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Massachusetts Bishop Julia Whitworth prays with Blanca Martinez at a rally in Burlington before her appointment with federal immigration officials. Photo: St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians from across the Diocese of Massachusetts joined a large group of community members on Sept. 16 in rallying behind an immigrant from Honduras…
Committees hear testimony on canonical language requiring baptism to receive Communion
The Rev. James Richardson, bottom right, a deputy from the Diocese of Northern California, answers a question from the Rev. Melissa Adzima of Colorado, bottom left, a member of the House of Deputies Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Committee, during a hearing on April 10. Watching on the Zoom screen are the chair of the…
Northern California church launches outdoor play cafe as safe, inviting community hub
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Sebastopol, California, opened its Playground Cafe on June 7 and it has quickly become a popular destination for families and neighbors. Photo courtesy of Christy Laborda Harris [Episcopal News Service] The Playground Café is first a playground – slide, tunnel, a kids’ playhouse and games for young and old –…
New primate of the Anglican Church of Australia will be Canberra and Goulburn Bishop Mark Short
[Anglican Communion News Service] On July 19, the Rt. Rev. Mark Short, bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, was elected the 18th primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Board of Electors, consisting of all diocesan bishops, as well as 12 clergy and 12 laity elected by the General Synod of the…
Diocese of Northern Michigan traveling exhibit shares stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors
The Diocese of Northern Michigan’s racial reconciliation initiative, “Walking Together: Finding Common Ground,” is centered around a traveling exhibit that showcases stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors in Michigan. It includes a recording of Northern Michigan Bishop Rayford Ray formally apologizing for The Episcopal Church’s participation “in the human trafficking of children to place them…
Heavenly host of colonial-era angels revealed at Boston church just in time for Christmas
One of the 16 colonial-era angel paintings being revealed at Old North Church, overpainted and hidden for more than a century. Photo: Old North Church [Diocese of Massachusetts] Through a painstaking and possibly once-in-a-lifetime paint restoration project underway at Old North Church in Boston, a host of colonial-era angels is coming into view, one by one, for…
