[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivered the following sermon during morning Eucharist May 14 at the Simpson Memorial Chapel in the United Methodist Building across from U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

She was among 50 bishops and young adults, from 14 dioceses representing the Episcopal Church’s eight domestic provinces, gathered in the nation’s capital for “Advocacy to Challenge Domestic Poverty,”a conference sponsored by the Episcopal Church and Bishops Working for a Just World.