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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Christmas message 2022: ‘Love always’

December 19, 2022

A transcript of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s recorded Christmas message for 2022.

Episcopalians invited to register for Winter Talk 2023 livestream

December 15, 2022

As The Episcopal Church reckons more deeply with its past involvement in Indigenous boarding schools, the Office of Indigenous Ministries invites all Episcopalians to register to watch Winter Talk 2023, an annual conference that highlights Indigenous and Native American traditions and contributions within the church.

Ready to deepen your faith in a global setting?

December 15, 2022

When program alumni were asked recently if they would recommend a year of international mission engagement through The Episcopal Church’s Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), they answered resoundingly: Yes!

Presiding bishop invites applicants for 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women delegation

December 14, 2022

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites applications for Episcopal delegates age 19 and up to represent The Episcopal Church in person and virtually at the 67th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW67) in New York City, March 6-17. It will be the first time the church sends in-person delegates since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Applications open for seminary faculty to apply
for 2023-2024 Conant Grants

December 12, 2022

The Episcopal Church announces the opening of applications for Conant Grants for the 2023-2024 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 16.

New Spanish, French prayer book translations now available

December 8, 2022

New, certified Spanish and French translations of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer are available online. Printed copies will be available Jan. 20.

Executive Council to meet Dec. 13 to confirm budget committee appointments, consider COO nomination

December 7, 2022

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will convene an online special meeting at 11 a.m. ET Dec. 13 to confirm appointments for a new budget committee and to consider a nomination for the church’s next chief operating officer.

Got a penchant for planning? Apply to be on the Young Adult and Campus Ministries Leadership Conference Planning Team

December 5, 2022

The Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office invites those with a penchant for programming and hospitality to serve on a planning team for an upcoming leadership conference for those in ministry with young adults on and off college campuses.

Episcopal Service Corps seeks applicants for 2023-24 service year

December 1, 2022

The Episcopal Service Corps (ESC) invites young leaders ages 21 to 32 interested in a transformative outreach and discernment experience to apply online for the 2023-24 program year.

Diocese of Colombia notified of successful canonical consent process for next bishop

November 30, 2022

The Episcopal Diocese of Colombia has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that Bishop-elect Pastor Elías García Cardenas has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed in Canon III.11.3. The consents received have been certified by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Registrar of the General Convention.

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