Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on gun violence

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following statement. _____________________________________________________________   The United States has witnessed far too many public shootings in recent months and years. Far too many lives have been cut short or maimed by both random and targeted acts of gun violence. The school shooting in Newtown was horrific, […]

Updated Lesson Plans That Work now available online

The popular Lesson Plans That Work, an online resource from the Episcopal Church, has been updated and revised, now with three distinct tracts for younger and older children, and adults. Lesson Plans that work are available here: https://lessonplansthatwork.org/, part of the growing Episcopal Digital Network. “Lesson Plans That Work is utilized by many throughout the […]

President of House of Deputies calls for action on immigration reform

Episcopal Church President of the House of Deputies, the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, has issued a letter calling on Episcopalians to ask their elected officials to support immigration reform. “We Episcopalians know that welcoming the stranger among us is one of our greatest responsibilities and joys,” President Jennings writes. “You can stand with our immigrant […]

Planning team nominations now accepted for Episcopal Youth Event 2014

Presiding Bishop at Haiti earthquake anniversary: “God is with us, God is here, God will always be here”

Haiti earthquake Anniversary12 January 2013Cathédrale Ste Trinité, Port-au-Prince   Nous avons écouté les mots d’Apocalypse: "J'ai vu la ville sainte, parée comme une mariée … et j'ai entendu une voix qui disait: "la maison de Dieu avec les hommes.  Il habitera avec eux, essuiera toute larme, il mettra fin à la mort, fin à le […]

Presiding Bishop at Haiti earthquake anniversary: “God is with us, God is here, God will always be here”

“God is with us, God is here, God will always be here,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her sermon at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-Au-Prince on January 12 noting the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people, seriously […]

New video features Trinity Episcopal Church in Alabama: addressing community food deficiencies

The congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church in Clanton, Alabama had a strong desire to reach out and make a different in their small Southern community.  From that desire, the Beans and Rice Ministry was born and has developed into a lifeline for many. Trinity, located in the Diocese of Alabama, is the focus of a […]

Presiding Bishop to visit Haiti on earthquake anniversary

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will visit Haiti January 10-12 to mark the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake. At the invitation of Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori will celebrate and preach at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince at the earthquake commemoration on Saturday, January 12. While […]

Episcopal News Service provides new offering for readers

In response to readers’ request, Episcopal News Service is expanding its offerings and now provides a special area of reader-submitted obituaries. “The new section of the Episcopal News Service website has been designed to allow people to submit their own Episcopal-related obituaries in an easy, user-friendly  manner,” noted the Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News […]

Conciliation meeting slated for January 8, 9

A conciliation meeting concerning complaints involving the Episcopal Dioceses of Fort Worth and Quincy will be held on January 8 and 9 in Richmond, VA (Canon IV.10). The proceedings are private and the content will be confidential. The meeting concerns complaints from the Diocese of Quincy Standing Committee against Bishops Peter Beckwith (Springfield), Bruce MacPherson […]