May 22, 2013
A woman walks through debris after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013. A massive...
May 21, 2013
A couple searches for belongings after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide)...
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 17, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] The Holy Spirit comes, for some, as a comforting presence. For others, it’s a disturbing upsetter. And still, for others, it is mysterious, even scary.
But don’t confuse it just with Pentecost – the 50th day after Easter – which the church observes this Sunday (May 19) and which “challenges us to focus at least one day on the Spirit’s activity in our life,” according to the Rev. Janet Broderick, rector of...
May 9, 2013
[General Theological Seminary] The General Theological Seminary has announced the next recipients of its Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, to be conferred at the 191st Commencement ceremonies on May 15, 2013. Three distinguished leaders of The Episcopal Church will receive the honorary degree: the Reverend Carol Anderson, the Right Reverend Andrew M. L . Dietsche, and the Right Reverend Dorsey W. M. McConnell.
The Rev. Carol Anderson was ordained a priest...
May 6, 2013
[Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] Orange County Superior Court Judge Kim G. Dunning today reaffirmed her May 1...
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 25, 2013
[Bexley Seabury -- Press Release] The federation of Bexley Hall and Seabury Western Theological Seminary, now known as Bexley Seabury, will be inaugurated on Saturday at a Festival Eucharist in the chapel of Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. The Rt. Rev. Catherine Waynick, bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis will preside and the Very Rev. Ian Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, will preach.
At the service, the Rev....
April 19, 2013
[Diocese of Los Angeles] Music composers ages 18 – 25 are invited to compete for a cash prize for an original choral anthem in honor of National LGBT Coming Out Day. The $1,000 prize will be awarded by the Bishop W. Bertrand Stevens Foundation, whose purpose is to strengthen the connection between youth and the church. The anthem will be performed by professional musicians at the Coming Out Day Liturgy on Oct. 6 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Long Beach.
Judging...
