Thursday, March 10, 2016 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
As announced last November (see full announcement here), the Community Mission Appeal Committee and Bishop Thompson changed the grant cycle to align with the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. In January, congregations that received a CMA grant...
Friday, February 19, 2016 | Community Ministry
Each year the number of new people infected with HIV can fill two-thirds of the New Orleans Superdome. That is 50,000 newly infected people each year. Baton Rouge is the number one city in the nation with new HIV cases. New Orleans is number three. Those are scary...
Friday, February 19, 2016 | Community Ministry
Archdeacon Priscilla Maumus has retired as deacon at Christ Church Cathedral on January 24. She continues to serve as archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. Her office is now located in the Noland Center, New Orleans.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 | Community Ministry
Friday, January 29, 2016 | Community Ministry
Greensboro native Daryl Durham created a program in New Orleans to give kids access to high quality music education. Source: Greensboro native works with kids in New Orleans – Greensboro News & Record: Life
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 | Community Ministry
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Bogalusa, assisted in packing 10,000 meals at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Picayune, Mississippi, during the Stop Hunger Now packaging event. Read more here: Plenty to eat: Stop Hunger Now packaging event meets food...
Monday, January 11, 2016 | Community Ministry
The New York Public Library announced in January 2016 that over 180,000 out-of-copyright items in their collection were being released and have been made available as digital download to the public. Among the collection are photographs of the Gaudet Normal &...
Monday, January 4, 2016 | Community Ministry
Although the Christmas season at Christ Episcopal came with its many pleasantries, it also sadly came with the inconvenience that is exam week. We slowly and painfully endured all of the long study nights and day-to-day study sessions that came with the rigor of the...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | Community Ministry
Source: WWLTV, New Orleans “As religious leaders of Jefferson Parish and Greater New Orleans, we join our voices together to address anti-Muslim sentiments recently reported by the media. We condemn in the strongest terms any calls to deny all Muslims entry into...
Thursday, December 17, 2015 | Community Ministry
From Nov. 2-19, students at St. James Episcopal Day School raised $8,130 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through a schoolwide outreach project called Pennies for Patients […] Continue reading here: Students at St. James collect $8,130 for charity | The...
Monday, December 14, 2015 | Community Ministry
“Christmas can be a painful time for some,” said the Rev. A. J. Heine, rector at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Metairie […] Source: Metairie church acknowledges holiday loneliness | NOLA.com
Monday, December 14, 2015 | Community Ministry
St. Alban’s Chapel has been featured in the LSU Alumni Winter 2015 Magazine in an article entitled “Religion on the Campus.” In the article it is stated that despite the decline in organized religion across the United States, a little under the...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | Community Ministry
Two days before Thanksgiving, as many as 300 needy north shore families received groceries for a holiday feast, delivered by the Turkey Train to Faith Bible Church in Covington. The Turkey Train project allows people to celebrate Thanksgiving Day in their own homes....
Thursday, December 3, 2015 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
Clergy from all faiths gathered at St. George’s Episcopal Church during this HIV/AIDS Awareness Week to renew their commitment and encourage faith communities to become the leaders in compassion and education for those affected by HIV/AIDS. More information...
Thursday, December 3, 2015 | Community Ministry
Source: NOLA.com Sixteen homeless people who died in New Orleans this year were remembered during an interfaith prayer service at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday (Dec. 2). The Ignatian Spirituality Project organized the service for the second year, along...
