U2 Eucharist:
Oct. 22, 2006 at 7:00 PM

Join us for a U2 Eucharist
in support of the Millennium Development Goals & ONE campaign to make poverty history! more...

Episcopal Church Mission Priority

At its 75th General Convention (June 2006), The Episcopal Church adopted the Millennium Development Goals as a mission priority for the Church.

Presiding Bishop-Elect, The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (elected at the same convention), has long been an active supporter of the MDGs and has stated they will be central to her role as the Presiding Bishop & Primate of the Episcopal Church.

Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me." - Matthew 25:40b

Global Mission/Outreach - Wiping God's Tears: Our Response to Global Poverty

Our Rector, The Rev.Jay R. Lawlor, has been involved for a decade in eliminating global poverty and disease -- since his days as a development economist at Harvard University. He has brought that passion and his experience to his ministry as a priest and to our parish.

Since 2005 St. Paul's has been actively engaged in advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- eight time-bound goals -- to end extreme poverty and disease in our world. We have partnered with Millennium Promise to help provide resources to develop sustainable villages in Africa.

The MDGs have quickly became a mission priority for the wider parish as our 2005 efforts saw widespread support that enabled us to provide mosquito bed nets --to protect families from malaria -- for over half of the households in the village of Koraro, Ethiopia. We are currently looking to expand our involvement with Millennium Promise in developing longer-term partnerships in Africa toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Our 2007 MDG campaign will "kick-off" as part of our 2007 Stewardship campaign, Fulfilling the Promise. We we will hold a special in-gathering of MDG donations on our MDG Day -- November 12, 2006. On June 3, 2007 we will celebrate our partnership with our Millennium Villiage and look to how we can further that relationship.

LEARN MORE and GET INVOLVED...

Fast Facts about Extreme Poverty
1.1 billion people suffer from poverty so severe that it kills tens of millions every year and traps the rest in chronic hunger, disease and utter deprivation.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
The Millennium Development Goals are the world's time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty.

Millennium Promise (St. Paul's Church & the Millennium Villages Project)
Millennium Promise is an organization dedicated to eliminating extreme global poverty through proven poverty-reducing projects. Learn how St. Paul's is reaching out to help eradicate extreme poverty.

Biblical Perspectives on Poverty
An introduction to what the Bible teaches about justice for the poor.

Resources & Networks
Resources and networks to help you learn about and get involved in eradicating extreme global poverty.

* "Wiping God's Tears" is inspired by an address given by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Global Reconciliation forum at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) on April 6, 2002. The Global Reconciliation forum was created and co-organized by Fr. Jay while he was a seminarian at EDS.