Church Divinity School of the Pacific dedicates solar panels

California Bishop Marc Andrus; former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, St. Margaret’s Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry at Church Divinity School of the Pacific; and CDSP President and Dean W. Mark Richardson, pose for a photograph on the roof of Parsons Hall. Photo: Tom Minczeski/CDSP [Episcopal News Service] Harnessing energy from the sun is […]

Advisory Council on the Stewardship of Creation offers report

The Episcopal Church Advisory Council on the Stewardship of Creation offers a report of its work following a recent meeting. The report follows: The Advisory Council on the Stewardship of Creation met in New York City July 20-22 to discern the Church’s ongoing response to environmental issues.  The Advisory Council members were appointed by the […]

Episcopal-Anglican-Lutheran leadership of Canada, US write to President Obama, Prime Minister Harper

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has joined with the Episcopal-Anglican-Lutheran leadership of Canada and the United States in a letter to both United States President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper concerning the review and future of the Columbia River Treaty, drawing attention to its impact on Indigenous peoples and regional […]

Innovative partnership with Episcopal Church helps students in high-risk environments cope with daily pressures

An innovative partnership between schools and a New York City church will engage students who are in high-risk environments at school in conversations about life skills that lead to successful and productive lives. The program, named RISE for Rising Stars Experience, is an 18-month initiative with a total of 15 students: eight 7-10 year olds, […]

Advocacy Matters: The Environment and Indigenous Women

With the increased pressure to alleviate America’s dependency on foreign oil, the advent of new, more environmentally dangerous methods of oil and natural gas extraction have begun to take center stage on the American frontier. In the West, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations have become the center for a new “gold rush” of this century, and […]

Episcopal Church sponsors major topical forum: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment

On April 21, the Episcopal Church will sponsor a forum on a critical topic: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment. Originating from St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City, UT, the two-hour ecumenical forum will be live webcast beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). “Through The Intersection […]

From Ash Wednesday to Earth Day: Stewardship of Creation

I am writing this on Ash Wednesday. This evening an ash cross will be smeared on my forehead. I will be reminded that I am dust, and to dust I shall return. I will be reminded that, like Adam, I was formed from Earth. Stewardship is sometimes still narrowly understood as “what we do around […]

A Catechism of Creation: An Episcopal Understanding