The Episcopal Church’s United Thank Offering (UTO) has given $100,000 to St. Leonard’s Ministries to renovate the the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church building on its campus, located on Chicago’s West Side. St. Leonard’s is an Episcopal Church-affiliated agency that runs residential programs for men and women returning to the community after being imprisoned. The grant…
Dear People of God: Tuesday will mark one year since the horrific shooting in Highland Park that claimed the lives of seven beloved children of God and injured 48 others. On that day, I will join the people of Highland Park to pray and worship, remembering those who were killed, honoring those whose lives were…
Bishop Clark has announced that she has called Karin Gutiérrez, who previously served on the bishop’s staff from 2012 to 2021, as her new executive assistant. “I am delighted that Karin has agreed to come home to the Diocese of Chicago,” Bishop Clark said. “She brings with her broad knowledge of our diocese, deep relationships…
Stacey Pyne, senior warden at Holy Apostles, Wauconda, says that “new life is springing up” at her parish, located in a Lake County village about 20 miles from the Wisconsin state line. The congregation has a new worship team designing and planning liturgy, a growing group of worship leaders reading and offering reflections, a renewed…
On April 25, people from across the Diocese of Chicago gathered on Zoom to discuss Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and canon theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. A recording of the conversation with Bishop…
The Rev. Sierra Reyes, interim associate for ministries, knows firsthand the challenges and excitement of being new to the Diocese of Chicago. That’s why Reyes, who joined the bishop’s staff last year, was especially pleased when she was assigned was to lead the diocese’s Fresh Start program alongside Bishop Paula Clark—another newcomer to the diocese….
