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Fifteen Years On

2011 marks the 15th Anniversary of Bishop Roskam’s consecration as our Bishop Suffragan, and at the last Diocesan Convention she announced her retir ..

 

The Bishop

The Movement of the Holy Spirit Articles in this issue of the Episcopal New Yorker will feature the remarkable work, sacrifice and contribution of ..

 

Bishop Search

What’s Been Done, What’s Still to Come The Committee to Elect a Bishop has been busy on behalf of us all. Here’s an update on their progress ..

 

Japan-How To Help

Japan--How to Help On March 15, following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan on March 11, Bishop Sisk sent out the following ..

 

Women In The Church

Women in the Church Issue Guest Editor—Bishop Roskam Nothing fixes the mind more firmly on the scale of women’s contribution to the life of ..

 

Global Women

This February, three women associated with our diocese’s Global Women’s Fund (GWF) came to New York as official delegates from their Provinces to ..

 

Engage The Community

To Effect Change, Engage the Community There is a saying where I come from that men set out with swords to make history and women stay behind to pa ..

 

Primates On Women

A Letter to the Churches of the Anglican Communion from the Primates of the Anglican Communion following their meeting in Dublin, Ireland, between 24t ..

 

Women In The Bible

Wise Women of The Bible: Voices For Dialogue and Conversation Last Advent, my three year old granddaughter and I set up the crèche together. As I ..

 

In The Garden With Mary Magdalene

Have you heard Mahalia Jackson singing “In the Garden?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy6Hbmg5FKA Here are the words: In the Garden I come to ..

 

Episcopal Charities

Family Connections: A Path Away from Incarceration The author visits a client of Family Connections, a support group to help incarcerated parents m ..

 

Open Space

Open Space, Espacio Abierto, is a mission of St. George’s Church in Newburgh. The program first opened its doors to teen moms (and sometimes dads) ..

 

Church Women

Women in the Church Women in the church. Hmmm. Does that mean church dogma? Well, let’s see, Eve was an idiot and she ruined everything for ev ..

 

Women Priests

When I was asked to write an article about being a woman priest, I wondered if I would live to see the day when there was nothing to say on the subjec ..

 

Deployment Of Women Clergy In The Diocese Of New York

The year 2011 marks the thirty-fifth year since the Episcopal General Convention opened the ordination process to women, so it seems a good time to re ..

 

A Pioneering Deaconess

Deaconess Susan Trevor Knapp: A Pioneer of Women’s Leadership In the Church Susan Trevor Knapp (1862-1941) was the leading American deaconess of ..

 

Hong Kong Women

Women at Work in the World A Report from Hong Kong by Helen Goodkin While Anglican women from around the world were joining their sisters for the ..

 

Views And Reviews

ARTS AND LITERATURE A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: REMEMBERING MADELEINE L’ENGLE EDITED BY KATHERINE KIRKPATRICK LULU ENTERPRISES, INC., 224 PAGES Re ..

 

Diocesan News

Bishop Meets With Chinese Leaders Bishop Sisk met Feb 7 with representatives of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), popularly known as the †..

 

Notices

Karen Armstrong at the Cathedral On April 27 one of the world’s foremost commentators on religious history and culture, Karen Armstrong, will joi ..

 

Angel Gender

In 1905, the Cathedral was in the midst of construction, as was the neighborhood; the first section of the IRT subway line had opened a year earlier, ..