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Trinidad and Tobago launches music school to "revitalise diocese"

Trinidad and Tobago launches music school to "revitalise diocese"

“An initiative by and for young people, to stir things up a bit, and wake the church up”- this is how 22-year-old Keisha Baisden, Director of the newly-launched Music School, describes the initiative.

19 August 2011

Episcopal Church to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks

Episcopal Church to mark 10th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks

Episcopal Church and other religious leaders are planning interfaith events to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when almost 3,000 people perished after hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

18 August 2011

Episcopal Church offers affordable website services for congregations

Episcopal Church offers affordable website services for congregations

Realizing the challenges in providing and maintaining a strong web presence, the Episcopal Church Office of Communication is offering an innovative, affordable website program for congregations.

09 August 2011

Network Meeting to Focus on Sabbath and Sustainability as an appropriate Christian Vocation

Network Meeting to Focus on Sabbath and Sustainability as an appropriate Christian Vocation

The second meeting of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network (ACEN) will occur in Lima, Peru from Aug 4-10, 2011. 

29 July 2011

British Columbia artist creates logo for Partnering for Prevention conference

British Columbia artist creates logo for Partnering for Prevention conference

Under the Surface, a brilliantly symbolic painting by Sophia Beaton, a young aboriginal artist in British Columbia, provided the logo for the second meeting of Partnering for Prevention: Addressing Abuse in Our Communion & Our Communities.

15 July 2011

Thieves steal money for the needy from West Indies Anglican Church

Thieves steal money for the needy from West Indies Anglican Church

The offices of St. Agnes Anglican Church were ransacked and a safe with important documents and money stolen sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, according to its rector, Archdeacon I. Ranfurly Brown.

01 July 2011

Episcopal youth gather to connect and serve

Episcopal youth gather to connect and serve

With hands clapping, bodies swaying and beach balls flying, the singing voices of nearly 1,100 Episcopalians filled Benson Great Hall on the campus of Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for the opening worship service of the 2011 Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) on June 23. 

27 June 2011

Primate of the West Indies awarded CBE by Queen Elizabeth

Primate of the West Indies awarded CBE by Queen Elizabeth

The Archbishop of the West Indies since 2009, Dr John Holder, is awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, announced last weekend. His award is for ser­vices to religion (Barbados list).

20 June 2011

Alaska - New Testament 'Good News' now available in Gwich'in

Alaska - New Testament 'Good News' now available in Gwich'in

Diocese, mission partnership aided by $50,000 grant to strengthen, preserve Native language


15 June 2011

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

The new Primate, Héctor "Tito" Zavala, welcomed delegates to Santiago for this year's first of two regular meetings. The key concern was Uruguay's petition to seek another jurisdiction after last year's Provincial Synod

13 June 2011