Category: Diocesan Announcements
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Standing Committee Designates Two Sundays for Prayer and Support of Ukraine
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Thank you for the prayers and activities each parish has engaged in for the nation and people of Ukraine. The Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church has called us to prayer: “There are people and children of God whose lives and freedom are threatened, and so we pray and…
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Episcopal Diocese of Albany Responds to Devastating Storms with Prayer and Financial Support
In response to the deadly line of severe tornadoes that spread across several states this past weekend, leaders in the Episcopal Diocese of Albany began to prayerfully consider how the diocese could assist in caring for those effected. In addition to fervent prayers being lifted on behalf of the storm victims, the Trustees of the diocese…
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Bishops plan to walk together to promote healing within Diocese of Albany
In an effort to foster communion across differences regarding the use of same-sex marriage rites in the Diocese of Albany, the Standing Committee has invited the Rt. Rev. Carol J. Gallagher, PhD to provide supplemental episcopal pastoral support. On November 1, 2021 the Standing Committee released the statement, “Toward Communion across Difference in the Episcopal Diocese…
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Joint Statement from the Diocese of Down and Dromore and the Diocese of Albany
Dear Fellow Disciples, Bishop McClay and the leadership of the EDOA have reached this decision prior to our recent Diocesan Convention. Below is our announcement to bring to a close our 20 year formal link. We offer thanksgiving for the many blessed ways God has brought us together. Together we embrace all God is and will be doing…
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Assisting Bishop Appointed
The Standing Committee is pleased to announce that Bishop Michael G. Smith has accepted a call from the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Albany to serve as our Assisting Bishop during the interim period before the election of our 10th Bishop. While the Standing Committee will remain the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese, Bishop…