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Episcopal institute in Taiwan upgrades to University of Technology

St. John's University, formerly St. John's and St. Mary's Institute of Technology, located in Tamsui, Taiwan, celebrated an upgrade from Institute of Technology to University of Technology

30 September 2005

Special Commission on Episcopal Church

Special Commission on Episcopal Church

The first meeting of the Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion will take place Monday, November 7, at the Episcopal Church Center in New York.

21 September 2005

Anglicans Join Ecumenical Partners in Global Poverty Forum

Anglicans Join Ecumenical Partners in Global Poverty Forum

A Call to Partnership- Communique from the Consultation of Religious Leaders on Global Poverty

15 September 2005

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Joins Seminary for Gala Celebration

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Joins Seminary for Gala Celebration

New York City - On Tuesday, September 13, The General Theological Seminary (GTS) will hold a gala outdoor reception to inaugurate the building of the Desmond Tutu Education Center on its historic campus in the heart of Chelsea.

09 September 2005

Message of Solidarity from Central America

Message of Solidarity from Central America

The Most Revd Martin Barahona, Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Central America and Bishop of El Salvador, has sent the following message of solidarity:

07 September 2005

Resilient Mississippi Episcopalians determined to rebuild Gulf Coast congregations

Resilient Mississippi Episcopalians determined to rebuild Gulf Coast congregations

Surrounded by scenes of devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina, more than 50 parishioners of St. Mark's Church in Gulfport, Mississippi, were joined by police, military and relief workers September 4, as they worshipped on the site where their church once stood

07 September 2005

Hurricane Katrina: A message from the Presiding Bishop

Hurricane Katrina: A message from the Presiding Bishop

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:I am sending this message by email to our bishops, clergy and congregations -- insofar as is possible -- so that it might be shared and that we might be a community united in prayer and service during this time.

02 September 2005

Episcopalians mobilize in Katrina's aftermath

Episcopalians mobilize in Katrina's aftermath

Episcopalians are working tirelessly to assess and respond to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, a category four hurricane that ripped through the Gulf Coast August 29

02 September 2005

Presiding Bishop Griswold troubled by U.S.-proposed revisions of global poverty agreements

Presiding Bishop Griswold troubled by U.S.-proposed revisions of global poverty agreements

In response to the United States' proposed revisions to UN poverty-reduction strategies - as reported in today's New York Times and Washington Post - the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, issued the following statement:

26 August 2005

Indigenous Anglicans told they will have their own bishop

Indigenous Anglicans told they will have their own bishop

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has told indigenous church members that he will do his best to see that a national native bishop is elected, if possible within a year.

19 August 2005