Mary Frances Schjonberg

Nov 18, 2024 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Mary Frances Schjonberg |Episcopal Diocese

[Episcopal News Service] There is a largely unspoken tension between parents and their adult children in many Episcopal families. It’s not about politics or even theology, at least directly. It’s about the point of going to church. “And it’s not because the church abused them in some way, but that their cohorts don’t seem to need it,” the Rev.

Jul 23, 2024 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The historic ordinations of the Philadelphia Eleven on July 29, 1974, and General Convention’s vote on Sept. 15, 1976, to allow women to become priests and bishops were not the end of the women’s ordination struggle.

May 28, 2024 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Mary Frances Schjonberg |Episcopal Diocese

[Episcopal News Service] Work is underway to remove 1920’s era tiles bearing swastikas – once a symbol of welcome and prosperity – from the floor of a Diocese of New Jersey building. “Regardless of its history, the continued existence of a symbol of hatred and oppression in one of our primary meeting spaces is unacceptable,” Bishop Sally French wrote to the diocese earlier this month. “It is harmful to those who have experienced racism and bias.

Oct 3, 2023 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Mary Frances Schjonberg |Orbis Books

[Episcopal News Service — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,] Lois Peeples sat at the registration table in a back corner of the Church of the Advocate here on Sept. 30 remembering the scene in the church nearly 50 years ago when the ordination of 11 women deacons as priests touched off a firestorm in the church. See the FilmIn-person screenings are scheduled into next year. Click here for the schedule and here for the trailer.

Jul 3, 2023 | episcopalnewsservice.org | Mary Frances Schjonberg

Anglican Communion: Helping African children with disabilities begins by refuting cultural, religious myths [Episcopal News Service] The pastor’s wife rose to pray at the end of the first meeting of a support group for 25 Tanzanian families caring for children with disabilities. “I’m really sorry that your child has been cursed by the devil,” she began. A year later, the same woman stood up at another meeting of the group to say she had misspoken and to ask for forgiveness, describing the...