Mary Frances Schjonberg

1 week ago | julieroys.com | Mary Frances Schjonberg |Julie Roys

After facing months of backlash from some neighbors in response to its proposal for a 17-bed homeless shelter, an Episcopal congregation in Toms River, New Jersey, has been targeted by the town for possible public seizure of its 11-acre church property through eminent domain.

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.