Letters to the Diocese of Vermont from Bishop Thomas C. Ely
(Mountain Echo columns, unless otherwise noted)

June 2010, Ministry in the context of social and cultural "sea changes"
March 2010, Reflections on Haiti and Ministry Support Team reconfiguration

December 2009, Address to the 2009 Diocesan Convention, November 7, 2009 (Download pdf)
November 2009, "I delight in our gathering at Diocesan Convention."
October 2009, Pastoral Letter on Marriage Equality issued
September 2009, Experiences at Rock Point Summer Camp, Kids4Peace and Camp Agape were a joy
August 24, 2009, Pastoral Letter on Marriage Equality
July/August 2009 "Pray that Ubuntu is really at the heart of our time together…"
June 2009 Embracing the values of simplicity and generosity
May 2009 (Includes House of Bishop's pastoral letter on the economy)
April 7, 2009, Statement on passage of marriage equality legislation
March 27, 2009, Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on marriage equality
April 2009, Participating in the public square: Testimony on marriage equality (Vermont Legislature, March 18, 2009)
March 2009, Episcopal ministry has local and more than local rhythm
February 2009 …it surely 'takes a diocese (and more) to raise a deacon.'
January 2009, Epiphany is the Church’s season of information sharing

December 2008 (Diocesan Convention Address, November 8, 2008)
November 2008
October 2008 (Written by the Rev. Anita Schell-Lambert, rector at St. Peter's, Bennington)
September 2008
July/August 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008

December 18, 2007 (Testimony to the Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection)
December 2007 (Also Diocesan Convention Address)
November 2007
October 2007
September 29, 2007 (Comments on the September meeting of the House of Bishops)
September 2, 2007 (Response to the House of Bishops Theology Committee Study Document, Communion Matters. Describes insights from the six conversations held in the Diocese of Vermont over the summer.)
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007 (Column is March 4 letter in response to the Primates' Communique)
March 4, 2007 (Response to the Communiqué from the meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
March 1, 2007 (Reflections on sabbatical time in El Salvador)
January 2007 (Reflections on sabbatical journey to Sudan and Kenya; published in February 2007 Mountain Echo)

December 2006 (Diocesan Convention Address)
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
July/August 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006

December 2005 (Diocesan Convention Address)
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
July/August 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005 (Reflections on the House of Bishops Meeting)
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005

December 2004 (Diocesan Convention Address)
Response to the Windsor Report of the Lambeth Commission on Communion
(November Mt. Echo)
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
July/August 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004

Convention Address 2003 (December Mt. Echo)
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
July/August 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 23, 2003 (Sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, VECBS Service for Peace)
March 20, 2003 (Sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral , An Evening Liturgy in the Time of War)
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003

December 2002 (Convention Address)
November 2002
October 2002
September 2002
July/August 2002
June 2002
May 2002
April 2002
March 2002
February 2002
January 2002

December 2001 (Convention Address)
November 2001
October 2001
September 2001
July/August 2001
June 2001
May 2001
April 2001
March 2001