The Ancestors Spoke, 2021 photograph by John E. Dowell

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Ancestors-Spoke-2021_John-E.-Dowell.jpg?fit=300%2C192&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Ancestors-Spoke-2021_John-E.-Dowell.jpg?fit=800%2C512&ssl=1″/>

Philadelphia cathedral hosts “Let Us Remember” art exhibit

Solange De Santis February 6, 2023

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is hosting an exhibition of new works by printmaker, painter and photographer John E. Dowell, titled “Let Us Remember.”

Read More »
A group attends a Centering Prayer Workshop on the first day of the Benedictine Way’s Monastery in Residence at Grace Episcopal Church in Chadron, Neb. Photo/The Benedictine Way via Facebook

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Benedictine-Way1.jpg?fit=300%2C126&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Benedictine-Way1.jpg?fit=1024%2C430&ssl=1″/>

Omaha monastic community moves to small town for nine days

Solange De Santis February 6, 2023

The Omaha-based monastery The Benedictine Way moved across Nebraska for nine days to host a residency in the town of Chadron at Grace Episcopal Church.

Read More »
Blessed Absalom Jones was the first African-American ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. Image/Episcopal Church Archives

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Absalom-Jones.jpg?fit=300%2C165&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Absalom-Jones.jpg?fit=600%2C330&ssl=1″/>

New York cathedral is among churches celebrating Absalom Jones

Solange De Santis February 2, 2023

Episcopal churches and institutions are preparing to mark Blessed Absalom Jones’ pioneering life as an abolitionist and the first African American ordained an Episcopal priest.

Read More »
St. George’s Cathedral, in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, is seen. Photo/Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/St._Georges_Cathedral_cloisters_2019_03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/St._Georges_Cathedral_cloisters_2019_03.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1″/>

Heads of churches in Jerusalem speak out on escalating violence

Solange De Santis February 1, 2023

The patriarchs and heads of the churches in Jerusalem, including Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, issued on Jan. 30 a statement

Read More »
David Matson Heavenly Dispensation Bagatelle

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/David-Matson-Heavenly-Dispensation-Bagatelle.jpg?fit=207%2C300&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/David-Matson-Heavenly-Dispensation-Bagatelle.jpg?fit=706%2C1024&ssl=1″/>

Exhibit explores spirituality in artworks made of found objects

Solange De Santis January 28, 2023

Four contemporary Maine artists, including the Rev. David Matson, an Episcopal priest, are represented at an exhibit called “The Art of Assemblage: Myth, Mystery and Spirituality” at the University of Maine at Augusta.

Read More »

‘Pray, mourn and bear witness,’ asks bishop of Los Angeles

Solange De Santis January 25, 2023

Bishop John Harvey Taylor thanked members of the Diocese of Los Angeles “for your fierce, faithful prayers this week for the victims of the shootings in Monterey Park and San Mateo County, their families and friends, and all members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.”

Read More »
Cuatro Puntos chamber music group. Photo/Cuatro Puntos

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cuatro-Puntos-CROP.jpg?fit=300%2C167&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cuatro-Puntos-CROP.jpg?fit=949%2C528&ssl=1″/>

Connecticut cathedral partners with chamber music ensemble

Solange De Santis January 23, 2023

The Cuatro Puntos (“Four Points”) group is wrapping up its series focusing on contemporary chamber music by Ukrainian composers.

Read More »
A white peacock strolls the grounds at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. Photo/Lbassity via Wikimedia Commons

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Peacock-4-CROP.jpg?fit=300%2C159&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Peacock-4-CROP.jpg?fit=1024%2C543&ssl=1″/>

New York cathedral’s three peacocks head for retirement

Solange De Santis January 22, 2023

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York announced that the three majestic peacocks who have strolled on the grounds for two decades are moving into retirement at an animal sanctuary.

Read More »
A same-sex couple receives a blessing in the Church of Wales, which allows the blessing of same-sex civil marriages and partnerships. Photo/Church in Wales

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Same-sex-blessing-Wales-Fr_Lee_Taylor_and_Fabiano_blessing.width-1200-2.jpg?fit=300%2C159&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Same-sex-blessing-Wales-Fr_Lee_Taylor_and_Fabiano_blessing.width-1200-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C542&ssl=1″/>

Church of England publishes draft prayers of blessing for same-sex couples

Solange De Santis January 22, 2023

The draft texts, proposed by the church’s bishops, will be considered by General Synod next month.

Read More »

All content ©2022 by the Episcopal Journal & Cafe

The Episcopal Journal is a 501 (c) 3 corporation. Contributions are tax deductible.

Website design and management by J T Quanbeck.