The Most Rev. Michael Curry led a reflective day of prayer, meditation and contemplation on December 11 at St. Martin’s, Houston‚—part of the church’s Advent Quiet Day celebration.
Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)‚—one of nine national agencies responsible for resettling refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders in partnership with the U.S. government‚—is pleased to announce the welcome and resettlement of 100,000 individuals since EMM was formally established in the 1980s.
Maxwell Facker, Elianna Perry & Yeva Cherry playing in the snow. Calvary Episcopal Preparatory’s hosted their second annual community-wide Winter Wonderland last Saturday. Families celebrated …
The St. Stephen’s Episcopal School six-man football team defeated Bastrop Tribe Consolidated, 31-22, on Saturday, Nov. 27, to win the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations (TAIAO) State Football Championship. The championship game, which took place at Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, capped off the Spartans’ undefeated 11-0 season in the school’s first year of six-man football.
Thank you to St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Austin from Suffragan Bishop Kai Ryan click here Thank you to Trinity Episcopal School, Austin from Bishop Suffragan Kai Ryan click here …
Given the pandemic, this year’s Choral Festival at St. Thomas’, Houston, was considered a success. Held on Sunday, November 14, several churches from the Diocese …
What a great number of deacons who were able to attend this year’s Clergy Conference. As they have gone about their work in the parishes …
This past Friday marked the final day of COP26, the UN Conference on Climate Change. As I reflect upon the past two weeks, I am simultaneously intimidated by the peril God’s creation faces and inspired by millions of human beings taking action around the globe. Climate is the most pressing issue of our century; I am 25 years old, and I often wonder if our planet will support human life by the time (God willing) I turn 75. Creation cries out for intervention, and I am overjoyed to proclaim that our church is answering that call.
According to data from the church center in New York, out of the almost 6,000 Episcopal congregations, some 1,730 have 29 or fewer people on a given Sunday. Many don’t have clergy except every so often, sometimes even every few months. “
On a snowy morning in 2019, I drove to the southern campus of Erie Community College to teach the environment segment for my section of Introduction to Sociology. We discussed the activism of young environmentalists Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier, and Leah Thomas.
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