Founding Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing Dr. Catherine Meeks keeps a busy travel schedule educating audiences worldwide on the best practices for healing racial divides. Now Dr. Meeks is racking up more travel miles receiving honorary degrees, awards, and recognitions for her decades of work.
In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Rosita Stevens-Holsey, the niece of Pauli Murray. They discuss Murray’s life, ministry, and the monumental contributions Murray made in advancing policy to bring justice to marginalized people. Listen in for the full conversation.
The Episcopal Community Foundation announces four grants to St. Clare’s Episcopal Church (Blairsville), Clubhouse Atlanta (Dunwoody), Emmaus House (Atlanta), and Family Promise of Hall County (Gainesville).
The Revs. Trey Phillips and Matt Babcock are among 22 professional and faith leaders selected from more than 900 who applied for the two-year international Trinity Leadership Fellows program.
New Episcopal Hispanic congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta held their first services the last weekend of April. The gatherings were “a dream come true,” said Diocese of Atlanta Missioner for Hispanic Ministries The Rev. Irma Nohemi Guerra.
In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. They discuss her favorite bible stories, her experiences serving as Bishop in the nation’s capital, and why she wrote her new book How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith.
In this episode, Melissa has a conversation with The Rev. Edgar Otero. They discuss Edgar’s new ministry at St. Anthony’s, why the church is growing, and how experimentation leads to new things with God.
Over two episodes of her podcast, A Brave Space, Dr. Catherine Meeks explores the topic of belonging with special guest, author, and co-host of CBS Sunday Morning, Michelle Miller.
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.
In this episode, Melissa has a conversation with Bishop Doug Scharf of The Diocese of Southwest Florida. They discuss how he sees the resurrection, what is emerging in Christianity, and what might be emerging with the faithful in the diocese Bishop Scharf serves.