All Saints Church to celebrate anniversary of emancipation

From Maryland-

On Saturday, November 1st, All Saints Church, Sunderland and the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church USA will hold a service of Repentance and Reconciliation to acknowledge their complicity in the institution of slavery and will offer prayers of celebration for the progress toward equality since 1864. “It is our hope that you will be able to join us to honor this anniversary and those who have lived and died in the continuing struggle for justice, dignity and mutual respect; and, look with us to the future,” said the Rev. Kenneth Phelps; All Saints Rector.

Although All Saints’ community celebration starts at 9 A.M., the church is also one of the stops on the Maryland Episcopal Diocese “Trail of Souls” pilgrimage bus tour commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Abolition of Chattel Slavery in Maryland.  A bus pilgrimage and caravan will depart from the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Baltimore and then proceed to three historic parishes, ending at the Bishop Claggett Center, Buckeystown, MD. The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, USA will visit All Saints for this Day of Repentance and Reconciliation, along with The Rt. Reverend Eugene Taylor Sutton, Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland; The Rt. Reverend Heather E. Cook, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Maryland and the Rt. Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Diocese of Washington.

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http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1014/all-saints-church-to-celebrate-anniversary-of-emancipation.html