A Pastoral Note: The Violence in Parkland
February 17, 2018 Dear friends in Christ, Parkland. The name has now entered our national glossary of sorrow. It is all too familiar, and yet, […]
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Love, Ash Wednesday, and Living Into Lent
February 14, 2018 Dear Friends in Christ, I was raised Episcopalian and, as a youth, I loved Ash Wednesday. What could be cooler than having […]
Grants Available to Help Prepare You for Mission
The Diocese is pleased to announce the availability of new Formation for Mission Grants, for clergy and laypersons who want to learn more about how […]
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Lenten Learning Day 2018
Join others from around the diocese at St. James, Penn Hills, for a special day of learning and worship. Bishop Dorsey McConnell has expressed the mission… […]
Lenten Preaching Series
Seventeenth Annual East End Parishes Lenten Preaching Series – Proclaiming Christ: not only with our lips but in our lives. […]
Divine Dignity and Divine Love
Christmas, 2017 Dear Friends in Christ, I am in favor of Christmas. I really am. I do believe it is a season of love, hope […]
Opening the Door: Practicing the Season of Waiting
I bet you know the feeling – you run into Giant Eagle on a Saturday afternoon to pick up a quart of milk, and when you hit the registers, the lines are ten deep. Two of the self-checkout lanes are down, but you manage to find the one with only six people in front of you. […]
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To the Ends of the Earth: Part 1
First, its crazy route: Pittsburgh to Minneapolis to Toronto to Shanghai. That gets me only into China. Then add another 3,000 kilometer trek west to Kunming and a final flight to Tenchong on the border with Myanmar. And back again. In six days. It is an odyssey, as if filmed in fast-forward. […]
Parish Mission Grants Available Again in 2018
Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce that Parish Mission Grants will again be available for 2018, and that applications are currently being accepted. The […]
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2018 Visitation Schedule and Diocesan Cycle of Prayer Now Available
Bishop McConnell's 2018 visitation schedule is now available for download and printing by clicking here. The calendar on the diocesan web site has also been updated. A printable version […]
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