TELLING THE STORY OF OUR DIOCESE

Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake Focus on a Leader, Dick Williams

May 15, 2019

When Dick Williams is pressed, he’ll agree that he has become a community leader in environmental activism, but he seems to do so with reluctance. Perhaps it’s because he didn’t aspire to be a leader, but rather was led to it by God and his faith. The seeds of Dick’s activism might well have been planted while he served as a consultant for Marine Corps housing on Guam. Asked to incorporate sustainability standards into building specifications, he familiarized himself with LEED®(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) environmental awareness.

From the Archives: The Church of St. Katherine of Alexandria

May 14, 2019

From the first-hand account of the founding of the Church of St. Katharine of Alexandria, written by the Rev. Walter Clayton Clapp; “The work of St. Katharine’s began on the Feast of St. Katharine [November 25], 1891 at 1350 N. Calhoun Street, Baltimore, when in the afternoon of that day, the clergy (the rector of Mount Calvary and myself) with some Sisters and others, assembled in the rooms on the first floor and said a few prayers, among them and specially, the prayer for St. Katharine’s Day, which I hurriedly translated and transcribed for the occasion.

From the Archives: Reconciliation in the Church-1862-1865

May 1, 2019

When General Convention began on October 1, 1862, America’s Civil War had been raging for eighteen months, and the bishops from the seceded states were marked as “not in attendance”, but still included in the list of bishops.

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From the Archives: Reconciliation in the Church-1862-1865

May 1, 2019 | Archives and History, Encounter, Featured post

When General Convention began on October 1, 1862, America’s Civil War had been raging for eighteen months, and the bishops from the seceded states were marked as “not in attendance”, but still included in the list of bishops.

Good Friday prayer walkers celebrate life, discover new loss, pray

Apr 20, 2019 | Diocesan News, Encounter, Prayer and Worship

We prayed for each one by name. Sadly we came across two new ones as well as other markers where people had died in other years, we prayed for those people too. My photos show both the brighter side of the city along with the markers of lives cut way too short. May all their souls Rest In Peace.

From the Archives: The Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland

Apr 16, 2019 | Archives and History, Encounter, Featured post

One of the oldest continuing organizations within the Diocese of Maryland is the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland, established in 1784.

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Saving Ellicott City

Apr 26, 2019 | Belong, Diocesan News, Featured post, Mission and Outreach, News, Parish Ministry

Ellicott City has suffered two devastating floods in three years’ time, and the possibility is high there will be more. The Rev. Anjel Scarborough, priest-in-charge of our church St. Peter’s, Ellicott City, is interviewed in this moving and informing documentary. In the case of each flood, St. Peter’s has stepped up to help lead the recovery efforts.

Baltimore preachers bring their best to the pulpit for Easter

Apr 23, 2019 | Belong, Diocesan News, Featured post, News, Prayer and Worship

The Rev. Florence Ledyard, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore: “On Easter, I’m often looking at the way that early community, the people around Jesus, reacted to the resurrection. What is it about this distinctive, unique event that transforms us? What is it about this remarkable event that all of us struggle to understand and receive and be blessed by?…

Bishop Sutton visits Holy Trinity, Baltimore on Maundy Thursday

Apr 20, 2019 | Belong, Diocesan News, Parish Ministry, Prayer and Worship

The Rev. Ramelle McCall, rector (and Diocesan Urban Missioner), said, “It was a pleasure to have our bishop to conduct our Maundy Thursday service. It meant so much to our West Baltimore Church to have our Bishop to bless us with his message about giving and receiving, participate in the foot-washing, and be present as we stripped the altar.”

FROM OUR DIOCESAN CENTER

Reflections from our diocesan archivist

In my own small way, I am part of the ongoing procession of people who keep the story of our Church, who pass it on, who are stewards of our truth. My work matters, because our story matters. Searching for truth may be difficult, and the truth may bring us up short, but truth is worth pursuing, even in our discomfort.

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Bishop Sutton addresses the 235th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Practicing the way of love, especially through conflict, is the path to the fuller realization of the kingdom of God, to repairing the broken places.

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Bishop Sutton and diocesan Truth and Reconciliation Commission member, Mr. Waymon Wright, speak at the Hasselbach family graveyard on the grounds of the Claggett Center

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