Episcopal Presiding Bishop on the earthquake in Japan

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers the following concerning the devastating earthquake in Japan: The Episcopal Church is praying for the people of Japan, particularly Bishop John Kato, the clergy, and people of the Diocese of Tohoku in the aftermath of this devastating earthquake. We will continue to pray with Japan as she […]

Salt Lake City selected as site of 2015 Episcopal Church General Convention

Note: The following is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of the Episcopal Church. This information contains Episcopal Church lingo and terms; check the websites listed at the end for full explanations. Salt Lake City, UT, has been selected as the site for the 2015 General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The selection […]

Episcopal Presiding Bishop in Haiti on Ash Wednesday: We stand at the beginning of Lent, reminded that we are dust and that we shall return to dust at the last.

Theological educational grants awarded for Episcopalians, Anglicans in Caribbean, Latin America

Office of Communication to live webcast churchwide consultation of Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music

The Episcopal Church Office of Communication will live webcast all the plenary sessions of the March 18 and 19 churchwide consultation by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM). The two-day consultation will center on the 2009 General Convention Resolution C056 to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources for same-gender blessings. The plenary […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Message for Lent: “Are you traveling light on the earth?”

Noting that the season of Lent has traditionally been in “solidarity with those to be baptized,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an invitation to deepen our Christian practices in her Lent 2011 message. The Presiding Bishop’s video Lenten message, taped at Chapel of Christ the Lord at the Episcopal Church Center in […]

Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations

Resources, meditations and study guides to provide a means to experience a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lent Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year March 9. The 40-day season is a time of reflection, prayer, penance and meditation. The Lenten season concludes with the celebration of Easter on Sunday, […]

Episcopal Church House of Deputies President Anderson offers commentary on Church governance and change

Change is in the water. Our society is changing demographically and economically, the size and resource base of our church is changing and the world is changing through climate change, population change, technology and a host of other factors. We are swimming in change. In particular, governance change is in the Episcopal Church’s water. We […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop's office notifies Diocese of Northern Michigan of successful canonical consent process

The Governance of The Episcopal Church: This information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Northern Michigan that Bishop-Elect Rayford Ray has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As […]

Episcopal healthy congregational practices second video features Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ

Changing with the neighborhood and addressing the needs of the community are the hallmarks for healthy congregational practices at Episcopal Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ (Diocese of Arizona).“In many ways, it has been the cathedral that led the way toward urban renewal in downtown Phoenix,” noted the Rev. Bob Honeychurch, Episcopal Church Officer for Congregational Vitality. […]