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The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations hosted an online workshop Aug. 27 to introduce its civil discourse curriculum. The goal is to help Episcopalians understand how to use civil discourse to bridge partisan divides and learn from one another ahead of the Nov. 5 general election and beyond. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] The…

LGBTQ+ supporters – particularly transgender people – representing a migrants’ association gathered in London, England, in 2022 to participate in the annual Trans Pride event in response to the injustice that trans+ people worldwide face daily. Photo: Hesther Ng/Via AP [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Migration Ministries, the church’s refugee resettlement agency, awarded $3,000 Rainbow Asylum…

[Anglican Journal — Anglican Church of Canada] Deacons in the Anglican Church of Canada are seeking to redefine their role in a changing world as they look toward next year’s General Synod, where diaconal ministry is set to be a major topic of discussion. Anglican Deacons Canada (ADC), the national association of Anglican deacons, held…

[Anglican Communion News Service] On Aug. 26, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement calling for “the urgent need to conclude the present war, to turn from the pursuit of death and destruction towards the promotion of life and peace.” Archbishop Hosam Naoum, primate of the Province of Jerusalem &…

[The Church of England] Mandated to drive “significant cultural and structural change on issues of racial justice within the Church of England,” the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice , headed by the Rt. Hon. Lord Paul Boateng, is charged with monitoring, holding to account and supporting the implementation of the 47 recommendations of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce that…

[Anglican Communion News Service] From topics of artificial intelligence, climate change, conflict and growing youth populations, Anglicans will be represented at the United Nations “Summit of the Future” September 22-23. Martha Jarvis from the Anglican Communion’s U.N. Team will be attending the summit in New York. The summit is a gathering of world leaders that…

[Episcopal News Service] At Christ Episcopal Church in Calvert County, Maryland, you can expect the familiar liturgical seasons – Advent, Lent, Pentecost – and also anticipate another annual celebration that has become, over more than a century and a half, a beloved and uniquely homegrown event on the parish calendar: a jousting tournament. “A lot…

[Episcopal News Service] As the U.S. presidential race heats up with less than three months until the Nov. 5 general election, Episcopalians are not only encouraged to get involved in the electoral process but also invited to promote civil discourse during the election cycle and beyond. The Episcopal Church’s Washington, D.C.-based Office of Government Relations…

Lester Mackenzie, Joe Mendelsohn and Jean Tschohl Quinn led the “Season of Lamentation” panel discussion at St. George’s Church, Laguna Hills, on Aug. 18. Photos: Jean Klein [Diocese of Los Angeles] A “Season of Lamentation,” an Aug. 18 gathering at St. George’s Church in Laguna Hills, drew participants from across the diocese yearning for common…

On Aug. 17, 2024, Episcopalians in the Diocese of Arizona toured the now-defunct Phoenix Indian School, the second-largest Indigenous boarding school in the United States, as part of a yearlong Indigenous boarding schools pilgrimage hosted by the diocese and its Council for Native American Ministry. Elena Selestewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe and the…