Each Advent season, the community of Seminary of the Southwest publishes online and in print our Advent Meditations and prayers. This gift from the Southwest community is meant to be a companion to those who prayerfully reflect on each day of Advent. Check back in mid-November to view the online content, and if you would […]

Please remember the students, faculty and staff of Southwest when you consider your giving this season – particularly today, Giving Tuesday. With your help, we are forming people for service, ministry, and healing to help meet this crucial need for priests, bi-vocational clergy, and mental health counselors. But we cannot do this without your donations. […]

Weeks Campus Center Seminary of the Southwest John Burnett is a national correspondent based in Austin, Texas, who has been assigned a new beat for 2022—Polarized America—to explore all facets of our politically and culturally divided nation. Prior to this assignment, Burnett covered immigration, Southwest border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, […]

Christ Chapel Join the Southwest community for this celebration of Black Saints, with Preacher, the Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman. The Rev. Valerie Mayo presiding. Featuring the Huston-Tillotson Gospel Choir/Praise Team as musicians.  

Weeks Center In support of the 2023 Black History Month theme, "Black Resistance," join us for our 2023 BHM Keynote Address, "Black Resistance: Yet with a Steady Beat," featuring the Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman, National Union of Black Episcopalians president. This dinner will be a reflective look at the more than 200 years of […]

  2023 Payne Lecture featuring J. Kameron Carter via Livestream Please join Dr. J. Kameron Carter– Professor, Religious Studies, and Co-Director, Center for Religion and the Human at Indiana University Bloomington – as he presents the 2023 Payne Lecture titled Beyond (the Religion of) Whiteness. The lecture will be presented virtually and livestreamed at the […]

Christ Chapel (Please note venue change) A Spiritual Journey celebrating human life as we grapple with Loss and emerge in Joy. The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan,  international womanist scholar, vocal performer, professor, poet, prayer partner, and preacher returns to Austin, celebrating her love of God and her commitment to empower others to live their authentic […]

Galveston Island Convention Center The Yacht Room, Level One 5600 Seawall Blvd. Galveston, TX. 77551 Please join the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge and other members of the Southwest faculty and staff at the annual Alumni Breakfast at the 174th Council for the Diocese of Texas. We look forward to seeing you there! Please direct […]

A Walking Tour of Historic East Austin Join us in celebrating Austin's rich Black history with a walking tour of East Austin. This tour will highlight landmarks of historic significance and amplify the voices and stories of those from the community. Following the tour, will be an opportunity to shop and eat with local Black-owned […]

Knapp Auditorium Please join us for "Wither the Blacks?: Meditations on End of the African-American Era," facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Ray, Crump Visiting Professor and Black Religious Scholars Group Scholar-in-Residence and MLK scholar. With a dinner reception. RSVP required. Click here to RSVP The lecture will begin at 6:45pm and will be livestreamed […]

This year’s student-led Harvey Lecture will feature the Rev. Dr. Bradley S. Hauff, the Episcopal Church Missioner for Indigenous Ministries, a member of the Presiding Bishop’s staff. In his role, Hauff is responsible for enabling and empowering Indigenous peoples and their respective communities within the Episcopal Church while also guiding the broader Church in intercultural […]

Note: All livestreamed events (marked with *) are also viewable on the Seminary of the Southwest Facebook page. Holy Tuesday (4-4-23) Tenebrae, 7:00 p.m., Christ Chapel This Tenebrae will be an abbreviated office structured around chanted psalms, readings, and responsories. The distinctive ceremonial of the service includes fifteen candles, ultimately symbolizing the triumph of Christ […]