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A view of damage cause by wildfires in Lahaina, Maui. Photo/Office of Gov. Josh Green” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Maui-destruction.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Maui-destruction.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>The fires have killed at least 93 people and destroyed at least 1,000 buildings, including a historic Episcopal church.
The building and its gardens were purchased by descendants of the family that gifted the property to the diocese decades ago.
An asylum-seeker picks out clothing at St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. The church’s clothing ministry, Chrys’ Closet, provides clothes and other necessities for asylum-seekers in need of essentials. Photo/Dell Hall” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Refugees-Chicago-credit-Dell-Hall.jpg?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Refugees-Chicago-credit-Dell-Hall.jpg?fit=1024%2C677&ssl=1″/>Over the last year, more than 11,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago by private bus from Texas, and the numbers continue to rise as the city faces a humanitarian crisis because its shelters are over capacity.
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/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Philadelphia-11-ordination.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Philadelphia-11-ordination.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>The 11 women were ordained in Philadelphia’s Church of the Advocate.
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/www.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/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pauli_Murray_19101985-1536×1114-1.jpg?fit=500%2C363&ssl=1″/>Murray was the first Black woman to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church and a renowned activist for racial and gender rights, writes ENS.
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/www.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/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WCC-at-U.N.-credit-WCC.jpeg?fit=1024%2C633&ssl=1″/>A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by General Secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay visited New York and Washington, D.C. the week of July 17, meeting with U. N. representatives, the Papal Nuncio, the National Council of Churches in North America, other church leaders, and ecumenical organizations and state officials.
The Rev. Charlie Holt, bishop-elect in the Diocese of Florida. Photo/Diocese of Florida” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rev-Charles-Holt.jpg?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rev-Charles-Holt.jpg?fit=480%2C336&ssl=1″/>The diocesan standing committee noted that Presiding Bishop Michael Curry declared the episcopal election null and void.
A UH-72 Lakota Helicopter assigned to the 1t Battalion, 224th Aviation Battalion, Vermont National Guard, flies over the Capital of Vermont in Montpellier, Vermont, July 11, 2023. This units mission was to survey heavy rain damage and report if there were stranded people that needed rescuing due to the recent storm that caused flooding throughout Vermont. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Michael Davis)” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Vermont-Montpelier-flooding-credit-U.S.-Air-National-Guard-photo-by-Senior-Master-Sgt.-Michael-Davis-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Vermont-Montpelier-flooding-credit-U.S.-Air-National-Guard-photo-by-Senior-Master-Sgt.-Michael-Davis-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>Episcopal Relief & Development is working with partners in the U.S. and abroad to aid stricken communities.
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