7 Oct 2026 0 Comment

East Tennessee church provides transitional housing for young adults aging out of foster care

For many years, the duplex space in the Project Canterbury building at Christ Church Episcopal in downtown Chattanooga, Diocese of East Tennessee, was vacant and unlivable. After meeting with members of the secular nonprofit Partnership...
7 Oct 2026 0 Comment

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Oct. 4 was the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology, and Episcopal congregations nationwide celebrated by welcoming “all creatures great and small” to church. At these special “blessing of the...
30 Sep 2026 0 Comment

Archbishop of Canterbury addresses House of Bishops during US visit

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally visited the House of Bishops Sept. 25 here at Camp Allen during its fall meeting. Texas was the first stop on her Sept. 22-28 visit to the United States, her first as archbishop of...
30 Sep 2026 0 Comment

Episcopalians honor Indigenous boarding school victims, survivors on Orange Shirt Day

Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, an annual observance to bring awareness to Indigenous boarding schools and to honor victims, survivors and their families. Episcopal dioceses and institutions are observing the day...
23 Sep 2026 0 Comment

New Jersey church puts late member’s large bequest to work, upgrading for accessibility

Natalie Whiting was an active member of her congregation, Calvary Episcopal Church in Flemington, New Jersey, for most of her 79 years. In loving her church, Whiting wasn’t afraid to offer some constructive criticism. The historic...
23 Sep 2026 0 Comment

Province VIII’s creation care conference to address regional climate issues, center Indigenous voices

Episcopalians from the church’s Province VIII will gather Sept. 25-27 at the Episcopal Retreat & Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for its inaugural Creation Care Network Conference to learn about building climate...
1 Sep 2026 0 Comment

Diocese of New York church’s service honors life, legacy of Dolly Parton

The Rev. Tommy Dillon has been a Dolly Parton fan most of his life. He not only loves the country singer’s music and movies, but he’s also been to Dollywood, her amusement park in Tennessee, more than once. Most of all, he admired...
1 Sep 2026 0 Comment

Michigan church hosts interfaith rally supporting Muslim neighbors as hate groups target Dearborn

Interfaith leaders gathered this week inside an Episcopal church in Dearborn, Michigan, in a show of solidarity after recent incidents of anti-Muslim hatred and to rally the community against a rising trend of religious bigotry that has...