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The ashes of 325 people are buried in Christ Episcopal Church’s Memorial Garden. Many people worried about what would happen to those ashes if the town seized the church’s land for a park. That uncertainty figured into opposition to the plan. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick…

Tim and Katharine Barr kneel and pray at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one day after the Aug. 27, 2025, mass shooting at the school killed two children and injured 17 other people. Photo: Abbie Parr/AP [Episcopal News Service] Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya issued a statement Aug. 27 on Facebook lamenting…

[World Council of Churches] Christians gathered in Sweden for a week of activities recalling the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, which gathered in Stockholm in 1925 after the First World War and was a milestone on the path to founding the World Council of Churches in 1948. A high point was the Aug….

[Church in Wales] St. Winifred’s Church in Penrhiwceiber once again has been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Community Award, marking a fifth consecutive year of recognition. The award, which sets the benchmark for well-managed parks and green spaces across the United Kingdom and beyond, celebrates not only the beauty of St. Winifred’s grounds but also the…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] The signing of the Saint Ninian Declaration between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Catholic Church in Scotland will take place in Edinburgh on Sept. 16 – the Feast of St. Ninian. The declaration supports a deepening relationship between Episcopalians and Roman Catholics in Scotland, allowing both to work more closely together while acknowledging…

The Rev. Brandon Cooper, right, signs a “passport” for a woman visiting St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, where he serves as priest-in-charge. The Diocese of Pittsburg’s 2025 “passport program” encourages Episcopalians to attend worship services in different Episcopal churches diocesan-wide between late August and the Nov. 15 diocesan convention. Photo: Courtesy of Brandon…

Maryland Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent (front row, right) stands next to Kilmar Abrego García (center) as Rabbi Ariana Katz (at podium) offers a blessing during a rally in support of Abrego García at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 25. (Photo: Jack Jenkins for Religion News Service) [Episcopal News Service]…

[Church of England] Church of England congregations are being invited to join together with other churches to pray for the people of Gaza, Israel and the wider Middle East next month. A group of Christian charities and aid agencies, working with church leaders, is organizing a day of prayer for peace in the Middle East on…

The next year of Sacred Ground, a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race that is grounded in faith, will begin with a Sept. 2 online webinar featuring Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will be the speaker at a special Sept. 2 online webinar to help mark the start…

Editor’s note: Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Nine O’Clock Service, an influential evangelical movement based in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s. He resigned as a Church of England priest in November 1995, just before a BBC documentary about the sexual abuse allegations against him was broadcast. [Church of England] Following a trial at…