Writings
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Peter’s Memorial, Geneva, NY
Last Sunday Dick and I went to a church we hadnât been to before….
Consecration of Prince Grenville Singh, Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY
On Memorial Day Dick and I went across the East River and ate lunch…
Presiding Bishop urges Farm Bill defeat
As we are learning more each day about the widening food crisis around the…
Presiding Bishop issues statement on Zimbabwe crisis
Together with millions of people around the world, my heart has been drawn in…
No longer strangers
Note to readers: During recent visits in dioceses around the Church, Presiding Bishop Katharine…
For the whole world
I have had the remarkable privilege to visit several Episcopal schools and institutions of…
Healing Our Planet Earth: Stewardship of the Earth
Why have we called on the various parts of creation around here to teach…
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. James by-the-Sea, San Diego, CA
I was in the Holy Land during this last Holy Week. When we were…
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, CA
When I was here in California last weekend, I saw an article in a…
Feast of the Annunciation at St. Mary the Virgin, New York City
I was in the Holy Land ten days ago, and on Holy Saturday we…
Targeting U.S. poverty
Episcopalians have learned a great deal about the Millennium Development Goals in the last…
The Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Christ the King, Riverbank, CA
When I went to the airport in New York on Friday morning, I noticed…
Presiding Bishop’s address to San Joaquin diocesan convention
I bring you Easter greetings, good news of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus…
Presiding Bishop's Palm Sunday sermon in Jerusalem
[Episcopal News Service] Marking the annual Palm Sunday celebrations and the start of a…
Presiding Bishop’s Message for Easter 2008
Your Easter celebration undoubtedly has included lots of physical signs of new life —…
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at the Opening Eucharist of the House of Bishops
The righteous and the unrighteous â how do we tell whoâs who? Itâs an…
Presiding Bishop's Sermon on Feast of Polycarp at Consortium of Endowed Parishes
When was the last time you were called on to confess your faith? Some…
Presiding Bishop’s Lenten message 2008
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (TEC) and Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson (ELCA) Issue Joint Statement on Refugees at Resettlement Site
We are confronted by the overwhelming reality that 33 million people worldwide are refugees…
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Southwestern Virginia's Annual Council
I spent much of my early adult life towing nets around behind different kinds…
Presiding Bishop’s 2007 Christmas message
Eyes to see: Finding Immanuel as immigrant, wanderer, child English In what form will…
Presiding Bishop's sermon at 'Towards Peace in Korea' Opening Eucharist
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at the Opening Eucharist of the worldwide Anglican…
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan
Proper 25, Year C Christ Church, Dearborn, Michigan (Executive Council) 28 October 2007 …
Presiding Bishop’s opening remarks at October 16 webcast
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offered the following opening remarks during an October 16…
Presiding Bishop's homily at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
The full text of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s September 30 homily at Grace…
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans
Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans Feast of Philander Chase Isaiah 44:1-6,8; Ps 108:1-6; Acts…
Presiding Bishop calls on people of faith to insist U.S. government refrain from ‘inhumane treatment’ of migrants
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Many remained hopeful that during the last session…
Union Theological Seminary Convocation Address
5 September 2007Isaiah 61:1-9. Welcome to a new year, to the new thing God…
Pondering the Great Commission
I met recently with a group of appointed missionaries of the Episcopal Church. They…
UBE Eucharist – Telling Our Story
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal…
Consecration of Laura Ahrens at Yale University
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church30…
Episcopal Historians and NNECA meeting
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal ChurchIrenaeus,…
400th Anniversary Celebration at Jamestown, Virginia
Sermon by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal…
Jazz Mass at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Proper 6, Year C17 June 2007 (Father’s Day and Jazz Mass)Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis…
Presiding Bishop’s testimony to the Senate on global warming
Written Testimony ofThe Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop ofThe Episcopal ChurchBefore the Senate…
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary Commencement 2007: Feast of Justin Martyr
A couple of weeks ago I read an intriguing book review. Actually, what caught…
Diverse mission fields
Was Pentecost just something that happened 2,000 years ago? Is it just a theological…
Coe College Baccalaureate
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a…
The Church is called to aid immigrants, Presiding Bishop says in letter
English Dear Friends in Christ, As Christians, we are called to embrace the stranger,…
Presiding Bishop’s Easter message affirms ‘new life out of death’
English I write at the close of our recent House of Bishops meeting. On…
Renewal of Ordination Vows with the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Isaiah 49:1-6; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12: 37-38, 42-50 The summer I was 14…
Protecting our children
I had a remarkable encounter recently with a young woman who still bears the…
Palm Sunday with the Church of St. James the Less, Jamaica, New York
This is the most schizophrenic Sunday of the entire Christian year. We begin in…
Presiding Bishop’s homily at House of Bishops’ closing Eucharist
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriPresiding Bishop and PrimateThe Episcopal Church Homily for Closing…
Presiding Bishop’s address at the TEAM conference: The church moving forward in prophetic witness
Boksburg, March 14, 2007 It is a great joy and delight to be here…
Time to reflect
As we move from Epiphany, the season in which we celebrated the manifestation of…
Presiding Bishop’s sermon at Executive Council meeting in Portland, Oregon
English 2 Lent, Year C, RCL4 March 2007St. Michael and All Angels, Portland, 9…
Presiding Bishop’s Opening Remarks for Churchwide Webcast Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City
Good morning to all of you. And it is a good morning, as the…
The Opening Eucharist for the Anglican Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2007
Welcome – many of you have traveled far to join this gathering of the…
A Season of Fasting: Reflections on the Primates' Meeting
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offered the following reflections following the February 15-19 meeting…
Jefferts Schori calls for marking of ONE Sunday near beginning of Lent
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is calling congregations to commemorate “ONE Sunday” on February…
Absalom Jones Day with the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
When you think about the word friend, who comes to mind? One of my…
Pauli Murray 30th anniversary celebration of her first mass Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill NC
Isaiah 61:1-4; Psalm 126; John 15:12-15 I stand here with what I imagine is…
In this season: Christ in the stranger’s guise, A reflection from the Presiding Bishop
English For the People of the Episcopal Church As the primates of the Anglican…
Presiding Bishop preaches in Cuba
English Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, while attending the Diocesan Synod of the Episcopal…
Presiding Bishop: Three mission questions
How do we understand our mission — as Christians, as Episcopalians, as congregations in…
Consecration of Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of Newark
Well, is it going to be go or stay? There is some real tension…
Presiding Bishop affirms Church’s ‘fiduciary and moral duty’ to preserve property
Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr.
English Our brother Martin had a dream, a dream born in the story of…
Evangelistic listening
One of the significant challenges in our life as a church has to do…