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Interview with Kunstpause, Wiesbaden, Germany

by | 10 October 2025 | Convocation News, Refugees & Migrants | 0 Comments

Art Class Project (Kunstpause) started with two small classes at St. Augustine’s of Canterbury (Wiesbaden) in 2024 and has grown to seven different classes that host over 60 people each week in a year and a half. “We are excited that we can provide a space for moms,...
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APL Workshop Focuses on Care for Refugees

by | 1 October 2025 | Convocation News, European Institute for Christian Studies, Refugees & Migrants | 0 Comments

The Academy of Parish Leadership (APL) met at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Geneva on 19-20 September for a training weekend focused on the refugee crisis. Eighteen participants shared insights from existing projects while working to establish a framework to identify...
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Article by St. Paul’s Member Published by Diakonea

by | 7 August 2025 | Commission on the Ministry of the Baptized, Convocation News, European Institute for Christian Studies | 0 Comments

An article on the diaconate in the Convocation by Shelley Ruelle, member of St. Paul's Within the Walls in Rome, Italy, was recently published in the Diakoneo, a publication of The Association for Episcopal Deacons. Read her article below, courtesy of the publisher,...
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The Right Reverend Jeffery Rowthorn 1934 – 2025

by | 23 July 2025 | Convocation News | 0 Comments

Earlier today, Wednesday, July 23, Bishop Jeffery Rowthorn died in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He died almost exactly two years after the death of his beloved wife, Anne. As many remember, Bishop Jeffery served from 1994 to 2001 as the last bishop to be appointed as...
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A Spiritual Spring in Tuscany: Retreat at Eremo di Lecceto

by | 2 July 2025 | Commission on the Ministry of the Baptized, Convocation News, Spiritual Development | 0 Comments

In the gentle embrace of Tuscany's rolling hills, just a stone's throw from the mobbed center of Florence, our group gathered in May for a transformative spirituality retreat at the Eremo di Lecceto in Lastra a Signa. Maintained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of...
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Racial Justice Focus of Annual Youth Event

by | 6 June 2025 | Children & Youth Commission, Convocation News, Racial Justice, Beloved Community | 0 Comments

Nineteen young people and 10 leaders from three Convocation congregations met last weekend (29 May-1 June) in Strasbourg, France, to experience God’s word and get to know one another while exploring the topics of racial and social justice.   Participants were given...
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Explore Anglicanism in a European Context This Summer

by | 3 June 2025 | Convocation News | 0 Comments

Anglican communities across Europe have deep historical roots and a theological legacy shaped by the Reformation. Their identity—once primarily tied to American and British expatriate communities—is now evolving and being shaped by global migration. Today, these...
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New Sessions of Education for Ministry begin in September

by | 10 April 2025 | Convocation News, European Institute for Christian Studies, Spiritual Development | 0 Comments

Within the Convocation, we have been running a weekly online EfM group for over 10 years now and have a graduates group that has been meeting monthly for over 4 years. We have had members from many different Christian faiths and countries in our groups over the years, which is something to celebrate as they discover and nurture their call to Christian service.

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News Release: Janet Day-Strehlow named to new volunteer position: Province II – EMM Liaison

by | 21 March 2025 | Convocation News, Refugees & Migrants | 0 Comments

In an ongoing endeavor to maintain an avenue between Province II dioceses, congregations, and individuals and the Episcopal Church resources, two volunteers have been named to the newly-developed positions of Province II - Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)...
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News Release: The Reverend Professor Martyn Percy appointed Canon Theologian in The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe

by | 1 January 2025 | Convocation News, Spiritual Development | 0 Comments

The Reverend Professor Martyn Percy, now serving as Provost Theologian and Ming Hua College in Hong Kong and Research Professor at the Institut für Christkatholische Theologie at the University of Bern, has been appointed Canon Theologian in the Convocation of...
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Socially Responsible Investing Within the Convocation

by | 19 December 2024 | Convocation News | 0 Comments

Reflecting God’s heart for justice through socially responsible investing is an expanding area of engagement for the Episcopal Church, both the wider denomination and the Convocation in Europe. The Episcopal Church recently announced it had divested entirely from the...
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TEC Europe at the 81st General Convention

by | 31 July 2024 | Convocation News | 0 Comments

The General Convention of The Episcopal Church is the governing body of the church.  It meets every three years to pray, worship, consult, consider and decide on all manner of things that stretch from theology to operations.  This year the 81st General Convention met...
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by | Jul 22, 2024

Nineteen young people and 10 leaders from three Convocation congregations met last weekend (29 May-1 June) in Strasbourg, France, to experience God’s word and get to know one another while exploring the topics of racial and social justice.   Participants were given...

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Retrospect: Spirituality Retreat

by | Jul 9, 2024

A recent Convocation spirituality retreat encouraged participants to listen for the voice of God from a position of trust and gratitude. “How Do I Know It’s God Speaking?” was a CECE spirituality retreat, held at the Johannes-Schlößl Monastery in Salzburg, Austria,...

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