May 15, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] Some Episcopal Church congregations in the Diocese of Minnesota will decide to marry same-sex couples when a new state law goes into effect in August and some will not, and Bishop Brian Prior says that difference “represents the diversity and the comprehensive nature of who we are as Episcopalians and Anglicans.”
Writing on his...
[Anglican Communion News Service] Bishop William Mchombo of the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia has challenged Zambian politicians to stop practicing “politics of the belly if they genuinely care for the electorate.”
The bishop made the call during the 10th Synod of the Diocese of Eastern Zambia held May 2-5 at St. Luke’s Cathedral in Msoro, an area in the Eastern Province of Zambia.
“The crossing of opposition members of parliament to the ruling...
May 14, 2013
[Anglican Taonga] Sir Ellison Pogo, former archbishop of the Anglican Church in Melanesia, died May 13 at his home in Honiara of lymphoma, which had been diagnosed while he was in Auckland during last...
May 13, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs press release] On November 15, the Episcopal Church will host and produce a forum centering on a critical topic for our times: Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America. Originating from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi (Diocese of Mississippi), the 90-minute ecumenical forum will be live...
[Washington National Cathedral press release] Washington National Cathedral learned May 13 that it came in first place in the Partners in Preservation competition sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
As the winner, the cathedral is guaranteed a grant...
All Saints Church, Steenrijk, Curaçao [Diocese of Venezuela]
12 May 2013The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchThe beauty of this place is legendary. It is beautiful – and fragile, for its beauty depends on a dynamic balance among the parts of this island system. Many people don’t notice beauty around them until it’s gone. When we go somewhere that looks very different, often it takes...
[Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina] On December 14, 2012, the unthinkable happened. Twenty children and six adults were killed when a lone gunman, Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
It was a beautiful Friday morning; my day off. I will, on occasion, spend my Fridays painting with children in local schools. Hammond School in Columbia, SC had invited me to paint with children in their Lower School. They were...
May 11, 2013
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Global Episcopal Mission Network
9 May 2013
Bogotá, Colombia
AscensionThe Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchAre you feeling high and lifted up, in this rarefied air, at the end of a stimulating and encouraging conference? It’s a good day to celebrate Ascension. Yet we have to recognize that the band of disciples who hung around Jerusalem after Jesus’ execution didn’t...
[Harvard Divinity School -- Press Release] The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council (AAC) is pleased to announce four new members, who will begin terms of service on July 1, 2013: Peter K. Anagnostos, MTS ’86, of Shaker Heights, Ohio; Christopher J. Hanson, MDiv ’10, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Shenila Khoja-Moolji, MTS ’10, and Margaret R. Rose, MDiv ’79, both of New York, New York.
Julia Whitcavitch-DeVoy, MTS ’94, of Newton, Massachusetts,...