1 Jul 2026
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Michigan priest serves as chaplain on Coast Guard ship leading America 250 parade
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Eagle cutter will lead an international fleet of tall and gray hull ships as they sail into New York harbor and salute the Statue of Liberty on July 4 in celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary and...
1 Jul 2026
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For America 250, Episcopal leaders reject nostalgia, lift up church’s prophets
If you ask New York Bishop Matthew Heyd for his two cents on how The Episcopal Church should mark the United States’ 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, you might well get 25 cents’ worth — as in one...
24 Jun 2026
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Rome’s St. Paul’s Within the Walls celebrates 150 years as a place of welcome in the eternal city
On Jan. 25, 1873, on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, workers laid the cornerstone of St. Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church, the first non-Roman Catholic church built inside Rome’s ancient walls. The land was...
24 Jun 2026
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Work begins at Diocese of Atlanta site that will house Episcopal Church Archives
The Episcopal Church is breaking ground this week on a new facility to house its archival collections, on a 3.5-acre property in Oakwood, Georgia, that was the former home of the Diocese of Atlanta’s St. Gabriel’s Episcopal...
16 Jun 2026
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Karin MacPhail consecrated 7th bishop of Southwestern Virginia
The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Karin Lee MacPhail as its seventh bishop on June 13 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Roanoke, Virginia. MacPhail, who succeeds the Rt. Rev. Mark Bourlakas, is...
16 Jun 2026
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Northwestern Pennsylvania cathedral to host Jazz Vespers summer series
The Cathedral of St. Paul in Erie, the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania, will host its third annual Jazz Vespers summer series beginning June 21. A jazz ensemble will accompany Scripture and hymns, poetry and other written works by...
10 Jun 2026
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Easton church to challenge Ocean City in federal court in defense of homeless shelter ministry
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church is preparing to file a federal lawsuit against Ocean City, Maryland, to stop the resort town from shutting down its overnight shelter for unhoused people. On both June 8 and 9, the church...
10 Jun 2026
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Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives
Within a red binder, each of its typewritten pages encased in a plastic sleeve, sits an early draft of the famous letter written by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he was held in a jail in Birmingham, Alabama. Ten pages that once...
3 Jun 2026
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Episcopalians called to ‘Vote Faithfully’ as church renews, expands election engagement efforts
The Episcopal Church is kicking off its “Vote Faithfully” voter engagement efforts for the 2026 midterm elections with a series of online events to educate Episcopalians on nonpartisan ways they and their congregations can support...