Sally Johnson awarded House of Deputies Medal

The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, presented the House of Deputies medal to Sally Johnson, Esq. during the 2013 Episcopal Chancellors Network Conference. Johnson, who recently retired as vice president of risk management and education for the Church Pension Group, was awarded the House of Deputies medal in May. In presenting […]

President of House of Deputies invited to visit Anglican Church in Mexico

The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of The Episcopal Church House of Deputies, will visit the Anglican Church in Mexico’s VII General Synod on June 14 and 15. The synod will elect a new primate, who will succeed Bishop Carlos Touché-Porter, primate and bishop of the Diocese of Mexico, whose term as primate is concluding. […]

United Thank Offering Awards: $1.5 million for Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion mission and ministry

Executive Council awards Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants

The Episcopal Church Executive Council announced the recipients of the Constable Fund Grants, totaling $535,000, for the 2013 grant cycle.  The announcement was made by Anne Watkins, an Executive Council member from the Diocese of Connecticut and chair of the Constable Fund Grant Review Committee, during the Executive Council meeting, currently gathered in Baltimore, Maryland. […]

Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine elected Episcopal Church lay representative to Anglican Consultative Council

The Executive Council, currently meeting in Baltimore, MD, elected Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands, to serve as the Episcopal Church lay representative on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). Ballentine is the chancellor of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands since 1995 and has been a deputy to General Convention since […]

EYE14 location announced

The popular Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) will be held at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia. Slated for July 9-13, 2014, EYE14 is being planned in partnership with the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made June 8 by Bishop Clifton Daniel of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, to Executive Council, currently meeting in Maryland.  “Villanova University […]

President of House of Deputies Opening Remarks to Executive Council

Episcopal Church President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings presented the following remarks at the opening of the Executive Council Meeting at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Executive Council Opening RemarksJune 7, 2013 The Rev. Gay Clark JenningsPresident of the House of […]

Presiding Bishop’s Opening Remarks to Executive Council

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented the following remarks at the opening of the Executive Council Meeting at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Executive CouncilOpening RemarksJune 8, 2013 The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and PrimateThe Episcopal Church             I’m going to talk […]

Save the date: Churchwide conference April 9-11, 2014

Bishops, clergy and laity from throughout the Episcopal Church are invited to gather April 9 – 11, 2014 to explore one of the major issues in today’s society – violence in all its forms. Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace: An Episcopal gathering to challenge the epidemic of violence will be held at the Reed Center […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s office notifies Diocese of Southwestern Virginia of successful canonical consent process

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia that Bishop-Elect Mark Bourlakas has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction, and […]