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Bishop Richard F. Grein (1932-2024)

The Rt. Rev. Richard F. Grein, who served as Bishop of Kansas for seven years before being elected as Bishop of New York, died October 8 at 91.

Christ Church Riverdale Builds on a 160-Year History

“There’s no magic bullet for growth,” said the Rev. Emily Anderson Lukanich, rector. “We experienced the growth from 2017, but with a change in leadership.”

Dean Defends Seminary’s Lease Deal with Music School

In a low-key, conversational session with 15 participants, Dean Ian S. Markham revealed that under a proposed 99-year lease, the music school would cover all of $32 million in deferred maintenance on General’s campus, which dates to 1817.

Assessing John Henry Hobart’s Evolving Vision

We the People In the 15 years after the War of 1812, the population in the region between Utica and Buffalo, New York, increased 150...

Bishop Roundup: Louisiana, New York, New Jersey

On April 1, The Diocese of Louisiana announced a slate of two internal candidates for bishop, the Rev. Frederick DuMontier Devall IV, rector of...

Bishop Roundup: Ecuador Central, Pittsburgh, N.Y.

An election, a consecration, and a retirement announcement.

Episcopal Organizations Get $4 Million in Lilly Grants

The grants are part of Lilly's Thriving Congregations Initiative, and will fund projects at the dioceses of Indianapolis, Northern Indiana, New York, and Washington, as well as Seminary of the Southwest.

New York Diocese Earmarks $1.1 Million for Slavery Reparations

By Kirk Petersen The Diocese of New York has committed $1.1 million dollars of its endowment to reparations for slavery, to redress what Bishop Andrew...

An Organ Crescendo 10 Years in the Making

After more than a decade of planning, fundraising, and construction, a prominent New York City parish has introduced a pipe organ for the ages.

Bp. Paul Moore and #MeToo

Bp. Andrew Dietsche: “[I]t was shattering, or difficult to comprehend, that Paul Moore, a figure of extraordinary inspiration for so many of us, also bears the epithet ‘Serial Predator.’”

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