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UMC-TEC Dialogue (2023)
The United Methodist-Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee met at the Cathedral of St. Philip inAtlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 1 – 3. Major focus was given to planning strategy for upcomingchurchwide conferences in 2024; the UMC Annual Conference will occur in May with TheEpiscopal Church’s General Convention happening shortly after in June. Notably, this will be thefirst…
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Holds 226th General Assembly (2024)
A Report from The Episcopal Church’s Ecumenical Advisory Delegate By Elise Johnstone Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace Convention Center holds fond memories for me, because that is where we, as Episcopalians, affirmed same-sex marriage and elected the Most Rev. Michael Curry to be our presiding bishop in 2015; and it was with those lovely memories…
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Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Meets
The 89th meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States of America (ARC-USA) met at the Bon Secours Retreat and Conference Center in Marriottsville, Maryland, from Nov. 8-10, hosted by the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Against a background of communal worship, participants…
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Pilgrims Celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Vatican
By the Rev. Vivian Ruth Sawyer It would be hard to overstate the symbolic importance of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome in January. First, it coincided with a Jubilee Year, traditionally proclaimed by the universal church every 25 years. This year, as many as 35 million Christians are expected to…
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Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 5: A Transforming Reality, A New Type of Love (2012)
By: Eulogio Quito On behalf of the Central Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Ecuador and my indigenous brothers of the Andes, I greet you with brotherhood, peace, love, and blessings. The Aztec poet Chilan Balan described in the following passage what happened in our ABYA YALA as a result of the conquest: “They plucked…
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Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori issues pastoral letter on the Doctrine of Discovery and Indigenous Peoples (2012)
“We seek to address the need for healing in all parts of society, and we stand in solidarity with indigenous peoples globally to acknowledge and address the legacy of colonial occupation and policies of domination,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori states in her Pastoral Letter on the Doctrine of Discovery and Indigenous Peoples….
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