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Kirk Petersen

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  • Freelance Writer & Communications Consultant, KirkPetersen.net LLC
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As seen in: TODAY, Chron, Before It's News, Religion News Service, San Angelo Standard-Times, Episcopal News Service, Lucianne.com, The Living Church, The Roys Report, Urban Faith and
Associate Editor, The Living Church magazine
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Presiding bishop honors Absalom Jones at Philadelphia’s historic Church of St. Thomas

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By Kirk Petersen , William Miller, April Love-Fordham
| Episcopal News Service
[Episcopal News Service] To celebrate the Feast of Absalom Jones, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe traveled to the spiritual home of the first Black Episcopal priest: The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1792, with Jones as its first rector. “We have all heard the many wonderful stories of Absalom Jones,” Rowe said in his Feb. 9 sermon.
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New Jersey convent welcomes its first new postulants in over a dozen years; TikTok played a role

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By Kirk Petersen 
| Episcopal News Service
[Episcopal News Service] The Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham, New Jersey, matches in many ways the traditional conception of a convent, following the ancient rhythms of monastic life. The Episcopal sisters dress in collared habits and have taken lifetime vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They gather in the chapel for worship six times on most days: Lauds, Mass, Terce, Noonday, Vespers and Compline.
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9/15 Issue Online

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By Kirk Petersen , Mark Michael, G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Weston Curnow
| The Living Church
The September 15 Parish Ministry issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In News, we follow celebrations of the Philadelphia 11, who defied the church to claim the priestly ministry for women 50 years ago. Kirk Petersen profiles a small-town Upstate New York parish that raised over $2 million to renovate a ministry center, rejecting a massive grant from the state that would have forced it to separate its feeding ministry and spiritual life.
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