Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations
From the Rev. Margaret Rose: Spring 2022
We live in perilous times. Perhaps it has always been so. But the continued COVID-19 pandemic and its aftereffects—and now the peril of war in Europe among other ongoing conflicts at home and abroad—proclaim an urgent need. In this context it may seem that a meeting such as a church’s General Convention has little to […]
The 80th General Convention to Convene July 2022
The General Convention of The Episcopal Church will meet in Baltimore, Maryland, from July 7-14. Originally planned for the summer of 2021, the 80th General Convention was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every three years the General Convention meets as a bicameral legislature that includes the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops, […]
Sacred Ground Expands to Include Other Denominations, Faith Communities
As we mark the three-year anniversary of Sacred Ground (described as “a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith”), we celebrate its success and the expansion of its license agreements to include communities outside The Episcopal Church. When Sacred Ground began in 2019, its three-year license agreements for curricular materials specified that […]
Virtual Ecumenical Advocacy Days to Take Place in April
Ecumenical Advocacy Days, a national ecumenical movement, is hosting a virtual event April 25 – 27. This year’s theme is “Fierce Urgency: Advancing Civil & Human Rights.” For 2022, Ecumenical Advocacy Days “calls us into solidarity to restore, protect, and expand voting rights in the United States and to realize human rights around the world.” […]
Registration Open for National Workshop on Christian Unity 2022
Registration has opened for this year’s National Workshop on Christian Unity. The event will be held at Christ Cathedral in Anaheim, California, from May 3 – 6. The event is also open for virtual registration. The Rev. Elaine A. Heath, founding president of Neighborhood Seminary, is this year’s theologian in residence. Further information about lpenary […]
Interfaith Engagement in Preventing Violence Against Places of Worship
In January, 10 faith organizations wrote a letter asking President Biden to increase appropriations to FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) from $180 million to $360 million. On March 9 as part of the omnibus appropriations bill, the NSGP was set at $250 million for the 2022 fiscal year. These additional funds will help improve […]
Memorandum of Understanding between The Episcopal Church and the Church of Sweden
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, represented by _______________,and THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN, represented by _______________ Recalling the summary of our dialogue, “Report on the Grounds for Future Relations between the Church of Sweden and the Episcopal Church,” which made clear the existing relationship of communion between our two churches. Grateful that this report was accepted by the […]
The Episcopal Church hosts webinar on new USCCB teaching document
The Episcopal Church’s Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations hosted a webinar-format conversation Dec. 13 on the new U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ teaching document, The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church. In conversation was the Rev. Robert Kunkel of the USCCB Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs and the Rt. Rev. John Bauerschmidt, Episcopal […]
ARCUSA Dialogue
The Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Consultation in the United States (ARCUSA) continued its discussion on reconciliation in the life of the church with a hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person at the Spiritual Life Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. The Nov. 10-12 meeting was the 85th meeting of this dialogue, which began its work […]
Bilateral dialogue between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and The Episcopal Church wraps up fall meeting
In October, the third round of the bilateral dialogue between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and The Episcopal Church came to a close. Representatives from each denomination met virtually to discuss declining membership and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-person worship, among other things. Click here to learn more about the dialogue.
