Last month, seven members of St. Mark’s, Glen Ellyn reached a long-awaited post-pandemic milestone when, for the first time since 2019, they visited their companion congregation, San Marcos Anglican Church in El Nigromante, Veracruz, in the Diocese of Southeast Mexico. The two congregations have had a companion relationship since 2006, and strong relationships among members…
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This is Our Faith Made Visible
Since April 2022, nearly 35,000 migrants have arrived in the Chicago area from Texas — most sent by buses chartered by the Texas state government. Many of the new arrivals have crossed the southern border of the United States fleeing violence and poverty and find themselves starting a new life in Illinois after being dropped…
Diocesan Convention Wrap-up
The 186th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago was held on November 17 and 18 at the Westin Chicago Lombard. Find updates on convention elections, resolutions appointments and more on the convention webpage.
New Life in a Resurrected Body
Driving past St. Paul’s Church on Peoria’s War Memorial Drive, it doesn’t seem like the church has changed much in the last decade. The striking mid-century modern building with a stark stone spire still towers above its surroundings on the prairie landscape of southern Illinois, and its massive stained-glass depiction of the conversion of St….
A Conversation with Bishop Jacob Owensby
The Rt. Rev. Jacob W. Owensby is the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana and chancellor of Sewanee, The University of the South. The author of six books, with a manuscript underway, Bishop Owensby also writes a popular blog. Before attending the School of Theology at Sewanee, Owensby earned a Ph.D. at Emory…
And You Clothed Me
The asylum-seekers who arrive in Chicago often step off the buses that carried them from Texas with little more than the clothes they are wearing. Under U.S. law, they are not permitted to seek work for months, and the city is struggling to find homes for them. In the meantime, they are finding the necessities…