A new musical video, featuring seasonal music is now available on the website of the Episcopal Church Office of Communication here http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/multimedia. Originating from St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC (Diocese of Washington), the event was recorded on December 5 and features the St. Albans & National Cathedral Schools Madrigal Singers. In addition…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have announced that the Rev. William H. Allport, Jr. from the Diocese of West Texas has resigned from the Structure Task Force for personal reasons. Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori and President Jennings have named the Rev….

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have named the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe as Executive Officer of General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Currently Barlowe is the Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of California, an elected member of Executive Council, and…

Citing Title III, Canon 12, Section 7 of the Constitutions and Canons of The Episcopal Church, and following thorough discussion with the Council of Advice, with their advice and consent, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has accepted the renunciation of the ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church of Mark Lawrence as made in his public…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have announced the 24 members of the special Task Force for Church Structural Reform. Approved at the July General Convention 2012, Resolution C095 calls for development of a 24-member task force charged with presenting a plan…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has named Paul Nix, Esq. of Atlanta, GA as Legal Counsel for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS), effective immediately. Based at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City, Nix’s responsibilities include offering legal assistance on various projects and providing oversight on contracts, negotiations, and human resources matters,…

According to N. Kurt Barnes, Episcopal Church Treasurer, the Episcopal Church trust funds have experienced annual net returns after fees and expenses of 8.2% annually for the past 10 years ending September 30, 2012. Barnes made the announcement at the recent meeting of the Executive Council’s Investment Committee in St. Louis, MO. “This performance compares…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have issued a joint statement for World AIDS Day 2012. The text of the statement follows: World AIDS Day, on the first of December each year, offers an opportunity for reflection.  On this day, people…

Observing Advent in spiritual, faithful avenues via social media are being conducted by the Episcopal Church Office of Communication. Advent is the liturgical season that occurs four weeks prior to Christmas, beginning on Sunday, December 2.  Advent is a time of reflection and preparation.  The Episcopal Church Facebook page www.facebook.com/episcopalian and Twitter twitter.com/iamepiscopalian features special…

“Pray for an end to the conflict, an end to violence and the atrocities, that the needs of the suffering may be supplied, and that peace may prevail,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in calling for a week of prayer for the Democratic Republic of Congo from November 26 – December 2….