Washington National Cathedral’s Gothic façade bore a stylized W in celebration of Wednesday’s World Series victory for the hometown Nationals. Episcopal News Service’s Egan Millard reported that the celebration ended a Twitter-based fan contest between the Cathedral’s staff and the staff of Houston’s Christ Church Cathedral. Houston dean Barkley Thompson will vest in Nationals colors for Sunday’s liturgies, having lost a wager with his DC counterpart.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
