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Diocese of Northern Michigan traveling exhibit shares stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors
The Diocese of Northern Michigan’s racial reconciliation initiative, “Walking Together: Finding Common Ground,” is centered around a traveling exhibit that showcases stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors in Michigan. It includes a recording of Northern Michigan Bishop Rayford Ray formally apologizing for The Episcopal Church’s participation “in the human trafficking of children to place them…
Small rural church on Hawai‘i’s Big Island serves community with medical, shower services
St. Jude’s Episcopal Church in Hawaiian Ocean View on Hawai’i’s Big Island permanently houses a medical van on its campus that’s operated by the Hawai’i Community Health Center system. Photo: St. Jude’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] For the 3,800 or so residents of rural Hawai’ian Ocean View – more commonly called Ocean View –…
Grasslands Network, the first Episcopal eco-region, hosts event in Kansas for people to learn about, reflect on environmental issues
Willie Madl (left) and Ann Palmer point out rhubarb and strawberries growing at Bethany House and Gardens in Topeka, Kansas, on April 25 to some of the people attending the Grasslands Eco-region Network gathering. Madl is groundskeeper for the gardens, and Palmer helped design them. Photo: Melodie Woerman/ENS [Episcopal News Service – Topeka, Kansas] A…
Hope is front and center at interfaith pre-conference to AIDS 2024
[World Council of Churches] Ahead of the International AIDS Conference July 22-26 at the Messe München in Germany, faith leaders, faith-based organizations and faith actors gathered for a two-day, interfaith pre-conference themed “Sustaining Hope for All – Through 2030 and Beyond.” Passionate individuals of faith convened to discuss inclusivity, compassion and support for all affected…
Episcopal Church joins other Christians to mark one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, ensuing war in Gaza
The Episcopal Church, in collaboration with other members of Churches for Middle East Peace, observed the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza with an Oct. 7 virtual ecumenical service of lament. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians and about 1,200 Israelis, all mostly civilians, have been killed since the war…
New Jersey mayor abandons effort to seize Episcopal church’s property to build a park
The ashes of 325 people are buried in Christ Episcopal Church’s Memorial Garden. Many people worried about what would happen to those ashes if the town seized the church’s land for a park. That uncertainty figured into opposition to the plan. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick…
