20 May 2026
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San Diego diocese calls for prayers, peace after shooting at Islamic center
San Diego Bishop Susan Brown Snook issued a statement calling for prayers and peace after a May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California left five people dead, including the two suspects. “I ask that we all keep...
20 May 2026
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Pennsylvania church’s Animal Cabin gives shelter animals, caretakers a quiet break from the cage
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, has expanded its animal ministry by launching the Animal Cabin, a respite space for shelter, rescue and foster dogs on the parish’s 42-acre campus. Thousands of stray animals...
13 May 2026
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Goat herd feasts on Michigan church’s invasive plants
For almost a century, cartoons have depicted goats as animals that will eat anything. In Walt Disney’s 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie,” for example, a goat eats Minnie Mouse’s guitar and sheet music. In Sony Pictures...
13 May 2026
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Documentary tells the story of Washington National Cathedral’s West Rose window
A documentary on the Washington National Cathedral’s West Rose stained-glass window tells the story of the window’s creation and how it made the neo-Gothic building a space that embraces both tradition and modernity. Filming the...
6 May 2026
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Bike blessings offer prayers for safety as cyclists hit the roads this National Bike Month
Getting to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church for Sunday services is a 17-mile round trip for Bob Perkins from his home in Oconomowoc. As an avid bicyclist, he is likely to cover those miles on two wheels instead of four. It’s an even...
6 May 2026
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Musical tribute to Bishop Gene Robinson makes Indiana debut
A choral piece honoring the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop elected in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, made its Indiana debut May 3 at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Indianapolis during a...
29 Apr 2026
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Book of Common Prayer draws Gen Z to the Anglican, Episcopal tradition
In St. Luke’s Chapel at the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, Books of Common Prayer slump in chair pockets, their spinal integrity lost to decades of common worship. Every day, seminarians pray liturgies that...
29 Apr 2026
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Former Georgia church properties become hubs for outreach ministries, community activities
The Diocese of Georgia is finding new life for two repurposed church properties after the congregations that had worshiped there disbanded. One is now the diocesan headquarters. Last year, staff moved into the second floor of the parish...
22 Apr 2026
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California’s oldest congregation supports Episcopal energy independence goals with solar array
California’s oldest Episcopal congregation, founded in 1849, just became one of the newest churches to go green, with a 20-kilowatt solar array. Trinity St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco on April 19 commissioned the 47...