Diocesan Cycle of Prayer on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

This week, on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, we ask for your prayers for those who promote the dignity of women, especially Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman, whose feast day falls on July 20. We give thanks for their courage and witness, and for all who carry that work forward today.

We also ask your prayers for the Episcopal Church Women and the Daughters of the King in our diocese. The Order of the Daughters of the King is a spiritual sisterhood dedicated to a life of prayer, service, and evangelism, founded in 1885 by Margaret J. Franklin at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in New York City. We give thanks for the women in our parishes who carry on this faithful work.

📷 Sojourner Truth, Randall Studios. Art in the Christian Tradition, Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
📷 Harriet Tubman, Benjamin F. Powelson. Art in the Christian Tradition, Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
📷 Statue immortalizing the 1851 meeting of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Amelia Bloomer, Seneca Falls, NY. Photo by Lookandlike, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.