a church on the move

Empowered Living for Women is an empowerment program for refugee and asylum-seeking women in Hamburg who are experiencing isolation, barriers to employment, or difficulty navigating a new life in Germany. It combines personal development coaching and mentoring with workplace readiness training, practical German-language support, and community-building activities.

Christ Church Clermont-Ferrand, France, is pleased to announce the appointment of The Reverend Kirby M. Smith as its new Priest-in-Charge. He currently serves as interim Priest-in-Charge at St David’s Episcopal Church and Pre-School in San Diego, California, United States. He will serve Christ Church in a part-time capacity.

During a festive joint service of the Old Catholic and Anglican congregations in Karlsruhe, the Statutes of the newly founded St. Columban’s Episcopal Church Karlsruhe e.V. were formally signed.

The Convocation joins the wider Christian world in mourning the passing of His Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. His long and faithful leadership of the Georgian Orthodox Church, his defense of the church during the years of Soviet domination and his determination to revive the church in a free Georgia, are an inspiration.

Lent is upon us. Despite its reputation, it is our great season of opportunity—of spiritual opportunity. It is the one chance we get, barely ten percent of each year we are given in this life, to intentionally address the health of our relationship with God—and with God’s hope for how we will live the life that has been given to us.

The first fruits of the Augsburg Agreement – full communion between The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (ELKB) – emerged recently in Augsburg and Munich as Episcopal and Lutheran ministers celebrated communion in one another’s churches.

The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe represented at the UN Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in Geneva, Switzerland, by the Right Reverend Mark Edington and Giulia Bonoldi, Chief Welcoming Officer.

Moving the edges of understanding while creating a safe and open space for discussions on racism and racial justice have become hallmarks of the Convocation’s Racial Justice Book Group (RJBG), which is part of the Racial Justice and Beloved Community (RJBC) ministry.

Climate and Creation Care invite you to join them in Santa Maria a Ferrano, Italy, for the Spring Retreat. Additional opportunities are planned for 2026.