Monday, January 11, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church is launching a campaign, “From Many, One,” to promote a new spiritual framework for Episcopalians to engage in tough conversations with family, friends and neighbors, bridging the intense divisions that threaten to tear...
Friday, January 8, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry added his name Jan. 8 to an open letter addressed to Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and the U.S. Cabinet, calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office. The full letter,...
Friday, January 8, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] Drawing on the words of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry implored Americans to choose community over chaos in a message to The Episcopal Church as the United States reels from the Jan. 6 coup attempt at...
Thursday, January 7, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
The Rev. Rodger Babnew, a deacon serving St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Nogales, Arizona, and a co-convener of Cruzando Fronteras, a Diocese of Arizona border ministry, led 2019 summit attendees on tour of the border in Nogales. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry strongly denounced the armed assault on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 by President Donald Trump’s supporters, referring to it as an “attempted coup.” At least one person was shot inside the Capitol when...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] With in-person worship off the table for most Episcopalians this year, a variety of options are available to participate in the familiar liturgical rituals of Christmas. Whether your parish is doing its own virtual service or not, here are...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
The Holy Land pilgrimage app created by St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina, allows users to follow the Gospel story in and around Jerusalem without ever having to set foot outside their neighborhood. Photo: David...
Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, welcomes parishioners to weekly walk-thru Communion this Advent. Each Sunday, they are invited to walk around the nave, stopping at devotional art stations, before picking up Communion kits from a table to the...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is the seat of the presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church. Photo: Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Washington National Cathedral on Dec. 15 tolled its bell 300 times, once for every 1,000 people...
Monday, December 14, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
New York police officers block off the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan...
Friday, December 11, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] Advent and Christmas services are among the most anticipated of the liturgical year. This year is no exception, but with COVID-19 cases spiking across the United States and worldwide, some Episcopal dioceses are suspending in-person worship –...
Thursday, December 10, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
Prayer cards hang on the wall at Church of the Holy Spirit behind some of the food prepared for delivery through Abundant Life Ministries. Many of the families served by Abundant Life were first connected to the church by parishioners who went into the community to...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
The Rev. Pauli Murray the first Black woman ordained an Episcopal priest. Photo courtesy Carolina Digital Library and Archives/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Pauli Murray, a queer writer, lawyer and co-founder of the...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Episcopal Church News
A person washes and sanitizes their hands at a service in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan’s Diocese of Juba in the summer of 2020. Photo: Diocese of Juba [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s mission work in Africa is adapting to COVID-19, but...