Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana The Formation of the Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative After Hurricane Katrina A week after Hurricane Katrina, the Very Rev. David duPlantier, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, was listening to an NPR’s All Things...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev, Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recovery Ministry A doctor in recovery provides a guided tour through the brain changes, genetics, and psychology that cause addiction… The Alcoholic / Addict Within is a book that empowers alcoholics and addicts – and...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
[Photographs by Karen Mackey] The 134th Annual Gathering of the Episcopal Church Women was held at Trinity Church, New Orleans on June 18 and 19, 2021. The theme was “A New Day” and featured keynote speaker, the Rev. Sandy Casey-Martus, with special...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | Community Ministry
[Photograph by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana] Marilyn Hines is one of the 2021 Honored Women of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Louisiana. The two other honorees are Alice Strausser and Cecile Torbergsen, not pictured. For 25 years the Episcopal...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
The Rev. Benjamín Sánchez was received as a priest in the Episcopal Church on June 5, 2021, at St. Augustine’s, Metairie. He will serve as the missioner for Hispanic ministries in the Diocese of Louisiana. He will celebrate his first service at St....
Thursday, May 20, 2021 | Community Ministry
The Community Mission Appeal (CMA) was established in order to help parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana reach out to their neighbors who are most in need. Funds for the CMA are raised through parish appeals throughout the Diocese, as well as individual...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev. Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recover Ministry Recently I was half-listening to an interview on NPR about the stress and strain of the past year on people old and young, professionals, etc. In the course of the interview, the interviewee told of a...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
The Gaudet Committee announces the awarding of 13 community grants for the 2021 program year. The Gaudet Community Grant provides funding for not-for-profit agencies that create, manage, and expand educational opportunities for African-American children within the...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
In her book, The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath, Leslie Jamison writes: “From the night of my first buzz, I didn’t understand why everyone in the world wasn’t getting drunk every night.…. Scientists describe addiction as a dysregulation of the...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
The first time I heard of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s), I rather cynically thought that the treatment center at Hazelden had created a new fad to bring more people into treatment. Oh, was I so wrong! Adult Children of Alcoholics are real people who are...
Monday, December 7, 2020 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev. Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recover Ministry As I talk to clergy and other professionals about addiction and recovery, there seems to be the impression that “alcoholics are not responsible.” What we have to keep in mind is that those who...
Monday, December 7, 2020 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev. Dr. Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recovery Ministry So, what’s your new addiction since COVID19? Reading? Running around the house? Video games? Bible reading? Ah, sure don’t we all have an addiction and some of them are harmless? Well, it...
Thursday, December 3, 2020 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
Pictured: (RIght) Marcie Anthony-Courtney and (left) Dianne Gill. The 24th Presentation of Honored Women By the Episcopal Church Women In the Diocese of LouisianaRecognized for her ministry and service in the name of our Lord Jesus ChristAcknowledged at the 133rd ECW...
Thursday, October 8, 2020 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
by the Rev. Robert Beazley, Disaster and Response Coordinator, Diocese of Louisiana For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
Watch this beautiful video of the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center and then scroll below to make a donation today. SECC needs our financial support now more than ever. The Solomon Episcopal Conference Center is the premier retreat venue of the Episcopal Diocese of...
