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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

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

Latin America Anglican Theological Congress set for October meeting

Latin America Anglican Theological Congress set for October meeting

The Latin America Anglican Theological Congress, a new initiative coordinated by a sub-commission of the Commission on Theological Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CETALC,) will meet October 5-10, 2005 at the Hotel El Panama in Panama City, Panama to discuss globalization and its meaning for Latin America.

19 August 2005

French-speaking Anglicans set theological education, translation as priorities

French-speaking Anglicans set theological education, translation as priorities

Theological education in the Anglican Communion and translating key liturgical documents into French were given high priority as the Anglican Francophone Network met in Montreal, Canada

10 August 2005

Presiding Bishop visits Armenia

Presiding Bishop visits Armenia

At the invitation of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, and a small delegation visited the Church in Armenia July 4-9, 2005.

21 July 2005

Interfaith Power and Light Second Annual National Conference

Interfaith Power and Light Second Annual National Conference

Interfaith Power and Light held its second annual national conference at Cathedral College in Washington, DC, on July 16-19. Attendees from the 16 state affiliates across the country gathered to discuss how to mobilize a religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation.

20 July 2005