{"id":20230,"date":"2010-06-09T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/the_cash-strapped_national_cathedral_in_washington_d-c-_mulls_selling_some_\/"},"modified":"2010-06-09T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T14:00:26","slug":"the_cash-strapped_national_cathedral_in_washington_d-c-_mulls_selling_some_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=20230","title":{"rendered":"The cash-strapped National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., mulls selling some rare holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facing a reduced budget and a third round of layoffs, officials at Washington National Cathedral are considering disposing of priceless treasures &#8212; including a trove of rare books &#8212; that are no longer considered part of its central mission.<\/p>\n<p>The cathedral has begun tentative talks with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., as it reorients itself as an Episcopal congregation, tourist landmark and promoter of interfaith dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>The cathedral&#8217;s rare book library, which dates to 1964, can no longer be considered a &#8220;core function&#8221; in the current economic climate, said Kathleen Cox, the cathedral&#8217;s chief operating officer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lifestyle\/95805459.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing a reduced budget and a third round of layoffs, officials at Washington National Cathedral are considering disposing of priceless treasures &#8212; including a trove of rare books &#8212; that are no longer considered part of its central mission. The<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=20230\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,48,40,149,66,184,441,380,596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-economics-politics","category-economy","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-parish-ministry","category-stewardship","category-tec-parishes","category-the-credit-freeze-crisis-of-fall-2008the-recession-of-2007"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}