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A call to peace and prayer for Ukraine

March 5, 2014

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joins the heads of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada in […]

Deacon Terry Star, Rest in Peace

March 5, 2014

The Episcopal Church is saddened by the sudden death of Deacon Terry L. Star of the Diocese of North Dakota, a member of the Episcopal Church Executive Council and a […]

Share your Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, Easter experiences with the entire Church

March 3, 2014

The holy season of Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday and continues to the festive day of Easter. This season, consider sharing your experiences with the entire Episcopal Church […]

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Lent Message 2014

February 28, 2014

“So as you enter Lent, consider how you will live in solidarity with those who are hungry, or broken, or ill in one way or another,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her Lent Message 2014.

Still time to submit videos to Task Force on Study of Marriage

February 26, 2014

There is still time to submit a video to the Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage. The videos should focus on the topic: Give us your first […]

TREC releases second Study Paper

February 26, 2014

The Task Force for Re-Imagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) has released the second of its Study Papers, Focusing on Reforms to Church Wide Governance and Administration, the Study Paper is […]

Episcopal Church grants available for campus ministries

February 25, 2014

Applications are now being accepted for grant proposals from dioceses, parishes or community college/college/university campuses for new as well as current campus ministries in higher education institutions in the Episcopal […]

March 2: World Mission Sunday

February 20, 2014

World Mission Sunday is March 2 in The Episcopal Church. Traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday after Epiphany, the purpose of World Mission Sunday is to focus on the global […]

Why Serve 2014: An Episcopal vocational discernment conference for young adults of color

February 20, 2014

Young adults of color are invited to examine their gifts and explore opportunities at a June Episcopal Church retreat, Why Serve 2014: We are all called by God, but what […]

Media Advisory: Episcopal House of Bishops to meet

February 20, 2014

The Episcopal Church House of Bishops will meet at the Camp Allen Conference & Retreat Center in Navasota, TX (Diocese of Texas) March 21-25. Meeting in retreat, the theme for […]

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