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Dear Ones, Some of you may know that in the wake of the killing of young black boys like Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, I pulled my name from consideration in bishop search processes believing it impossible for me to raise my own young black son and serve the church in this way. That is, […]
On Ash Wednesday, which is observed on March 6 of this year, congregations across the diocese will hold services and distribute ashes: Chapel of the Good Shepherd, West Lafayette, will hold services of Holy Communion with imposition of ashes at 12:20 p.m. and 6 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral will hold services at:7 a.m. Holy Eucharist, […]
Earlier this month, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and eight members of the Diocese of Indianapolis Global Missions Commission made a pilgrimage to the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. During their trip, the pilgrims visited the Université Episcopale d’Haïti and its nursing college, the Eglise Episcopal Seminaries Theologic in Port Au Prince, St. Croix Hospital, and many schools […]
Since David Ramsey arrived at Waycross Camp and Conference Center last June, he’s overseen a list of renovations and repairs that would be daunting even to HGTV stars. But to Ramsey, the work on the 400-acre site in Brown County is just the beginning of realizing a larger vision. “The work we’re doing now is […]
Things are happening in the Diocese of Indianapolis, and in her address to the diocesan convention on November 17 in Bloomington, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows had her list at the ready. Evangelism with Integrity workshops field-tested at St. Francis in the Fields, Zionsville. Billboards in Brownsburg. Twenty-four-hour prayer spaces at Nativity, Indianapolis, St. Peter’s, Lebanon, and […]
When Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows visited Trinity Church in Lawrenceburg last November, the Rev. Mary Taflinger, Trinity’s rector, asked her if she’d had a chance to visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in nearby Cincinnati. When the bishop said she hadn’t, but would like to, Taflinger invited her to visit the museum with her parish, […]