Presiding Bishop issues video message to both houses of General Convention

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a video message to the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops on the topic of the July General Convention. “I want to challenge this church to look forward and outward, rather than focusing inward and backward,” she says in her communiqué. Citing the five […]

Thousands visit, offer prayers, watch videos on the new Episcopal Church website

Marking the second anniversary of Haiti earthquake: message from Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop, powerful video of Haiti, images, resources

Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet in Maryland January 27-29

The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet January 27-29 at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org. A media conference with phone access for media not able […]

Episcopal Church Interim Legal Counsel named

 Paul Nix of Atlanta, GA has been named interim Legal Counsel for the Episcopal Church to fill the post vacated by the retirement of Tom Duggan, Esq., at the end of 2011.  Nix will hold the position until a search for a permanent Legal Counsel is conducted following the 77th General Convention in July. The […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop on Christmas Eve: “We gather to celebrate his birth.”

 “The eternal hope and yearning of the human race emerges from darkness into light in the birth of this child both humble and divine,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori noted in her homily for Christmas Eve, 2011. “We gather to celebrate his birth and recover that eternal hope.” Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori presented […]

New features, new opportunities abound in experiential Episcopal Church website www.EpiscopalChurch.org

 The Episcopal Church website – www.episcopalchurch.org – has undergone a complete transformation and redesign into a welcoming, eye-appealing, easy-to-navigate, experiential site. Launched on December 28, the new website features a motif of stained glass windows, each of which holds a small piece of our contemporary church. Taking direction from newcomer research, the design is steeped, […]

The Rev. Margaret Rose named Episcopal Church Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Collaboration

The Rev. Margaret Rose has been named the Episcopal Church Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Collaboration. The announcement was made December 19 by Sam McDonald, Director of Mission and Deputy Chief Operating Officer. As Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Collaboration, Rose will articulate and represent the ecumenical and interfaith positions of the Episcopal Church as […]

Episcopal Presiding Bishop’s Christmas 2011 Message

Lutheran-Anglican-Episcopal leadership of Canada, US issue report following annual meeting

The Lutheran-Anglican-Episcopal leadership of Canada and the United States met on December 8 at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City. Attending were: The Rev. Mark HansonPresiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)The Rev. Don McCoidAssistant to the Presiding Bishop of the ELCA  The Most Rev. Fred HiltzArchbishop, Anglican Church of […]