In a video message on April 24, Bishop Lee announced that, in keeping with Governor Pritzker’s extension of Illinois’ stay-at-home order, all in-person worship, meetings and events across the Diocese of Chicago will continue to be suspended through the end of May. He also discussed the work that he and the other leaders of the…
On Tuesday, April 28 from 6-7:45 p.m., the Antiracism Commission of the Diocese of Chicago will host an online forum titled “COVID-19, Health Disparities and Systemic Racism: How do we respond as people of faith?” Register online. Speakers will include: Rebecca Linder Blachly, director, Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations The Very Rev. Kelly Brown…
In Bishop Lee’s Easter sermon, he compares this Easter to the first one, when the disciples didn’t know at first what had happened. “Easter is rarely obvious in its reality,” he says. “God is at work even in the midst of this, no less than God was at work in the reality of the cross…
Earlier this week, Bishop Lee recorded a sermon for the fifth Sunday in Lent from his home in Chicago. His text is John 11: 1-45, the gospel reading for the day, which is story of Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead.
Dear friends, After consultation with the Standing Committee, we decided today to delay the election of my successor as your bishop due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We now plan to elect the next bishop of Chicago at our annual diocesan convention, currently scheduled for November 20-21 at the Westin Hotel in Lombard. Due to this…
Bishop Jeffrey Lee asks all Episcopalians in the Diocese of Chicago to abide by Governor Pritzker’s stay-at-home order for the sake of the common good. “I ask for your prayers as together we stand fast on the love and mercy of God in Christ. We can do this. We can do this together,” he says.
