Anglican women joined other participants in the 49th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) gathered at the United Nations Church Center for a screening of Ladies First, a film highlighting the new roles of Rwandan women in government, business, education and reconciliation.
03 March 2005
God's creation delivers unsettling news. Earth's climate is warming to dangerous levels; 90 percent of the world's fisheries have been depleted; coastal development and pollution are causing a sharp decline in ocean health;
14 February 2005
Statement on the President's budget by the Most Revd Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, USA
09 February 2005
Honoring a commitment made by General Convention in 1997 (Resolution A205) to augment the church's awareness of and participation in world mission, World Mission Sunday will be observed throughout the Episcopal Church on February 6 under the theme "Treasuring the Communion."
01 February 2005
"The federal budget is ... a moral document," said Presiding Bishop Frank T Griswold to an audience at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, on 25 January. Anticipating President Bush's 2006 budget, scheduled to be presented to Congress, Presiding Bishop Griswold told the gathering that "rhetoric is one thing, but the budget is concrete and reveals the truth of our commitments," particularly with regard to the moral imperative of health care access in the United States.
31 January 2005
The Rt Revd Bavi Edna "Nedi" Rivera was consecrated the first bishop suffragan for the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia on Saturday 22 January at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, also making her the first Hispanic woman bishop and only the 12th woman bishop in the history of the denomination.
28 January 2005
To the faithful in Christ Jesus, greetings in the season of Epiphany. We rejoice together with you that God has "caused a new light to shine in our hearts" revealing God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ our Lord.
14 January 2005
With numbers of dead and homeless rising across southern Asia in the wake of 26 December's unprecedented Indian Ocean tsunami, Episcopal Relief and Development has begun emergency response efforts and welcomes financial contributions to aid these initiatives
31 December 2004
After the 21 December bomb blast there that killed 22 people, Sivret sent the following note to the people of the Diocese of Maine, adding his thanks for their prayers and for the support congregations have offered to his work with soldiers and the people in nearby Iraqi villages.
24 December 2004
Though we are now exchanging our "Merry Christmas" greetings, and carols fill the air telling us "tis the season to be jolly," Christmas provides something far greater than merriment, joviality, or an easy joy. Christmas points the way to something sober and enduring.
25 November 2004