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Freida Herron, a lay leader, preaches at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Maryville, Diocese of East Tennessee. Herron graduated from the Episcopal Preaching Foundation’s lay preacher training program in 2023 and now serves as one of its trainers. In 2024, she became the first layperson to preach at the closing Eucharist of the Episcopal Parish…

[Office of the Archbishop of York] Reflecting on his recent visit to the region, the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell delivered a speech at Lambeth Palace during a Nov. 18 gathering of ecumenical church leaders and Christian agencies. A potion of the speech, with a link to it in its entirety, follows. Sisters and brothers, it…

[Church in Wales] The governing body of the Church in Wales will hold a special meeting this month to take action on the episcopal vacancy in the Diocese of Bangor. It will take place Nov. 25 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno. The governing body is the supreme legislature of the Church in Wales. Following the retirement…

[Episcopal News Service] The congregation of St. Philip-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Oreland, Pennsylvania, held its last worship services in its former church building in May 2016. Now, nearly 10 years later, that building’s legacy lives on in a new effort to support outreach ministries across the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia-based diocese, using proceeds from…

The Rev. Sarah Fisher, rector of St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Marietta, Georgia, was elected ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina on Nov. 15. Photo: Diocese of East Carolina [Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina] The Rev. Sarah Fisher, rector of St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Marietta, Georgia, was elected ninth bishop of…

The Very Rev. Miguelina Howell, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, was elected the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts on Nov. 15. Photo: Diocese of Western Massachusetts [Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts] The Very Rev. Miguelina Howell, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, was elected the 10th…

[Episcopal News Service] A 2025 version of a toolkit to help people “Break the Silence” around gender-based violence has been released by the Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Its aim is to help congregations in the diocese, as well as churches and dioceses elsewhere, mark the…

[Washington National Cathedral] Washington National Cathedral will host the funeral service for former Vice President Richard B. Cheney on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. Eastern. Cheney served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and as the 17th U.S. secretary of defense from 1989 to 1993. Cheney also served…

Grace Episcopal Church is located in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo: Grace Episcopal Church via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Some members of an Episcopal congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio, are pleading to regain use of their church after Southern Ohio Bishop Kristin Uffelman White suspended operations in the building over “safe church” violations…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Philip Wright, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, has been elected archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies at the 42nd Triennial Provincial Synod held in Nassau, Bahamas. Succeeding Archbishop Howard Gregory, who retired Dec. 31, 2024, Wright’s election marks a historic moment…