May 10, 2013
[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...
March 19, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs -- Press Release] The Office of Communication will present worship offerings every day of Holy Week. The offerings will be available on a special page of the Episcopal Church website here.
Palm Sunday, March 24 – New Orleans Second Line Procession with Jazz Band from St...
[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 1, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Episcopal Church House of Deputies President the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings and Vice President the Hon. Byron Rushing have issued the following letter to deputies on gun violence.
February 28, 2013
Dear Deputies:
In the weeks since the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the debate about guns in American life and culture has been renewed. Advocates for stricter gun...
February 27, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] As the implementation of the Patient Care and Affordable Health Care Act begins to take shape, congregations in Louisiana and Ohio are fighting to continue meeting the needs of the medically uninsured. That includes pushing government officials to sign on to the expansion of Medicaid under the plan, slated for full deployment in 2014.
The...