Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at Christ Church in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday, July 4. “Disciples are supposed to build bridges wherever possible.” The following is the text of the Presiding Bishop”s sermon.___________________________________________ Greetings from around The Episcopal Church. Today is the day Americans celebrate the beginning of their struggle for independence…

As mandated in General Convention 2009 Resolution A096, The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) is soliciting views, opinions and feedback on Holy Women, Holy Men, a major revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts. The Rev. Ruth Meyers, Ph.D., Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and SCLM…

The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) is addressing its duties to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources for same-sex blessings, as charged in General Convention Resolution C056, through three main task forces and by establishing communication tools to solicit responses from the wider Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ruth Meyers, Ph.D.,…

“The freedom we have received in Christ is meant to give us larger hearts and wider-seeing eyes that don”t focus so much on our own fears,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a sermon presented at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 27. She concluded: “May we claim the…

Funds are available for mortgages, small business loans, community economic development, affordable housing, job creation and other avenues for the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church through the Economic Justice Loan Funds, administered by the Economic Justice Loan Committee (EJLC). Established in 1988 through Resolution C030 by General Convention and in 1989 by The…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has named the Rev. Dr. Thomas Ferguson as Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Officer for The Episcopal Church. In this position, Ferguson will develop strategies and actions supporting the Presiding Bishop”s efforts as chief ecumenical officer of The Episcopal Church. Working with colleagues, Ferguson will seek to foster ecumenical and interreligious…

In observance of World Refugee Day on June 20, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) is offering web-based resources and videos that movingly tell the stories of refugees who seek a new start, a new home, and a new life. Sunday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, designated by the United Nations and observed by refugee advocates…

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church has issued the following message following the conclusion of its three-day meeting at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD. A Message to The Episcopal Church from the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum, Maryland, June 16-18, 2010 In the 1960s…

“We are urgently committed to helping to build a society of peace with justice – a world of shalom and salaam, the very concept from which Jerusalem takes its name,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her address to the Congressional Prayer Breakfast for Peace in the Middle East on June 15,…

“The Episcopal Church seeks justice, dignity, and equality in these matters, and we will partner with any and all who share those values and priorities,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC on June 15. Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori participated in a panel presentation discussing “How religious…