The Unofficial Katharine Jefferts Schori Fan Page

Shalom! This is a blog that celebrates the first woman Presiding Bishop to serve in the Episcopal Church. Here you will find news stories, photos, links, references, quotes, video and stories from people who have met her. This is not an official site and not affliated with the Episcopal Church or the presiding bishop. This page also has feed from the Church's official news site.



Episcopal News Service

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

"We need bold and prophetic voices. We need networks that inspire and organize people," she said. "There is abundant work to be done and it must always be inspired by that vision of shalom: food and drink for feasting, dignified work and sabbath leisure, none lording it over another, all God's children living in peace. Pray that it may be so and work like hell to make it so."

Bishop Barbara C. Harris, right, retired bishop suffragan of Massachusetts, presented Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori with the Episcopal City Mission's Barbara C. Harris Award for Social Justice during ECM's June 7 annual meeting. Harris is the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion; Jefferts Schori is the first woman to serve as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.