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Richard Johns remembered as steady presence at Church House

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:31 +0000

Richard Johns, who served for three decades as director of personnel at Church House, died on Nov. 28 after a year of long-term care in Vancouver. He was 93 years old. An Anglican priest who first served as a priest in charge in California, Johns also worked in parishes in Nicaragua and Guatemala. He spent […]

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‘Her voice will never die’

Matthew Puddister — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:51:36 +0000

The Rev. Canon Virginia “Ginny” Doctor, coordinator of Indigenous Ministries and a major architect of the self-determining Indigenous church, died on May 26. She was 71 years old.

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‘I look in the mirror, I see Absalom Jones’

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:26 +0000

Each February, the Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania celebrates the life and legacy of Absalom Jones. The first African-American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Jones also founded the first Black Episcopal congregation, the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and is in the Episcopal Church’s calendar of saints.

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Episcopal church pushes triennial meeting to 2022

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:00:28 +0000

The U.S.-based Episcopal Church has postponed its 80th General Convention by a year, the church’s presiding officers announced Nov. 20. In a letter to bishops and deputies, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and president of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings wrote that they had “spent the last several months riding waves of […]

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On a South Dakota reservation, church strives for ‘love in the time of the coronavirus’

Joelle Kidd — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:26:58 +0000

Editor’s note: As Indigenous Anglicans respond to COVID-19—including a letter issued by National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Mark MacDonald and stories of people heading to the land—the Anglican Journal decided to expand beyond its normal coverage area and ask how the Episcopal diocese of South Dakota—which has the largest Native American population in the Episcopal Church—is […]

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General Synod expands full communion recognition

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:00:34 +0000

General Synod passed a resolution July 15 to recognize full communion among the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the U.S.-based Episcopal Church (TEC), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Dean Peter Wall, co-chair of the Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission, introduced the resolution by reading excerpts from […]

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California synagogue shooting “hurt us all”

Joelle Kidd — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:05:03 +0000

A gunman opened fire inside a Poway, Calif., synagogue April 27, the final night of the Jewish celebration of Passover, killing one woman and injuring three other people, including the synagogue’s rabbi. The attack at Chabad of Poway took place six months to the day after a mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in […]

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‘Heartbreaking’ devastation from California wildfires shows strength of community-church ties

Various — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:20:15 +0000

The Rev. Carren Sheldon’s evening on July 26 was supposed to go something like this: Evening Prayer, dinner, compline, sleep. But after dinner, she returned to All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Redding, California, to find the neighborhood on the brink of disaster. Heat, wind and “bizarre weather patterns” fueled the sudden advance of a growing wildfire. “The sky […]

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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry resting after cancer surgery

Anglican Communion News Service — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:47:20 +0000

The Presiding Bishop of the US-based Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, is resting comfortably after surgery Tuesday, following a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Bishop Michael announced last week in an open letter published by TEC’s Public Affairs office that he had decided on surgical treatment “after a variety of tests, consultations, and conversations with my wife […]

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Bishops vote unanimously to admit Cuba as a diocese

Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:32:15 +0000

The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops voted unanimously on July 10 to admit – or re-admit, really – the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a diocese of the Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Cuba will become part of Province II. “I feel the breath of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, everyone, for the support right […]

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