May 20, 2013
Jared Houze has just graduated from the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. He has been called to serve as curate of Emmanuel Church, San Angelo, Texas. Jared will give leadership to student and family ministry, engaging and welcoming newcomers, and he will lead the parish in exploring how to connect with those who are not affiliated or who have become disaffected from the church. Jared brings with him his wife, Ericka, and...
[Seminary of the Southwest] Seminary of the Southwest held its Sixty-second Commencement on Tuesday, May 14, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Austin. The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry, preached at the service of Holy Eucharist.
Thirty-nine diplomas were awarded to graduates including twenty Master of Divinity students from thirteen dioceses across the country; eight Master of Arts in Counseling students...
Pentecost
19 May 2013
Westover Episcopal Church, Charles City, VA
400th anniversary; baptism of 3 month old tripletsThe Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchI met a remarkable woman in Atlanta this week. We were gathered at an ecumenical conference on peace-making on the Korean peninsula, where a state of war continues, because a final peace agreement has never...
[Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan] The Rev. Whayne M. Hougland Jr. was elected at a special electing convention on May 18 to be the 9th bishop of the...
May 19, 2013
[Episcopal News Service] El Espíritu Santo llega, para algunos, como una presencia consoladora. Para otros es una inquietud perturbadora. Y para otros es misterioso, incluso atemorizante.
Pero no lo confundan con [la fiesta de] Pentecostés —el quincuagésimo día después de Pascua— que la Iglesia conmemora este domingo (19 de mayo) y que “nos desafía a concentrarnos al menos un día en la actividad del Espíritu en nuestra vida”, según la Rda. Janet Broderick, rectora de la...
May 17, 2013
[Religion News Service – Washington, D.C.] Twenty-five top Christian leaders gathered in the U.S. city with perhaps the worst reputation for civil discourse May 15 and committed themselves to elevating the level of public conversation.
Meeting in a row house three blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the group spanned the Christian spectrum, and included officials from liberal churches and the most conservative of interest groups.
“The ground of our spiritual...
[Lambeth Palace] Two days before the Feast of Pentecost, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Holy Spirit “gives us a love for the world around us, and the capacity to both speak and act in a way that is revolutionary”.
In a short film (available here) produced by Lambeth Palace, Archbishop Justin adds that the Holy Spirit “draws Christians from very different background and tradition together, in a body that loves...
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] “A few years ago, government authorities in Turkmenistan persecuted a woman and her son because they had converted to Christianity. The son was tortured to death. The woman was twice detained and tortured. She fled to the United States, where, suffering from panic attacks and depression, she tried to kill herself. Later, after stabilizing, she learned about political asylum and applied for it. But the U.S. government rejected her request...
[Anglican Communion Environmental Network] Anglicans and Episcopalians are being encouraged to inform themselves and join in the debate about the controversial and growing practice of drilling for natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
In an open letter to the Anglican Communion, Canon Dr Jeff Golliher has called on its members to learn about fracking and to be proactive in their own contexts.
“Fracking involves deep...