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Washington National Cathedral will mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday, June 7, by tolling its funeral bell 118 times to mourn the 118 lives lost each day to gun violence in America. 

WASHINGTON - For the tenth time, Washington National Cathedral will welcome riders participating in Rolling to Remember and the general public to a "Blessing of the Bikes," a brief prayer service on the Cathedral's West Front, on Friday (May 24).

WASHINGTON – An interfaith Celebration of Life service will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, April 25 at 11 a.m. ET to remember the seven World Central Kitchen humanitarians killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza while on a food mission.

WASHINGTON– Joe Alonso, the Head Stone Mason at Washington National Cathedral, has been awarded the 2024 Craftsmanship Award for his role in leading 12 years of earthquake repair at the Cathedral by the Washington Building Congress (WBC).

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will host former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for a forum titled “Principles & Politics: An Evening with Liz Cheney and Jon Meacham.”

WASHINGTON – Washington National Cathedral will host an in-person forum titled “With Malice Toward None, With Charity Toward All” in collaboration with Wesley Theological Seminary and the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will be among the eulogists at the funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at  Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, December 19, at 11 a.m. ET. Justice O’Connor’s son Jay H. O’Connor and her biographer Evan W. Thomas III will also offer tributes.

WASHINGTON – The funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, December 19, at 11 a.m. ET. Justice O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice, serving until 2006. Justice O'Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, a historic nomination that shifted the composition of the highest judicial body in the nation. 

Our prayers today are with the family of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a pioneering jurist and a cherished friend of this Cathedral who is now at rest with all the saints in glory.  

WASHINGTON -- We join Americans in giving thanks for the life of Rosalynn Carter, a national treasure who exemplified a life of humanitarian service with a spirit of generosity, dignity and compassion for all of God’s children.