ECP News

ECP sends $7,500 to Episcopal Relief and Development

May 13, 2008 - Th Episcopal Church at Princeton has sent a total of $7,500 to Episcopal Relief and Development during the 2007-08 academic year for disaster relief and to support the Millennium Development Goals. Most of the money came from the Sunday plate collection. This is the third year in which ECP has dedicated 100% of its plate collection to ERD. One member of the class of 2008 donated $1,500 which was 10% of his signing bonus with a financial services firm. The rest of the funds were donated in honor of outgoing ECP Chaplain, Fr. Steve White.

A different kind of truth: Finding love and redemption in the Anglican Church

October 19, 2007 - by Emily Garcia '10 - The Daily Princetonian

Bishop Gene Robinson and Dr. Ephraim Radner to visit Princeton

September 23, 2007 The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire will be preacher and celebrant at ECP's Sunday night service October 7, 2008. The next day, Monday, October 8, he will meet informally with students at Procter House from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and again from 2:00-3:00 p.m. He will also give a public lecture at 4:30 that day in McCosh 10 titled "The Beginning of the End of Patriarchy." For more on Bishop Robinson go here. Bishop Robinson's visit to Princeton is part of a multi-year series of prominent Anglican speakers that this year will also include the Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner of the University of Toronto (dates to be announced soon).

Procter House gets long-overdue paint job

September 1, 2007 - Procter House was painted top to bottom this past summer for the first time in many years. The total cost was just under $37,000. Porch decks were repaired, badly worn and and damaged shutters were removed, and the entire building was scraped, sanded, caulked, primed, and painted. The place looks great!

Chris Wendell Ordained Deacon

June 9, 2007 - Christopher Wendell '03 was ordained a transitional deacon today at Trinity Cathedral in Trenton by Bishop George Councell along with 9 others. Chris will serve as a curate at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts and, God willing, will be ordained a priest on January 12, 2008 in Boston. ECP sponsored Chris for ordination.

Dean Thomas Breidenthal, Dean of Religious Life at Princeton, elected 9th Bishop of Southern Ohio.

Of the six dean of religious life at Princeton since the post was created, three have been Episcopalians. The first, Dean Donald Aldrich, came to Princeton after beling elected Bishop of Michigan. Dean Frederick Borsch left Princeton to be bishop of Los Angeles, and now we have Bishop-Elect Breidenthal. The consecration will take place in Columbus on April 28. ECP Chaplain Steve White will be one of the clergy presenters and will also give an after dinner address the evening before to the assembled bishops and other invited guests.