Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, Martha N. Macgill, and Helen Svoboda-Barber | Diocese of Kansas The Council of Trustees in the Diocese of Kansas has announced an additional nominee in its search for a 10th bishop: the Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, assistant professor...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
[15 de agosto de 2018] El Rdo. Canónigo Michael Barlowe, secretario de la Convención General, ha anunciado que el Resumen de las acciones de la 79.a Convención General está ahora disponible en línea en el sitio web de la Convención General, aquí. Puede acceder al...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Barlowe, Secretary of General Convention, has announced that A Summary of Actions of the 79th General Convention is now available online at the General Convention website, here: https://www.generalconvention.org/. The text of resolutions...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
London’s Kingdom Choir has always enjoyed critical acclaim, but its rendition of “Stand by Me” at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has propelled it into the spotlight. The choir leader, Karen Gibson, says she is constantly recognized on London streets....
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] There are times when the Episcopal – and Anglican – tendency toward compromise makes for differing interpretations on how far the church’s big tent has been stretched, and what it all means for the people seeking shelter under its flaps. The...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry introduces The Way of Love during his sermon July 5 at the opening Eucharist of the 79th General Convention in Austin, Texas, in this image taken from a Episcopal Church video of the sermon. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
From left: Archbishop Paul Kwong, Bishop Hector Zavala, and David White | Victoria Escobar Reszczynski | Anglican Church of Chile via ACNS After leading a fact-finding visit, Archbishop Paul Kwong has expressed his hope that the Anglican diocese in Chile will become...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
From left: Harry Kennedy, Eugene Harvey Buxton, and his father. Members of the Iolani choir are in the foreground. | Diocese of Southwestern Florida The Rev. Eugene Harvey Buxton Jr., a priest of the Diocese of Texas who also served in Hawaii, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | General Convention
churchmissionsociety.org The first seven graduates of St. Frumentius’ Anglican Theological College in Gambella, Ethiopia, have received their certificates. Present at the ceremony were the Rt. Rev. Peter Gatbel Kunen Lual, Bishop of Nasir; Church Mission Society...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | General Convention
Colleagues and supporters have paid tribute to Beth Adamson, a leading advocate of justice for women within the Anglican Communion. Adamson, a Methodist who worked for the Episcopal Church, died Aug. 12 in a hospital where she was receiving treatment for serious...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | General Convention
Archbishop Julio Murray urged his province to “embrace the project” of the kingdom of God as he was installed at the sixth primate of the Anglican Church of Central America on Aug. 11. He was elected by the provincial synod in April. Hundreds of people packed into St....
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | General Convention
The Diocese of Chicago has formed a transition team to explore new models for Episcopal campus ministry at Northwestern University in Evanston. The group will be led by the Rev. Jeannette DeFriest, rector of St. Luke’s Church in Evanston. The transition team will seek...
Monday, August 13, 2018 | General Convention
Appointments The Rev. Jon R. Anderson is rector of Epiphany, Danville, VA. The Rev. Susan Anderson-Smith is associate rector for justice and reconciliation at St. Bart’s, Manhattan. The Rev. William Baker is curate at Richmond Episcopal Ministry, Staten Island, NY....
Monday, August 13, 2018 | General Convention
The Wisdom of Solomon | Ninara | Flickr 13 Pentecost, August 19 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 or Prov. 9:1-6 Ps. 111 or Ps. 34:9-14 Eph. 5:15-20 • John 6:51-58 Solomon is overwhelmed. He stands in the midst of “a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted”...
Friday, August 10, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Canon Lucinda Ashby of Idaho will serve as dean of the newly formed for the newly formed High Desert School for Ministry, a joint project of the dioceses of Eastern Oregon and Idaho. The school, a three-year local formation program for ordained ministry in...
