Episcopal clergy

The 105th annual conference of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, being held this week just outside Mexico City, will be an unusual one. The approximately 150 bishops and 20 priests who plan to participate will entertain four candidates who will be competing for the presidency this summer. On March 30 ...

Dean Andy Andrews of St. Mary's Episcopal carries the same cross Sunday afternoon that was used in the 1968 march as he leads a procession of parishioners and religious leaders along Poplar Ave. in honor of the April 5, 1968 march by local clergy that sought to end the sanitation strike. (Photo: Jim ...

The Most Rev. J. Carroll McCormick, bishop of Scranton, said “the Catholic clergy and the people of the diocese of Scranton join me in expressing the deepest sorrow on the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King.” The Episcopal clergy of the Scranton area in response to the death of King sent telegrams to ...

Christ Episcopal Church brought together multiple clergy March 30 from the area to preach on the importance of Good Friday. The three-hour service titled “Community Good Friday Service” was comprised of three hours of scripture readings and preaching at the church, 162 S. Main St. in Oberlin. The Rev.

Instead, the church remains mired in a “system of denial and helplessness,” concluded a commission set up by the Episcopal House of Bishops after the widely ... Some of the key ingredients of the failure to act when confronted by incapacitated clergy were a fear of exposure to liability, friendships between ...

Within moments, Moravek and his fellow firefighters were on their way to the blaze, which had erupted just a few blocks away in the attic of the rectory of Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal. Somebody from a nearby building first reported the fire at 4:46 p.m. Deputy Fire Marshall Randy Smith, who left for home ...

Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon is urging people to attend the "Celebration of Diversity Festival," hosted by All Saints Episcopal Church and sponsored by the Interfaith Clergy Association of Greater Lansing. The event runs from 4-7 p.m.. "This will be a safe place and secure environment where we ...

... primate of the Episcopal Church, came to South Texas to tour the Hurricane Harvey-affected areas in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. He was joined by representatives of Episcopal Relief and Development; Bishop David Reed and Bishop Suffragan Jennifer Brooke-Davidson, and 13 area clergy.

Last year the Scottish Episcopal Church became the first Anglican Church in the UK to permit gay weddings, removing its understanding of marriage as being between 'one man and one woman'. Now clergy can opt in to a register to carry out same-sex weddings if they wish to. Regarding gay marriage in ...

Peter Wong, of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, said. Father Patrick Gallagher, of St. Columba Catholic Church, said the ashes are an important physical reminder of the importance of Lent. “We're very much into the senses – all five senses are involved in our services,” he said. “…I guess being human, ...

L.A. Parker: Episcopal clergy deliver ashes to go throughout New Jersey. By L.A. Parker, The Trentonian. Posted: 02/13/18, 7:32 PM EST | Updated: 48 secs ago. # Comments. Religious residents on the run can receive “Ashes to Go” as part of an Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey effort to engage parishioners who may not ...

2. He spoke instead of relationships between a bishop, parishes and clergy and worshipers' joint relationship with Jesus Christ. He spoke of journeys, both to help others and within one's self. “You can't be Episcopalians without a bishop. I can't be a bishop without Episcopalians. So we are in this thing ...

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Clergy Delegate Rev. Linda R. Calkins urged the delegates to press for more liberal changes. Calkins, who serves in Laytonsville, Maryland, attempted to emasculate God using Genesis 17:1, where God tells Abraham, 'I am El Shaddai.” “[If Episcopalians] are going to ...

The opinion issued Thursday favors local Episcopalians led by Bishop Scott Mayer. “We are very grateful for the care taken by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals in reaching its decision," Mayer said in a statement. "As this unfolds, the people and clergy of our diocese will, as always, carry on our work as the ...

DOVER — The Rev. Suzanne Poulin began her tenure as rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover, on Sunday, March 11. Poulin comes to St. Thomas Episcopal Church from St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Sanbornville, where she's been the much-beloved parish priest for the past 11 years.

McKenzie was introduced by W. Darrin Moore, chair of the NCC and the bishop for the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District of the AME Zion Church, who said that there were no denominational divisions at the event. “I was talking to the media and they asked me how many churches were here,” Moore said.

Now he'll lead Lexington's Episcopal diocese. ... Van Koevering said in the release that he's been encouraged by what he has seen and heard during meetings with clergy and others in the Lexington diocese. ... Helen Van Koevering, is serving as rector at St. Raphael's Episcopal Church in Lexington.

Jennifer Mattson, priest-in-charge at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Manheim Township who served nine years as assistant priest at St. John's, said Morris built bonds among priests during the 11 years he served as facilitator for the Episcopal clergy of Lancaster County. “His style was to make room for ...