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Canon for Congregational Development -- applications invited

Bishop Mariann is pleased to announce a new position on diocesan staff, Canon for Congregational Development. The creation of the position reflects the priority to enhance and develop vital and growing diocesan congregations.

Budde seated as diocese's ninth bishop

On Nov. 13, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde was seated as the Diocese of Washington's ninth bishop and preached her first sermon as bishop.

Budde consecrated as diocese's ninth bishop

On Nov. 12, Mariann Edgar Budde was consecrated as the ninth Bishop of Washington. She is the first female to serve the Diocese of Washington as diocesan bishop.
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Columns

BEARINGS Love, Lament and Longing

By By Martin L. Smith
Martin L. Smith is a well-known spiritual writer and priest. He is the senior associate rector at St. Columba’s, D.C.

St. John’s, Lafayette Square

By Diane Ney
The Rev. Luis León, rector of St. John's, Lafayette Square, and Paul Barkett, senior warden, speak about the life, history, plans and character of the "Church of the Presidents."

FAMILY MATTERS: Margaret Guenther: Mother, mentor, priest

By By Margaret M. Treadwell
“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know God,” says the Rev. Margaret Guenther, who serves as associate rector of St. Columba’s, D.C., and was among the first clergywomen ordained in the Episcopal Church.

Gifts of the Magi

By Lee Chumbley
Wise men from the East observed a star in its rising and followed it to Bethlehem, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh for the Christ child. What was the significance of these gifts?

Local churches and the Civil War

By Diane Ney
As our nation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, diocesan archivist Diane Ney takes a look at the parish records of that era.
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