July 29 is the 49th anniversary of the first ordination of women to the priesthood. Photo/Episcopal Church Archives” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Philadelphia-11-ordination.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Philadelphia-11-ordination.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>Church prepares to mark 49th anniversary of women’s ordination to the priesthood
Episcopal Journal
July 30, 2023
The 11 women were ordained in Philadelphia’s Church of the Advocate.
Former primate of the Anglican Church of Canada Michael Peers. Photo/Art Babych, Anglican Journal” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Michael-Peers-credit-Art-Babych.jpg?fit=300%2C161&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Michael-Peers-credit-Art-Babych.jpg?fit=1024%2C548&ssl=1″/>
Photo/Hannah Busing/unsplash.com” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hannah-busing-unsplash.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hannah-busing-unsplash.jpg?fit=480%2C320&ssl=1″/>
The Rev. Pauli Murray was the first Black woman ordained an Episcopal priest. Photo/Courtesy of the Carolina Digital Library and Archives/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pauli_Murray_19101985-1536×1114-1.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pauli_Murray_19101985-1536×1114-1.jpg?fit=500%2C363&ssl=1″/>
During the diocesan pilgrimage to Durham’s Historic Stagville, a former plantation, pilgrims learned about the lives of the enslaved people who labored there and gathered for worship and reflection. Photo/Jenny Beaumont” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NC-Pilgrimage-stagville_218.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NC-Pilgrimage-stagville_218.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1″/>
The World Council of Churches delegation was welcomed by the leadership and representatives of member churches of the National Council of Churches (USA), in Washington, D.C.. Photo/WCC” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WCC-at-U.N.-credit-WCC.jpeg?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WCC-at-U.N.-credit-WCC.jpeg?fit=1024%2C633&ssl=1″/>
All Saints Episcopal Church in East Lansing, Mich., is engaging in a range of justice efforts as part of a racial reparations plan. Photo/All Saints via Facebook” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AllSaints-Michigan-credit-All-Saints-via-Facebook.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AllSaints-Michigan-credit-All-Saints-via-Facebook.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>
