Conference Speaker Spotlight: Susan Ridgell

  Susan and her husband Joe Dickey are parishioners at Apostles Anglican Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. She just completed a three-year vestry term, serving one year as Senior Warden and two years as Junior Warden. Susan also serves as Organist for Apostles’...

Benedictine Retreat Report

by Sister Jeannie Drake OSB We are pleased to announce that our first annual Benedictine Retreat took place Aug 7-9,2015 at St. Patrick’s Anglican Church in Smyrna TN. Archdeacon for Religious Orders, Abbot Patrick Malone, led the retreat and received the vows for two...

Prayer for Chattanooga

The Anglican Diocese of the South calls upon our brothers and sisters to join us in praying for those affected by the shooting today on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A local Anglican pastor shared the following: “Pray for emotional...

The Story of Our Holy Oils

Every year our clergy gather with the Bishops on Holy Tuesday for the blessing of the oils. The Chrism Eucharist is the designation for an ancient ritual traditionally celebrated in a Diocese on the morning of Maundy Thursday, during which the anointing Oils to be...

Five Important Financial Practices

by ADOTS Administrator Aimee Tucker Implementing appropriate financial procedures and practices is important for the health of a church. Whether your parish is small or large there are things you should be doing to protect the parishioners, the clergy, and those...