On June 19, 2024 at The Union of Black Episcopalians Annual Conference, The Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris received the Bishop Barbara C. Harris Prophetic Witness Award for courageously proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and boldly championing the least, the lost, and the left out.
St. Peter’s, St. Philip’s, and St. John’s held a church service at Peter Paul RVA, filled with songs of liberation and a history lesson on Juneteenth and Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
My dear siblings in Christ in the Diocese of Virginia – I am standing outside the building that houses the offices of our diocesan staff. It is a grand structure that dates to the 19th century and is built on the ancestral and territorial homeland of various and...
Episcopal Bishop Daniel G.P. Gutiérrez, of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, is one of five nominees to succeed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
Despite a devastating December 2023 fire that destroyed its 19th-century building, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Oak Grove, Virginia, recently marked its 175th anniversary with a three-day celebration.
Faith organizations are trying to enter the market, offering to develop land they already own into affordable housing — homes and apartments where occupants pay no more than 30% of their income for their rent or mortgage. But zoning laws are getting in the way.
After a lot of discussion and prayer, Rev. Parnell and members of the church about an hour north of Williamsburg decided they first needed to let town residents know the church.
Update on May 8, 2024 News Release Notice of Appeal of Order in Title IV Proceeding May 28, 2024 UPDATE… On May 25, 2024, the Rev’d Dr. B. Cayce Ramey notified the Rt. Rev’d E. Mark Stevenson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, and the Church...
Reparation and racial justice are difficult ideals to embody. The more we learn and embody, the more we need to process our pain and its root causes and examine what mending or repairing might look like.
Diocese of Virginia clergy gathered last month at Shrine Mont, the diocesan conference center known for relaxing vistas, breathtaking rock formations and a hikers paradise called the Stairway to Heaven.
