While we are disappointed at the thought of not being able to welcome as many Episcopalians to Baltimore for as long as originally planned, we are grateful that the 80th General Convention will still be held in Baltimore this summer. We invite all Episcopalians to visit Baltimore and our diocese virtually through our host website, gceighty.org.
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St. Luke’s Church, Baltimore, whose worship space holds 900 people, has been in the same location on North Carey Street since the cornerstone was laid on November 1, 1851. A few years previously, in 1846, the fledgling congregation had met in a small frame building situated on Hollins and Oregon Streets.
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The word “polity” is not one generally bandied about by the average American; but to understand how our church operates, it is a good word to know. The word polity comes from the Greek language meaning “city”, and refers to the form of government used in a city or nation. In church circles, polity refers to the way a church is organized and governed.
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Klein could see names, property records, occupations. She could even see multiple freedom certificates describing free Black individuals down to the last chillingly specific detail — 5 feet and a half inch tall, “dark copper color,” missing “the first joint of her middle finger on her right hand,” a scar under the chin, “very pert in her talk.”
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Lillian Kim, considered the matriarch of Baltimore’s Chinese-American community, died in 2004, at the age of 85. Born in Toishan, China, she and her family had arrived in Baltimore in 1921, and for more than 70 years, Grace & St. Peter’s had been the epicenter of her spiritual and cultural life.
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