Winter Wonderland at Calvary Episcopal
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 …
St. Stephen’s Wins Six-Man Football State Championship, Completes Perfect Season
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 for Helping to Make El Buen’s Samaritano’s Hands For Hope a Success!
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 …
Musicians Unite at the Diocesan Choral Festival 2021
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 …
Deacons’ Reunion at Clergy Conference
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 …
Diocese of Texas Represented at COP26 – Reflections as it Approaches its Conclusion
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.
“1730 Project” Aims to Help Smaller Congregations Thrive
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. “
The Crisis of Climate and Racism
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.
Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church and School Celebrates Current, Future Openings in Renovated Campus
After more than 70% of facilities were damaged by storm waters from Hurricane Harvey, work on Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church and School reached a significant milestone in October along the road to recovery.
An Austin Civil Rights Attorney Turned Episcopal Priest Reflects on His Journey from Law to the Clergy
The Rev. James Harrington became an Episcopal priest in January 2020.
Harrington is the director of Proyecto Santiago, a Christian outreach mission for Austin’s Hispanic community, at Saint James Episcopal Church. Before that, he founded the Texas Civil Rights Project. Before that, he spent over a decade as a lawyer the Rio Grande Valley, representing farm workers on cases related to living and working conditions.
