May 8, 2013
[Refugee Council USA press release] On the eve of the U.S. Senate’s first markup of the bipartisan immigration reform bill, a wide array of faith leaders are urging legislators to ensure that comprehensive immigration reform upholds the United States’ proud history and tradition of protecting and welcoming refugees, asylum-seekers, and those fleeing persecution.
Rabbi Steve Gutow, president of the...
April 3, 2013
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[Episcopal News Service] Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan, orphans displaced by the decades-long civil war in Sudan and resettled in the U.S., celebrate Easter at All Saints Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City.
March 22, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The Joint Nominating Committee for the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) kicked off its work on March 18-20 with a conversation with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and a mapping of the committee’s future work.
Meeting at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in NH, JNCPB is charged to present a slate of no fewer than three nominees for the office of Presiding Bishop to a joint session of the General Convention 2015...
March 19, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs -- Press Release] The Office of Communication will present worship offerings every day of Holy Week. The offerings will be available on a special page of the Episcopal Church website here.
Palm Sunday, March 24 – New Orleans Second Line Procession with Jazz Band from St...
March 1, 2013
[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] El Consejo Ejecutivo de la Iglesia Episcopal (Executive Council) se pronunció el 27 de febrero contra la violencia armada y el tráfico de las armas de fuego, e instó a los episcopales a “arrepentirse del papel que hemos desempeñado en la glorificación y trivialización de la violencia”.
La resolución “en...
February 27, 2013
[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] El Consejo Ejecutivo de la Iglesia Episcopal comenzó aquí su reunión de tres días con el examen de un proceso para formular una propuesta presupuestaria para el trienio 2016-2018.
El Rdo. Canónigo Charles LaFond, miembro del Consejo procedente de [la diócesis de] Nuevo Hampshire, dirigió a sus colegas en un ejercicio de 75 minutos de duración que incluía...
February 26, 2013
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Following a decision by the Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements, the General Convention Office (GCO) has announced the dates for the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in 2015: Thursday, June 25 to Friday, July 3.
General Convention 2015 will be held at...
February 26, 2013
LOUISVILLE
The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC...
February 26, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY
For years, Matt Duff was an uber-Mormon.
At 17, he ran away from home and moved in...