Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | General Convention
Should financially stable dioceses step help those that need more funds? An announcement that the Diocese of Leeds must review salaries, make staff redundant, and close its pension program has triggered a national debate. Leeds is the Church of England’s youngest...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | General Convention
The Diocese of Tasmania plans to sell churches to pay redress to child-abuse survivors, and has extended the deadline for responses. The diocese, located in the island state to the south Australian mainland, originally set September as the deadline to complete...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | General Convention
Episcopal Relief & Development and the Diocese of Northern California are providing emergency support to communities struck by the Carr Fire that began on July 23. The support includes rental assistance, short-term storage for recovered belongings, food, gasoline,...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | General Convention
The Diocese of Atlanta’s Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing has announced its initial goal to donate 1,308 Tutudesks to students in Africa: In partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Education, the Tutudesk provides the answer to the classroom desk...
Monday, August 6, 2018 | General Convention
Christobal Leon Lozano | Glenda McQueen Lynette Wilson reports for Episcopal News Service: Cristobal Leon Lozano was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador Litoral on Aug. 4. He will succeed to the Rt. Rev. Alfredo Morante España, who has been the diocesan...
Monday, August 6, 2018 | General Convention
Members of St. Michael’s Church in Racine, Wisconsin, have formed a chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to provide beds and bedding for children between the ages of 3 and 17. Sleep in Heavenly Peace, based in Twin Falls, Idaho, had only two chapters in 2017. Since the...
Monday, August 6, 2018 | General Convention
Tola Mbakwe reports for Premier: The founder of Christian charity Barnabas Fund has been found not guilty of an indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1977. After deliberating for less than two hours, the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court unanimously found Dr...
Monday, August 6, 2018 | General Convention
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | Wikimedia Commons 12 Pentecost, August 12 2 Sam. 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ps. 130 or Ps. 34:1-8 • Eph. 4:25-5:2 • John 6:35, 41-51 Trying to reclaim Jerusalem, David was in locked battle against the armies of his son Absalom,...
Friday, August 3, 2018 | General Convention
Appointments The Rev. Lee Anne is canon for formation in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The Rev. Karri Backer is head of school at St. Mark’s, Upland, CA. The Rev. Kirsten Baer is assistant chaplain at Casady School, Oklahoma City. The Rev. Kevin Bartle is deacon in...
Friday, August 3, 2018 | General Convention
The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnson writes to members of the Diocese of Virginia with details about his retirement plans: After many months of intense prayer and reflection, and in close consultation with the Presiding Bishop and our Standing Committee, I am formally...
Friday, August 3, 2018 | General Convention
A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after its removal. The Lyghfield Bible, named after the 16th-century monk who once owned it, was among a number of items removed from the cathedral’s monastic library at the time of the...
Thursday, August 2, 2018 | General Convention
Adapted from the Diocese of Missouri Think of it as a little blue box that lives on your phone. The United Thank Offering has encouraged generations of Episcopalians to mark gratitude in daily life by adding spare change to small paper boxes. Months of work with...
Thursday, August 2, 2018 | General Convention
The Rt. Rev. Audrey C. Scanlan, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, writes to members of her diocese about allegations of past sexual abuses by priests of the Diocese of Harrisburg: I bid your prayers for those who will find this report to be difficult, and perhaps...
Thursday, August 2, 2018 | General Convention
Morus and Dinkas who worship together Deacon Deborah Goldfeder writes for the Diocese of Missouri about her visit to Kiryandongo, South Sudan, earlier this year: How did benches become a symbol of peace and reconciliation between two tribes that have been enemies as...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson, director of Episcopal Migration Ministries since 2016, will be the next canon to the presiding bishop for ministry within the Episcopal Church. Stevenson’s first day in the role will be Sept. 1, and he will be based at the Episcopal...
