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 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.
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.
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.
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.
In December 2017, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas devoted an entire issue of the Diolog magazine to mental health. The magazine articles not only created awareness of mental health issues across the diocese, it was the spark that led to an open and frank conversation with a group of parishioners at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Livingston.
“We serve because everyone belongs” has always been the mission of St. Paul’s/ San Pablo, Houston. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, those who were already walking alongside the poor, homeless, abused, elderly and disabled are the champions of their disaster recovery.
All Saints Episcopal School is back in session later this week and families got a sneak peak of the finished Lower School renovations during an open house on Tuesday.
Despite all he has gone through in life, Mal, 66, has never lost hope. His willingness to ask for help and gathering the confidence to speak out, are things that have always been a gift for him.
The choir enters during a recent service at Christ Church Cathedral, where the congregation is challenged with providing 100,000 meals for those in need.
Thanks to Megan Thee Stallion, hot girls everywhere are having a summer. And now, thanks to TikTok‚—and maybe also Andrew Scott’s character in Fleabag, season two‚—priests might also have their swing at “Hot Priest Summer.
Serving others is the way Anna coped with her despair of losing her home after Hurricane Harvey flooded her house and her entire neighborhood in Montgomery County. Anna looked down the road to the needs of her parents whose home was also damaged, and then she saw the needs of her other neighbors. With her bilingual skills and a joyous personality, Anna reached out to and for her neighbors.
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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