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ACNA supporter asks why ACNA is silent in the gun debate

March 28, 2018 6 Comments

ACNA explains why it has not entered the gun control debate.

Holy Week livestreams planned to start Wednesday

March 28, 2018 2 Comments

Throughout Holy Week, the Office of Communications will go inside one Episcopal congregation to livestream daily services, thereby bringing Holy Week and its reverence to computers, business, and homes for personal meditation and group reflection.

Trinity Wall Street installs metal detectors

March 27, 2018 No Comments

Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, and the neighboring St Paul’s Chapel have installed metal detectors to screen visitors to the historic sites. CNN reports:

Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message

March 27, 2018 1 Comment

The truth is the message of Jesus was unsettling to the world then as it is unsettling to the world now. And yet that very message is the only source of hope in life for the way of the cross,

Episcopalians across the country join March for Our Lives

March 26, 2018 No Comments

On Saturday, marches were held across the country protesting gun violence, called collectively March for Our Lives.

Maintaining conversation across the Anglican Communion

March 24, 2018 No Comments

A task force that was formed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2016 to maintain conversation and to restore relationships, rebuild mutual trust, heal the legacy of hurt and explore deep differences across the fractured Communion has announced plans for a Season of Repentance and Prayer next year.

#MarchForOurLives

March 24, 2018 No Comments

People across the country will be turning out today for an end to gun violence. Here’s a list of events where you can join with other Episcopalians to “MarchForOurLives”

Evangelism, Evangelism, Evangelism

March 22, 2018 No Comments

Best Resources from Evangelism Matter plus the Episcopal Church’s Evangelism Resources toolkit

Pioneering bishop Victoria Matthews to resign (UPDATED)

March 22, 2018 5 Comments

Victoria Matthews, bishop of Christchurch in New Zealand, and former candidate for Primate of the Anglican church of Canada has announced she will step down as she discerns where God might be calling her next. UPDATE: She has been announced as one of five nominees for Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Toronto

Sewanee revokes Charlie Rose’s honorary degree

March 21, 2018 No Comments

“At a special meeting on Tuesday, March 20, the Board of Regents voted to revoke the honorary degree awarded to Charlie Rose in May 2016.”