Home from their April journey to the Anglican Diocese of Cape Coast in Ghana, 23 travelers from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of South Carolina report a profoundly deepened commitment to global partnership and racial reconciliation.
Even more than the gift of sight, a spiritual vision of reconciliation inspires the 23 travelers from the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta embarking April 12 on the sixth pilgrimage to the Anglican Diocese of Cape Coast, Ghana.
On Sunday, Dec. 14, the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing (AJECRH) hosted its first commissioning of 25 pilgrims heading next year to Cape Coast, Ghana, along with a reunion of those who made the journey from 2017 to 2025.
The dungeons of Cape Coast Castle once held African people for sale. This is the destination for 21 Episcopalians from the Diocese of Atlanta in the fifth pilgrimage focused on racial reconciliation and partnership with Anglican churches in the Cape Coast Diocese.
The Diocese of Atlanta gifted equipment to provide for the first electronic communications by its partner diocese. Canon for Digital Evangelism Easton Daivs said “Digital evangelism is one of the most important ways we can reach seekers.”
An economic opportunity partnership between the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and the Anglican Diocese of Cape Coast Ghana was announced at this year’s Annual Council.
Travelers from The Diocese of Atlanta recently returned from a journey of discovery, where they got to know the people and history of Ghana’s Cape Coast. Bishop Rob Wright said annual pilgrimages began in 2017 as part of Atlanta’s companion relationship with the Anglican Diocese of Cape Coast.
