Episcopal churches to host special activities to commemorate Juneteenth
Episcopal Journal
June 16, 2023
As the home of Juneteenth, the city of Galveston, Texas, provides a virtual Juneteenth Freedom Walk Tour.
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Executive Council votes to endorse Phoenix as the host city for the 2027 General Convention. Photo/David Paulsen/ENS” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Exec-Council-1-ENS-photo.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Exec-Council-1-ENS-photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>2027 General Convention to meet in Phoenix; $2 million approved for Indigenous boarding school research
Solange De Santis
June 15, 2023
The vote in favor of Phoenix was far from unanimous and generated significant controversy because San Juan, Puerto Rico, was passed over for a second straight time.
House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris opens the June 12-15 meeting of Executive Council. Photo/David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ENS_061223_ExCoun_Harris.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ENS_061223_ExCoun_Harris.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1″/>As data show denominational decline, Executive Council stresses themes of abundance
Episcopal Journal
June 12, 2023
Talk of scarcity and abundance permeated the first day of the council’s June 12-15 meeting in Providence, R.I., writes Episcopal News Service.
Update: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to receive ongoing monitoring and pause travel for June
Episcopal Journal
June 8, 2023
Doctors are looking to understand the relationship between his medication for atrial fibrillation and a recent episode of internal bleeding.
Following the Gay Pride parade, St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego has an Interfaith Pride Celebration. After the service, the cathedral is lit in rainbow colors. The “Light Up the Cathedral” event takes place each year since 2014. Photo/courtesy St. Paul’s Cathedral” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pride_St-Pauls-San-Diego.jpg?fit=300%2C180&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pride_St-Pauls-San-Diego.jpg?fit=400%2C240&ssl=1″/>Episcopal churches celebrate Pride Month with special worship services, parade participation, fundraising events
Episcopal Journal
June 4, 2023
Shireen Korkzan writes for Episcopal News Service that Episcopal Pride celebrations are taking place in an atmosphere of rising intolerance.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry receiving medical monitoring and treatment
Episcopal Journal
May 30, 2023
The Episcopal Church Public Affairs Office said he was admitted to the hospital over the Memorial Day weekend for internal bleeding and a heart condition.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks at an Atlanta revival event in January 2020. Photo/Diocese of Atlanta” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Curry-in-Atlanta.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Curry-in-Atlanta.jpeg?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1″/>Presiding Bishop Michael Curry shares Pentecost message, looks forward to Episcopal Youth Event
Episcopal Journal
May 28, 2023
Curry celebrated the gift of the Spirit on Pentecost to guide us “in the deeper ways of God’s love.”
Flames burn through the roof of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Douglas Ariz. Photo/Brad Munroe” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fire-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fire-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>Arizona Episcopal church on U.S.-Mexico border destroyed by fire
Episcopal Journal
May 25, 2023
Melodie Woerman writes for ENS that the church has been known as a place where people who have crossed the border can stay before traveling north to Tucson.
“Non-Violence,” also known as “The Knotted Gun,” is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with its muzzle tied in a knot. It is installed outside U.N. headquarters in New York. Photo/Zheng Zhou” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Knotted-Gun-sculpture.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Knotted-Gun-sculpture.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1″/>Episcopal Peace Fellowship releases new resources for Pentecost and #WearOrange month
Episcopal Journal
May 17, 2023
Rosalind Hughes writes that Pentecost begins on May 28 and the month of June is Gun Violence Awareness month.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks at an Atlanta revival event in January 2020. Photo/Diocese of Atlanta” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Curry-in-Atlanta.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Curry-in-Atlanta.jpeg?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1″/>As Presiding Bishop Curry’s term winds down, committee calls for successor nominees
Episcopal Journal
May 15, 2023
The call for nominations is based on what the committee identified as the central challengers facing the church in the coming decade.
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