Matthew Shepard portrait on display at National Cathedral
Episcopal Journal
December 9, 2022
The portrait, by artist Kelly Latimore, was commissioned by LGBTQ members of the cathedral staff.
Category: Featured Journal
Florida Bishop election do-over challenged
Jon White
December 2, 2022
The journey to elect a bishop in the Jacksonville-based Diocese of Florida has hit another road bump. The Standing Committee notified the diocese that it had received a formal objection to the election which has already been run twice.
Wisconsin dioceses launch cooperative ministry
Solange De Santis
November 29, 2022
The Wisconsin dioceses of Fond du Lac and Milwaukee announced a new cooperative ministry to provide a joint summer camp and youth ministry resource person for diocesan congregations.
Episcopal Church 2021 report shows membership decline but increased giving
Episcopal Journal
November 25, 2022
David Paulsen of ENS writes that the Episcopal Church has released parochial data for 2021, offering a statistical picture of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Do-Over Election, Florida again elects Charlie Holt as Next Bishop
Jon White
November 22, 2022
In a do-over election in the Diocese of Florida, the electing convention has once again chosen the Rev Charlie Holt to be the next diocesan bishop.
Ban on choral singing based on flawed evidence, study suggests
Episcopal Journal
November 18, 2022
The report addresses an incident in March 2020 at a choral rehearsal in Mount Vernon, Wash., writes Pat Ashworth in Church Times.
Dog blessing leads to explosives-detection training at New Jersey church
Episcopal Journal
November 17, 2022
Sharon Sheridan Hausman writes that Bowie, a Giant Schnauzer, roamed St. John’s, Boonton, during his training.
Episcopal delegation resumes in-person engagement at U.N. climate conference
Episcopal Journal
November 11, 2022
David Paulsen of ENS writes that the Episcopal delegation is promoting policies backed by General Convention resolutions.
At COP27, Welby says the planet ‘is near the point of no return’
Solange De Santis
November 9, 2022
The archbishop of Canterbury speaks out on the climate crisis as an Episcopal Church delegation attends the U.N. climate conference.
Episcopal Church hosts call to prayer on Election Day
Solange De Santis
November 7, 2022
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris were among the featured guests in an online call to prayer on Election Day.
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Probe questions integrity of Florida’s second bishop election, citing anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
Episcopal Journal
February 20, 2023
David Paulsen of ENS writes that a churchwide panel concluded that exclusionary policies in the Diocese of Florida limited which clergy and lay leaders were eligible to vote on a new bishop and “cast doubt on the integrity of the election process.”
Virginia parish to exhibit ‘Stations of the Cross’ during Lent
Linda Brooks
February 9, 2023
Margaret (Peggy) Adams Parker, a senior lecturer at Virginia Theological Seminary, will be exhibiting her 14 “Stations of the Cross,” a series of woodcut prints on paper, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22.
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.”
