Category: Diocesan News and Information

“Ashes to Go” and Other Outreach

Ever since Bishop McConnell introduced “Ashes to Go” in Market Square on Ash Wednesday 2013, the practice has spread to all corners of the diocese…. Read More

Members Named to Bishop Nominating Committee

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh announces the appointment of 15 individuals who will serve on the committee that will guide the… Read More

Walking Toward Freedom: Preparing for Passover and Easter Together

Garden Grants to be Available this Spring

Spring is coming! How do we know this? The days are becoming longer, the seed catalogs are arriving in our mailboxes, and we’re all getting… Read More

19th Annual East End Parishes Lenten Preaching Series

LGBT Non-Discrimination Letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly From PA Bishops

February 3, 2020 To the Honorable Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly: As bishops of the Episcopal Church and citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,… Read More

Read a Book for Lent: Beloved, by Toni Morrison

Find a friend to share it with… Form a book group in your parish… Read it own your own… For Lent this year, the Commission… Read More

Episcopal Youth Event 2020

Every three years, the Episcopal Church convenes an international youth conference fittingly called the Episcopal Youth Event, or EYE for short. This event is hosted… Read More

Overwhelming Response to Holy Cross Gun Buyback

When the clergy and lay leaders of Holy Cross, Homewood, hoped to remove a few firearms from their neighborhood, they never expected what would come… Read More

A Letter to the Diocese from the Standing Committee

January 13, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh invites your prayers and participation as we… Read More