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An 1848 print by Tompkins Harrison Matteson depicts the Rev. Jacob Duché offering the first prayer on Sept. 7, 1774, during an early First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo: New York Public Library Digital Collection [Episcopal News Service] Two Episcopal priests who serve historic Philadelphia churches recently participated in a panel discussion marking the…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication have launched a resource to address tech-facilitated gender-based violence. “Taking Action Against Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence,” a new toolkit for trainers and advocates, offers practical ways to raise awareness and move towards overcoming tech-facilitated gender-based violence, said the Rev. Nicole Ashwood,…

The Rev. Bernie Lindley sorts bread for the food ministry at St. Timothy’s, Brookings, Oregon. That ministry can continue unrestricted after a court ruling found in favor of the church and the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon and against the city. Photo: Courtesy Bernie Lindley [Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal church in Oregon that successfully fought…

[Religion News Service — Nairobi, Kenya] Despite the Sudanese civil war that’s devastated the region, the All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Khartoum is still standing. But its compound is now a graveyard, with a vandalized altar and missing pews, which have been chopped by soldiers for firewood, according to Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo. At the start of…

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry looks up at one of the columns hanging at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, during an October 2019 Executive Council meeting in the city. The steel columns memorialize the victims from all American counties where at least one lynching occurred from 1877 to 1950. Photo: David…

[Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby met and prayed with Palestinian Christian human rights lawyer Dalia Qumsieh and campaigner Mays Nassar at Lambeth Palace on Sept. 10. The Rev. Munther Isaac joined the meeting via video link, having been delayed in travelling to the U.K. due to the current closure…

[Anglican Church of Canada] As she prepares to retire on Sept. 15, Primate Linda Nicholls is saying good-bye to Anglicans in a video message. In it she said that after 39 years of active ordained ministry, “I am looking forward to moving back into the pew.” She also said,  “The greatest gift of the primacy…

The Airport Fire burns on a ridge near Trabuco Canyon. Photo: Paul Hinson/The Episcopal News [The Episcopal News — Diocese of Los Angeles] St. John’s church and school community swiftly mobilized as the Airport Fire escalated Sept. 10 in Rancho Santa Margarita in Orange County, offering aid and housing evacuees. For Sheryll Grogan, acting head of…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Chicago has begun holding listening sessions intended to advance its yearslong examination of the legacy of slavery in the diocese. Its Antiracism Commission is leading the sessions as part of a project that will produce an updated report on that legacy and recommend actions to help repair the harm…

[Anglican Taonga] New Zealand Anglican Archbishop Don Tamihere and other Anglican leaders joined with Māori church leaders to offer prayers, readings and blessings as Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po was raised up as the new Māori queen in a Sept. 5 ceremony. After she was crowned by having a Bible held…