Forgiving Seventy Times Seven, Proper 19 (A) – 2014
[…] evils need to be dealt with. They need to be eradicated from the earth and humanity deserves to live in peace and safety. Forgiveness? No! Maybe Jesus in his humanity […]
St. Alban's Underwear Because We Care
[…] work with Underwear Because We Care, he volunteers in refugee issues and the fight against human trafficking. Though he officially retired three years ago, Curtis’ wife says that she’s not sure […]
EPPN Lenten Series: "Transforming Our Culture of Violence"
[…] week with testimony presented to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, which held a hearing on gun violence. “It is abundantly clear to me, […]
International Day of the Girl Child
[…] society change to offer equal pay and opportunities. We must fight against social plights like human trafficking and child brides, which rob our girl children of the futures they deserve. Fight […]
Urgent Action Alert: Stop Cuts to Refugee Services & Help Unaccompanied Children
[…] asylees, Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa recipients, Cuban and Haitian entrants, and survivors of human trafficking and torture, ORR, which is within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, […]
Bible Study: Advent 4 (A) – 2019
[…] us an all-too-familiar story of people falling away from the salvation of God, relying on humans rather than the divine. The plea to God to save is heart-wrenching. The agony […]
Changing Immigration Conversations
[…] share perspectives with Administration officials and urge them to put in place policies that are humane and compassionate. We offer ways for our Episcopal Public Policy Network members to be […]
Domestic Policy Action Network Newsletter July-August 2015
[…] people, with Creation and with ourselves.” The Encyclical challenges consumerism and overreliance on technology, citing human greed as an agent of destruction in the natural world and drawing attention to […]
Episcopal House of Bishops March 2019: Prayers of the People, Opening Eucharist, March 12, 2019
[…] life is not respected or protected – especially those who suffer from the “industry” of human sex trafficking; may the righteous legacy and sainted soul of Harriet Tubman inspire men […]
Presiding Bishop, President of House of Deputies on DACA: We stand with the Dreamers and will do all that we can to support them
[…] to do so while keeping our borders secure from those whose business is in drugs, human trafficking or terror. We are committed to working actively toward both the passage of a […]
Sermon at the Closing Eucharist of Transfiguring Episcope
[…] seems to be equal opportunity, free floating, not just here, but almost anywhere there are human beings struggling with truth and their take on ultimate meaning. âIâm sending you out […]
United Thank Offering grants: $1.3 million for Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion mission and ministry
[…] – Community Vehicle, Rorya District, Tanzania: $28,200.00 Diocese of South Dakota – The Dakota Territory Human Trafficking Project, Formalized relationship with Diocese of North Dakota: $54,800.00 Diocese of Southwest Virginia – […]
Eight DFMS staff appointments announced
[…] instructions is available here: https://www7.ultirecruit.com/EPI1003/JobBoard/listjobs.aspx For more information contact a member of the Episcopal Church Human Resources Team at HRM@episcopalchurch.org. New staff, from left: Kaitlyn […]
Episcopal Church statement on Texas Gov. Abbott’s decision to reject refugee resettlement
[…] serves refugees, asylees, individuals with Special Immigrant Visas, Cuban-Haitian entrants, Central American minors, survivors of human trafficking, and other vulnerable populations. In addition, RST and IMGH work to facilitate partnerships with […]
Video now available: 40th anniversary of women’s ordination celebration
[…] afoot everywhere, freeing her people from oppressors, and she enters all sorts and conditions of human beings bound for the glory of justice and peace. Together, we are marching upward […]
House of Bishops Daily Account for Friday, September 17, 2010
[…] He called Arizona “the epicenter of discussion in this country about immigration,” naming it the human rights issue of our time. Smith shared statistics: In 2020 one-third of the United […]
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: All are Created Equal
[…] gender-based violence. Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive and harmful human rights abuses in the world. It is estimated that one in three women worldwide will experience […]
Progress at UNCSW: Christopher Esposito-Bernard (Diocese of New York)
[…] of the solution. We need to reframe the discussion from a women’s issue to a human issue, where men and women, boys and girls can collaborate constructively to solve the […]
Immigration Advocacy Network Newsletter February- March 2015
[…] The Episcopal Church call for policies that protect families from separation through deportation and the humane enforcement of immigration law, and therefore the Church stands ready to assist with the […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori expresses concern to President Obama about Gaza incident
[…] measured and thoughtful. It is clear, however, that the deaths of civilians working to deliver humanitarian aid could not have happened absent the counterproductive Israeli blockade of Gaza. The Episcopal […]