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California congregation returns home, two weeks after being uprooted by deadly mudslides

All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church congregation in Montecito, have returned to their church, after mudslides forced their exclusion.

26 January 2018

Episcopal church converted to emergency response hub after deadly California mudslides

All Saints-by-the-Sea Church in Montecito, California, became an emergency response centre after fatal mudslides in Santa Barbara.

15 January 2018

Two years after Cyclone Winston, Maniava’s re-built church is consecrated

Archbishop Winston Halapua consecrates a church and blesses 14 new homes and a school dormitory in the Fijian village of Maniava.

08 January 2018

Episcopalians respond as 100,000 flee massive southern California wildfires

The US-based Episcopal Relief & Development agency is responding to major wildfires sweeping across Southern California.

13 December 2017

Commemorations mark centenary of WWI explosion that killed 2000 Canadians

A memorial and concert is being held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

23 November 2017

Recalling summer’s wildfire exodus in the Territory of the People

Matt Gardner from the Anglican Church of Canada details the experience and aftermath of the British Columbia summer wildfires.

26 October 2017

Hurricane Maria: the crisis continues for Puerto Rico

Episcopalians in Puerto Rico are resuming church services and school classes despite the vast devastation of Hurricane Maria last month.

18 October 2017

Episcopalians offer help in the face of danger as wildfires rage through Northern California

Episcopalians in Northern California continue to monitor the growing wildfires while helping their communities deal with the ongoing disaster.

13 October 2017

Ambae state of emergency extended as Manaro volcano threat continues

The state of emergency on the evacuated Vanuatuan island of Ambae has been extended for two weeks as the Manaro volcano continues to erupt.

12 October 2017

US Episcopalians step in as 17 die in Californian wildfires

Churches and church halls are accommodating some of the 20,000 people evacuated from their homes because of wild fires in California.

11 October 2017