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A letter yesterday from Dean Randy Hollerith announces that Washington National Cathedral will be eliminating 13 full-time and 12 part-time positions because of the impact
“Those windows won’t remain in their current place in their current context” – Cathedral spokesperson
In this episode of our Podcast we look at the Episcopal church’s place in American society and ask if that’s where we really want to be or not
Mired in continuing controversy over a cathedral choir’s participation in the presidential inauguration, Dean Hollerith offers a second statement claiming that the church has a role to model civility.
After quietly removing panes bearing the Confederate flag from its stained-glass windows, leaders of the Washington National Cathedral are now wondering what to do about remaining images of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
the National Cathedral has been moving towards removal of Confederate symbols in their stained glass windows. According to RNS, it appears as though that panes showing the Confederate battle flag were quietly removed last month.
“Instead of simply taking the windows down and going on with business as usual, the Cathedral recognizes that, for now, they provide an opportunity for us to begin to write a new narrative on race and racial justice at the Cathedral and perhaps for our nation.”
The Religion News Service featured video of the day follows the work of an unusual Washington National Cathedral employee…
National Cathedral finishes phase one repairs of earthquake damage, but faces challenges moving forward
A rare East coast earthquake shook Washington in August 2011, and shook up the National Cathedral. The event rotated pinnacles, cracked limestone, and compromised buttresses,
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