Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans
Christ Church Cathedral, New OrleansFeast of Philander ChaseIsaiah 44:1-6,8; Ps 108:1-6; Acts 1:1-9; Luke 9:1-6 When I first heard about dedicating a trumpet at this service, I have to admit that I thought that we were going to dedicate a brace of organ pipes – those great big, bright and deep-throated ones like the ones […]
Presiding Bishop calls on people of faith to insist U.S. government refrain from ‘inhumane treatment’ of migrants
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Many remained hopeful that during the last session of Congress a long overdue immigration reform bill would pass, transforming our failed immigration system into one that is more just and fair. Regrettably, the process was stalemated by opponents of reform, leaving about 12 million migrant workers in limbo, without […]
Union Theological Seminary Convocation Address
5 September 2007Isaiah 61:1-9. Welcome to a new year, to the new thing God is doing in this place. Welcome to enormous possibility, a profligate hyperabundance of grace, full measure, pressed down, and overflowing. Tonight and tomorrow begin anew. What makes this night different from all other nights? â but the promise that the coming […]
Pondering the Great Commission
I met recently with a group of appointed missionaries of the Episcopal Church. They gathered for 10 days in New York for orientation before leaving to do mission. It was an enormous privilege to meet them and see their energy and enthusiasm (which means “filled with God”) for this adventure. We had an opportunity for […]
UBE Eucharist – Telling Our Story
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church UBE Eucharist, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston 4 July 2007, 11 am Isaiah 42:1-7; Psalm 72:1-4,12-14; James 2:5-9,12-17; Matthew 10:32-42 There is abundant irony in today's celebration, as this gathering calls for reconciliation on the day our nation gives thanks for […]
Consecration of Laura Ahrens at Yale University
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church30 June 2007, 10:30 amIsaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 100; Hebrews 5:1-10; John 20:19-23 Well, are the doors locked? Maybe they should be, maybe they would be, if we were really serious about what we’re doing here. We ought to be trembling, but not […]
Episcopal Historians and NNECA meeting
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal ChurchIrenaeus, c 202Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, VA, 10 am So what might Irenaeus have to offer third millennium Christians? If you look a bit beyond the surface, I think you’ll find that the kinds of heresies he wrote about so accurately and humorously […]
400th Anniversary Celebration at Jamestown, Virginia
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church Jamestown 400th 24 June 2007 1 Peter 5:5b-11; Luke 15:1-10 We're here today to celebrate a remarkable history. This is one of the central starting points from which the gospel spread across this land we call the United States. While […]
Jazz Mass at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Proper 6, Year C17 June 2007 (Father’s Day and Jazz Mass)Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis We’re doing something unusual today. I gather that Jazz masses are not an everyday occurrence around here. Sad thing, that. Especially since jazz is not a bad image of what God is up to. Theme and variation, theme and improvisation, hear […]
Presiding Bishop’s testimony to the Senate on global warming
Written Testimony ofThe Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop ofThe Episcopal ChurchBefore the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee June 7, 2007 God has not given us a spirit of fear, but power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Good Morning. Madam Chair, Senator Inhofe, my fellow panelists, it is […]