News from around the Church
Diocese of Arizona
- parishes throughout Arizona can use this resource to celebrate God's creation during this season which starts on September 1st and ends on October 4th, the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. The theme for 2024 is To Hope and Act with Creation. The post 2024 Season of Creation – To Hope and Act with […]
- September is the month that our Diocese has set aside to help raise awareness about the effects of incarceration on those who are currently incarcerated, their families, and those who work at the correctional facilities as well as the impact that incarceration has on our communities. We’re kicking off Prison Awareness Month with the “Straight […]
- Election news dominates almost every headline; election ads intersperse most TV programs, our social media feeds brim with opinions, quotes, and opportunities for involvement. Passions and tensions are high–sometimes for very good reasons. I feel in myself a mix of hope, fear, anxiety, and exhaustion. It’s possible that you feel some of those emotions, too. […]
- It is a season of comings and goings at Diocesan House. Dawn Jackson, the Assistant to the Canon to the Ordinary and for Ministry, has taken a new job near her home in Payson. Dawn is currently the longest-serving employee of the Diocese of Arizona, beginning in 2014 as our Receptionist, and then moving forward … […]
- I think we are now in week four (or five? I have lost track) of “breadapalooza,” the summer season during the Lectionary Year B where we hear stories about bread in the gospel for six weeks in a row. Like many preachers, I am constantly looking for new illustrations to make potent the image of […]
- There are now less than 90 days to November 4th and the 2024 presidential election. But for many of us, this election cycle has felt like an eternity. With an unstable political landscape and the constant stream of news, commentaries, and ads, it can feel overwhelming to be an engaged and informed voter. Fortunately, The … […]
Episcopal News Service
- [Episcopal News Service] One of the core duties of The Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop is to visit every diocese at least once during the denominational leader’s nine-year term, and for […]
- [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Spokane’s Camp Cross in Coeur d’Alene, northern Idaho, is hosting its inaugural Queer Camp from Sept. 6-8 as an opportunity for LGBTQ+ youth and […]
- [The Scottish Episcopal Church] St. Serf’s Episcopal Church in Burntisland, Scotland, received a special environmental award Sept. 1 as the congregation celebrated the first Sunday in the Season of Creation. Eco-Congregation […]
- [The Melbourne Anglican] A teenage Christian from China recently flew nearly 5,000 miles to Melbourne to be baptized. Aaron joined several others at St. Thomas’, Burwood, Australia, who chose to affirm their […]
- [Religion News Service — Vatican City] The age of world leaders may be hotly debated elsewhere, but in Indonesia, Pope Francis, the 87-year-old head of Roman Catholicism, in early September began […]
- [Episcopal News Service] People passing by the Church of Our Savior in North Platte, Nebraska, now can learn more about the remarkable life of a former priest of that church, […]
Anglican News Service
- Coinciding with International Literacy Day (September 8), Mothers' Union are launching a new initiative – “Empower Her Literacy”.
- Christians facing persecution and churches overseas were major themes at the Governing Body meeting in the Church in Wales on September 4-5.
- Over 40 bishops from around the world have met to discuss how faith and science communities can work together in tackling climate crisis.
- In anticipation of Ghana's upcoming political elections Anglican Bishops have called on the nation to embrace peace, unity, and love.
- Building a Safe Church will be the focus of a leadership and capacity building conference in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in September.
- The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem have issued a statement calling for the urgent need to conclude the war.