Houston Canterbury Completes Five-year Strategic Plan

Houston Canterbury completed its five-year, strategic plan, projecting expansion to eight campuses by 2027. The Canterbury also added more than a dozen new students in 2022, most of whom are participating in confirmation class in 2023.

The Rev. Charles Graves has been campus missioner at Houston Canterbury since 2019 and also serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.

Rice University

Rice University Episcopal Campus Missioner Sarah Condon saw tremendous growth in both the students she helps serve at the university and through a collective outreach to the broader community.

Condon has served in her position with the church at Rice for four years and lives in Houston with husband Josh and two children.

Student volunteers at Rice helped provide support last year for children taking the Texas STAAR test which measures academic growth.

“We packed 600 bags for children taking the STAAR test who come from homes unable to support them during this high pressure day of the school year,” Condon said.

A retreat in Galveston in spring 2022 allowed for outreach work, and participants also attended worship at Trinity Episcopal, Galveston.

“As one of the only LGBTQ+ ministries on campus, our message of Grace and the Gospel of Jesus Christ continues to spread,” “It has been a joy to see what God is doing.