May 21, 2013
[Seamen's Church Institute] What’s fashionable on the high seas this winter? Some mariners will sport a new hat designed by Kristine Byrnes of Allentown, NJ, winner of a contest to keep seafaring ears warm.
North America’s largest mariners’ service agency, the Seamen¹s Church Institute (SCI), debuts new garb for mariners this winter. Earlier this year, SCI asked the world to outfit the...
April 18, 2013
The Rev. Bonnie Perry, rector of All Saints, Chicago, kayaking on...
April 12, 2013
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] Migel’s small plot of maize crop appeared infested with weeds; tall green plants disrupted the ordered rows of corn stalks. But Migel explained that the green legume, indigenous to Chiapas, Mexico, functioned as a natural fertilizer by extracting nitrogen from the air and enriching the soil.
Migel then took us to his garden. He had interspersed basil and oregano plants among his tomatoes and peppers. Their powerful smell keeps away...
April 1, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] Military service is an historical tradition in Navajo culture.
In Mike Bekis’ immediate family, for instance, 38 members have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
“Just like my five uncles before us, they were all World War II [veterans], all of us have stepped up,” said Bekis, in a telephone call from Farmington, New Mexico, with ENS. “And we just followed in their footsteps.”
In May 2012, Bekis, who served in...
March 26, 2013
[Episcopal Divinity School -- Press Release] Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) announces its 2013 commencement ceremony will take place on May 23, at the First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 2:00 pm. At the ceremony, EDS will present honorary doctor of divinity degrees to three individuals: The Right Rev. Michael Curry, Jamie Bissonette Lewey, and the Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory Straub. The commencement address will be...
[Seminary of the Southwest -- Press Release] Douglas Travis, dean and president of Seminary of the Southwest since June 2007 has announced his retirement. His last day of service will be May 31, 2013. In his message to the seminary community, Dean Travis expressed his joy at having led the seminary during a time of growth in enrollment and financial support during a time of health and great hope for the future. “This has been an amazing ride and I have experienced enormous...
March 22, 2013
Lynn Goodman-Strauss, director of Mary House Catholic Worker (left), with Austin pilgrims to her left (bottom row) Telesa Bennett...
March 14, 2013
March 13, 2013
[The General Theological Seminary] The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (GTS) announces The Rev. Davis Given Housing Scholarship Fund to assist matriculated GTS students with the cost of on-campus housing.
The Rev. Given graduated from General in 1949, and was one of the first priests to minister in what is now known as the Episcopal Church in Navajoland, an area of Native American lands in Arizona, New...
March 5, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sparta, in the Diocese of Eau Claire, began serving the migrant population in 2007 when then-rector the Rev. Leigh Waggoner noticed an increasing number of Hispanics in her rural, west central Wisconsin community.
“When I was in Sparta, I started seeing Hispanics and started asking questions around and found that there was a Pentecostal church in a neighboring town, and I went to see what that was all about,” said...