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[Diocese of Southern Ohio] Erin Koepke found that the bond of food, of breaking bread together, transcends geography, age, race and culture. A longtime camp counselor in the Diocese of Southern Ohio and member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Dayton, Koepke joined micro-farmers from South Africa and two colleagues to create a cookbook using locally [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Jonathan Myrick Daniels was a 26-year-old seminarian when he heard the televised appeal of Martin Luther King Jr. for students and clergy to join the struggle for civil rights. Inspired by the words of the Magnificat about the God who “hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the [...]

[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta] Victor Catanzaro can’t see, and he can’t walk. And he doesn’t have a lot of strength in his upper body. But he can serve as an acolyte in an Episcopal church. How can this be? Well, it takes a parish. About three years ago, Betsy Jones, who serves as acolyte master [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Six priests have been nominated to stand for election to become bishop suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. They are: The Rev. Randy Alexander, 45, rector, Christ Church, Pelham (Diocese of New York); The Rev. Canon Susan Goff, 58, canon to the ordinary, Diocese of Virginia; The Very Rev. David May, [...]

[Ecumenical News International] A diocese of the Church of South India (CSI) is preparing an appeal against a court order that has virtually stripped it of more than half its churches and institutions, inherited from the Basel Mission church. “We are preparing a strong appeal to get this order quashed. We are hopeful that our [...]

[Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion] Today, with 6,000 co-ed students in Chennai, India, Madras Christian College (MCC) is the largest of the 50 Indian members of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC). During a Service of Thanksgiving to launch MCC’s 175th anniversary, ‘Celebrating History and Serving Humanity’, Dr Jeremy Law, Dean [...]

[American Cancer Society] Residents of Austin have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a historic study that has the potential to change the face of cancer for future generations. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed to participate in the American Cancer Society’s [...]

[Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio] With a generous $20,000 grant from the Roanridge Trust Foundation, Procter Center in the Diocese of Southern Ohio will partner with Episcopal Relief and Development to host a four-day training entitled “Growing Food and Faith.” The Growing Food and Faith program is a unique, long-term initiative that prepares rural community [...]

[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] As the Episcopal Church’s Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (PB&F) began discussing the draft 2013-2015 budget here, the members often said they were faced with holding many things in tension. The budget committee met Jan. 30-Feb. 2 at the Maritime Institute’s Conference Center to receive [...]

[Episcopal News Service] I’m excited to be part of a process in the Diocese of Washington focusing on collaboration, looking at Region 6 in our diocese. Locals call the region southern Maryland – 22 parishes in the old tobacco economy of lower Prince George’s, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties.  All but two of the congregations [...]