Advent Message 2011

Advent Reflection from The Episcopal Church on Vimeo.

September 11: Ten years later

Presiding Bishop reflects on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. from The Episcopal Church on Vimeo.

Congo Visit

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Rev. Margaret Rose and the Rev. Petero Sabune stop to say a prayer with widows in a community near the Anglican University of Congo in Bunia. Widows are considered outcasts in many Congolese communities and forced by some churches to face the wall during worship services.

More pics. The camera just loves her........

"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.

The Lord is My Shepherd