On Ash Wednesday, San Mateo Iglesia Episcopal will begin a 40-hour prayer vigil for their community in Southwest Houston. The event will begin March 9 at 6:00 a.m. and end at 10:00 p.m. the following day. Many of the churches members are undocumented and they are praying for a humane immigration...

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Over 200 gathered at Christ Church Cathedral, February 5, to celebrate the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a freed slave and first African American ordained in the Episcopal Church. The Rev. Canon Harold T. Lewis, author and professor logical Seminary at Pittsburgh, spoke at a luncheon following...

Barbara Clementine Harris made history in 1989 when she became the first woman bishop in the Worldwide Anglican Communion. She was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on February 11, 1989.

February marks the beginning of Black History Month, a federally recognized, nation-wide celebration that provides the opportunity for all Americans to reflect on the significant roles that African Americans have played in the shaping of U.S. history. The Episcopal Church has had many notable...

The Rev. Absalom Jones was the first African American ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States. In 1794, he founded the St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia - the first Episcopal Church with a Black congregation in America.

“St. James’ House, Baytown, the long-term care facility serving the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, will host their annual golf tournament on March 18, 2011, at Eagle Pointe Golf Course, Mont Belvieu, TX. Prizes include a $ 20,000 “hole in one” award, Visa gift cards and Par...

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (or TRUIRJCA of 2010) included provisions which reduced the Social Security Tax Rate and the Self-Employment Tax Rate by two percent for 2011. Therefore, lay staff will be paying only 4.2 percent...