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All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick, Maryland, is just one of the churches in the Episcopal Dicoese of Maryland that has seen an increase in newcomers attending services this year. Photo: All Saints [Episcopal News Service] Earlier this year Maryland Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent began to hear reports of a growing number of new people coming…

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Geneva, Switzerland, hosted some 18 attendees at the Sept. 19-20 conference, which included presentations, discussions and fellowship. Its Refugee Welcome Center began in 2022 in response to an influx of mostly women and children fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Geneva, Switzerland] As Western…

[Office of the Archbishop of York] Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, along with Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and leaders of other church bodies, have called for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of all hostages and prisoners after Israel launched its major…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] A historic declaration of friendship between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Catholic Church in Scotland was signed in Edinburgh Sept. 16, allowing them to work more closely together in future. The Saint Ninian Declaration supports a deepening relationship between the two denominations, making greater cooperation possible while acknowledging that there are differences…

[Church of England] A group of bishops with a close interest in the Holy Land have welcomed the announcement that the United Kingdom has formally recognized a Palestinian state. Southwark Bishop Christopher Chessun, the Church of England’s lead bishop for the Middle East, said the decision could help undercut extremist narratives and strengthen moderates. Joining in…

Visitors to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brighton, Michigan, Sept. 19-21 can light candles at a memorial altar in the church nave to remember deceased cast members of the “Gilmore Girls” TV show during the city’s Destination Stars Hollow weekend. Photo: St. Paul’s [Episcopal News Service] From Sept. 19-21, the city of Brighton, Michigan, will…

[Episcopal News Service] Angel Rivera was ordained and consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Cuba Sept. 18 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Havana. Rivera’s ordination marks a significant step toward self-determination for the Havana-based church in Cuba, which formally reunified with The Episcopal Church in 2020 after five years of efforts that…

[Episcopal News Service] A quick Episcopal liturgical quiz: How many rites for Holy Eucharist are contained in the Book of Common Prayer? If you said four, you’d be wrong – the prayer book offers the traditional Rite One, the contemporary Rite Two and a third liturgical order available for special circumstances – but a liturgy…

[Episcopal News Service] Dallas Bishop George Sumner said Sept. 18 in a message to the diocese that he intends to retire from leadership of the diocese on Jan. 1, handing ecclesiastical authority to his successor Bishop Coadjutor Robert Price, who was consecrated earlier this month. “I will have completed a little more than 10 years…

Giulia Bonoldi, managing director of the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center, left, gives a tour on Sept. 17 to Janet Day-Strehlow, an Episcopal Migration Ministries Province II liaison, the Rev. Sarah Shipman, EMM’s director, center, and Max Niedzwiecki, who serves on The Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on World Mission, as Holly Masterman, right, a JNRC volunteer,…