June 19, 2013
[National Council of Churches in India press release] The Most Rev. I Jesudasan of the Church of South India (CSI)...[Anglican Communion News Service] Archbishop Paul Kwong, who was recently re-elected for a second six-year term as primate, has called Anglicans in Hong Kong to “do-it-yourself,”* to fulfill their own ministries rather than rely on external assistance.
The church’s Echo Magazine revealed that, in a speech following his re-election, the primate said he “deplored” the reliance...
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs press release] En el Día Mundial del Refugiado, el 20 de junio de 2013, la Obispa Presidenta de la Iglesia Episcopal Katharine Jefferts Schori y el Obispo Presidente de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América (ELCA) Mark S. Hanson, han emitido la siguiente declaración conjunta.
Día Mundial del Refugiado 2013El 20 de junio, al conmemorar el Día Mundial del Refugiado, celebraremos el compromiso compartido...
The Rev. Allison Liles will become executive director of Episcopal Peace...
[Episcopal Diocese of Washington] This blog is part of a series from the Episcopal Diocese of Washington on LGBT and faith topics in honor of LGBT Pride Month.
With a mixture of relief and deep joy, parishioners from St. George’s Episcopal Church in Glenn Dale gathered in our sanctuary on the evening of November 7, 2012 to celebrate the passage of Question 6—the ballot initiative in Maryland that affirmed the right of same-sex couples to marry. We had planned a...
[Church of Ireland press release] The survival of the parish registers of the small rural parish of Templeharry in County Offaly helped to underpin the return visit of Michelle Obama with her daughters Sasha and Malia to Dublin on Monday (17 June 2013). The registers, which contain the ancestral evidence of the Kearney family material from whom President Barack Obama is descended are, along with many other collections of parish registers from all over Ireland, safely and...
[Anglican Communion News Service] An estimated 20,000 pilgrims from Africa and beyond braved the cold over the weekend to gather at the shrine of Bernard Mizeki, an African evangelist martyred in 1896.
Held June 14-16, the celebrations were described as having the best attendance in living memory. Despite average night-time temperatures of 6 degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit), many pilgrims spent their nights in the open air, with others seeking refuge in makeshift...
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[Episcopal News Service] Every week in north Paris, a few hundred Iraqi Christians gather for worship. It’s a bittersweet reunion for them. Their lives have been spared, but the events of the past 10 years have forced them into exile. Many have lost...
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs press release] For 2013 World Refugee Day on June 20, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson have issued the following joint statement.
2013 World Refugee Day
On June 20, as we commemorate World Refugee Day, we will celebrate our churches’ shared commitment to welcoming the stranger through service,...
June 18, 2013
Canon Lucinda Ashby tackles weeds in the Puerto Rican jungle.
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