[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Thomas James Brown was elected Feb. 9 to become the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Maine. Brown, 48, was elected at a special convention in Bangor. One of five nominees, clergy and lay delegates chose...
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February 11, 2019
February 6, 2019
Donnelle Guynn, a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the Meadow in Fort Worth, offers hot sausage biscuits to a mother and her children during a recent Coffee on the Corner morning outside the church. Meadowbrook Elementary School...
February 4, 2019
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry told clergy in the Diocese of Florida Feb. 4 to work hard to stay in relationship with Bishop John Howard, even if they disagree with his opposition to same-sex marriage....
February 1, 2019
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry poses with Trinity Preparatory School students after their special assembly with him. Photo: Jon-Paul Wimer/Trinity Preparatory School [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry told...
February 1, 2019
Florida Bishop John Howard says General Convention’s effort to ensure same-sex marriages can happen in all of the church’s domestic dioceses is “the standard in this diocese.” Photo: Diocese of Florida [Episcopal News Service] Some...
February 1, 2019
Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno spent nearly seven hours March 29-30, 2017, talking to the hearing panel that was considering disciplinary action against him. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [...
January 22, 2019
Some of the 15 couples renewing their vows and having their marriages blessed Jan. 19 at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in north Dallas sing during the evening service. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service...
January 18, 2019
[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee Bishop John Bauerschmidt announced Jan. 18 that neighboring Bishop Brian Cole of East Tennessee will “provide pastoral support” to Tennessee couples, clergy and congregations who want...
January 14, 2019
[Episcopal News Service] As the effects of the longest federal government shutdown in United States history ripple across the country, many Episcopalians are feeling the economic pinch even as others try to help their neighbors cope. “I...
January 11, 2019
Bishop William Love of the Diocese of Albany tells General Convention on July 11 during the House of Bishops debate on liturgical marriage-equality Resolution B012 that passing the measure would force him to violate his ordination vows....
January 7, 2019
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s five-week-old plan to give same-sex couples unfettered access to marriage in all of its domestic dioceses is still clouded by requirements not envisioned by the enabling resolution, and it...
December 21, 2018
[Episcopal News Service] Take a centuries-old tradition. Find a church with a big front lawn on a busy street. Get a priest who is also a carpenter. Recruit volunteers – lots of volunteers. Get your friends to donate costumes. Figure out...
December 12, 2018
[Episcopal News Service – Washington, D.C.] In the heyday of America’s space program, the Apollo 8 mission that went aloft 50 years ago this month was a first in all of human exploration, not just that of space. Humans left Earth’s...
August 29, 2018
[Episcopal News Service] Churches are the on the front line of mediation efforts across the world, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told the United Nations Security Council on Aug. 29, in part because they are often “the only...
August 29, 2018
Sen. John McCain, who died Aug. 25 of brain cancer, served in the U.S. Senate from 1987 until his death. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 until he entered the Senate. Photo: Office of Sen. John McCain...