Here is our weekly collection plate, offering some of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news fit to print.
In the Diocese of San Joaquin, letters have been sent to nine parishes in the diocese inviting the leaders of the parishes to arrange the transition of all properties and assets back to the Episcopal Church.
When people think about torture, few consider the emotional and spiritual costs beginning with the victim and extending to all those involved in the process including the families.
Michael Kessler writes in the Washington Post about the changes in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under the direction of Joshua DuBois. Kessler says it is “refreshing to hear DuBois repeatedly speak of his office as seeking to create “responsible partnerships”.
The Detroit News reports on a man who is the music director of an Episcopal church who has been charged with sexual abuse of minors.
The National Catholic Reporter, citing a study by Giving USA Foundation, says that religious organizations reported a 5.5-percent increase in donations last year, a marked contrast from the nationwide 2-percent decline in charitable giving.
The Rev. Ed Bacon, Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA, met with members of the Obama administration at the White House yesterday along
The Church of the Resurrection in Miami was filled to the brim as Alberto Cutie gave his first sermon since being received as a Episcopalian. Some in the congregation were members of the press. It is expected that he will begin the process of being received as an Episcopal priest, thought that may take a year or more of discernment and preparation in advance of the event.
Ekklesia reports on an international ecumenical seminar discussing how to bring Eastern and Western churches together around the date of Easter which the two traditions
A five hour rain delay of a Big East tournament game between the University of South Florida and the University of Connecticut meant it was