning June 1, 2013, at Seminary of the Southwest.
“A fine teacher and thoughtful scholar, Scott has shown himself to be a wise, fair, and skilled leader in the faculty and the wider community,” said Kittredge. “I am very excited that Scott has agreed to serve in this...
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs -- Press Release] In the next four months – May 1 to August 31 – the Episcopal Church will witness the consecration of two bishops, the elections of two bishops, and the canonical consent process underway for two bishops-elect.
Consecrations
Two consecrations of a bishop are slated for May to August. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will officiate at the ordination service.
June 15: Diocese...