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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe

Messages from Bishop Mark

A message for the church from a Europe at War

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

And so as we begin our season of Lent, we are called to give up our easy complacency about the durability of peace. We are called to consider again the reminders in our midst of war’s relentless cost to human life and God’s hope. And we are called to pray, and speak, and to labor for the truth...

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An American Pastor Goes to Washington

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

Published 13 January 2021 in Le Monde, under "Aux Etats Unis, les personnes qui affichent des croyances religieuses ne sont pas exclues de la vie publique." Full text en français available here.   Raphael Warnock’s election to the United States Senate is remarkable for many...

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Tags: religious freedom, religion and politics, läicité, laicite, american politics, faith in the public square, french politics, separation of state and religion

A Word on Closures during COVID-19

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,   Perhaps for the first time in our long history, not one of our churches in Europe will be open for worship this coming Sunday. It is not war that has caused this; it is a virus that is ravaging the planet, causing tremendous worry and great...

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Tags: health, lent, wellness, coronavirus

A Pastoral Letter

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

My sisters and brothers in Christ,   The Third Sunday in Lent this year will be the first Sunday most of us will ever have known of not being able to join in worship with our community in our church.    The entire week just past has felt like running on a treadmill at...

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Tags: health, lent, wellness, coronavirus

First COVID-19 Statement

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

Convocation Statement regarding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak... To the clergy and lay leadership of the Convocation,  The emergence of cases of COVID-19 (the “coronavirus”) in Europe, and recent deaths in northern Italy associated with the virus, should be a matter of...

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Tags: health, wellness, coronavirus