Cathedral Connects

On Thursday, April 9, at Morehouse College, The Very Rev. Randy Hollerith, Cathedral Dean, was inducted into the Board of Preachers of the Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers & Laity. At the same ceremony, the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian, was awarded the 2026 Community Builders Prize and inducted into the Board of Scholars.

At Washington National Cathedral, we are committed to being a place of welcome for all who enter. As part of that commitment, the Cathedral will begin requiring all guests to enter through an enhanced security system that will include permanent magnetometers.

Severe weather may affect the Cathedral's schedule. As we monitor throughout the day, updates will be posted here. Please refer to this page for the most current information.

As people of faith, during difficult times we find solidarity in Jesus’ teachings and in one another. See below for messages and prayers from Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde, Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith, and Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe.

Winter weather continues to affect the Cathedral's schedule. Updates will be posted here; please refer to this page for the most current schedule information.

Every December 1 marks the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. This year, on the 70th anniversary, Washington National Cathedral tolled the bourdon bell in her honor, recognizing her tireless contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.

As America searches for its soul following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Provost Jan Naylor Cope said America may seem lost, but can find its footing in God's tender embrace.

Yet another American public figure has been killed, one more victim of the culture of  contempt that, at its extreme, portrays those with whom we disagree as enemies to be destroyed.   

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde took her message of bravery to her mother's homeland at the Cathedral in Uppsala, Sweden.

The way of the cross is hard, Dean Randy Hollerith says. But it's the only one that makes sense.