Religion: Spiritual Foundations

Over his purple-sashed cassock and heavy gold pectoral cross, Episcopal Bishop James Pernette De Wolfe of Long Island tied a white apron. Over his purple-edged skullcap he put a chef's white hat. In the spacious grounds of his cathedral at suburban Garden City, the bishop was chief cook (but not bottle-washer) at a clambake last week for the Episcopal Actors' Guild.

Afterwards, the bishop led the party to the Cathedral House, where 1,200 clergy and laity of the diocese had gathered to watch a radio recording of Dark Victory, with Celeste Holm, and Walter Abel playing the leads and Walter Hampden as...

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