Monday, July 13, 2020

Washington's 'Church of Presidents' etched in history again

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From Arkansas- The Rev. John C. Harper had been rector at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church for less than a year when the 1963...
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Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation holds first public service since March

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From Long Island- It is said that Jesus prepares a place for the faithful, the Very Rev. Michael Sniffen noted during his sermon Sunday....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

'I was horrified': Witnesses injured by police testify about Trump's photo op at Lafayette Square

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From USA Today- Members of Congress heard from a series of witnesses, including several who were injured in the  forcible clearing of pr...
Monday, June 29, 2020

The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria officially inaugurated as 41st Province of the Anglican Communion

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From Anglican News- The former Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa has completed its transition into an autonomous ...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

Archdiocese of Toronto modifies Eucharist rite to observe safety protocols

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From Canada- For the past three months, the Archdiocese of Toronto has worked on different ways to serve its parishioners safely when th...

Was Jesus Black Or White? How One Church Leader Just Changed The Debate

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From Forbes- What race was Jesus of Nazareth, one of the most consequential figures in the history of the world? Nobody can say for certa...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

First Woman To Lead The Episcopal Diocese Of Alabama

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From Alabama- The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama will consecrate a new bishop on Saturday, and for the first time that bishop is a woman. R...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson ordained as bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Mo

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From Missouri- The Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson was ordained as the 11 th  bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, representing more th...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

Here’s why a fence went up around St. John’s Church at Black Lives Matter Plaza

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From D.C.- The Metropolitan Police Department has opened the entirety of Black Lives Matter Plaza back up to protesters. However, people...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

A call for moral leadership

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From RNS- Six divinity school deans and seminary presidents release a joint statement on the state of our national leadership Joint P...

St. John’s Church in Washington vandalized again

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From ENS- St. John’s Episcopal Church, the “church of presidents” in Washington, D.C., that has become a major flashpoint during weeks of...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

‘Seek repentance’: Clergy group calls on Mississippi to remove Confederate symbol from state flag

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From Mississippi- Episcopal Bishop Brian Seage of the Diocese of Mississippi told Episcopal News Services that he believes the flag “belo...

SC judge rules breakaway Diocese in Episcopal split can keep properties

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From South Carolina- A South Carolina circuit judge ruled Friday congregations that broke away from the Episcopal Church in 2012 can keep...

Coronavirus Outbreak Linked To West Virginia Church Grows To Over 40 Cases

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From West Virginia- A coronavirus outbreak linked to a church in southern West Virginia has grown to at least 41 cases, officials said Mon...
Monday, June 22, 2020

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From Tennessee- According to research from the university , the men who founded Sewanee: The University of the South for the Episcopal C...

Get to church or synagogue early; houses of worship open in Phase 2 at 25% capacity

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From New York- The Episcopal Diocese of New York will open its churches on July 1, according to dioceseny.org .  After July 1, state...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Fact check: Trump falsely claims 'insurance reasons' prevented him from entering St. John's Church

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From CNN- More than two weeks after his controversial photo-op outside a Washington, DC, church, President Donald Trump offered a new e...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

‘COVID-19 has provided us opportunity to make fresh start’

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From Nigeria- Archbishop Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, the 5th Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), t...

South Carolina judge issues ruling contrary to state Supreme Court decision in church property case

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From ENS- South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson, tasked in November 2017 by the South Carolina Supreme Court with a remittitur...
Friday, June 19, 2020

For less than the price of an average house in St Thomas, you can buy a house of God

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From Canada- For less than the price of an average house in St Thomas, you can buy an historic house of God. Built in 1877, Trinit...

Financially Hit by COVID-19, Washington National Cathedral Lays Off Staff

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From RNS- The Washington National Cathedral announced a 15% reduction in full-time staff on Tuesday (June 16) due to the financial impact...

Zoom tribunal for US Bishop of Albany

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From The Church Times- A BISHOP in the Episcopal Church in the United States faced a disciplinary panel over Zoom last Friday for his ref...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

‘I Absolutely Have No Excuse to Give Up'

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From Sojourners- The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D. is Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Canon Th...

Episcopal Church holds hearing for bishop who refused to allow gay marriages in diocese

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From Christian Post- The Episcopal Church held a hearing in the case of a bishop who refused to allow for the blessing of same-sex marria...

West Virginia sees coronavirus outbreaks in churches

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From West Virginia- Less than a month after President Trump urged churches to reopen , West Virginia has reported a significant number of...
Monday, June 15, 2020

'It was a significant miscalculation' | DC faith leaders frustrated over President Trump's June 1 photo op at St. John's Church

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 From D.C.- Two weeks after President Donald Trump posed for a photo op in front of St. John's Church, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budd...

Faith leaders working ‘slowly, carefully and deliberately’ to bring congregations back into houses of worship, though hybrid virtual and live services could continue

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From Chicago- Many houses of worship continue to hold virtual services and are proceeding with a gradual return to in-person services.  H...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

'Weird Christianity' and why young people are embracing orthodoxy online and in church

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From Australia- Gregorian chants, renaissance choral music and incense wafting from a metallic censer.  In an era when Kanye West run...

Secret Service admits using pepper spray to clear protesters for Trump photo op

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From NY Daily News- The Secret Service finally admitted Saturday that it used pepper spray to clear protesters from outside the Wh...

Missouri makes history with first black, openly-gay bishop ordination

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From Missouri (with video)- The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri has a new leader and it's a choice that's making history. Reverend...