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Kenneth and Linda Carder find grace amid memory loss

Some residents of the Bethany memory care unit can’t remember their loved ones’ names, much less the unit chaplain’s. But when Kenneth Carder preaches, they lean in.

“He really captivates them in those worship services,” said Rene Driggers, director of memory support for the Heritage at Lowman, the senior community near Columbia, South Carolina, that includes Bethany. “They listen. They sing. They do a lot of things they haven’t done in a long time.”

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Duncan Gray Jr., Episcopal civil rights leader, dies at 89

Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr., an Episcopal priest who took risky stands for integration and endured a beating for the cause, died at age 89 at his home in Jackson on July 15, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.

He was a parish pastor from 1953 to 1974, and then Epis­copal bishop of Mis­sissippi until 1993, the diocese reported.

In addition to backing integration, Gray supported wo­men in ordained ministry and worked for gender equality among laypeople serving on vestries and committees, according to the diocese.

Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes first U.S. Olympian wearing a hijab

Ibtihaj Muhammad, a 30-year-old fencer, made history in Rio de Janeiro as the first U.S. Olympian to compete in a hijab.

Muhammad, who made Time magazine’s 2016 list of the world’s 100 most influential people, was a member of the 2014 world champion fencing team. At Rio, she was eliminated in her second bout in the women’s sabre tournament on August 8.

Growing up in New Jersey, she was often harassed for wearing sweatpants and long-sleeved shirts beneath her volleyball, track, and tennis uniforms.