Some 130 deacons and priests gathered at Rock Eagle in Eatonton from September 9-11 with Bishop Rob Wright seeking to understand the importance of bearing witness and its connection to creating both thriving and spirited Christian communities.
The Rev. Dr. Stefanie Taylor is the Head Chaplain of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta, Georgia. Holy Innocents’ is the largest parish day school in the United States.
On September 8, 2024, Bishop Wright preached at St. Anthony’s in Winder. The church is 7 miles from Apalachee High School.
There is much to celebrate at Emmaus House. One is its unique initiative to cultivate young leaders by exposing them to real-world challenges and empowering them to drive change.
Two Diocese of Atlanta priests have been hired as chaplains at The Lovett School in Atlanta. The Rev. Colin Brown will serve as head chaplain at the private school and The Rev. Ashley Carr will be Lovett’s Middle School chaplain Lovett Head of School Meredyth Cole said in an announcement.
The Rev. Irma (Mimi) Guerra is a native of Mexico who moved to the United States in 1994. She has been an educator for 30 years and was a Spanish teacher with the Douglas County Schools.
The Rev. Martha Sterne grew up in the fifties and sixties as a cosseted white child, shielded from the broader world. When she arrived in the big city, she encountered a reality where unspoken truths were being shouted out loud, and untold stories were tumbling out.
The Rev. E. Claiborne Jones, a trailblazer in The Episcopal Church, was the first woman to serve as rector in the Deep South. Ordained as a deacon in 1978 and as a priest in 1979, she brought visionary leadership to Epiphany Episcopal Church in Atlanta, where she served as rector for 19½ years.
Fifty years ago this summer, an event occurred that shook The Episcopal Church just as surely as the Watergate hearings going on at the same time shook the nation. On July 29, 1974, at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia, 11 women were ordained Episcopal priests.