Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will embark on pastoral visits in January to four dioceses affected by hurricanes: Diocese of Puerto Rico, Jan. 2-4 Diocese of the Virgin Islands, Jan. 10-12 Diocese of Southeast Florida, Jan. 13-14 Diocese of Texas, Jan. 29-31 “When the cameras have left, when the world’s attention has gone elsewhere, when other news is the new … [Read more...] about After the Floods
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Diocese Coordinates Relief
The Diocese of Texas provides updates from Houston: Spiritual care teams have deployed to the George R. Brown Convention Center, which is housing 9,000-plus evacuees. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said [Aug. 29] that he had requested 10,000 more cots from FEMA and was opening additional emergency centers in the Greater Houston area. By the weekend, Archdeacon Russ Oeschel, … [Read more...] about Diocese Coordinates Relief
Priest and Family Slain
Dale Lezon, Dane Schiller, and Mike Glenn report for the Houston Chronicle:The discovery of three bodies Monday in a bloody west Houston apartment answered the immediate question of why an Episcopal priest and his wife and son had not shown up for church on Sunday.But the mystery of how and when they died — and of course why — lingered as stunned parishioners at Church of the … [Read more...] about Priest and Family Slain
Mission-shaped Architecture
By Ken ChitwoodThe neo-gothic architecture of St. Martin’s Church stands in contrast to the office towers and multimillion-dollar homes in the Great Uptown neighborhood of Houston. This largest congregation of the Episcopal Church, at 8,600 members, dedicated two new facilities December 2, welcoming the Most Rev. George L. Carey, the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, and actor … [Read more...] about Mission-shaped Architecture