ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: ECW-NC
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July 12, 1884 – October 30, 1965 by C. Rudolph Knight, Saint Augustine’s College Chapel, Raleigh, 2012 On November 3, 1965, St. Luke’s Colored Protestant Episcopal Church in Tarboro held the Requiem Mass and Burial Office for Catharine Cornelia Perry Weston, daughter of an Episcopal priest, wife of an Episcopal priest, mother of an Episcopal…
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Part I I regret to be compelled to report that the Men’s Missionary movement, upon which were laid strong hopes for the future, has not fulfilled the purpose and promise of its creation. No new leagues, so far as I know, have been organized, and those formerly begun have not made themselves felt in any…
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The Mission school which we were able to open last October has been very successful under the direction of our Mission teacher Miss Cornie S. Young, a most devoted and Christian young woman. The community is small and sparsely settled, but the school is destined to do much good if it can only be continued.…
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The death reported was that of Miss Lucy Thorp, aged 80 years. The honor, reverence and love of the congregation of Goshen, and that of Stovall also, may be said to have centered at the ancestral home, where she presided, living alone for some years. Her delight was in receiving those who had worshipped in…
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This Parish is an ideal one as a Diocesan Mission. The Parish school under Miss Nannie Smith’s direction, and the Church attendance, too, have demonstrated that fact. Much interest has been manifested, and many signs of church life have appeared. There are 85 names of children on the school roll, and many more not there.…
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During the past year the church building has been greatly improved. It is now one of the neatest and most beautiful in the entire Diocese. This work of love is due to the ladies of the Parish. (Source: The Rev. James A. Weston, Parochial Report, Church of the Ascension, Hickory, 1893 Journal of Convention, 113)
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The Woman’s Guild has raised and disbursed during the year $1,650, including assistance rendered to three missionaries of the Diocese and several churches and missions, and aid given to the education of the children of missionaries. (Source: The Rev. McNeely DuBose, Parochial Report, Trinity Church, Asheville, 1892 Journal of Convention, 84)
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Suffragists are refusing to have the Encyclopedia Americana in their libraries, for under the subject “Eve” it merely says, “See Adam.” (Source: Quote from New York Evening Post, under “Should Reverse It,” The Carolina Churchman, September 1917, p. 15)
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Parochial Institutions enumerated, are, “The Woman’s Aid Society of St. Paul’s Parish,” and “The Dime Society of St. Paul’s Parish.” The former of these is working for the missionary cause outside of the parish. The latter for the church in the Parish, the county of Chowan. It is active in benevolent work under the Rector.…
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The large and enthusiastic meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary was held in a spacious room in the hotel [Heidelberg Inn, Flat Rock], and both here and at the meeting in East Carolina, it was surprising and encouraging to see in what a business-like manner the ladies conducted their meeting. Some of the sterner sex might well…