From spare pocket change to thousands of dollars and additional pledges of ongoing assistance, Anglicans and Episcopalians around the globe rallied Jan. 14 to aid their sister Diocese of Haiti in the aftermath of the worst earthquake in the island nation's history.
Eight cyclists riding from sea to shining sea to raise money and awareness for Episcopal Relief and Development's fight against malaria completed their 12-day, 4,000-mile, 13-state journey July 28 when they arrived at the Episcopal Church Center in New York
On July 17, the last day of the 76th General Convention, the team, led by Bishop Mark Hollingsworth of the Diocese of Ohio, departed Anaheim, California, riding in relay format around the clock.
The voices of Anglican women and their stories echoed through the just-concluded 53rd annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
“Everybody knows that Anglican women are here," said Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Leota of Samoa during a March 12 gathering at the Episcopal Church Center in New York the day before the March 2-13 session ended. "Their voices have been heard."
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
The first day of December is marked as World AIDS Day, and has been observed since 1988. Episcopalians join billions of people around the world to remember the devastation caused by the AIDS pandemic over the past generation, and to recommit to ensuring a future without AIDS for generations still to come. As our church year begins, it is especially appropriate to remember, pray, and work together to alleviate the suffering inflicted by this disease and its consequences.
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Goli Ameri and the Fulbright Association co-hosted a ceremony honouring Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu today, November 21, 2008 in the Dean Acheson Auditorium of the U.S. Department of State. The 2008 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding will be awarded to Archbishop Tutu for his work for peace in South Africa and elsewhere. The prize carries a $50,000 award provided by The Coca-Cola Foundation.
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) announced it would send the Rev. Nicole Janelle to Haiti to deliver nonviolence literature for the Diocese of Haiti Tutu Center. EPF's gift includes copies of De la Violence a la Plenitude, a French-language translation of the nonviolence training curriculum From Violence to Wholeness. Janelle's trip, scheduled for November 12-14, builds on EPF's August 2008 nonviolence training sessions in Haiti.
The following is the message from Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori for All Saints Day.
A message for All Saints 2008
The Most Revd Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
What saints will you remember this year on their feast? It's an occasion to remember all the faithful, whether we know their names or not. The Good Shepherd knows them by name, even if we don't. This year I'd invite you to celebrate the ones whose names you know and the ones whose names you haven't yet learned.
Presiding Bishop joins convocation delegates in Waterloo, Belgium
Sharing powerful accounts of their churches' histories, turning points and hopes for the future, Episcopalians from the Convocation of American Churches in Europe explored a new model for their annual convention this year and left feeling renewed, energized and inspired by one another's stories.
Deputy to the Presiding Bishop for Anglican Communion Relations
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori announced on October 20 the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Herbert A. Donovan, Jr. as Deputy to the Presiding Bishop for Anglican Communion Relations.
In this newly-developed position, Bishop Donovan will serve as the liaison for the Episcopal Church to the other 37 Provinces in the Anglican Communion, as well as to international groups, organizations and partners.
Proponents, opponents move immediately towards reorganization
Deputies to the 143rd diocesan convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh October 4 voted 240-102 to leave the Episcopal Church. Minutes later, in voice votes on three resolutions (Resolutions One, Two, and Three here) the deputies realigned the diocese with the Argentine-based Anglican Province of the Southern Cone and set up some initial procedures for accomplishing that maneuver. The vote was the culmination of the diocese's continuing theological disputes with the Episcopal Church and many diocesan leaders later said the decision put the diocese in what they called "the Anglican mainstream."
"Bless the ideas that get floated in your congregation"
Weaving themes of shepherding, tending to flocks and the critical nature of the ecosystem, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addressed the importance of pastoral responsibility at the September 30 Hobart lecture.
Deadline for Prayer Submissions for Lifting Women’s Voices Extended to October 15.
On September 25, the world-wide Anglican Communion will observe a day of “prayer, fasting and witness” as the United Nations meets to discuss progress towards the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Anglicans will be praying with special intention for the world’s extreme poor and for a renewed commitment, from national governments to every individual, to achieving the MDGs by 2015.
Parishes south of New Orleans appear to have borne brunt of Gustav
Officials of the New Orleans-based Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana hope to enter the civil parish of Terrebonne on September 5 to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav and assess people's needs.
"We assume we have significant church damage in Houma and I just don't know about Bayou du Large," Bishop Charles Jenkins reported September 4, speaking from his car as he was making a delivery of gasoline and generators.
Considering colonial legacies associated with the history of Anglican churches and analyzing the future of the postcolonial Church will be the focus of a May 1-2 conference hosted by the University of Manchester's Lincoln Theological Institute in England.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori sent a letter to the House of Representatives on April 2 calling for passage of the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act, which has been approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee and is awaiting consideration by the full House. The full text of the letter follows.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Your Easter celebration undoubtedly has included lots of physical signs of new life -- eggs, flowers, new green growth. As the Easter season continues, consider how your daily living can be an act of greater life for other creatures. How can you enact the new life we know in Jesus the Christ? In other words, how can you be the sacrament, the outward and visible sign, of the grace that you know in the resurrected Christ? How can your living let others live more abundantly?
Opening Eucharist sets tone for UNCSW gathering
In a lively homily, the Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam, bishop suffragan of New York, told Anglican women from around the Communion gathered at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City to "stand up straight for Christ."
Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe hosted a January 20 discussion on France Culture radio about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the plight of Iraqi Christians.
The recent assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the resulting civil unrest has caused Church leaders to speak out against the instability that has roiled the South Asian Islamic Republic for years and raise concerns for the welfare of the country's Christian community.
In response to New Orleans Public Housing to be Bulldozed and Residents Evicted from FEMA Trailers
In an open letter to the New Orleans City Council on December 6, the Rt Revd Charles Jenkins, Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, urged council members to “reclaim and renew existing Federal Housing Projects as temporary and dignified homes,” for those still in FEMA trailers and returning residents until the proposed, mixed-income housing is developed.
