Former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry keeps busy travel schedule in first year of retirement

All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick, Maryland, is just one of the churches in the Episcopal Dicoese of Maryland that has seen an increase in newcomers attending services this year. Photo: All Saints [Episcopal News Service] Earlier this year Maryland Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent began to hear reports of a growing number of new people coming…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Safe Church conference of Anglican provinces in East Africa took place April 30–May 4 in Nairobi, Kenya, hosted by the Anglican Church of Kenya. Featuring local experts, testimony from survivors and panel discussion, the conference gathered bishops, clergy and laity from across East Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic…

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Rev. Hosam E. Naoum, have issued a joint Advent appeal for Anglicans to pray for Palestinian Christians and support the work of the Diocese of Jerusalem. In a pastoral letter, the archbishops urge Anglicans around the world to support the…

[The Melbourne Anglican] Melbourne Anglicans have resolved to continue toward making the church safe and welcoming for First Peoples, after synod endorsed a motion supporting ongoing efforts towards reconciliation. The motion called on Anglicans to engage in truth-telling, repentance and justice alongside First Peoples and aim for more just and respectful relationships with them. Synod celebrated…

A musical based on the book Just Ask!, written by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, had its first workshop in early August at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Missouri. The musical will be staged at Kansas City’s Coterie Theatre in 2025. Photo: Coterie Theatre website [Episcopal News Service] Supreme Court Associate Justice…

The Rev. Elise Johnstone speaks in favor of Resolution A042 during a May 4 hearing of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations legislative committees. Photo: Zoom screenshot [Episcopal News Service] The legislative committees on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations on May 4 heard testimony on Resolution A042, which would allow for local ecumenical partnerships between The Episcopal…