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Bishop Sean Rowe preaches at General Convention's Closing Eucharist. | Asher Imtiaz/TLC
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PB Elect: 'We Are Standing Firm in the Midst'
By Neva Rae Fox
“How about our attachment to the ways that no longer serve us?” Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe asked, citing the “idolatry of structures and practices that exclude and diminish our witness.” “We have to get it together,” he declared. “We need to let go of our grievances. We need to have hard conversations with love and respect.” Read on.
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PB-Elect Chooses a Simpler Installation
By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
Bishop Rowe will be installed in a “simpler, smaller” ceremony in the chapel of the Church Center in New York rather than at Washington National Cathedral, to mark his streamlined vision for the church’s future. Read on.
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Closing General Convention in a Rush
By Kirk Petersen
The pressures of time led to a number of widely-supported compromises: new liturgical canons that secured protections for conservatives alongside prayer book revisions desired by progressives, and a concession to the bishops' insistence that the State of Israel is not an "apartheid" regime. Read on.
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Indigenous Day of Remembrance Authorized
By Kirk Petersen
Deputies overwhelmingly approved adding an annual remembrance of Indigenous children who were taken from their homes and enrolled in boarding schools that sought to "kill the Indian and save the man." Read on.
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ECW Celebrates 150 Years of Ministry
By Weston Curnow
Episcopal Church Women gathered alongside General Convention for a week focused on "Empowering Women of Faith." Read on.
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General Convention in Photos 5 & 6
By Asher Imtiaz
Bishops march together against gun violence. Have a look.
Hearing the word and passing the peace at General Convention's Closing Eucharist. Have a look.
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Deputies Go After 'Liturgical Cringe'
By Neva Rae Fox
Deputies approved a series of alternative liturgical texts, which address perceived anti-Semitic bias in the Good Friday liturgy, and provided alternative lectionaries and a new Eucharistic prayer. Read on.
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New Primate for Japan
By Mark Michael
The Rt. Rev. David Eisho Uehara, Bishop of Okinawa, was elected primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK) during its biennial synod, held May 28-30 in Tokyo. Read on.
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