Episcopal News Service

Beginning with the example of the people of Haiti, who "need to practice saying Alleluia" this year so that they can celebrate Easter in the midst of grief and darkness, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori calls on Episcopalians to stretch their spiritual muscles in order to "insist on resurrection everywhere we turn" in her 2010 Easter message, published in ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for Easter Sunday, April 4.

"Friends in holy places," ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for Palm Sunday, March 28, describe the work of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and its relationship with the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem as together they serve the minority Christian population in the Holy Land as well as Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

For two Episcopal Church women, attending parts of the 54th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women March 1-12 put the local and the global into sharp focus. The sessions also reinforced for them the scope of work ahead for people of faith, said Marge Christie of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Karen Longnecker of San Diego, California

A historic summit meeting of Christian and Muslim leaders at Washington National Cathedral is the topic of ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for March 21. A group of 24 leaders of the Anglican, Shi'a, Sunni and Roman Catholic traditions met at the cathedral March 1 – 3, culminating in a public dialogue and a call to action for interfaith peacemaking efforts in their faith groups

Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin has written to the wider church saying that the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12 "was our baptism."

Christian and Muslim leaders, gathering for a historic summit at Washington National Cathedral, have committed themselves to "appeal to government and community leaders to promote peace and reconciliation efforts worldwide."

The National Council of Churches USA, has called representatives of its member communions to a meeting on April 6 to begin planning for "our long-term engagement with the renewal and recovery of the people and nation of Haiti."

The Anglican Diocese of Chile is responding to the urgent needs of its members after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake devastated parts of central Chile on Feb. 28, claiming almost 800 lives and affecting nearly two million people.

Hózhóní means "together we walk in beauty" in the Navajo language, and is a fitting name for a center for Native American youth that was recently opened in Holbrook, Arizona. ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for March 14 tell the story of the center, run mostly by young people for their peers, keeping them away from drugs, alcohol and trouble and drawing them into church life

Churches throughout the world are poised to respond to the devastating magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday, Feb. 27, killing at least 700 people and damaging some 1.5 million homes.

Episcopal Relief and Development is reaching out to dioceses affected by the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday, Feb. 27, killing at least 700 people.

Thousands of women from around the world, including more than 90 representing the Anglican Communion, will gather in New York March 1-12 for the 54th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women to undertake a 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for March 7 outline the work of Episcopal and Anglican delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which is holding its 54th session in New York City March 1 – 12

During its Feb. 19-22 meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church adopted several resolutions.

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council pledged Feb. 22 to stand by the Diocese of Haiti as it continues to minister to earthquake survivors and plans its long-term rebuilding efforts, while challenging the church to raise at least $10 million to help pay for that rebuilding

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council released the following message to the church Feb. 22 at the end of its four-day meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Additional Episcopal News Service coverage will follow.

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council heard here Feb. 21 that church membership and Sunday attendance continued to decline in 2008, but also heard a call for the church to promote knowledge of the characteristics of growing congregations.

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council began its four-day meeting here Feb. 19 by getting briefings on the work it faces and by hearing a renewed call for the church to stand with its Diocese of Haiti. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori also told the council that tension is mounting in the Diocese of South Carolina over efforts to ascertain the diocese's plans for dealing with disaffected Episcopalians

Bonnie Anderson, president of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies, outlines the immediate and possible long-term needs faced by the nation and the diocese of Haiti in the wake of the Jan. 12 magnitude-7 earthquake that demolished infrastructure, killed some 250,000 people and left millions homeless.

Amidst the ruins of their diocese and their nation, Haitian Episcopalians have found ongoing hope in their music and art.