Around the Diocese posted May 05, 2012
Celebrating the life of Father Tom Logan
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at The Watermark at Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania occurred the death of The Rev. Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr. He was ordained a Deacon June 13, 1938 and Priest June 5, 1939 by the Rt. Rev. Francis E. Taitt. He married Hermione Clark Hill September 3, 1938. She was a daughter of Dr. Leslie Pinckney Hill a renowned Harvard-educated educator, author, poet, dramatist, community leader and the first president of Cheyney State University. They had one child, the Rev. Thomas W. S. Logan, Jr. who pre-deceased them in 2011.
Around the Diocese posted May 04, 2012
Episcopal Day with the Phillies 2012
Join us for a night with the Phillies! Thursday June 21, 2012.
The parishes of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania are going to have another night out with the Philadelphia Phillies!
Art & Music posted May 08, 2012
Friday Nights at St. Pauls, Music that Stirs the Heart
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Exton will present the final concert in its 2011-2012 season on Friday May 18 at 7:30 pm. Three women plus twelve instruments equals one good time when Simple Gifts take the stage. Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest arrangements in ethnic folk music today. Experience a virtual world tour of music with these most gifted female artists. Read more...Cathedral News posted Apr 10, 2012
A Homily from Maundy Thursday...
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Sermon by the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr., at the renewal of Ordination Vows at Philadelphia Cathedral in Diocese of Pennsylvania on Maundy Thursday, April 5, 2012.
Read more...Diocese posted Apr 18, 2012
2011 Diocese of Pennsylvania Convention Journal
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2011 Convention Journal
The 2011 Diocesan Convention Journal is being distributed digitally in PDF format as a “Green” document again this year in accordance with the conservation efforts suggested by the Episcopal Church.
Read more...Governance news posted Jan 11, 2012
The State of the Diocese
The State of the Diocese:
The Diocese of Pennsylvania in 2012
The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr.
The Feast of the Epiphany
January 6, 2012
If you see something, say something.
- Department of Homeland Security
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken light of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
“If you see something,” blares announcement throughout high-risk areas of our airports and train stations, “say something.” What I see is that the average age of parishes in our diocese, like the Episcopal Church, portends a death tsunami in 10 to 20 years unless we make ministry to, with, and by our children and youth our “Number One” program and budget priority.
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