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Bishop Marc asks for prayers, support for fire-damaged Our Saviour, Oakland
Dear Friends in Christ, I’m writing to ask for your prayers of comfort and support for Our Saviour, Oakland, whose church home was badly damaged in a fire this morning. Rector Merry Chan Ong reports that the Oakland Fire Department called her around 3:25 a.m. to tell...
Bishop Marc Announces a Historic New Canon for Racial, Social and Environmental Justice
The following is message to the Diocese of California from the Rt Rev Marc Handley Andrus, PhD. The message is followed by quotes contributed by the leadership of the Union of Black Episcopalians – Vivian Traylor/Northern California Chapter, the Afro Anglican...
Statement from Bishop Marc Andrus on the death of The Rt. Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III, 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, who died on Sunday, March 5.
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. Dear Beloved Community in the Diocese of California – The sad news of the death of former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold came as a surprise...
Statements & Prayers Regarding the Shooting in Half Moon Bay
Statement from Sr. Warden of Holy Family, Half Moon Bay Mass Shooting in Half Moon Bay I’m sure all of you have heard the horrific news of the mass shooting here in Half Moon Bay. One of the locations was very close to the Church, maybe a quarter mile away. One of our...
Bishop Marc shares a prayer for the victims of Monetery Park shooting
We began our diocesan senior staff meeting this morning with a prayer for the victims of Saturday’s senseless mass shooting at a Chinese-owned ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, California. With a heavy heart, I share that prayer here: O God of mercy and grace,...
Bishop Marc’s Christmas message / Mensaje de Navidad del obispo Marc
Dear people of the Diocese of California, I felt your prayers while I was representing the Episcopal Church at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt during November, and you were in my prayers throughout that intense time. In many communications since then, you’ve referenced...