So here, I stand in the peculiar space of being a Black Episcopalian, living in the tense irony of a Black person in a colonial institution, instrumental in forming the theological and legal foundation for race-based enslavement in English North America.
As we celebrate 50 years of Women's Ordination to the Priesthood, we thank God for the leadership of women in The Episcopal Church! Follow along through the remainder of 2024 as we profile women clergy of The Diocese of Virginia. The journey of women into...
On July 13, Bishop Ted Gulick, Retired Bishop in Residence, ordained three new deacons at St. Andrew’s, Burke. God willing, these deacons will be ordained as priests on January 18, 2025.
Thousands of clergy, union members and activists rallied on behalf of the poor near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday (June 29), with faith leaders calling for lawmakers to embrace a slate of policies and for low-wealth Americans to make their voices heard in November as the nation’s “largest potential swing vote.”
James Williams, Director of Shrine Mont Camp, has submitted his resignation to take effect at the conclusion of this summer 2024 camping season to embark on the next chapter of his career.
She will begin this new role on August 1, 2024. The Rev. Shirley Smith Graham’s vocational journey began with a dream of supporting multiple congregations in their growth and vitality.
This reflection series, written by lay and clergy deputies from the Diocese of Virginia, will be updated daily during General Convention 81. Learn more about General Convention.
By the Rev. Canon Dr. J. Lee Hill, Jr., Canon for Racial Justice and Healing The Episcopal Church, like many institutions across America, shares a complex and painful history with slavery. This truth is woven into the very fabric of our story, and it is a truth...
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.
