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[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…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Georgia plans to move from its current diocesan offices into another Savannah building vacated last year when one of the diocese’s churches closed, a shift that Bishop Frank Logue said brings numerous financial and ministry benefits. The current diocesan offices are located on 34th Street in Savanah in a…

[World Council of Churches] Churches in Africa remain on alert as mpox continues to spread in parts of the continent, prompting international health organizations to declare it a health emergency. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease caused by monkeypox virus and is in the same family as smallpox. Last week the World…

[Episcopal News Service] The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine announced Aug. 20 that it had received a $1.5 million grant from the city of New York to renovate a historic building on its Upper Manhattan campus and expand the social services it offers through the Cathedral Community Cares program. The goal is to…

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was sold to a local contractor and property manager, but the congregation has leased back space in the sanctuary to continue worshipping there. Photo: Audrey Scanlan, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Worshippers gather Sundays inside the nave at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Altoona, Pennsylvania, just like they…

The Rev. Melanie Mullen (third from left), director of reconciliation, justice and creation in the Office of the Presiding Bishop, was among a group of faith leaders who attended a meeting with the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House. Photo: Melanie Mullen [Episcopal…

Primates representing the Americas from left, the Most Rev. Brian Williams, Anglican Church of South America; the Most Rev. Juan David Alvarado Melgar, the Anglican Chuch of Central America; the Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, the Anglican Church of Canada; the Most Rev. Marinez Rosa Dos Santos Bassoto, the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil; the Most…