“Will we have to wear masks?” The time is nearing that our churches will be able to open for worship. It will not happen everywhere at once; it will happen at different times in different places. But even when it happens, one thing is already clear: We are not going back to...
An Easter Message from the Bishop The police in the neighborhood called the Cathedral this week. It wasn’t a courtesy call; they were calling to make certain it was clear no services are permitted in the building, not for Easter or any other purpose. They were given...
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Our Lengthened Lent has now come into clearer focus. The extraordinary has somehow settled into new routines; the gifts of adaptability and resilience with which we have been blessed are coming to the fore, and we are making our way into a...
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...
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...
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...