The Blue Book in Spanish now available for download

Information on the election of Episcopal Church House of Deputies President, Vice President

Episcopal Church House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson has issued a letter in which she details the election of the president and vice president of the House of Deputies. On May 23, Anderson announced her intention not to run for re-election at the upcoming General Convention. Anderson’s letter in full follows:   May 24, 2012 […]

Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori on President Anderson’s announcement

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers the following statement on the announcement today by House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson that she will not seek re-election at General Convention in July. I am grateful for the service Bonnie Anderson has given to The Episcopal Church over many, many years.  She has been tireless […]

An announcement from Bonnie Anderson, President of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies

Video now available of conversation about mission with Presiding Bishop, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

[May 19, 2012] The on-demand video of the May 19 live webcast featuring an engaging conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu is now available at no fee on the website of the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/conversation-mission-21st-century Hosted by Washington National Cathedral, the 35-minute event was moderated […]

Video now available of conversation about mission with Presiding Bishop, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The on-demand video of the May 19 live webcast featuring an engaging conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu is now available at no fee on the website of the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/conversation-mission-21st-century Hosted by Washington National Cathedral, the 35-minute event was moderated by David Crabtree, […]

Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori issues pastoral letter on the Doctrine of Discovery and Indigenous Peoples

[1] Genesis 1:26 [2] Genesis 1:1-2:3 [3] Genesis 2:4-3:24 [4] Commodification or what Heidegger called Bestand, cf. The Question Concerning Technology or Being and Time [5] Doctrine of Discovery resources:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/repudiation-doctrine-discovery [6] cf. Johnson v M’Intosh:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_v._M’Intosh [7] Amos 5:24 [8] http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/ [9] http://kingofpeace.blogspot.com/2009/05/manteo-virginia-dare.html [10] http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/dakota.html [11] http://pci-nsn.gov/westminster/index.html [12] http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19971101&id=LOwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UwgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6997,143732 [13] a shorthand summary of […]

Live webcast features discussion about mission with Episcopal Presiding Bishop, Archbishop Desmond Tutu

A live webcast featuring an enlightening conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be available at no fee on Saturday, May 19 at 3:30 pm Eastern (2:30 pm Central, 1:30 pm Mountain, 12:30 pm Pacific, 11:30 am Alaska, 9:30 am Hawaii) on the website of the […]

Questions accepted in advance of live webcast addressing Episcopal Church General Convention 2012

Questions for panelists about the General Convention 2012 of the Episcopal Church can be submitted now at publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org as well as during the May 9 live webcast. The live webcast, originating from Indianapolis, the site of this year’s General Convention, can be accessed live or on demand at www.episcopalchurch.org. It will begin at 1 pm […]

Episcopal Church joins ecumenical voices at United Nations supporting and advocating for Indigenous Peoples

The Episcopal Church will join with other religious voices in repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery at the 11th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) beginning on Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 18. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will participate in an ecumenical delegation which is hosting a […]