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[Episcopal News Service — Phoenix, Arizona] Upon learning from a 2022 federal report that the state of Arizona had the second highest number of known Indigenous boarding schools in the […]
Diocese of Georgia to sell diocesan offices, move into building of shuttered church
[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Georgia plans to move from its current diocesan offices into another Savannah building vacated last year when one of the diocese’s churches closed, a […]
African churches, church health organizations on alert as mpox spreads
[World Council of Churches] Churches in Africa remain on alert as mpox continues to spread in parts of the continent, prompting international health organizations to declare it a health emergency. […]
New York gives $1.5 million to help Cathedral of St. John the Divine expand social service ministries
[Episcopal News Service] The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine announced Aug. 20 that it had received a $1.5 million grant from the city of New York to renovate […]
Central Pennsylvania congregation sells church but remains active by renting back its sanctuary
[Episcopal News Service] Worshippers gather Sundays inside the nave at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Altoona, Pennsylvania, just like they always have, with no reason to notice anything different – […]
Episcopalians attend White House Council meeting on tapping into federal climate change funds
[Episcopal News Service] Three Episcopalians were among the faith leaders who participated in a meeting this week with the White House Council on Environmental Quality to discuss how communities of […]
Americas’ Anglican primates meet in Panama, elect regional leadership
[Episcopal News Service] Anglican primates from across the Americas met in Panama City, Panama, this week to elect regional leadership and discuss common concerns. Primates elected the Most Rev. Marinez […]
St. Paul’s Cathedral in Victoria, Australia, to be site of prayer vigil for refugees
[The Melbourne Anglican] Christians will be asked to pray for an end to cruelty to refugees, including those left in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, at an Aug. 16 vigil […]
Mennonite-Anglican Ecumenical Dialogue in Canada continues conversations
[Anglican Church of Canada] The most recent meeting of the Mennonite-Anglican Dialogue in Canada took place earlier this summer in Winnipeg. The Mennonite-Anglican Dialogue in Canada was created in 2017 […]
New York youth embark on Jonathan Daniels pilgrimage, visit historic Civil Rights’ sites
[Episcopal News Service – Hayneville, Alabama] Angel Williams, a 15-year-old from New York City, thought she already knew a lot about the Civil Rights Movement from her high school U.S. […]
World Council of Churches releases media briefing on digital visit to the Holy Land
[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches, accompanied by partners from the Middle East Council of Churches, ACT Alliance and Caritas Internationalis, released a video media briefing on […]
Call for volunteers to Episcopal Church’s interim bodies nets more than 1,500 applications
[Episcopal News Service] More than 1,500 people have applied to serve on The Episcopal Church’s interim bodies – the commissions, task forces, boards and other committees that conduct the work […]
Los Angeles bishop announces timeline for election and consecration of his successor
[Episcopal News Service] Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Aug. 13 announced the timeline for the election and consecration of his successor over the next two years, with an election […]
Scottish Episcopal priest is in training to run across Iceland
[Scottish Episcopal Church] The Rev. Diana Hall, rector of St. Anne’s Scottish Episcopal and Methodist Church in Dunbar, has been training for more than seven months for the Great Norse Run […]
Commission releases call for action on youth’s mental health
[World Council of Churches] A working group of the World Council of Churches’ Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing has released a message, “A call for cross-generational action […]
New plan helps Church of England congregations cut carbon emissions
[Church of England] A new pilot plan from the Church of England is helping churches double their money for carbon-cutting projects. Give To Go Green is a match-funding pilot from […]
No funds for Christchurch Cathedral from New Zealand government
Editor’s note: The cathedral was badly damaged by an earthquake in 2011. [Anglican Taonga] The Diocese of Christchurch received news on Aug. 9 that the country’s coalition government has chosen […]
East Carolina church uproots dead tree, uncovers parts of its history
[Episcopal News Service] What began as the removal of a tree at Christ Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, has turned into a look into the life of the property’s […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits Kansas City Episcopal church to watch musical rehearsal based on her book
[Episcopal News Service] Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a stop at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri, last weekend to watch the first workshop, or draft, of […]
Medical staff share realities from the field in Gaza
[World Council of Churches] On Aug. 7, a delegation from the World Council of Churches, accompanied by partners from the Middle East Council of Churches, ACT Alliance and Caritas Internationalis, […]
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