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Ministry at Midday
Join us monthly for an informational session to learn, connect, and explore the Diocese of Virginia’s ministries and programs centered around Racial Justice & Healing.
Shrine Mont Camps: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Shrine Mont Camps want to thank everyone for their participation and support of our summer camping ministry. With 106 staff and 470 campers this summer, we gained so many memories of experiences that formed our faith and enriched our lives. To all of the clergy and...
Congregational Vitality Workshop – Save The Date
Saturday, Dec. 5 at All Saints, Richmond An important part of congregational vitality is helping our churches live into the special calling that God is inviting us to embody in this moment. Knowing and loving our neighbors is central to this calling. Our neighbors are...
¡Festival! One Church, Many Cultures, All in God 2026
Hispanic and Latino siblings in Christ invite you to celebrate our unity and diversity at our first ¡Festival! in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
August is Make-A-Will Month
Including The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in your will - known as a charitable bequest - lets you support what you care about, reduce potential estate taxes, and leave a lasting personal legacy. A charitable bequest is one of the easiest and most flexible ways to...
Youth Delegates Love Jesus, Embody Justice, and Are Disciples!
Have you ever wondered what actually happens at the Diocese of Virginia’s Annual Convention? This year, we’re encouraging more young people to be part of it and we want YOU there! What Is a Youth Delegate? As a Youth Delegate, you are an official member of Annual...
Pathways Cohort Retreat / Family Worship
During one session of the Pathways cohort retreat at Shrine Mont, participants joined Family Camp for outdoor worship, pictured here.
Project Presentations
During the Pathways to Prayer and Practice cohort retreat at Shrine Mont, teams from 10 participating churches moved from reflection into faithful experimentation.
Survey Invitation to Strengthen Ministry for Episcopal Veterans
All Episcopalians are invited to complete a brief survey to help strengthen ministry with veterans, support chaplaincy discernment, and identify participants in this work.
Voices of Freedom Tour
The Voices of Freedom tour features historic parishes and sites in Hanover County connected to the story of religious freedom in Virginia.
In the News
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection Featured in America ByDESIGN
America ByDESIGN featured The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in the episode Making More with Less, which premiered on CBS News New York on Saturday, August 29, 2026. The episode highlights Church of the Resurrection as a smaller church making a larger community...
In Richmond, churches retrace the path of the enslaved to confront their own history
Religion News Service reported on a historical and spiritual pilgrimage through Richmond led by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, inviting participants to reckon with the city’s role in slavery and the domestic slave...
Province III Hosts 39th Annual B+E+S+T Conference
The Episcopal Church in Delaware shared a report on the 39th Annual Bishops' Executive Secretaries Conference (B+E+S+T), hosted by the Bishops' Executive Assistants of Province III in Alexandria, Virginia, from May 4-8. The gathering welcomed 90 participants from...
Virginia Theological Seminary Graduates First Member of Its Descendant Community at 203rd Commencement
Virginia Theological Seminary graduated Elwood Jones, the first member of its descendant community to receive a degree from VTS, at its 203rd Commencement. Jones received a Master of Arts degree, marking a milestone in the seminary's Reparations Program. Read the Full...
Virginia’s Hidden Cathedral, Shrine Mont, Marks 100 Years
"Shrine Mont has evolved far beyond those first few cottages of summering Episcopalians into a sprawling retreat that is open to all. Though the scale has changed—Shrine Mont now attracts more than 15,000 guests each year—the mission remains largely the same: an...
Lenten Friday Bible Study at St. Paul’s Church Highlights the Power of Women’s Voices in the Bible
During the season of Lent, St. Paul’s Memorial Church is giving students and the greater Charlottesville community the space to engage in reflection and conversation about some of life’s biggest questions. Every weekday at 8 a.m., St. Paul’s — located at 1701...
St. Thomas Episcopal in McLean Rallies Behind Two Iranian Immigrants
Two Iranian-born asylum-seekers who have been active for the past three years at an Episcopal church in suburban Washington, D.C., are fighting for their freedom after being detained by federal immigration agents and threatened with deportation. Their congregation,...
Claude Moore Provides Boost to Free Loudoun STEAM Camp
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation on Tuesday ramped up its support for a nine-week STEAM summer camp offered offer free of charge through St. Gabriel’s Church’s Educando con Amor—Educating with Love program. Read the Full Story
An Albemarle Politician, a Fredericksburg Priest and a Barrier-Breaking Marriage
Albemarle County Supervisor Mike Pruitt and his husband, the Rev. Will Dickinson, are defying the separation of church and state. Read the Full Story
Reynolds Hutchins: Rector Will Peyton’s Easter Sermon Challenges the Power of Empire
The rector could have no idea on Easter Sunday that two days after delivering his sermon that list of examples would grow longer, nor that the most recent addition would hit so close to home. Last Tuesday, three plainclothes federal agents... detained two men and...