How Has the Pandemic Affected Your Faith?
By Rick Hamlin
When I hear people use the phrase, “when life gets back to normal,” I want to shout out, “No, no. We should be in a new normal.” Hasn’t all this forced-in solitude and isolation taught us anything?
The Challenge to the Church during Covid-19
By The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
The Covid-19 pandemic has called the church to account for whether or not we live into the aspiration to be church has much to do with how we respond… to the “disinherited” classes of people like the poor and people of color, those rendered most vulnerable to Covid-19.
Modern-day old master: Jersey City painter depicts African Americans as Bible characters
By Pamela A. Lewis
An interview with painter Tyler Ballon, who draws inspiration from Europe’s Old Master painters to document in paint “the struggle and pain still embedded in the contemporary Black experience, while interpreting these circumstances within the Christian narratives of faith and redemption.”
In The Current Issue
Bishops' Messages
Diocesan and Parish News
On Tuesday, March 9, the Rev. Brenda Husson, rector of St. James Episcopal Church-Madison Avenue, along with members of the Partnership of Faith for New York City, made a solemn trip to the morgue where…
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Ordinations from March 2020 (pre-pandemic), September 2020, and March 2021.
Read MoreApplications are invited from congregations in the Diocese of New York for grants to support projects that directly address one or more of the United Nations’ 17 SDGs (see https://sdgs.un.org/goals). Effectiveness, accountability and sustainability (addressing…
Read MoreFollowing the Diocesan Convention last November, emails were sent in November 2020 and February 2021 to all congregations in the Diocese of New York inviting them to apply for Covid-19-related Calculated Apportioned Share relief for…
Read MoreThe diocesan trustees have voted once again to make available to all congregations in the diocese, regardless of net operating income, a streamlined Alternative Audit process used previously for 2018 and 2019 audits that permits…
Read MoreWhile emphasizing the importance of continuing precautions and the need to follow all New York State guidelines, Bishop Dietsche announced March 5 that he was lifting all of the restrictions that he had imposed on…
Read MoreDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 244th Convention of the diocese was conducted online via Zoom on Saturday November 7, 2020, with the exception that the bishops and other essential participants were at the Cathedral…
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Due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions, many seafarers remain on ship well beyond the international limit of 12 months, with some having served for 15 or 16 months. At the same time we are…
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Since a large part of its ceiling collapsed at the beginning of October, 2019, the main sanctuary of the landmarked Victorian Gothic St. Paul’s Memorial Church in the Stapleton section of Staten Island has been…
Read MoreSixteen parishioners within our diocese participated in a pilot Online Anti-Racism Workshop via four Zoom sessions from August 17 to August 24. The committee generally has three workshops a year in the winter, spring and…
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Episcopal News Service Feed
- Survey shows Scottish churches adapted well to lockdown
- In Western Massachusetts, ministry brings veterans together for food, camaraderie
- Clergy pray for peace amid violent unrest in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Anglican, Episcopal leaders call for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
- Episcopal Church Archives closes for relocation; limited access only until Sept. 1
Bishops' Messages
In The Current Issue
Diocesan and Parish News
On Tuesday, March 9, the Rev. Brenda Husson, rector of St. James Episcopal Church-Madison Avenue, along with members of the Partnership of Faith for New York City, made a solemn trip to the morgue where…
Read More
Ordinations from March 2020 (pre-pandemic), September 2020, and March 2021.
Read MoreApplications are invited from congregations in the Diocese of New York for grants to support projects that directly address one or more of the United Nations’ 17 SDGs (see https://sdgs.un.org/goals). Effectiveness, accountability and sustainability (addressing…
Read MoreFollowing the Diocesan Convention last November, emails were sent in November 2020 and February 2021 to all congregations in the Diocese of New York inviting them to apply for Covid-19-related Calculated Apportioned Share relief for…
Read MoreThe diocesan trustees have voted once again to make available to all congregations in the diocese, regardless of net operating income, a streamlined Alternative Audit process used previously for 2018 and 2019 audits that permits…
Read MoreWhile emphasizing the importance of continuing precautions and the need to follow all New York State guidelines, Bishop Dietsche announced March 5 that he was lifting all of the restrictions that he had imposed on…
Read MoreDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 244th Convention of the diocese was conducted online via Zoom on Saturday November 7, 2020, with the exception that the bishops and other essential participants were at the Cathedral…
Read More
Due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions, many seafarers remain on ship well beyond the international limit of 12 months, with some having served for 15 or 16 months. At the same time we are…
Read More
Since a large part of its ceiling collapsed at the beginning of October, 2019, the main sanctuary of the landmarked Victorian Gothic St. Paul’s Memorial Church in the Stapleton section of Staten Island has been…
Read MoreSixteen parishioners within our diocese participated in a pilot Online Anti-Racism Workshop via four Zoom sessions from August 17 to August 24. The committee generally has three workshops a year in the winter, spring and…
Read More Episcopal News Service Feed
- Survey shows Scottish churches adapted well to lockdown
- In Western Massachusetts, ministry brings veterans together for food, camaraderie
- Clergy pray for peace amid violent unrest in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Anglican, Episcopal leaders call for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
- Episcopal Church Archives closes for relocation; limited access only until Sept. 1