Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is creating a new domestic disaster program in response to the Episcopal Church's Executive Council resolution that calls for the development and implementation of an Office of Disaster Planning.
11 January 2006
Episcopal Relief and Development is saddened to report the death of Edward Emmanuel Corneille, the Director of the Bishop Tharp Institute of Business and Technology (BTI) in Les Cayes, Haiti. Episcopal Relief and Development worked in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti to build the institute which opened in October of 2005.
10 January 2006
The Anglican Church of Canada has its first bishop of Asian descent - Canon Bishop-elect Patrick Yu.
10 January 2006
As heavy snow and rain fall in areas of Pakistan impacted by last October's earthquake, Episcopal Relief and Development continues its support aiding communities most affected by the deadly earthquake.
10 January 2006
San Salvador - The Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador ordained this Tuesday the Rev'd Amy Denny Zuninga as a priest.
05 January 2006
Pilgrims transformed by 'Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus' - Bethlehem looks much different in person than most Christmas cards or carols suggest.
21 December 2005
Dialogue engages U.S. Anglicans, Roman CatholicsAs Christmas approaches and Christ's Nativity story is retold, U.S. Anglicans and Roman Catholics continue their reflection on 'Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ,' a document published out of a five-year study process engaging the two faith communities.
20 December 2005
Manhattan resident Sister Ellen Francis, has just returned from a 10-day fact-finding and friendship mission to Iran, organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation
20 December 2005
Mindful of this season of Advent when Christians seek to share in "one another's suffering," Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold condemned a December 14 statement in which Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a myth created by Europeans.
16 December 2005
For most Episcopalians, All Saints' and All Souls' Days are relatively somber feasts -- a time for quiet remembering of departed loved ones and a commemoration of heroes of the faith.
15 December 2005