Sunday Conversation: St. Paul’s Episcopal has a new rector
The Rev. Mark Wilkinson became rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Katy this summer.
Racial Audit of Church Leadership Seen as Step Toward Ensuring Episcopal Culture of Welcome
The Episcopal Church is one of the whitest Christian denominations in America. White Episcopalians make up 90 percent of church membership, according to the Pew Research Center, compared to a U.S. population that is 62 percent white.
Anglicans Respond to Hurricane Dorian Devastation
When Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, archdeacon of the southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, visited Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake, he thought he would never see anything close to that level of devastation again. But now, surveying the damage in his own diocese in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, he sees that catastrophe mirrored. “Everything has been decimated,” he says.
Logos Poetry Collective
This Thursday is Austinites’ chance to take part in a very special event with some big names in the poetry world.
$1.7 Million for Slavery Reparations Fund puts Virginia Theological Seminary at Forefront of Debate
Virginia Theological Seminary took what appears to be an unprecedented step this week by announcing that it had set aside $1.7 million for a slavery reparations fund – something considered but not yet enacted by other institutions of higher education that historically benefited from slave labor.
Hope, Houston Breaks Ground on New Construction Project
Hope Episcopal Church is moving forward and taking its place in the neighborhood.
Two Years After Harvey, Wharton County Works and Waits
The story of Harvey flooding in a rural area like Wharton County doesn’t include the numbers of households impacted, and the billions of dollars of damage like in Harris County. But just 60 miles away from Houston, the people of Wharton County still share the same suffering of waiting for help, and the fear of being forgotten. St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Wharton has been the hands and heart of Christ to some of the waiting ones.
St. Stephen’s Welcomes New International Students
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School officially kicked off the new academic year on August 21, when our new international boarding students moved onto campus. Thirty-five burgeoning Spartans participated in the school’s four-day Venture Program, which helps ensure new international boarders get settled into their dorm rooms and oriented to campus life well before classes begin.
The Rev. John Dublin Epps Chapter of UBE Celebrates with Founder’s Daughter
The Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) continues a tradition of more than 200 years of Black leadership in the Episcopal Church working to remove racism from the Church, promote inclusion and stimulate the growth and development of Black clergy and membership.
Second Responders Bring You Home
To all who have ears to hear, the Rev. Jim Liberatore proclaims, “Harvey recovery is not over!” Two years after Hurricane Harvey stormed into Texas, tens of thousands of families in our region have not yet found their way back home.
Our Experience in Summary: Deacons Go to the Border
A group of deacons and parishioners from the Diocese of Texas embarked on a learning and service pilgrimage trip in late July to San Antonio, McAllen, and Brownsville, Texas. Following a July diocesan-wide donation drive for clothing, shoes, baby formula and toiletries, we were intent on seeing firsthand the needs of asylum seekers and vulnerable immigrants. The team also wanted to see how people of faith and other non-profits were responding to those needs.
Third Time May Not Always be the Charm When a Fourth One is on its Way
Who said Texas was too far for volunteers from Fridley, MN to travel? Making three trips to Harvey-hit areas is still not sufficient for a group of disaster recovery volunteers from St. Philip’s Lutheran Church in Fridley, MN. They will be returning in October, for their fourth, week-long visit, to continue assisting with rebuilding homes post-Harvey.
