On Monday, April 20, the Citadel’s Episcopal Cadet Fellowship welcomed the Rt. Rev. Ann Ritonia who serves as The Episcopal Church’s suffragan bishop for the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. In this role, Bishop Ann supports all Episcopal clergy serving as military chaplains and in the federal agencies such as the Veteran’s Administration and Department of…
The Rev. Adam Shoemaker, who currently serves as rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, was elected ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island on April 18 by nearly 300 clergy and lay delegates, meeting at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York. He was elected on the fourth ballot as one of three candidates standing for the election….
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley will join her staff member, the Rev. Cn. Ramelle McCall, and the co-chairs of the diocesan Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission, Vermelle Simmons and Gail DeCosta next week on a pilgrimage to Cape Coast, Ghana led by the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing (along with other pilgrimage participants from the…
Below is the text of the bishop’s sermon offered during The Great Vigil of Easter at St. George’s, Summerville on Holy Saturday, April 4, 2026: Easter begins in darkness. Early on the first day of the week, before the first light of dawn, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had…
Below is the text of the bishop’s sermon offered during The Great Vigil of Easter at St. George’s, Summerville on Holy Saturday, April 4, 2026: Easter begins in darkness. Early on the first day of the week, before the first light of dawn, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley will serve as celebrant and preacher at the Great Vigil of Easter offered by the Three Churches United in Summerville (Epiphany, Good Shepherd, and St. George’s) on Saturday, April 4, at 7 pm. The service will be held at St. George’s, Summerville (9110 Dorchester Road) and ALL are welcome! Want to know…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley invites all members of the diocese to a special service of Compline on Monday of Holy Week, March 30, at 8 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to join the service. In his Ash Wednesday letter to the church, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe encouraged bishops in other dioceses to hold services of prayer…
On Wednesday, March 25, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally will be installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, having been confirmed as such in January. In thanksgiving for the new archbishop, Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley will preside at a Choral Eucharist at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston on the Feast of the Annunciation. The service will be…
The Reverend Denise Trogdon, rector of All Saints, Hilton Head Island, announced to her congregation last week that she will be retiring, effective June 1, 2026. “With mixed emotion, I share the news that 2026 will be my year to retire,” she said in the announcement. “This is my 40th year of full-time work, my 18th…
We have unexpected, yet joyful, news to share. On Friday, March 13, during the 90th Annual Convention of The Episcopal Church of Liberia, the Reverend Canon Wilmot Merchant II—rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in North Myrtle Beach—was elected as one of two suffragan bishops for two dioceses in Liberia. His nomination came from the…
At the request of the vestry of St. James Episcopal Church in Charleston (on James Island), Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. Will Berry to serve as the next rector of this historic church of our diocese. Father Will has served as associate rector for families and formation at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in…
On Tuesday, February 24, three of our Episcopal churches in Summerville were featured on the weekly call offered by the Office of Government Relations (of The Episcopal Church) and Episcopal Migration Ministries to discuss the changing landscape of U.S. immigration, refugee, and migration policy. Clergy representing the Three Churches United in Summerville (St. George’s, Good…
