The Church

[Episcopal News Service] El obispo jubilado George Packard y al menos otros dos sacerdotes episcopales fueron arrestados el 17 de diciembre luego de penetrar en un terreno cercado propiedad de la iglesia episcopal de La Trinidad en Wall Street. El ingreso en el terreno de la iglesia,  situado en la plaza Duarte en el Bajo… [Read More...]

[Trinity Cathedral] December 16, 2011 Dear Trinity Cathedral Family and Friends, Yesterday evening the Chapter of Trinity Cathedral voted to re-affirm its Charter of Incorporation. Article II of the Charter states its purpose as “For the support and maintenance of a cathedral church for the public worship of Almighty God according to the faith, doctrine… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] Falta menos de dos semanas para la Navidad, pero aún sobra tiempo para regalos de última hora que gratifican. Agencias internacionales sin fines de lucro ofrecen regalos alternativos —desde $3 hasta $300 y no sólo durante las fiestas navideñas— que pueden ayudar a convertir un poco de dinero en un gran cambio.… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard and at least two other Episcopal priests were arrested Dec. 17 after they entered a fenced property — owned by Trinity Episcopal Church, Wall Street — in Duarte Square in Lower Manhattan as part of Occupy Wall Street‘s “D17 Take Back the Commons” event to celebrate three… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] Un pedacito de terreno propiedad de la iglesia episcopal de La Trinidad en Wall Street, situado en la Calle Canal y la Sexta Avenida y contiguo a la plaza Duarte en el Bajo Manhattan se ha convertido en el foco de Ocupar Wall Street (OWS) al tiempo que este movimiento contra la… [Read More...]

[Episcopal Diocese of New York] From the Rt. Rev Mark S. Sisk, bishop of New York December 16, 2011 As many of you know, Trinity Wall Street is being challenged to provide a small parcel of parish-owned land, Duarte Square, to the Occupy Wall Street movement for encampment or other undefined use. Trinity has clearly… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] The Occupy Baltimore encampment was dismantled recently. Police in riot gear evicted 40 or so protesters. There were no arrests. It was a peaceful end to a mostly peaceful demonstration. What the Occupy protests are about has confused some, but TIME magazine seems to think these demonstrations, coupled with the Arab spring… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] What we want for Christmas is often very different from what we get for Christmas. It’s been that way from the very first. The chosen people wanted a powerful Messiah who would smite their enemies. Instead they got a helpless newborn who when grown would tell them to love their enemies. For… [Read More...]

[Occupy Wall Street] Sisters and Brothers, I greet you in the Name of Our Lord and in the bonds of common friendship and struggle from my homeland of South Africa. I know of your own challenges and of this appeal to Trinity Church for the shelter of a new home and I am with you!… [Read More...]

[Church Divinity School of the Pacific] Two graduate students and one professor at Church Divinity School of the Pacific have been awarded grants for innovative projects to promote evangelism. The grants announced by the Evangelical Education Society of The Episcopal Church will fund research that: a) explores the establishment of a church in Poland, b)… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] Christmas is less than two weeks away but there’s still plenty of time for last-minute gifts that give back. From $3 to $300, local and international nonprofit agencies offer alternative gifts – and not just during the holidays – that can help convert a little cash into big change. For $12, one… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] A sliver of property owned by Trinity Episcopal Church, Wall Street, located at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue adjacent to Duarte Square in lower Manhattan has become the focal point of Occupy Wall Street as the movement against greed and economic inequality enters its third month. “If the movement is about economic… [Read More...]

[Episcopal Relief & Development] Episcopal Relief & Development is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a $350,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for work in rural Zambia.  This grant will support the incorporation of early childhood development into the integrated community development program currently run by the organization’s partner, the… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] On a recent trip to New Zealand, I was saddened to learn that I wouldn’t be able to see Christchurch Cathedral, the symbolic heart of the City of Christchurch and the home parish for hundreds of Anglicans. Earlier this year I had followed the news accounts of the series of earthquakes that… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News, Los Angeles] Erin Tharp of Corona preached a powerfully inspiring sermon Nov. 20 at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church without uttering a single word. The 28-year-old former straight-A student, who has been in a wheelchair and unable to speak for nearly half her young life, inspired the congregation to meet an “Advent… [Read More...]

[Ecumenical News International, Baguio City, Philippines] Leaders from Philippine Roman Catholic and Protestant groups have joined non-government and indigenous peoples’ organizations in a renewed campaign against big mining firms. “The campaign against large-scale mining is also a campaign against greed,” the Rev. Eduardo Solang, a retired priest of the Episcopal Church of the Philippines, told… [Read More...]

[Anglican Church of Uganda] The angel of the Lord told Joseph, “Mary will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1.21) The name ‘Jesus’ literally means “The Lord saves.” The world into which Jesus was born was not… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] Six of the 20 Province IV diocesan bishops said Dec. 15 that their meeting the previous day with their colleague, Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence, was characterized by “gracious hospitality and collegiality” but not complete agreement. The bishops of the Episcopal Church’s Province IV had asked Lawrence Dec. 5… [Read More...]

[Ecumenical News International] The Anglican bishop of Durham is urging a wealthy businessman and the commissioners who manage the Church of England’s assets to “look afresh at what can be done” to keep a set of 17th-century religious paintings in northeast Britain as the center of a planned historical visitor attraction. Bishop Justin Welby’s intervention… [Read More...]

[Episcopal News Service] The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea has announced that its Provincial Council has “approved and accepted” the Anglican Covenant, according to an article on the Anglican Communion News Service. The covenant is a set of principles intended to bind the Anglican Communion amid differences and disputes across its 38 provinces. Papua… [Read More...]