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[Diocese of Quincy] Bishop John C. Buchanan of the Diocese of Quincy, in West Central Illinois, on May 22 issued the following message to clergy and lay leaders announcing a court date for a church property case trial. - – - – - – - – - – - May 22, 2012 Dear Friends: Late [...]

[Episcopal Relief & Development] This month’s Friends of Episcopal Relief & Development focuses on the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta’s efforts to engage congregations and communities in the fight against malaria through the NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund.  The feature especially highlights 11th-grader Adriana Embus, the winner of the 2012 World Malaria Day Make a Difference Essay Contest, [...]

[Episcopal News Service] El Rdo. A. Robert Hirschfeld fue electo el 19 de mayo como obispo coadjutor de la diócesis episcopal de Nuevo Hampshire. Hirschfeld, de 51 años y rector de la iglesia episcopal de la Gracia [Grace Episcopal Church] en Amherst, Massachusetts (Diócesis de Massachusetts Occidental), fue electo en la primera votación de una [...]

[Diocese of Lexington] The standing, nominating, and transition committees of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington on May 21 announced a slate of five candidates for seventh bishop of the diocese: The Rev. Ronald Abrams, rector, St. James Parish, Wilmington, North Carolina (Diocese of East Carolina); The Very Rev. Douglas Hahn, rector, St. Thomas, Columbus, Georgia, [...]

[Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut] Barbara Campbell of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in New Britain has been invited by the bishops in the Diocese of Connecticut to be the first “Diocesan Poet.” But don’t think of this as some stuffy, distant appointment. “We invited Barbara to tap into our inner poet and claim a creative expression [...]

[Episcopal News Service – Washington, D.C.] Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu shared a personal story from his childhood during a mission-focused conversation May 19 at Washington National Cathedral, a story that has stuck with him for more than 70 years. The 30-minute, live webcast conversation between Tutu and Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine [...]

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld was elected on May 19 as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Hirschfeld, 51, rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, Massachusetts (Diocese of Western Massachusetts), was elected on the first ballot out of a field of three nominees. He received 91 votes of 166 cast [...]

[Episcopal News Service] Standing at the window in her church office, Roberta Karstetter watched the angry man circle the building, checking every door as he looked for a way inside. She had just refused to let him into the offices of Christ Episcopal Church in Delavan, Wisconsin, where she is the parish administrator. “I spoke [...]

[Episcopal News Service] La joven mujer que acudió a la iglesia episcopal de San Marcos [St. Mark's] en Hood River, Oregón, se veía alterada y preguntó si la iglesia le ofrecería la comunión. “Realmente necesitaba algún apoyo ahora mismo y siento como si empezara con eso”, le dijo a la Rda. Anna Carmichael, la rectora [...]

[Church of England] The Bishop of  Gloucester the Rt Revd Michael Perham and the Bishop of Carlisle the Rt Revd James Newcome have been voted onto the Crown Nominations Commission, CNC, the body that will nominate the next Archbishop of Canterbury. This result of the vote by the House of Bishops completes the make-up of the [...]