At its meeting in June, The Episcopal Church Executive Council adopted new proxy voting guidelines. Episcopal Church treasurer Kurt Barnes explained that the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) Proxy Voting Policy is based on the Church’s longstanding engagement in shareholder activism. “The Episcopal Church shareholder resolutions engage in dialogues with corporations regarding social issues…

The Episcopal Church Economic Justice Loan Committee (ELJC) of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) has approved a $150,000 grant to Fonkozé USA, known for its support of micro-credit in Haiti and women’s small businesses. Based in Washington, DC, Fonkozé USA plans to re-loan the $150,000 to its Haitian partner, Fonkozé www.fonkoze.org Bishop Jean…

At the invitation of Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will visit the General Synod July 3 and 4 in Ottawa. Additionally, this year’s General Synod will be the first-ever Joint Assembly with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. More than 800 Anglicans, Lutherans,…

In response to the United States Senate’s vote to pass S. 744, the Senate’s immigration reform legislation, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson have issued the following joint statement.   United States Senate Passes Compassionate and Humane Immigration Reform   Today, Lutherans…

Applications are now being accepted for the position of Missioner for Young Adult and Campus Ministry on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). This position reflects the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focus on the Five Marks of Mission.  The position is full-time and does not require relocation….

Applications are now being accepted for grant proposals from dioceses, parishes or community college/college/university campuses for new as well as current campus ministries in higher education institutions in the Episcopal Church.   The Episcopal Church Office for Young Adult and Campus Ministries is offering two categories of grants:   A series of Campus Ministries grants…

There’s still time to register for the 2013 Conference of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on July 12 and 13 at the Episcopal Commons of Utah in Salt Lake City, Diocese of Utah. And, if traveling isn’t possible for in-person attendance, participation from afar is being offered through live webcasting. For the first time…

The Episcopal Church Executive Council announced the recipients of the Constable Fund Grants, totaling $535,000, for the 2013 grant cycle.  The announcement was made by Anne Watkins, an Executive Council member from the Diocese of Connecticut and chair of the Constable Fund Grant Review Committee, during the Executive Council meeting, currently gathered in Baltimore, Maryland….

The Executive Council, currently meeting in Baltimore, MD, elected Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands, to serve as the Episcopal Church lay representative on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). Ballentine is the chancellor of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands since 1995 and has been a deputy to General Convention since…

The popular Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) will be held at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia. Slated for July 9-13, 2014, EYE14 is being planned in partnership with the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made June 8 by Bishop Clifton Daniel of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, to Executive Council, currently meeting in Maryland.  “Villanova University…