Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Graphic accounts of sexual harassment in the Episcopal Church were center stage on the eve of General Convention July 4 as bishops presided at a liturgy focused on lamentation, confession, and healing. Raw material came from 42 letters received...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
Same-sex Marriage By Kirk Petersen After a great deal of discussion on legislative floors, in committee meetings, and behind the scenes, the 79th General Convention reached a compromise on same-sex marriage than enables pastoral delegation on the matter — increasing...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] En réponse à l’appel de l’Évêque Primat Michael Curry de « suivre la voie de Jésus », les députés et les évêques, réunis du 5 au 13 juillet à la 79ème Convention générale de l’Église épiscopale à Austin (État du Texas), ont donné suite à un...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
[Brotherhood of St. Andrew — Austin, Texas] Jeffrey Butcher crisscrossed the Unites States the last six years, meeting with everyone from the presiding bishop to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s smallest chapters. Brotherhood of St. Andrew President Jeff Butcher...
Monday, July 23, 2018 | General Convention
10 Pentecost, July 29 2 Sam. 11:1-15 or 2 Kgs. 4:42-44 Ps.14 or Ps. 145:10-19 • Eph. 3:14-21 • John 6:1-21 “David sent someone to inquire about the woman” (2 Sam. 11:3). He saw her bathing and that she was beautiful, but he knew nothing about her, not even her name....
Friday, July 20, 2018 | General Convention
The Aug. 5 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. The cover story reports on one topic that both houses ultimately adopted with great enthusiasm: the return of the Episcopal Church of Cuba’s return to the fold of the Episcopal...
Friday, July 20, 2018 | General Convention
Marc Levy writes for Cambridge Day: Lesley University has purchased the remaining 4.4 acres of the Episcopal Divinity School property near Harvard Square, including five historic buildings and the remaining half of a library that the university had shared with the...
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | General Convention
Le texte qui suit est le sermon que l’Évêque Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Diocèse épiscopal d’Indianapolis, a prononcé le 12 juillet 2018 à la Convention générale. Au nom du Dieu unique, saint et vivant. Veuillez vous asseoir. Et bien, bonsoir les saints ! Comment...
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | General Convention
General Convention has added Deaconess Anna Alexander, who began her ministry at Good Shepherd in Pennick, Georgia, to the Episcopal Church’s calendar of saints. The Diocese of Georgia’s deputation celebrates Deaconness Anna Alexander as a new saint of the Episcopal...
Thursday, July 19, 2018 | General Convention
The Rt. Rev. William H. Love, Bishop of Albany, reflects on the decisions of the 79th General Convention: On a positive note, an amended version of A068 was passed, thus preserving the 1979 Book of Common Prayer for at least the near term. There had been an attempt to...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | General Convention
The slave balcony at St. Mark’s Church-Lappans | bit.ly/2O0mTll Professor Emilie Amt is the recipient of the 2018 Nelson R. Burr Prize from the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. Amt is Hildegarde Pilgram Professor of History at Hood College and chairs the...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] Respondiendo al llamado del obispo primado Michael Curry a “seguir el camino de Jesús”, los diputados y obispos de la 79ª. Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal, reunidos del 5 al 13 de julio en Austin, Texas, actuaron en un número récord...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | General Convention
Deputies, bishops and visitors packed a meeting room in the Austin Hilton Hotel the afternoon of July 5 to testify on three marriage-related resolutions. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s General...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | General Convention
Humanists UK has launched an appeal to fund hospital chaplains for nonbelievers, which some Christians warn could lead to existing chaplains being squeezed out. Richy Thomson, director of public affairs and policy for Humanists UK, said nonbelievers are neglected by...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | General Convention
The Diocese of Oxford has lifted the ban on the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, allowing him to preach and lead worship in his local parish. For now, however, he will not return to any duties as an honorary assistant bishop. Last June Lord Carey stood...
