TELLING THE STORY OF OUR DIOCESE
Community is not scarce. Our Youth need it, and so do we.
Youth need a place to feel loved and accepted without having to work hard to prove themselves worthy. Young adults need help in figuring out who they are and where they belong. All of these things are what made me a believer as a young person, and they are why I take my rowdy kids to church.
A Statement from our bishops on the violence in the Holy Land
we urge you to reach out to neighbors who have family and friends in Israel and Palestine. We are also committed to reaching out and strengthening our interfaith relationships, both here in Maryland and beyond. Ask after people your neighbors care about, offer to pray for them by name, and listen compassionately to their concerns—all of these are things that good and faithful friends do.
Meet the Artists: Behind elements of beauty at Bishop Carrie’s consecration
The wood in those trees was strong and clear and up to a great many tasks. I made a table for my shop out of this wood that I disassembled because I no longer needed it. When Carrie asked me to make her a crozier, it was the obvious choice. I am grateful that the last task of this particular wood is to be a symbol of grace and kindness. It is fitting that it be a reminder of the deep and lasting need for us to shepherd ourselves, each other, and this planet to safety.
FROM OUR DIOCESAN CENTER
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland awards $250,000 in third round of reparations grants funding
During an awards ceremony at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on Saturday May 18, the Reparations Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland announced the recipients for the third year of grants from our diocesan Reparations Fund.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
From the Archives: Bishop Stone, Part I
The Maryland Diocesan Archives recently received the gift of a lovely oil portrait of our third bishop, William Murray Stone. “The Bishops’ Gallery”, located in the undercroft of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, displays oil portraits of deceased Bishops of Maryland, and the one depicting Bishop Stone, done by an anonymous painter, is not of the most professional quality. We will be happy to mount our newly acquired portrait, whose story is almost as interesting as the story of Bishop Stone himself.
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Meet the Artists: Behind elements of beauty at Bishop Carrie’s consecration
The wood in those trees was strong and clear and up to a great many tasks. I made a table for my shop out of this wood that I disassembled because I no longer needed it. When Carrie asked me to make her a crozier, it was the obvious choice. I am grateful that the last task of this particular wood is to be a symbol of grace and kindness. It is fitting that it be a reminder of the deep and lasting need for us to shepherd ourselves, each other, and this planet to safety.
Sherwood Episcopal Church Awarded $1.7 Million Grant for Stormwater Management Project
During heavy rain events, stormwater flows from higher-elevation, asphalted housing developments on Sherwood Hill above the Sherwood campus to a gully behind the church. As a result, the campus is flooded with pollutants, debris, and sediment which move over the church and neighboring properties, then further downhill to heavily trafficked York Road. The polluted stormwater continues to Beaverdam Run, a tributary of Loch Raven Reservoir, and into the greater Baltimore drinking water supply.
Celebration abounds at Sutton Scholars summer program closing ceremony
On a sunny morning in Baltimore, the auditorium of Mercy High School buzzed with anticipation. The air was filled with energy as students, parents, supporters, and donors to the program gathered for the closing ceremony of the Sutton Scholars® High School Enrichment Program’s 2023 summer session. The theme, “Building a Better Baltimore,” was tangible in the guests, Scholars, faculty and staff.
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From the Archives – Bishop Whittingham’s First Visitation to Western Maryland, 1840
With interstate highways and 70-mile-per-hour travel, it still takes three hours to travel by car from Baltimore to Western Maryland, but in 1840, Maryland’s newly-consecrated bishop faced longer and more primitive travel and communicated using written, hand-delivered letters during his first foray into the westernmost reaches of his new diocese. In the age before Facebook, Instagram and other social media, Bishop Whittingham shared and documented his travels using hand-delivered letters and handwritten entries in his journals.
Carrie Schofield-Broadbent consecrated Maryland bishop coadjutor
Deeply committed to honoring the dignity of every human being, Schofield-Broadbent consistently attends to her own work around race, climate change, economic justice and full-inclusion of LGBTQ+ people. She is committed to helping The Episcopal Church grow in these areas. Her consecration represents a significant step in furthering the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland’s commitment to inclusive leadership and fostering a vibrant, diverse and welcoming faith community.
Meet the Rev. Arlette D. Benoit Joseph, consecration preacher
The Rev. Arlette D. Benoit Joseph will preach at the service of ordination and consecration of the Rev. Carrie K. Schofield-Broadbent this Saturday, September 16 at Washington National Cathedral. The Rev. Joseph is passionate about the spiritual and emotional wellness of clergy, as well as the Christian and Spiritual Formation of all God’s people. She approaches her calling with vibrancy and vitality.
