More than 100 clergy from across the Diocese of Virginia gathered for three days at Shrine Mont for the Spring Clergy Retreat, a time of Sabbath rest, fellowship, and reconnecting with resurrection joy.
In a recent Pathways to Prayer and Practice workshop, the Rev. Katie Gooch invited participants to shift their perspective from focusing on what is missing to discovering what God has already placed within their communities.
Recently, the Ministry for Racial Justice and Healing—supported by the Rev. David Curtis and Canon J. Lee Hill—curated space to contemplate the work of racial justice at the intersection of Black culture and art during Black History Month.
With faith and trust in God’s guidance, four people took the next step in their calling and became transitional deacons — an important step toward priesthood in The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia — on March 7 at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in McLean. The Rt. Rev’d...
A “holy spark” led two churches named for St. Stephen to jointly search for a new clergy person who will split duties between them. Their collaboration is part of The Episcopal Church’s trend of geographic-based partnerships. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Catlett...
With deep joy, discipleship and leadership, three new priests — Jackson Davey, Bart Natoli, and Ted Renaud— became ordained Feb. 7 in the Diocese of Virginia.
A piercing portrait exhibit at Trinity Episcopal Church captures what that looked like in Charlottesville in the Jim Crow 1920s: resolute, proud faces of local African Americans, some of whom had once been enslaved.
As the reconciliation process continues at Shrine Mont Camps, Diocese of Virginia Bishop E. Mark Stevenson recently announced four key goals for renewal and growth.
After 765 days of planning, fundraising, hearing from congregation and community, and securing county permits, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church broke ground on a new church building to replace the historic one destroyed in a fire.
As we start 2025, this is a roundup of our feature stories from 2024. Each one represents our shared mission to love Jesus, embody justice, and be disciples. Celebrate and share these stories!
