The Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory Straub, Executive Officer and Secretary of General Convention, has announced that the Episcopal Church Executive Council special meeting slated for Monday, December 7 has been cancelled. The request for the meeting has been withdrawn by the members who requested it. The next regularly scheduled Executive Council meeting is February 19…

The Episcopal Church Office of Communication continues offering a live webcast of musical selections from the First Wednesdays At St. John’s Concerts series originating from St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC (Diocese of Washington). The next live concert is on Wednesday, May 4 and begins at 12:10 pm Eastern (11:10 am Central, 10:10…

The House of Bishop of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Phoenix, AZ, approved the following resolution: Grace to you and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord. As the bishops of The Episcopal Church, bound by solemn vows to share in the governance of the whole church, guard its unity, and defend those who have no…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori shared the joy of the Episcopal Church with the people in Sudan on the positive outcome of the country-wide referendum. “We rejoice with our brothers and sisters in both Southern and Northern Sudan as they work for peaceful co-existence,” she said in a statement issued today. Sudanese government…

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…

The Episcopal Church Office of Communication will live webcast the Good Friday Service and the Festive Easter morning celebration from Grace Episcopal Church in New York City.The live webcasts will be available on the home page of the Episcopal Church website: www.episcopalchurch.org. Following the live webcasts, the videos will be available on demand. On Good…

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 Rev. Canon Petero A. N. Sabune has been named Africa Partnership Officer for The Episcopal Church. The announcement was made by Antoinette (Toni) Daniels and the Rev. Margaret Rose, co-directors of Mission. Sabune will be responsible for serving as a liaison between The Episcopal Church and its partners in Africa. Sabune will begin in…

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…

A 12-year relationship that comprehensively transformed both an affluent Episcopal Church and a Dallas neighborhood located in a high-crime area which residents called “a war zone” and was known locally as “the DMZ” is featured in a new documentary, Jubilee. The poignant documentary, Jubilee, depicting the changes in a 62-block area “that had been forgotten…