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.
The original deed and building contract for the American Cathedral in Paris, as well as handwritten notes by Hamilton Fish—U.S. Secretary of State from 1869 to 1877, and one of the founders of the parish of the Holy Trinity in Paris, are amongst the treasure trove of documents recently rediscovered in the Board of Foreign Parishes’ archives.
Socorro Heepe was the Convocation’s Racial Justice Ministry representative to the conference – “Hope Makers: From Hostility to Hospitality – which brought together representatives from the Church of England (Diocese in Europe and the Racial Justice Unit), the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), the World Council of Churches (WCC), United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG), academic institutions, interfaith organizations, and civil society partners.