Roanridge Trust Award Grants announced for Episcopal Church innovative leadership development programs

The 2013 Roanridge Trust Award Grants, totaling $262,364.000 for  15 grants for transformative work across the church, have been announced by Sam McDonald, Episcopal Church Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission. The Roanridge Trust Award grants are awarded annually for new and creative models for leadership development in small communities across the Episcopal […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop calls for prayer

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori calls for prayer following the tragedy in Connecticut: We grieve with the many families and friends touched by this shooting in Connecticut.  We mourn the loss of lives so young and innocent.  We grieve that the means of death are so readily available to people who lack the […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Christmas Message 2012: “Discover the love of God poured into our world in human form.”

January – April 2013 consecrations, elections and consents in the Episcopal Church

Architect for Haiti Episcopal Cathedral announced

The Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti announce the selection of Kerns Group Architects, P.C., of Arlington, VA, as architect of the new Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Diocese of Haiti). On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people, seriously injuring more than 250,000, and leaving […]

Applications accepted for Episcopal Church Controller

Applications are now being accepted for a full-time position, Episcopal Church Controller, on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). In addition, other full-time positions previously posted are still actively accepting applications. The work of all the positions reflects the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focus on the Five […]

Episcopal Church Office of Communication offers video featuring seasonal music from St. John’s, Lafayette Square, Washington DC

A new musical video, featuring seasonal music is now available on the website of the Episcopal Church Office of Communication here http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/multimedia. Originating from St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC (Diocese of Washington), the event was recorded on December 5 and features the St. Albans & National Cathedral Schools Madrigal Singers. In addition […]

Application deadline nears for Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corps

Update: task force members for structural reform

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have announced that the Rev. William H. Allport, Jr. from the Diocese of West Texas has resigned from the Structure Task Force for personal reasons. Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori and President Jennings have named the Rev. […]

The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe named Episcopal Church General Convention Executive Officer

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have named the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe as Executive Officer of General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Currently Barlowe is the Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of California, an elected member of Executive Council, and […]