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[Church in Wales] Plans to develop the North Wales Pilgrims Way, known as “The Welsh Camino,” have been given a significant boost with the awarding of a $105,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. A Pilgrimage Development Project Lead will be appointed to explore the potential for growth in the number of people walking…

From left, the Rev. Greg Larkin, Dodgers relief pitcher Jim Gott and Los Angeles Bishop Frederick Borsch pose for a photo at Dodger Stadium in 1993. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Diocese of Los Angeles] The Rev. Greg Larkin was born in the Diocese of Los Angeles, at Good Samaritan Hospital, and his father was…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Easton Standing Committee on Aug. 15 announced it had appointed a former diocesan bishop, the Rt. Rev. James Shand, to serve as an assisting bishop during the diocese’s leadership transition after Bishop Santosh Marray steps down this October. The news follows an announcement earlier this month that standing committee…

Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] The leaders of Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey, will not fight the town’s refusal to grant them a zoning variance to open a 17-bed overnight shelter on its campus. The shelter proposal had called for updating…

Elizabeth “Ketty” De Los Santos, right, a 59-year-old grandmother from Peru and a parishioner of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in White Plains, New York, was arrested and detained by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents on July 31 at Federal Plaza in Manhattan after leaving a routine asylum hearing. Photo: St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church/Facebook [Episcopal…

Members of the D.C. National Guard assemble with military vehicles in front of the Washington Monument as part of President Donald Trump’s crime reduction efforts. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] Washington Bishop Mariann Budde and Washington National Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith on Aug. 13 joined a group of Christian and Jewish leaders from the…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Florida Standing Committee on Aug. 13 released two reports from listening sessions in 2024 and 2025 that were intended to heal internal diocesan tensions while establishing a more solid foundation for launching a new bishop search. The reports were drafted by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves, who has been working with…

[Anglican Church of Canada] A document aiming to heal the legacy of spiritual harm churches committed against Indigenous peoples, written by an ecumenical working group and presented to Sacred Circle Aug. 8, makes a set of “calls to healing” to churches — including implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Members of…

[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…

The Rev. Vicki Gray, the first openly trans person ordained in the Diocese of California, died Aug. 3 at age 86. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Victoria Gray, a deacon in the Diocese of California and the first openly transgender person to be ordained there, died on Aug. 3. She was 86. Gray,…