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Communications Team

World Refugee Day 2026

Join the diocesan Migration Ministry Team in celebrating World Refugee Day, the international day designated by the United Nations to honor refugees throughout the world who fled their home nations because of war, hunger, climate change, and persecution due to a person’s religion, race, political views, or sexual orientation. World Refugee Day was established on June 20, 2001, to define the term ‘refugee’ and to set legal protection, rights, and assistance for refugees.

Creation Care Mini-Grants Available

The Creation Care Committee invites you to submit your creation care project idea for funding consideration. The Committee anticipates funding about 10 projects at about $500 each for 2026. Individual projects may receive more or less funding depending on need, and a...

Letter from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe on Military Strike on Iran

Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church, Here in the United States, we awoke this morning with alarm to the news that the United States and Israel have launched a large military strike on Iran. This violent attack comes despite weeks of negotiations that many of us had hoped would prevent armed conflict in this fragile region, which is home to so many religious traditions and faithful people.  

A Lenten Message From Bishop Scanlan

Dear Members of the Episcopal Diocese of the Susquehanna, Grace and peace in the name of Jesus. Today we begin the season of Lent — a period of prayer and fasting, self-examination, repentance and self-denial — a spiritual wilderness of sorts that invites our focused attention and discipline.