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The Episcopal Church’s Office of African Descent Ministries’ “Healing from Internalized Oppression” curriculum teaches participants about institutional, interpersonal and internal oppression from a Christian perspective. Photo: African Descent Ministries [Episcopal News Service] Five years after The Episcopal Church’s Office of African Descent Ministries began offering its popular “Healing from Internalized Oppression” curriculum for Black people,…

The University of the South’s School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, hosted a webinar, called “Churches and Climate Change After Helene,” on Oct. 23, 2024, to address how churches and communities can respond to climate change in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] Hurricane Helene’s unprecedented destruction upon inland communities throughout…

[Diocese of Los Angeles] National CORE, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, honored the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles as “Community Partner of the Year” last week for its commitment to affordable housing, and the goal to build affordable housing on 25% of church properties throughout the diocese, set by Bishop John Harvey Taylor. “Housing is…

[Episcopal News Service] The United Nations is three days into its annual biodiversity conference, and The Episcopal Church is participating for the first time as an observer organization. Three Episcopalians – Colombia Bishop Elías García Cárdenas, Kansas Bishop Cathleen Bascom and the Rev. Luis Fernando López Chicaiza, a priest at Parroquia Episcopal Trinity Church in…

[Episcopal News Service] The rector of an Episcopal church in St. Augustine, Florida, was the victim of a stabbing attack Oct. 23 that has left him hospitalized, the Diocese of Florida said in a written statement on the attack. The Rev. Matt Marino, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, was having coffee in the city’s downtown…

Children serve as acolytes at the Feb. 11, 2024, celebration of the Lunar New Year at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, California. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [Episcopal News Service] Five Episcopal dioceses, a parish and a seminary have received grants of more than $1 million each through the Lilly Endowment Nurturing Children Through Worship and…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay has expressed deep concern over developments on the Korean Peninsula, and escalating tensions and conflict risk in the region. On Oct. 15, North Korea blew up the northern sections of road and rail routes that once linked it with South Korea….

[Anglican Church of Canada] The acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Rev. Anne Germond, joined the Rev. Susan Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, in calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to work for peace in the Middle East. Their letter read, in part, “We continue our…

[Religion News Service] Two dozen historic faith communities have received grants from The National Fund for Sacred Spaces, in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to be used to support critical preservation projects that will help maintain and extend the life of their houses of worship. The 2024 grants, $4 million in total, were awarded…

Hundreds of trees at DaySpring Camp & Conference Center in Parrish, Diocese of Southwest Florida, fell or broke after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Oct. 9, 2024, near Siesta Key about 35 miles south. The conference center’s beloved “DaySpring tree” at the entrance of Curry Hall was no exception and…