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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Season of Creation 2026
From 1 September, Anglican churches will be involved in the ecumenical Season of Creation (also called Creationtide) – a time of prayer and action for the environment that runs through to 4 October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. The theme is Living Water. The season commences with the ‘Feast of Creation’, which is…
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Get to know Rev. Ginny Wilder
Did you attend an Episcopal Church growing up? I was raised in the same pew that my mom and aunts were raised in at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Summerville, South Carolina (Now an ACNA Church). What called you to ministry? I sensed a call to ordained ministry at the age of three or four. …
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Education for Ministry
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a unique four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice. Since its founding in 1975, this international program has assisted more than 120,000 participants in discovering and nurturing their call to Christian service. EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the…
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This is What Matters
The following is Bishop Nicholas’ story, in his own words, of his call to ordination and to episcopacy, accompanied by documentary footage both from his ministry and from throughout our Diocese in the first half of this year. “Dear Rhode Island Church” tells personal and community stories that affirm the love of Jesus Christ and…
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Entry 4: Dear LGTBQ+ Community
The following short film (2 minutes + 46 seconds) is unscripted and features the Rt. Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely and volunteers from among Diocesan staff and from churches throughout Rhode Island. To the entire LGTBQ+ Community, and especially the LGTBQ+ Community in Rhode Island: Happy Pride!
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Entry 3: Episcopal Priest Barbie
This is the origin story of “Episcopal Priest Barbie,” as told by The Rev. Canon Dr. Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew, Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. The concept, sacristy, accessories, and clothing for this “High Church Edition” doll were created by The Rev. Julie Blake Fisher, who currently serves as the rector…
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A Meditation for the Earth
Today is Earth Day. Exactly two weeks ago, in the middle of Holy Week, Holy Trinity Church in Tiverton hosted an Earth Tenebrae for the Endangered & Extinct. READ MORE From our Dear Rhode Island Church series
