Diocesan Leaders to Join Pilgrimage to Cape Coast, Ghana Next Week

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 Diocese of Atlanta). The journey will begin on April 12 and they will return on April 21. 

The Ghana Pilgrimage is a journey of encounters with history, community, and the living God. It is a spiritual, historical journey that is intended to lead to a deeper personal perspective. Our diocesan contingent is part of an advance team that will work to develop a long-standing partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Cape Coast and to initiate planning for a future pilgrimage to Ghana for other members of our diocese.

Please keep the group in your prayers as they embark on this meaningful and important journey.

The picture above was taken during the group’s final training session at the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing a few weeks ago. Pictured are:(l-r) Vermelle Simmons, Dr. Sarah-Beth Wright (co-chair of The Cape Coast Pilgrimage), the Rev. Cn. Ramelle McCall, Deacon Janet Tidwell and Gail DeCosta.