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[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s Green Caucus is relaunching an environment-themed Compline series, with monthly online worship services beginning Oct. 6 in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis and the conclusion of the Season of Creation. Compline is a nighttime liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer that completes the Daily Office cycle…

[Episcopal News Service] The primary complainant in one of the two disciplinary cases against John Howard, former bishop of the Diocese of Florida, released a written statement Oct. 3 voicing strong disagreement with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe for his decision to end the cases against Howard before they reached a hearing. The Rev. Elyse Gustafson…

The 2025 Ancient Order Radical Vocation Conference, commonly known as RADVO, took place Sept. 25-27 at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas. Photo: Courtesy of Kimberly Durnan [Diocese of Dallas] The message of hope in a tumultuous world is the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the recurring theme for the…

Every October, Christ Church in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, hosts a pumpkin patch to raise money to support its ministries and the local food pantry and education programs. Photo: Courtesy of Nicholas “Nick” D’Amato [Episcopal News Service] Christ Church in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, will host its 20th annual volunteer-led pumpkin patch Oct. 6-31. Proceeds from the…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The president of the Malagasy Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Samoela Jaona Ranarivelo, has shared a statement calling for peace and stability in Madagascar following violence and killings around Gen-Z protests. The church is in the Province of the Indian Ocean. Issued on Sept. 29, the statement expresses “deepest sympathy to those…

Bishop John Howard led the Jacksonville-based Diocese of Florida from 2004 to 2023. Photo: Diocese of Florida [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe has reached an agreement with former Florida Bishop John Howard to end the two Title IV cases against Howard without any disciplinary action and without Howard admitting any wrongdoing. Rowe said…

[Church of England] Congregation members from two parishes will be marking the United Kingdom’s Black History Month – October – by celebrating their connection to one of the 18th century’s most famous figures in the campaign to abolish the transatlantic slave trade. Writer and campaigner Olaudah Equiano, who was enslaved but later bought his own…

Pastor Michael Marcela and the Rev. Robert Hartmans check in with each other on a Sunday morning. Photo: Kyla Willoughby [Faith & Leadership] It was raining hard in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, as the Rev. Robert Hartmans unloaded boxes and hauled furniture into the parsonage that would be home for the next year for him,…

[Anglican Communion News Service] Anglican Communion Secretary General Bishop Anthony Poggo, attended a service of commissioning in the Diocese of Kildare to celebrate the heritage of pioneer ministry in the Church of Ireland and announce a new outreach mission project. A new diocesan pioneer ministry project, “The Community of the Celtic Cross,” is being established in…

Western North Carolina Bishop José McLoughlin (center) raises a chalice during the Sept. 27 “Bearing Witness” service that marked one year ater the diocese was hit by Hurricane Helene. Standing with McLoughlin are (from left) the Rev. Kelsey Davis, bishop’s deputy for disaster response; Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe; Western North Carolina Archdeacon Brenda Gilbert; the…