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Crown Nominations Commission members, Anglican Communion representatives announced
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Scottish cathedral to provide weekly singing lessons to local school children
[Diocese of Edinburgh] St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August will become a partner in the Edinburgh Schools Singing Programme. It will provide weekly, curriculum-based singing lessons to students in state school primary classes, with hundreds of Edinburgh’s children receiving professional-standard vocal lessons throughout the school year. The Edinburgh effort is part of…
