20 Sep 2023 0 Comment

Michigan: Two Episcopal bishops join call for action against domestic abuse and gun violence

The Rt. Rev. Cate Waynick, retired bishop of Indianapolis, shared a personal story about her brother who is incarcerated for killing his wife of 42 years last February with a gun. “There’s no way to sugarcoat this,” Waynick told...
20 Sep 2023 0 Comment

House of Bishops starts four-day meeting; spotlight is on Title IV accountability, membership decline

Episcopal bishops gathered Sept. 19 for the start of a four-day online House of Bishops meeting on the theme “The Vocation of the Bishop Now,” particularly as it relates to challenges associated with membership decline and growing...
13 Sep 2023 0 Comment

Standing commission agrees to consider ‘needed changes in Title IV’ over cases involving bishops

An Episcopal commission tasked with reviewing and suggesting changes to The Episcopal Church’s canons met online Sept. 12 and responded to recent calls by the church’s two presiding officers for a new examination of Title IV...
13 Sep 2023 0 Comment

Bishop Prince Singh resigns, the day after his ministry was restricted amid Title IV probe

The Rt. Rev. Prince Singh resigned Sept. 8 as bishop provisional of the dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan, the day after he was restricted in his ordained ministry amid a disciplinary investigation into domestic abuse...
6 Sep 2023 0 Comment

Episcopal churches observe International Overdose Awareness Day with prayer services, Narcan distribution

Episcopal churches across the United States observed International Overdose Awareness Day, a global event that’s been held every Aug. 31 since 2001. The Rev. Barbi Click advocates for overdose awareness and the elimination of stigma...
6 Sep 2023 0 Comment

Retired Oklahoma bishop identified as focus of presiding officer’s complaint amid calls for bishop accountability

Clergy and lay leaders across The Episcopal Church are joining House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris in demanding reform of the church’s disciplinary process for bishops as retired Oklahoma Bishop Ed Konieczny was identified as...
30 Aug 2023 0 Comment

Presbyterian congregation ‘nests’ in Episcopal congregation, rejuvenating both

St. Matthias, about a half hour west of Milwaukee in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is an Episcopal church. It also is a Presbyterian church, at least by current practice. Services held in the downtown church are attended by worshipers from both...
30 Aug 2023 0 Comment

Episcopal chaplains join over 100 others to urge Texas school districts not to hire chaplains

Episcopalians joined more than 100 chaplains in signing a letter urging local Texas school boards to vote against putting chaplains in public schools, calling efforts to enlist religious counselors in public classrooms “harmful” to...
23 Aug 2023 0 Comment

Oklahoma parish pairs with local Irish pub to create a new worship location

Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma, has developed a partnership with a local Irish pub in nearby Harrah, Oklahoma, to create a new worship location. For some time, the Rev. Tom Newman, a retired priest who assists at...
23 Aug 2023 0 Comment

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry released from hospital, surgery scheduled

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is resting at home following a hospitalization to address a reoccurrence of internal bleeding, according to an Aug. 23 release from the church’s Office of Public Affairs. On Sept. 8, Curry will undergo...