Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Welcome to the Episcopal Peace Fellowship group of Covenant 5. Please explore this group for news, announcements of events, and more relating to the pursuit of peace by members of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Begun as The Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship on Armistice Day in 1939, the EPF continues to be a witness to peace nationally as well as locally in the form of chapters across the US. The national EPF website can be found here.

What About Guns? EPF Project to Reduce Gun Violence

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 14 Dec 2011

Web link: What About Guns?; E-mail: epfnational@ameritech.net; Resource type: Web site

Here are some sobering statistics -- 34 Americans are dying each day due to gun violence (8 of those are children), and 180 Americans are wounded by guns each day. This must stop.

The Episcopal Peace Fellowship would like to create a national Gun Violence Action Group/Network that would help to address this critical issue affecting the US.

Click here for more information from the National EPF website. You'll also find suggestions for action that you can take to advocate for a reduction in gun violence. [ read more ]

Local EPF chapters

St. John's Episcopal Church, Royal Oak, Michigan. The St. John's chapter of EPF is becoming active again! We'll be meeting in January 2012 to define objectives and propose new projects. Look here for more news about the revitalized chapter. [ read more ]

National office of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 20 May 2009

Web link: Episcopal Peace Fellowship; E-mail: epfnational@ameritech.net; Phone: (312) 922-8628;

Visit the website of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship for more information about the EPF, to find out how to connect with an EPF chapter in your area, to apply for membership in the EPF, and to receive the spring and fall newsletters as well as monthly email updates.

Peace Pole project

Project submitted by brucedonigan on 20 May 2009

The Peace Pole project was started by the World Peace Society, an non-profit, member supported, non-sectarian organization dedicated to uniting people across the world through the universal saying: "May peace prevail on earth" [ read more ]

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