Our Ministries

Sharing Faith and Fellowship

The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Chicago supports and connects all women in their  Christian mission and ministries.             

We worship as a community of women, turning to God in gratitude for blessings of family, home and friendship. 

We ask the Lord for guidance in translating our Christian belief into action in our lives.

We are making a Difference. 

Episcopal tradition brings the grace of generations of women to current ECW programs.

ECW Offers Information and Support to All Women of the Diocese Through These Programs and Events:

Membership in the ECW at the parish level provides access to a network of relationships which reach out through the Diocese to other parts of the world.  Women in all churches in the Chicago Diocese can learn from and be inspired by each other.

  • The Mirror - our bi-monthy newsletter,published in paper form and posted on this website
    Lenten Quiet Days - Deanery programs in the spring
  • Annual Meeting & Convention - held in April of each year
  • Spring UTO Ingathering - held in the spring, presented at the Annual Meeting
  • Fall Forum - a Diocesan-wide program
    Deanery Days, Fall UTO Ingathering - Deanery programs held in the fall
  • Intercessory prayer requests
  • Día de Reflexión Espiritual
  • Daughters of the King - one of the Episcopal Church women's ministries for prayer
  • Advocacy
  • Health Ministry/Parish Nursing
  • Prison Ministries
  • International Outreach Project - provides funding for international outreach
  •      The ECW administers:
  •          The United Thank Offering (UTO)
  •          The Church Periodical Club (CPC)

The Chicago Diocesan ECW Supports These Agencies Through Its Year-End Giving:

  • Archives Partners
  • Bishop Anderson House - Women in Trauma program
  • The Bishops’ discretionary funds
  • Campus ministries
  •       Brent House, University of Chicago
  •       Canterbury House, Northwestern University
  •       United Campus Ministries at Northern Illinois University
  •       South Loop Campus Ministries
  • Camp "New Happenings", Northern Indiana
  • Chicago diocesan summer camp scholarships
  • Daughters of the King
  • Diocese of Renk, Sudan
  • Diocese of Southeast Mexico 
  • ECW National funding
  • Ecumenical prison ministry
  • Episcopal Charities and Community Services
  • Episcopal Relief and Development
  • Five Talents International
  • Grace House
  • The Night Ministry - pregnant teens
  • St. Augustine College
  • United Service Organization (USO)

ECW is challenged to change, to build, and strive to renew
our efforts in support of people suffering because of hunger,
homelessness, poverty, illiteracy, injustice, natural disaster, or war.