Jackie Watt believed that her ordination as a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta made perfect sense. For some others, not so much. Roadblocks stood in her way in the mid 1990s. No Episcopal ...

A gay San Francisco native has been appointed as a deacon at Grace Cathedral, the Episcopal church atop Nob Hill. Miguel Bustos, a Latino man with a long history of public service, was installed last ...

A professor once told Irma Wyman that women had no place in engineering and that no matter what she did, she would fail his class. She dropped the course, but not the profession, a friend recalled.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Dr. Robin Woodberry is the deacon-in-charge of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Cleveland Avenue in downtown Canton. She was ...

The Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota will ordain 18 deacons this summer, the first class of its "North Dakota School of Ministry." The program was developed by Bishop Michael Smith to "promote the ...

The Reverend Edward M. Cardoza, known simply as Deacon Ed, will serve as the next Deacon/Priest-In-Charge at St. mark's Episcopal Church on South Street. The Vestry of St. Mark's unanimously accepted ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — It’s not every day the daughter of a Muslim imam is inducted into the Sacred Order of Deacons. In addition to other business conducted at the 173rd Convention of the Episcopal ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A newly named street in Dongan Hills honors the life and legacy of Episcopal Deacon Frederick Fausak, who served as a chaplain for his fellow retired members of the city Fire ...

With divided views and hopes for resolution, area representatives will vote on whether to confirm a noncelibate gay man as an Episcopal bishop-elect at a conference starting today in Minneapolis. They ...

Four deacons will be ordained at 11 a.m. today by Bishop J. Michael Garrison of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. Ethan Cole, Sandra Dower, Glen Fuller and Frieda Webb will be ordained in St.