Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference accessible on live webcast; panel features Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori

At California First Lady Maria Shriver”s sold out leadership event, The Women”s Conference, the Tuesday, October 26, panel featuring Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be live webcast. Following The Women”s Conference theme, It”s Time, the Presiding Bishop will discuss It”s Time to Talk To Women Who Know First Hand What It Takes […]

Grants awarded for innovative leadership development programs

The 2011 Roanridge Grants totaling $129,700 were recently awarded to seven Episcopal Church agencies actively engaged in developing new and creative models for leadership development in small communities across the Church. The grants are administered through the Office of Congregational Vitality and recipients were announced by the Rev. Bob Honeychurch, Episcopal Church Officer for Congregational […]

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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop, Dalai Lama presentations from Emory accessible on live webcast

Sunday and Monday”s forum, Interfaith Summit on Happiness, with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Dalai Lama and other world religious leaders will be live webcast from Emory University. On October 17 and 18, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori will participate in the Interfaith Summit on Happiness: Understanding and Promoting Happiness in Today's Society, at the […]

Media Advisory: Sudan Ecumenical Church Leaders Delegation at candlelight prayer vigil

An ecumenical group of religious leaders from the Sudan will lead a candlelight prayer vigil on Tuesday, October 12 at the Isaiah Wall in front of the United Nations (42nd and First Ave, NYC) at 7:15 pm Eastern. All are invited. Sudan, and the region of Darfur within it, have suffered years of civil war […]

Episcopal Church of Sudan Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul and ecumenical team bring the plight of Sudan to the United States

The Most Rev. Daniel Deng Bul, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, and a five-member ecumenical team of religious leaders have embarked on an urgent informational and political visit to the United States to present the plight of the Sudanese to the world. A Sudanese-wide referendum is slated for January 9, 2011 which, if […]

Media Advisory: Sudan Ecumenical Church Leaders Delegation Will address media following United Nations meeting

An Ecumenical group of religious leaders from the Sudan will meet with United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon on Monday, October 11. Following the meeting, the group will speak with the media on Sudan and the upcoming referendum. Sudan, and the region of Darfur within it, have suffered years of civil war and genocide. An […]

Innovative partnership aims to assist Episcopal churches to “go green”

In an innovative venture that benefits congregations of all sizes, The Episcopal Church has partnered with GreenFaith, a leading national religious environmental group, to assist churches” efforts to “go green.” Many congregations have expressed the desire to be environmentally “green” and as ecologically responsible as possible. As a result, the collaboration between GreenFaith and The […]

Episcopal Church Office of Communication offers live concert webcast from St. John’s, Lafayette Square, Washington DC

Be sure to join the Episcopal Church Office of Communication in a live webcast of the season”s initial First Wednesdays At St. John”s Concerts, originating from St. John”s Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC (Diocese of Washington). The live concert on Wednesday, October 6 begins at 12:10 pm Eastern (11:10 am Central, 10:10 am Mountain, […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop joins interreligious coalition in call for peace in Jerusalem

Stating that “The time for peace is now,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined other religious leaders in a statement that was presented at meetings on September 29 with National Security Advisor General James Jones and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on behalf of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the […]