Presiding Bishop’s Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of South Carolina
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written a pastoral letter to the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina: “Your presence adds to the ability of this community to discern the will of God, even if you disagree vehemently with one or another resolution...Opening Remarks to Joint CCAB Meeting
On November 12, House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings spoke to the opening dinner of the first meeting of the new joint commissions, committees, agencies and boards of The Episcopal Church. ” Opening Remarks Joint CCAB Meeting St. Louis, Missouri...Sermon Preached at Executive Council
I was a young woman of 23 when I went to see the Bishop of Central New York to tell him I was going to seminary. It was August of 1974 and I had already been accepted at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I was going on my own self-devised...Straub Honored with Inaugural House of Deputies Medal
October 15, 2012–The Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory S. Straub, who will retire as executive secretary of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church on January 1 after nearly eight years and three General Conventions, was awarded the inaugural House of Deputies medal...Executive Council Opening Remarks October 2012
Good morning. There’s an old British saying I’ve had in mind these past few months: Start as you mean to go on. And since I was elected in July, that’s what I’ve been trying to do. Now, in case you’re aspiring to be president of the House...From the President
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