Sermon by the Rev. Hurmon Hamilton, Teaching Pastor at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, CA, delivered on October 20, 2012 at the Consecration and Ordination of the Rt. Rev. Dorsey McConnell. The service was held at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA. Consecration Sermon

Those unable to attend the Ordination and Consecration of our new bishop may watch the event live on the Internet. Simply visit  www.episcopalpgh.org/webcast/ anytime. DVDs and photos from this special day will be available and ordering information will be available soon.

The 1923 silent film classic “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” comes to Trinity Cathedral, downtown, with a live pipe organ accompaniment. “Hunchback” stars Lon Chaney, Sr., as the misshapen Quasimodo, bell-ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Noted Baltimore organist Michael Britt will provide the live soundtrack for a single showing Friday, October 26, at 7:00 p.m. Trinity Cathedral [...]

Pittsburgh Poet Jan Beatty will share an overview of the present state of the “literary scene” in our city and region, a reading of her own recent poetry, and an introduction of newer and emerging poetic voices, as she delivers the fifteenth Annual St. Andrew’s Lecture at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, at 8 p.m. on [...]

The Finance Committee of Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese Of Pittsburgh recommends the following disbursements of income from the Bailey, Fleming, Hartley, Kendig and Phillips Funds for the fall of 2012. TOTAL: $10,081.12 DIOCESE: $1,250.00 Bishop’s Discretionary Fund - $1,000.00 Calvary Camp Gardening Program - $250.00 HOME MISSIONS: $6,000.00 Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council - $250.00 Off The Floor Pittsburgh - $750.00 [...]

The following is the text of a Joint Statement issued October 9, 2012, by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church in the United States and Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship: The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship are pleased to announce an agreement to promote and sustain Shepherd's Heart's ministry to the [...]

A very complete and detailed schedule of events surrounding the upcoming Ordination and Consecration of our new bishop has been released. Don't know what time you need to be there or where you need to be? Check the schedule! Click here.

The Most Rev. Fidele Dirokpa, Archbishop Emeritus of the Province of the Congo, will make a brief visit to the diocese on Wednesday, October 17, to raise awareness for SowHope, a Congo-based organization with offices in Michigan, which is very dear to his heart.   SowHope (which takes its name from the Francis of Assisi [...]