11 Feb 2026 0 Comment

Episcopal Relief & Development receives $8 million grant to expand work to reduce violence against women and girls

Episcopal Relief & Development has received an $8 million, 4-year grant from The Laura Ellen and Robert Muglia Family Foundation to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls in five sub-Saharan African...
11 Feb 2026 0 Comment

Maryland priest, wife caring for children of single mom detained by immigration officials

A Maryland priest and his wife have assumed care of two children after their mother was detained by immigration officials, according to a story from NBC4 Washington. The Rev. Vidal Rivas is senior priest at St. Matthew’s/San Mateo...
4 Feb 2026 0 Comment

Alabama elects Richard T. Lawson III its 13th bishop

The Very Rev. Richard T. Lawson III, dean of St. John’s Cathedral in Denver, Colorado, was elected the 13th bishop of the Episcopal Church in Alabama on Jan. 31 during a special convention at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in...
4 Feb 2026 0 Comment

From New York to New Mexico, Episcopalians speak against new ICE detention centers

Some of the sharpest criticisms of the Trump administration’s immigration policies have focused on the aggressive tactics used by federal enforcement agencies in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities. Episcopalians, in addition...
28 Jan 2026 0 Comment

Episcopal priests share experiences protesting as immigration raids continue in Minnesota

Since federal immigration raids started in December in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Episcopalians have joined rallies, vigils and other events alongside interfaith partners and thousands of other protesters. “I’ve been grieving...
28 Jan 2026 0 Comment

Sarah Mullally confirmed as 106th archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Mullally was confirmed archbishop of Canterbury Jan. 28 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, England. She became the first woman to hold the office in its 1,400-year history. “It is an extraordinary and humbling privilege to...
21 Jan 2026 0 Comment

Episcopalians to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day with services, events

Jan. 19 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Episcopal churches and schools nationwide will celebrate with worship services and events centering on social justice. While the civil rights leader would have turned 97 on Jan. 15, activities...
21 Jan 2026 0 Comment

Episcopalians ‘protest faithfully’ against authoritarian abuses, bearing Christian witness

This month, after ICE’s killing of a 37-year-old Minnesota woman led to escalating clashes between protesters and federal immigration authorities, The Episcopal Church encouraged Episcopalians to review its “Protesting Faithfully”...
14 Jan 2026 0 Comment

Chicago-area Episcopal deacon, husband serve elderly and dementia communities with 55+ choir program

The year 2026 marks 10 years since the Rev. Sandy Siegel Miller, deacon at the Church of the Holy Nativity in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, and her husband, Jonathan Miller, founded Sounds Good! Choir for Chicago-area adults 55 and older. Now...