Monday, May 16, 2016 | Community Ministry
Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and other exciting and vibrant leadership in the Episcopal Church will serve as celebrants and preachers for our 48th Annual Business Meeting and Conference set for July 31 – August 4 in New Orleans, LA. Source: Meet our 2016...
Thursday, May 12, 2016 | Community Ministry
Eighth-graders from Episcopal School recently visited Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center to learn about cancer care and the programs and resources available to cancer survivors. The students sponsored a fundraiser for Fostering Hope, a program...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | Community Ministry
The noise around gun violence is loud. Orange is louder. Join us and #WearOrange on June 2nd. Bishops United Against Gun Violence (Bishop Thompson is a member) recently became a partner in the Wear Orange movement. The goal of the movement is to inspire as many people...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 | Community Ministry
On this hour of Reveal, we take a look at the toll of gun violence in the country, who’s documenting the carnage and how lives can be saved. Finally, we revisit Terry in New Orleans, who in addition to memorializing the victims of crime in his community has created a...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | Community Ministry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rob Norton Director of Marketing and Communications St. Martin’s Episcopal School 225 Green Acres Road Metairie, LA 70003 O: 504.736.991 rob.norton@stmsaints.com St. Martin’s Coatney Award Presented to Happy Johnson Recognition of Community...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 | Community Ministry
“For all its love of life, it also seems to lack a respect for life,” said Father Bill Terry of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church. Outside his church hangs a white plastic board that lists the names and ages of all those murdered — an eerie monument...
Friday, April 15, 2016 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
A push is underway to help renovate a historic Treme building into a community center which will hopefully help get kids off the street and on the right track. WWL-TV reporter Tania Dall shows how one 7th Ward neighborhood church is taking a stand. Click here to...
Friday, April 15, 2016 | Community Ministry
by the Rev. Canon William Barnwell- Personal stories of redemption behind bars can help America redeem itself from failed prison policies. Source: To accelerate prison reform, put a human face on mass incarceration | The Lens
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
The Gaudet Committee announced the awarding of seven community grants. The Gaudet Community Grant provides funding for not-for-profit agencies that create, manage, and expand educational opportunities for African American children within the Diocese of Louisiana. The...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | Community Ministry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rob Norton Director of Marketing and Communications St. Martin’s Episcopal School 225 Green Acres Road Metairie, LA 70003 O: 504.736.9913 rob.norton@stmsaints.com<mailto:rob.norton@stmsaints.com> St. Martin’s InvenTeam Receives Lemelson-MIT...
Monday, March 21, 2016 | Community Ministry
Four tires, a golf club, a ping pong ball, vodka bottles and a pair of underwear were among the items collected during the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center’s Terrebonne Parish Bayou Cleanup Saturday. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Houma...
Friday, March 18, 2016 | Community Ministry
St. James Episcopal Day School students collected 1,900 pounds of food for the Shepherd’s Market Food Pantry in less than three weeks for a schoolwide outreach project… Source: St. James students collect 1,900 pounds of food | The Advocate — Baton Rouge,...
Thursday, March 17, 2016 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News, Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal Relief & Development press release] Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the response efforts of the Episcopal dioceses of Louisiana and Western Louisiana following storms that knocked out power and caused widespread flooding across the...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | Community Ministry
We are pleased to announce our 2016 Co-Deans and Co-Chaplains for UBE’s 48th Annual Business Meeting & Conference in New Orleans, LA, July 31 – August 4. Continue Reading here: UBE names its 2016 Conference Co-Deans and Co-Chaplains | The Union of Black...
