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A Message from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori: I am deeply grateful for what God has been up to in the midst of our journey together [October 23, 2015] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following: The...

Presiding Bishop's Statement on Refugees; congregational and individual response suggestions

Presiding Bishop’s statement on refugees; congregational and individual response suggestions | September 14, 2015  Syrian refugees and migrants disembark the Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ship at the port of Piraeus, near...

Easter Message 2015 from the Presiding Bishop

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Easter Message 2015 “The only place we will not find him is in the tomb.” [March 23, 2015] “We will find him already there before us, bringing new and verdant life,” Episcopal Church...

Lent Message 2015 from The Presiding Bishop

The Presiding Bishop’s Lent Message 2015   Lent is about to begin. That word in English comes from an Old English word that means “to lengthen,” and it’s a reminder of the days getting longer as we move toward...

A Pastoral Message on Climate Change

A Pastoral Message on Climate Change The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs Friday, September 19, 2014 The following Pastoral Message on Climate Change has been issued by Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori with the...

Easter 2014 Message from the Presiding Bishop

[April 7, 2014] “Where and how will we look for the Body of Christ, risen and rising?,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents in her Easter Message 2014. “Will we share the life of that body as an...

Lent Message 2014 from the Presiding Bishop

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Lent Message 2014   “So as you enter Lent, consider how you will live in solidarity with those who are hungry, or broken, or ill in one way or another.”   [February 28, 2014]...

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message 2013

“May that royal inheritance and authority of the stable be born in you, enliven your heart, and rest on your shoulders.” [December 12, 2013] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, in her Christmas Message 2013...