Deacon whose ancestors were enslaved by her Baltimore church’s founding rector helps parish face its past - Episcopal News Service

Deacon whose ancestors were enslaved by her Baltimore church’s founding rector helps parish face its past - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] Though a number of Episcopal churches have worked to acknowledge and repent for their congregations’ historic involvement with white supremacy or slavery, it’s rarely as personal as …

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Take the American Climate Metrics Survey - Episcopal News Service

Take the American Climate Metrics Survey - Episcopal News Service: You are invited to fill out the American Climate Metrics Survey 2019! The Episcopal Church is participating in this survey to understand the views and concerns church members have about …

United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote - Episcopal News Service

United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote - Episcopal News Service: [Religion News Service] The United Methodist Church’s deadline for petitions for its next global meeting passed Sept. 18, setting the terms for a final reckoning with LGBTQ issues that have …

Sewanee Professor to Speak at Newman Canonization - Episcopal News Service

Sewanee Professor to Speak at Newman Canonization - Episcopal News Service: As the Catholic Church’s canonization of John Henry Newman approaches, a professor from the School of Theology in Sewanee will be front and center. The Rev. Dr. Benjamin J. King …

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Rare 'Micro' Harvest Full Moon Set For Friday The 13th

Rare 'Micro' Harvest Full Moon Set For Friday The 13th: Skywatchers rejoice! Friday the 13th is your lucky day as a rare 'Harvest' Moon will appear across the United States.

$1.7 million for slavery reparations fund puts Virginia Theological Seminary at forefront of debate - Episcopal News Service

$1.7 million for slavery reparations fund puts Virginia Theological Seminary at forefront of debate - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] Virginia Theological Seminary took what appears to be an unprecedented step this week by announcing that it had set aside $1.7 million for a slavery reparations fund …

Monthly gun violence requiem unites congregations in prayer for victims - Episcopal News Service

Monthly gun violence requiem unites congregations in prayer for victims - Episcopal News Service: [Diocese of Western Massachusetts] Gun violence, mass shootings and gun control are back in the news in the aftermath of the shootings in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy. But for …

Diocese’s reversal on same-sex marriage paved way for Pete Buttigieg’s wedding at South Bend cathedral - Episcopal News Service

Diocese’s reversal on same-sex marriage paved way for Pete Buttigieg’s wedding at South Bend cathedral - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] Before Pete Buttigieg was a leading Democratic presidential candidate, he was a groom sitting nervously next to his soon-to-be husband in the Cathedral of St. James in …

R.I.P.: Rev. Alison Cheek, first female Episcopal priest to celebrate Eucharist, dies at 92 - Episcopal News Service

R.I.P.: Rev. Alison Cheek, first female Episcopal priest to celebrate Eucharist, dies at 92 - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Alison Cheek, one of the first female priests in The Episcopal Church and the first to publicly celebrate the Eucharist, died on Sept. 1 at …