News & Announcements

On March 29 at 2:00 p.m., in honor of Women’s History Month, St. Paul’s, White River Junction will host a screening of the film “Witness to History.” The film recounts the story of the Philadelphia Eleven , the women who were ordained priests at the Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, on July 29, 1974 — two years before General…

On February 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Vermont State House in Burlington, Vermont Interfaith Power & Light and Vermont Interfaith Action will hold a climate crisis advocacy event. The day will include an issues briefing, a press conference, and meetings with legislators. Email Betsy Hardy with questions.Learn more and register for the event and download a…

Last month, the 31st Province 1 Bishops and Chancellors Conference took place in Norwich. The gathering included a Eucharist at St. Barnabas to mark the feast day of Florence Li Tim-Oi , the first woman to be a priest in the Anglican Communion. Speakers at the conference included Vermont Rep. Peter Welch and Mary Kostel, chancellor to Presiding Bishop…

This year’s Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) conference will take place from April 29 to May 1 at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis . The conference is titled “Earthkeeping: Creation Care in Global Mission,” and participants will explore how Christians can confront the climate crisis with mission companions in other parts of the world.Keynote speakers include Katharine Jefferts Schori,…

Earlier this month, Jamison Dunne, a member of Trinity, Shelburne and the Green Mountain Witness Team, traveled to Puerto Rico with Hartland Churches United in Service to assist in Hurricane Maria Relief. This is the second year the ecumenical group has made the trip. “Working with the Iglesia Evangelica Unida Puerto Rico — the UCC…

A community group in Burlington will host a celebration of Candlemas on February 2 at 4 p.m. at North End Studios. The Rev. Sherry Osborn of the Episcopal Church in Vermont will bless the candles at the ceremony. The Burlington Candlemas celebration began 30 years ago, says Victoria Fraser, who began the tradition at Christ…

Many Vermont Episcopal congregations care for treasures that are both beautiful and often expensive to maintain. Recently two parishes have sought community support to protect the objects entrusted to them. St. James, Arlington is home to several large 19th century stained glass windows. Featuring organic patterns of plants and flowers that reflect the surrounding environment,…

BURLINGTON, VT – Vermont Care Partners (VCP) will be hosting an annual health equity event on March 13 at the University of Vermont Davis Center in Burlington. VCP is a trade organization and advocacy group that supports 16 designated and special service agencies in Vermont for individuals with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and…

The holidays seemed somehow incomplete without the familiar sound of bells from Advent through Christmas and into the New Year. For six years the town of St. Albans inhabited a silence that longed to be filled with the melodious chimes of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church—an impossibility since pigeons had taken over the bell tower and…