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Sister Priscilla Jean Wright of the Community of the Transfiguration in Cincinnati, died on September 11. She was 87 and the last living woman to have served as a deaconess in the Episcopal Church. Sr. Priscilla was ‘set apart’ as a deaconess on June 18, 1964, after studying at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (now Bexley Seabury).…

The Reparations Task Force was created in 2020 and charged with helping to define what reparations would look like in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. In the fall of 2021, the task force was assigned to work with the Bishop and Trustees to explore the creation of a diocesan staff position whose focus would be…

Are you discerning a call to ordained ministry? Do you want to explore further that pull you feel to be a deacon or priest? In our diocese, one enters discernment for ordained ministry by attending the Explorers’ Retreat, organized by the Commission on Ministry (CoM). The Explorers’ Retreat has two parts; Part 1 will be…

Centered is a discipleship series guiding small gathered communities to get deeply rooted in love with God and one another so that we all may grow to look, act, and love more like Jesus. For the last fourteen months, our own Miriam McKenney has worked on Centered with The Episcopal Church’s Office of Evangelism and…

As part of National Preparedness Month, the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships has coordinated the Protecting Places of Worship Week of Action between September 14 – 25. The week includes two webinars open to the public: September 20 at 2 p.m. Eastern: Building Partnerships that Promote Safety and Security for…