Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
Tribes, state governments, and local communities work together to raise awareness of an underreported tragedy taking place in our midst. There is a silent crisis occurring throughout North America. Four out of five Native women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime. Native women face murder rates more than ten times the national […]
OLD-GROWTH FOREST AT SAUX HEAD LAKE DEDICATED
92-ACRE PROPERTY NEEDS PROTECTION DUE TO PROXIMITY TO PROPOSED ROCKET SITE From left to right: Noquemanon Trail Network Board Member, Tracy Goble; Old-Growth Forest Network Coordinator, Lanni Lantto; Property Owner, Craig Stien; and Noquemanon Trail Network Executive Director, Lori Hauswirth. On August 23, 2022, Marquette became the first county in the Upper Peninsula to officially […]
EXPRESSING THE MIND OF THE HOUSE ON CLIMATE AND OUR VOCATION IN CHRIST
God is the source of all creation, and we, humankind – made in God’s image – have been given the gift of life and responsibility to care for creation. We depend on God’s creation to sustain our life together, and, by serving as good stewards of creation, we reflect God’s tender love for all that […]
STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DOBBS DECISION BY PRESIDING BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY
June 24, 2022 Office of Public Affairs Today the Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The court has overturned the constitutional right to abortion that was recognized in the seminal 1973 case Roe v. Wade. While I, like many, anticipated this decision, I am deeply grieved by it. I have been ordained more than 40 […]
welcome Miskopwaaganikwe Leora Tadgerson as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan is pleased to welcome Miskopwaaganikwe Leora Tadgerson as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Leora most recently served as Interim Director at the Student Equity and Engagement Center at Northern Michigan University (NMU). She also teaches Indigenous Studies with the Center for Native American Studies (CNAS) at NMU with […]
JANE CISLUYCIS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PROVINCE V
Jane Cisluycis, Canon to the Ordinary for Operations was elected President of Province V, at the Synod gathering Friday, April 29 in South Bend, Indiana. Jane was appointed to the Province V Executive Board in 2012. In 2015, she was elected by the Province V Synod as the Lay Representative to the Executive Council of […]
DIOCESE RECEIVES UTO GRANT
THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS AND WORK ON PRESSING EARTH CARE ISSUES The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $28,500 grant from United Thank Offering, a ministry of The Episcopal Church, for a project focused on strengthening relationships with […]
DIOCESAN MEMBER TO BE HONORED
Leppen to Receive the Heart of Howard Brown Award On Thursday March 10th, longtime member of the Church of the Transfiguration on Bois Blanc Island Michael Leppen will be honored for his many years of dedication, activism and philanthropy in human rights issues, particularly for the welfare and justice for LGBTQ+ persons. Michael has worked […]
BROTHER THOMAS STEFFENSEN NAME DIOCESE CHAPLAIN
The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan is happy to announce that Brother Thomas Steffensen has been named Diocesan Chaplain. Brother Thomas is a member of the Society of St Francis (SSF), a community of vowed Franciscan Brothers in the Episcopal Church, and part of a worldwide Anglican Franciscan community. Members of SSF blend lives of […]
LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE TRANS AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITY
We, the leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan, are saddened by the news that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette has called upon its clergy to withhold baptism and other sacraments from persons who are Trans, Transgender and Non-Binary until they deny their personhood and repent of who they are. This does not […]