Lynette Wilson

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Anthony Ball was commissioned director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Italy, during a midday May 6 Eucharist attended by some 50 ecumenical partners and friends in the center’s Chapel of St. Augustine of Canterbury. “Today, in remarkable and historic circumstances, we welcome enthusiastically and liturgically our new director, Bishop Anthony Ball,” said the Rt. Rev.

3 weeks ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion members worldwide since 2013, died the morning of April 21 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. He was 88. A day earlier, from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, seated in a wheelchair, Francis blessed a crowd of tens of thousands gathered in the square to celebrate Easter. He spent Holy Thursday with inmates at a Rome prison, one he’d previously visited to perform the washing of the feet.

Feb 4, 2025 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Lynette Wilson |William Miller |April Love-Fordham

[Episcopal News Service] Cristosal, an Episcopal-affiliated human rights organization committed to defending human rights and promoting democratic rule of law in Central America, was forced last week to cut its staff and terminate its humanitarian assistance program, in response to the U.S. foreign aid freeze. Cristosal provided protection and reintegration services to 1,600 internally displaced people through its humanitarian aid program.

Oct 11, 2024 | auburnpub.com | Lynette Wilson

Growing up in Auburn, there were certain families that everyone knew and admired. The Buschman family is undoubtedly one of the best. I grew up alongside Julie, Steve's sister, but it wasn’t until my 20s that I had the pleasure of meeting Steve and several of his siblings. If you were fortunate enough to know their mother, you would understand why this family is infused with such a wonderful disposition.

Oct 1, 2024 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Lynette Wilson |Episcopal Relief

[Episcopal News Service] Georgians and their supporters from All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, came together on Sept. 29 to celebrate the life of Kesaria Abramidze, a well-known transgender woman who was stabbed to death last week in her apartment in Tbilisi, Georgia. “This young woman was my friend,” David Schubladze told Episcopal News Service. Schubladze, 38, was a long-time LGBTQ+ activist in the former Soviet Republic who came to the U.S. in 2015 as an asylum-seeker.