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Moving Forward in Truth: Bitter Fruit
Nestled away on 1,100 forested acres in Navasota, Texas Camp Allen began on 10 acres of land gifted by Rosa Lum Allen in 1921. Development began at Trinity Bay, near Galveston, to make the site ideal for hosting not just campers, but anyone for retreats, conferences, and meetings.
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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St. Thomas the Apostle, Nassau Bay, and the Galveston Food Bank’s Monthly Fresh-food Distribution
On Saturday, July 4, St Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church will offer the fourth of its monthly fresh food distribution to neighbors in need throughout Nassau Bay, Webster, and Pasadena. This distribution is in coordination with the Galveston Food Bank. A
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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…
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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.…
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Episcopal Diocese of Texas Supports Masks for All and Discusses Their Response to COVID-19
Bishop Andy Doyle with the Episcopal Diocese of Texas discusses how each of their congregations is responding to COVID-19 and the commitment they have made to their communities with the Masks for All campaign.
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Moving Forward in Truth: No Ways Tired
Tired and weary though we may sometimes get, let us not forget those who have come before us and made a way for us, that we too may walk in the way that has been prepared and even beyond it, until we have reached a better day and made a better way. For indeed, God…
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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…
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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…
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Technology Grants for Congregations 2020
Technology Grant in Response to COVID-19 We realize the toll this pandemic has taken on all of us in various ways. In an effort to offer the opportunity for both some financial relief for our congregations, and respite for clergy and their families, the diocese has worked to secure a new initiative grant to help with…
