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A prayer for Indigenous People’s Day
Together with The Rev. Duncan Burns, Mvskoke (mus-KOH-ghee), priest-in-charge of St. Ann’s by-the-Sea on Block Island, we offer the following prayer.
Entry #8: On the 50th Anniversary of the Vote to Ordain Women
Fifty years ago today, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church officially voted to ordain women to the priesthood. The Rev. Canon Dr. Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew, our Diocese’s Canon to the Ordinary, reflects on feeling called to Holy Orders at a time when the Convention and many around her still said “no.” She also testifies to the impact of those who…
Diocesan Convention 2026
Resolutions: For questions, please contact the chair of the Resolutions Committee, The Rev. Dante Tavolaro at dantetavolaro@gmail.com A Resolutions Informational Session will be held on October 20th at 7pm via Zoom. Click here for Zoom Link. Click here for Resolutions Form Budget Informational Sessions: September 29, 5pm Via Zoom. October 1, 10am via Zoom. Click here to get more information
Entry 7: Dear Rhode Island Church
Dear Rhode Island Church, This is our first mini-doc with multiple storytellers. As August ends and a new academic year begins, Rev. Drake, Dick, Peg, Bethany, and Emerson guide us through St. Augustine’s, the 70-year-old URI campus mission church they’ve each called home.
Welcome from Bishop Knisely
The Diocese of Rhode Island is a gathering of more than 50 congregations across the state whose members have been called together by God to care for our neighbors, to care for one another, and to spread the good news of the Gospel.
Our congregations vary in size. Some worship in a highly formal style, while others are more relaxed. And our setting range from beautiful historic buildings to a field near a bus stop. Regardless of our circumstances, we find our community in common prayer and mutual respect.
I invite you to learn more about our churches, and I hope you will join us.
The Episcopal Church Welcomes You, whoever you may be.
From the Bishop’s Blog
- In the beatitudes Jesus pronounces blessings in the midst of the people gathered around him on the mount where he teaches. Blessed are you. Blessed are you when you hunger and thirst for righteousness, when you are a peacemaker, when you mourn. But you can hear that word “Blessed” as not a sign of God’s […]
- I am visiting St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Pawtucket Rhode Island this weekend. They have asked me to transfer the observance of the Feast of St. Luke’s to this Sunday morning. As such this week’s sermon is out of sequence from the appointed lectionary. The sermon for this week’s regularly appointed Gospel can be viewed […]
- News today that Apple and Meta announced Muse Spark Open, which is essentially a frontier AI model (the jagged edge of AI capability) running on a local desktop computer. As Mac Stories puts it: Muse Spark Open is at the bleeding edge of models that can be run locally on computers that can sit on […]
- It is clear that we are facing the rise of a new and profoundly disruptive technology. It’s not clear if this is going to be similar to other major disruptions or if this is unique. I’m not convinced anyone is able to honestly answer that by the way. There has been a great deal written […]
- How can we make sense of Gospel lesson that if we read it closely, seems to be manifestly unfair? The parable that Jesus tells in the portion Matthew’s Gospel read this week speaks of a King, who having been humiliated by his subjects, commands that the everyday people, bystanders essentially, be marched into his feast. […]
