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Seminary of the Southwest and the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship Committee Announce First Recipients of the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship

Seminary of the Southwest and the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship Committee Announce First Recipients of the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship

Austin, TX ‚— July 1, 2020 ‚— Seminary of the Southwest (Southwest) and the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship Committee have announced that the inaugural recipients of the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship are Ryan Hawthorne and Maria Victoria Umana. Both are students entering Seminary of the Southwest in the Fall of 2020, with Hawthorne pursuing a Diploma in Anglican Studies and Umana entering the Master of Divinity program.

Bishop Doyle Selected to Serve Mayor Turner's Task Force on Policing Reform

Bishop Doyle Selected to Serve Mayor Turner’s Task Force on Policing Reform

Triggered by the murder of Mr. Floyd, police departments around the country are under fire and close watch, especially after a surge of audio and video evidence of abuse of power by officers sworn to protect their communities. In Houston, Chief Acevedo has acknowledged the need to work with communities for safer and better policing, and in the face of criticism has doubled-down on the need to work together to move forward through relational policing.

Governor Abbott Issues Mask Mandate

Governor Abbott Issues Mask Mandate

Gov. Greg Abbottissued a statewide mask mandate Thursday. The order requires Texans living in counties to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth while inside a business or other building open to the public, as well as outdoor public spaces, whenever social distancing is not possible. But it provides several exceptions, including children who are younger than 10 years old, people who have a medical condition that prevents them from wearing a mask, people who are eating or drinking and people who are exercising outdoors.

Moving Forward in Truth: Telling Our Story

The Not So Welcome Table

The spiritual, “Sit at the Welcome Table,” was a double entendre. When slaves, who were unwelcome at their masters’ tables, sang about the “welcome table,” they were singing about someday sitting down together at the table with and being welcomed by those who had once been their oppressors, as well as singing about a time when they would sit at the table at the marriage feast of the Lamb spoken of in the New Testament book of Revelation.

EHF Targets Long-Term Focus in $10 million COVID-19 Response Plan

EHF Announces New Grants for COVID-19 Response in Texas

In an additional round of funding related to COVID-19, Episcopal Health Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to 32 nonprofit clinics and other organizations that are serving at-risk communities in Texas on the front lines of the pandemic. Along with initial funding announced in May, EHF’s grant investment for COVID-19 now totals $5 million. Grant funding is just one part of the foundation’s $10 million comprehensive plan to address the crisis across the state.

I Am Palmer – Covid-19: Anticipating a Pandemic

I Am Palmer – Covid-19: Anticipating a Pandemic

I am an Associate Professor at UTHealth School of Public Health and an American Public Health Association Executive Board Member. Many decades ago, when I was in graduate school studying viruses and epidemiology, we speculated about the next pandemic. Even then we felt it could happen at any time. We thought maybe H1N1 flu was the big one, and, although widespread, it was not that lethal.

Looking Ahead: General Convention planning 2021

Looking Ahead: General Convention planning 2021

As this pandemic season stretches on, our profound grief for those who have died is compounded by daily reminders of the economic hardship the plague has brought to many of our communities. Even those who have not suffered great losses are enduring smaller ones, such as the cancelation of graduations, summer camps and other occasions to gather in person. The experience and feeling of loss is real for us all, yet it is important for us to remember that our canceled plans represent our best efforts to love one another as Jesus commanded. That commitment to live and act in the way of unselfish, sacrificial love must guide all of our decisions and actions.

Get Involved Spotlight: El Buen Samaritano

Get Involved Spotlight: El Buen Samaritano

El Buen Samaritano is an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas committed to helping Latino and other families in Central Texas lead healthy, productive and secure lives through high-quality family literacy programs, food assistance, economic-stability services, health education, as well as access to health care.

Celebrating 175 years of mission in Christ, we are a diverse community of believers following the Episcopal tradition across our 81-county diocese spanning nearly 70,000 square miles in the central, eastern, and northern regions of Texas. Founded in 1838, we are more than 450 active clergy-strong with 175 congregations, over 100 missional communities, 20 campus missions, chaplaincies, foundations, institutions, and over 72,000 parishioners.

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