The dean has worked closely with students on the Johns Hopkins campus and has served on many occasions as chaplain at Hopkins graduations and Founders Day observances. Symbolic of his deep interest and concern for the wider community in which the cathedral is situated. he played a leading role in the formation of the Greater Homewood Corp.. a community service organization sponsoring. among many other programs. an outreach program for senior citizens in the area. Responding to the problems of refugee families. the cathedral. under Dean Peabodys leadership. helped both to sponsor Laotian families and to provide a support network for any church in the Baltimore area working on refugee resettlement and received communitywide recognition for this important work. Throughout his ministry. Dean John Peabody has also been widely recognized for his work for interfaith and interracial understanding and for world peace.