Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
La Rda. Nancy Frausto, rectora asociada de la Iglesia Episcopal de San Lucas en Long Beach, California, y miembro fundador del Grupo de Trabajo del Santuario de la Diócesis de Los Ángeles, presenta un podcast de #GC79. Invitado: Eduardo Solomón Rivera es director...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
By Matthew Townsend In its July 10 afternoon session, the House of Deputies approved a resolution that would see Episcopalians advocate for a reduction in gun violence — as shareholders. Resolution B007, passed by a wide margin in the house, directs the Executive...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
El obispo primado Michael Curry predicó un sermón de “ama a Dios, ama al prójimo” a más de 1.000 personas durante una oración de Visión, Testimonio y Justicia cerca del Centro de Detención T. Don Hutto, en Taylor, Texas, donde se encuentran recluidas 500 mujeres. Foto...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
A continuación, el texto del Sermón de Andrés González-Bonillas durante la Convención General, el día 8 de julio de 2018 El vídeo del sermón puede encontrarse aquí. Yo oro por el silencio y las palabras que ellos desean expresar / Que sus palabras hagan estallar los...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
The members of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget & Finance have spent long hours crafting their proposed 2019-2021 budget. They will present it to both houses of convention during a joint session on July 11. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Bishop Gray-Reeves of the Diocese of El Camino Real congratulate Bishop Maria Griselda of Cuba after the House of Bishops’ unanimous vote July 10 to welcome Cuba back into the Episcopal Church. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Sunny Hallanan shows off her Belgian Red Devils shirt on the House of Deputies floor before the July 10 World Cup semifinals match between Belgium and France. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] There are 110...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
Lo que sigue es el texto del sermón del obispo primado Michael Curry en el culto de avivamiento de la Convención General en el Centro Palmer el 7 de julio de 2018. El vídeo del sermón puede encontrarse aquí. ¡Oh, mi Señor! ¡Que toda la Iglesia diga amén! Díganlo otra...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] About two dozen clergy and lay leaders gathered the evening of July 9 at the 79thGeneral Convention to bear witness to the gun violence they have experienced in their lives, share their frustration at the inability to curb the...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Elizabeth DeRuff, president and chair of Honoré Farm and Mill, is recruiting new Growers Guild members to expand the network of farmers, millers, bakers and churches who grow, produce and ultimately benefit from heirloom grains. The flour produced from the...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
By Matthew Townsend In a busy legislative session on July 9, the House of Deputies passed a substitute resolution that continues the 79th General Convention’s effort to shed light on the harassment and exploitation of women in the church. Substitute Resolution D016 —...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
By now you’ve probably heard that the women who came to the United States seeking asylum and are now incarcerated in the Hutto Residential Center watched our prayer service on the ballfields near their prison and waved towels through the slit windows to let us know...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
The Episcopal Church has seen a renewed focus on evangelism this triennium, inspired largely by Presiding Bishop Curry’s evangelism initiatives and the work of Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation, the Rev. Stephanie Spellers. However, those who work in the area of...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
We are in a crisis of formation. I am reluctant to use the word “crisis,” as we have been in this state for so many years that it feels alarmist to use it now. As a native Iowan I don’t even use emergency words when there is an emergency, as “I am not...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | General Convention
Y ahora, en nombre de nuestro amoroso, liberador y vivificante Dios, el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo. Amén. ¡Buenos días, Iglesia Episcopal! ¡Aquí estamos! ¡Aquí estamos! ¡Aquí estamos! Yo creo que fue el Secretario Barlowe en una de las sesiones introductorias...
