Pastoral Letters

In August 2003, the Rector, Fr. Andrew Sloane, wrote a pastoral letter to St. Paul’s parish to address anxieties in the church at large and in the parish resulting from the 2003 General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Click the following link to read the full letter (Adobe Acrobat Reader required): A Pastoral Letter to the Parish - Sunday, August 17, 2003

On March 10, 2011, Bishop Chane issued a pastoral letter, to be read in all parishes the Diocese of Washington, addressing the dispute between the Government of Israel and the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. Click the following link to read the entire letter: A Lenten pastoral from Bishop John Bryson Chane

On June 18, 2011, Fr. Sloane wrote a pastoral letter to St. Paul’s parish to address the election of the Reverend Doctor Mariann Edgar Budde as the ninth Bishop of Washington. Click the following link to read the full letter (Adobe Acrobat Reader required): A Pastoral Letter to the Parish - Sunday, June 19, 2011

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