The Rev. Canon Philip Linder, who serves as Canon to the Ordinary, has started a new Morning Prayer podcast, “12-Minute Morning Prayer,” that is available for free on a variety of podcast platforms. Praying the Daily Office has for centuries been a great practice of Anglican spirituality. “As a Third Order Franciscan, my Rule of…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. Laura Rezac as executive director of St. Christopher Camp & Conference Center on Seabrook Island, succeeding the Rev. Helen and Rick Hargreaves, who have been serving as interim directors for the past seven months. The Rev. Rezac currently serves as associate rector for Children & Youth Formation at St….
The Rev. Cn. Ramelle McCall has been working with the Diocesan Racial Justice & Reconciliation Commission to develop racial justice/anti-racism training that will eventually be offered throughout the diocese. The first pilot session was held this past Friday-Saturday (March 31-April 1) at Calvary Episcopal Church in Charleston. This training was designed to address South Carolina’s history of…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley shares a word about an important decision regarding Holy Trinity, Charleston. Read the letter below, or at this link at this link. March 30, 2023 Dear Faithful People in the Diocese of South Carolina, As we move toward the observance of Holy Week, I am reminded of the generations of faithful people on whose…
The Right Reverend Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has appointed Betsy Pritchard as Executive Assistant to the Bishop, effective March 20. “Betsy has a great background in administrative work, a warm and welcoming personality, and a deep love for The Episcopal Church, and I am delighted to welcome her as part of the diocesan staff,” said Bishop Woodliff-Stanley. As…
All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island has called the Rev. Katie Presley to serve as associate rector. Katie is currently serving in the Diocese of Atlanta, where she has worked on staff at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in midtown Atlanta for the past few years. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate by…
During Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley’s visitation to St. David’s, Cheraw, on Sunday, March 5, she had the opportunity to present church member Janet Dunn Clark with the House of Deputies medal that had been announced by outgoing President Gay Clark Jennings during the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in July 2022. At that time,…
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Jeffrey R. Richardson as he announces his retirement from active ministry. He will conclude his service as rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, on February 21 after serving there since 2018. Father Jeff was ordained to the ministry in 2005 and…
Calvary Episcopal Church in Charleston has called the Rev. Ricardo Bailey to serve as rector beginning on Ash Wednesday—February 22, 2023. Currently, Father Bailey serves as priest-in-charge of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Decatur, Georgia, as well as chaplain to the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, and president of the Atlanta Chapter of…
Last month at our 232nd Diocesan Convention, Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley recognized Lonnie Hamilton III and Thomas Tisdale for their decades of faithful service to the diocese with the Bishop’s Cross. The Presentation of The Bishop’s Cross is a tradition observed across the Church, and it is presented each Convention, by the diocesan bishop, to a person…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley and the interim executive directors at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center, Rick and the Rev. Helen Hargreaves, are pleased to announce that Renzi Ricketts has been called as Summer Camp Director for Camp St. Christopher. Ricketts brings tremendous enthusiasm and years of summer camp experience to Camp St. Christopher on Seabrook…
The Maude Callen Clinic in rural upper Berkeley County (Pineville, SC) was for decades the only source of proper healthcare for women and children throughout the community. Maude Callen, who came to South Carolina in 1923 as a missionary of The Episcopal Church, spent her life dedicated to the health and welfare of those around…
