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New: 4/28 Issue Online

The April 28 Spring Books & Education issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

In our cover story, a diverse group of stakeholders  is organizing and raising funds to restore the Memorial Guild House at Albany’s Cathedral of All Saints, empty and disused since 1978.

In the news section, Kirk Petersen profiles four candidates four candidates for presiding bishop, and describes an unusual Title IV case in Virginia, centered on a priest who refuses to celebrate the Eucharist. Emilie Smith reports on a bitter crisis grounded in disputed episcopal elections within the Anglican Church of Mexico.

Greta Gaffin interviews the vocations director of the Order of the Holy Cross about a notable increase in vocations in its houses in New York and South Africa. Richard Mammana marks 80 years of continuous intercession at Philadelphia’s shrine of Our Lady of Clemency, while Tyler Hummel profiles Brother Mike Lopez, an Episcopal monk based in Queens who is providing relief to surging numbers of migrants across New York City. Sue Careless talks with a Toronto conductor who leads a new initiative aimed at introducing J.S. Bach’s music and spiritual vision to the masses.

All this plus more news, features, book reviews, People & Places, and Sunday’s Readings, from an independent voice serving the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion since 1878. Consider subscribing today.

NEWS

FEATURES

  • Order of the Holy Cross Sees Growth in Vocations | By Greta Gaffin
  • Eighty Years of Intercession in Philadelphia | By Richard Mammana
  • New Life for Albany’s Guild House | By Richard Mammana
  • Monks Help Amid New York City’s Migrant Crisis | By Tyler Hummel

COVENANT

CULTURES

BOOKS

  • Lying and Truthfulness | Review by Matthew Levering
  • Coming to Faith Through Dawkins | Review by Daniel W. Muth
  • Theology from the Psalms | Review by Charles Hoffacker
  • Undone | Review by Charles Hoffacker
  • Mother of the Lamb | Review by Tyler Hummel
  • Traveling Light | Review by Matt Erickson
  • The History of England’s Cathedrals | Review by Simon Cotton

OTHER DEPARTMENTS

  • Sunday’s Readings
  • People & Places

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