Episcopal Journal & Cafe

08/15/2023

The EJC team is proud to have brought news, features, arts coverage and inspirational writing to Episcopalians for more than a decade, separately as Episcopal Journal and Episcopal Café, and as the merged publication for the past year.

For more information about the closure go to https://episcopaljournal.org/

08/07/2023

The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ is celebrated on Sunday, Aug. 6. In this 1865 painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Jesus’ appearance changes in the presence of Peter, James and John.

08/04/2023

Molly Bosch’s reflection, “Heavenly Places,” looks at those in need and how they are helped — and not helped.

07/28/2023

Johann Sebastian Bach is considered the greatest of all composers of music for Christian worship. Through his music he expressed his deep faith in God. He is celebrated today.

07/25/2023

Exciting news and a wonderful mission to help establish “The Camino Project: Faith-Forward Pathways for Episcopal Families,” a five-year initiative aimed at helping parents and congregations embrace raising faith-filled children, especially in nontraditional, non-dominant-culture families.

The Camino Project—named for the Spanish word for road, path, and way—will provide Spanish and English resources, community cohorts, and pilgrimage experiences for families and congregations throughout the parenting years.

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The Episcopal Church has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish “The Camino Project: Faith-Forward Pathways for Episcopal Families,” a five-year initiative aimed at helping parents and congregations embrace raising faith-filled children, especially in nont...

07/22/2023

Mary of Magdala was a follower of Jesus and cared for him after he healed her. Her history has changed over the centuries but she is now considered to be an apostle. This painting by Alexander Ivanov is called “Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection.” She is celebrated today.

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07/20/2023

Elizabeth Cady Stanton dedicated her life to women’s equality and suffrage, drafting the Declaration of Sentiments at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., 1848.

She is celebrated today along with Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman.

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07/20/2023

Harriet Ross Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland but escaped to Canada. She returned more than 19 times and assisted more than 300 people to freedom. Guided by visions, she claimed her struggle against slavery was commanded by God.
She is celebrated today, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, and Sojourner Truth.

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07/20/2023

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery and remained a slave for 28 years before freeing herself. She became a priest, abolitionist and an activist for women's rights and alcohol temperance. She is best known for her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Women’s Rights Convention of 1851.
She is celebrated on July 20 along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, and Harriett Ross Tubman.

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07/20/2023

Amelia Jenks Bloomer as a young woman joined the temperance, antislavery, and women’s rights movements. She unintentionally made dress reform a major platform in women’s struggle for justice.

She is celebrated today, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman.

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07/13/2023

Leslie Scoopmire offers a poetic reflection of the parable of the sower and the soil (Matthew 13:1-9,18-23)

https://episcopaljournal.org/sowing-hope/

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07/11/2023

St. Benedict of Nursia is considered the father of Western monasticism. He lived in seclusion and later with a few disciples established a monastery where he laid out his monastic Rules. Anglican Communion religious orders’ rules today are still influenced by Benedict’s. He is celebrated today.

(Planning for Rites and Rituals, Church Publishing)

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