St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, 5151 Lake Howell Road, Winter Park, will hold a blessing of the animals at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 8. The church annually celebrates St. Francis Day with a blessing of the animals. Pet owners are asked to bring their animals to the breezeway and memorial garden at the church. St. Richard’s…

Kathryn (Katie) Gillett’s article “Blessed Repetition” recently appeared in Anglican Episcopal House of Studies Perspectives for Duke Divinity School, and now the parishioner from St. Mary of the Angels Episcopal Church in Orlando is a Candidate for Holy Orders. Here is her article: O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise….

Participants of this year’s Clergy Conference will bond in many ways, including with the Holy Spirit. The Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida’s annual Clergy Conference will be held Oct. 23-25 at the Canterbury Retreat & Conference Center, 1601 N. Alafaya Trail, in Oviedo. Registration starts at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23. The event ends with…

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! After weeks of being in a constant state of alert as we followed every twist and turn of the destructive paths of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, I begin today by expressing my ongoing concern for and commitment to each and every one of…

At first glance, things looked pretty good at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Melbourne after Hurricane Irma roared through in mid-September. The church’s historic chapel that dates to 1886 was still standing. “I was so thankful to God that it was still standing,” says co-rector Fr. Stephen Easterday. Things were a little different, however, in…

Parishioners looking for a new church in southeast Orlando might want to check out Bethesda Church, which is currently holding informal services every other week. The Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida announced Thursday that Bethesda Church will hold services at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 1, at the Frizen Center on the campus of Pioneers USA…

Folks can play a round and contribute to the future of our children when the St. Barnabas Invitational is held at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 30, at Venetian Bay. A fundraiser for St. Barnabas Episcopal School in DeLand, the event features tournament play and a multitude of contests with fantastic prizes. Breakfast and lunch will…

A Lake Mary parishioner’s winning essay on a Catholic priest’s trek through 16th-century Latin America can now be seen online. Rebecca Watts, a middler (second-year student in a three-year course of study) from the Diocese of Central Florida at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, recently wrote an essay about a quote…

A Catholic priest’s trek through 16th century Latin America helped local parishioner Becky Watts make some modern history – on a national level. A middler (second-year student in a three-year course of study) from the Diocese of Central Florida at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, Watts recently wrote an essay about…

Finding out who is being called by the Lord never gets old for the Rev. Canon Tim Nunez. Each potential priest or deacon is just as exciting as the next one. Nunez, who is Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of Central Florida, said approximately 35 to 40 people turned out for the annual…