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[Diocese of Southern Ohio] Erin Koepke found that the bond of food, of breaking bread together, transcends geography, age, race and culture. A longtime camp counselor in the Diocese of Southern Ohio and member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Dayton, Koepke joined micro-farmers from South Africa and two colleagues to create a cookbook using locally [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Jonathan Myrick Daniels was a 26-year-old seminarian when he heard the televised appeal of Martin Luther King Jr. for students and clergy to join the struggle for civil rights. Inspired by the words of the Magnificat about the God who “hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the [...]

[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta] Victor Catanzaro can’t see, and he can’t walk. And he doesn’t have a lot of strength in his upper body. But he can serve as an acolyte in an Episcopal church. How can this be? Well, it takes a parish. About three years ago, Betsy Jones, who serves as acolyte master [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Six priests have been nominated to stand for election to become bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. They are: The Rev. Randy Alexander, 45, rector, Christ Church, Pelham (Diocese of New York); The Rev. Canon Susan Goff, 58, canon to the ordinary, Diocese of Virginia; The Very Rev. David May, [...]

[Ecumenical News International] A diocese of the Church of South India (CSI) is preparing an appeal against a court order that has virtually stripped it of more than half its churches and institutions, inherited from the Basel Mission church. “We are preparing a strong appeal to get this order quashed. We are hopeful that our [...]

[Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion] Today, with 6,000 co-ed students in Chennai, India, Madras Christian College (MCC) is the largest of the 50 Indian members of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC). During a Service of Thanksgiving to launch MCC’s 175th anniversary, ‘Celebrating History and Serving Humanity’, Dr Jeremy Law, Dean [...]

[American Cancer Society] Residents of Austin have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed to participate in the American Cancer Society’s [...]

[Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio] With a generous $20,000 grant from the Roanridge Trust Foundation, Procter Center in the Diocese of Southern Ohio will partner with Episcopal Relief and Development to host a four-day training entitled “Growing Food and Faith.” The Growing Food and Faith program is a unique, long-term initiative that prepares rural community [...]

[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] As the Episcopal Church’s Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (PB&F) began discussing the draft 2013-2015 budget here, the members often said they were faced with holding many things in tension. The budget committee met Jan. 30-Feb. 2 at the Maritime Institute’s Conference Center to receive [...]

[Episcopal News Service] I’m excited to be part of a process in the Diocese of Washington focusing on collaboration, looking at Region 6 in our diocese. Locals call the region southern Maryland – 22 parishes in the old tobacco economy of lower Prince George’s, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties.  All but two of the congregations [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Seven priests have been nominated to stand for election to become the fourth bishop of the Shreveport-based Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana. They are: The Very Rev. John Burwell, 60, rector, Church of the Holy Cross, Isle of Palms, South Carolina and rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, Florence, South Carolina (Diocese of [...]

[Episcopal Public Policy Network] Mountaintop removal mining takes an irreversible toll on God’s Creation, destroying mountains, burying streams, sending toxic chemicals into the ground, and poisoning the waters of the local community. For this reason, the Episcopal Church alongside ecumenical and interfaith partners has long opposed mountaintop removal. We remain concerned that allowing mining operations [...]

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Anglican Health Network (AHN) today announced plans for a major conference in Birmingham, UK, in April 2013. “Christians promote a comprehensive experience of health and healing”, states Revd Paul Holley, coordinator of the AHN. “However, this comprehensive ministry is now largely detached from the medical establishment. Faith has tended to [...]

[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of New York that Bishop-Elect Andrew Dietsche has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Piedad Córdoba, 58, la controversial ex-senadora liberal de Colombia, dijo en una entrevista en el Canal Telesur que aspira a ser presidenta de su país. Graduada en leyes de la Universidad Pontificia de Medellín, ha servido de mediadora con las FARC y ha defendido en el congreso a “los afro-descendientes como yo”. [...]

The following post is the latest weekly release from the American Friends of the Episcopal Church of Sudan offering an update on the continuing unrest in Sudan and South Sudan. In the church: A Message from AFRECS Executive Director Richard Parkins If there were any doubt that the euphoria of July 9th has ended, the [...]

[The Episcopal New Yorker] This whole sordid subject of fracking — the deep drilling for natural gas with highly pressurized water and dangerous chemicals — and the impact of groundwater pollution have a long history. But in my own life it’s not a long or complicated story. In fact, it’s not complicated at all. So, [...]

[Oficial de Asuntos Públicos] La conferencia Nueva Comunidad para clérigos y laicos patrocinada por Iglesia Episcopal ofrecerá a clérigos y laicos oportunidades de explorar la misión de los ministerios étnicos. Centrada en el tema: “Recuperando nuestra misión; reinterpretando nuestro contexto; renovando nuestras comunidades”. El clero está invitado del 29 de febrero al 3 de marzo  [...]

[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The Social and Economic Justice Office of the Episcopal Church Center has awarded 108 Jubilee Ministry grants in 50 dioceses for 2011 and 2012 in four categories for more than $165,000 to support mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church. The 2011 categories are: health and nutrition; diocesan development; [...]

[Faith & Leadership] Mainline churches were never a good fit for broadcast media, but they are ideally suited to take advantage of the new world of social media, said Elizabeth Drescher, the author of “Tweet If You ♥ Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation.” To Drescher, social media offers a chance for the mainline [...]