Mississippi News

In grateful recognition of her decades of service to the Diocese of Mississippi and the Episcopal Church in the United States, Dr. Anita Parrott George was named as an honorary canon to the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Jackson, Mississippi, at the 192nd Annual Council whi...

As its mission to deliver healing and hope to children and families has expanded across the country and around the globe, Saint Francis Community Services – with operations in Picayune and Gulfport – today announced the rebranding of its organization as Saint Francis Ministrie...

United Thank Offerings are due to Diocese of Mississippi UTO Coordinator, Brenda Hawkins, before November 30, 2018. I mail one check from the Diocese of Mississippi to the National UTO Board on December 1. Please remind everyone to get their blue boxes ready, set your collecti...

(Written by the Rev. Luther Ott from a sermon preached at St. Columb’s Episcopal Church in Ridgeland, MS) For some time now immigrants have been in the news as we, as a nation, have struggled with how to create a just immigration system. After several hundred years of welcomin...

June 18, 2018 … I was a stranger and you welcomed me. (Mt. 25: 35b) Dear Friends, The recent news from south Texas regarding the separation of immigrant families is deeply troubling. It troubles me as a parent who only yesterday celebrated the joy of fatherhood with my daughte...