We are A House of Prayer for All God's People.
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Our Sunday congregation welcomes you to beautiful worship and life-giving fellowship. Our motto is “When in doubt, we choose love.” Join us Sundays @ 10a!
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The Crossing is our grassroots, justice-focused, do-it-yourself church community of hipsters, heretics, homeless, and other unlikely pilgrims. Join us
Thursdays, dinner @ 6p & worship @7p.
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MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now and Always) is a ministry of and with the homeless community in downtown Boston. We need each other. And this is why we gather each week to serve, to pray, and to create together. Join MANNA throughout the week for any number of our programs!
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Our Episcopal Boston Chinese Ministry (EBCM) serves the Chinese-speaking community in Downtown Boston, hosting both traditional and contemporary worship services in Mandarin and Cantonese. We invite you to join us on Sundays @12:30p.
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Devastated by the news of the fire that so deeply damaged Notre Dame Cathedral, I wondered how we, as fellow cathedral, could respond. Tuesday morning before leaving the house, I texted to ask whether cathedral volunteer Jayne Eisen might have time to make a large card we could sign and send to the dean and people of Notre Dame. By the time the clergy of the diocese were arriving for the Holy Tuesday service, Jayne had created a beautiful poster and a plan through which the signatures and notes would end up forming the French flag. As you can see from the photo, it is a beautiful expression of care and hope. It is a Holy Saturday card.
We live in a world where roofs burn. Spires collapse. Harm is done. The promise of the Resurrection is not that these wounds and losses will go away, but that God is present to it, experiences these wounds and losses, and will not let them be the end. There is more: There is a holy mending and more coming than we can ask or imagine. But on the way to that Resurrection, there is Holy Saturday. All who have experienced trauma, displacement, or shipwreck know this place.
I cling to the mystery and truth of the Resurrection and am so thankful for the yearly Holy Week journey through the story that leads to it. I invite you to take in the whole journey – including our Holy Saturday service at 9 am on Saturday – and to prepare for God’s holy next, for Notre Dame, for you, and for our world.
Christ's peace to you,
Amy
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Our Cathedral at a Glance...
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Sunday Morning Congregation
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The preacher this Sunday is
The Very Rev.
Amy E. McCreath
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Missed the latest Sermon?
Here you go!
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A call for people who are coming on Easter Day to consider bringing a salad, veggies, or desert to share after the service. Email Kevin Vetiac (
kvetiac@diomass.org
) to sign up.
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Thank you to Martin and Blair Schmieg of St. Michael’s, Marblehead, for making possible the renovation of the lobby and 1
st
floor at 138 Tremont St. Blair even reupholstered the chairs!”
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Holy Week
Maundy Thursday (4/18) - 6 pm
Agape Meal, followed by foot washing and stripping of the altar.
Good Friday (4/19)
8:30 am - Sung Morning Prayer with homily and Veneration of the Cross - Dean Amy McCreath presiding
Noon - Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday with Veneration of the Cross - Bishop Alan Gates, preaching and presiding
6:00 pm - Stations of the Cross
Holy Saturday (4/20) - 9:00 am
Contemplative Holy Saturday Service (from the Book of Common Prayer) - The Rev. Jennifer McCracken presiding, Dean Amy McCreath, preaching
10 am - noon - Polishing Party: Help shine the silver and brass and prepare the sanctuary for Easter joy. Coffee and hot cross buns provided!
Easter Vigil (4/20) - 7:00 pm
Hosted by the Crossing. Bishop Alan Gates, presiding.
Easter Day Festive Eucharist (4/21) - 10:00 am
Bishop Barbara Harris, presiding, Dean Amy McCreath, preaching.
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You are invited to Old West Church’s Community Open House!
There will be organ music, the telling of histories, tours of the building, and engagement in the food forest! All of which we hope you will come and participate in, joining us in what it means to be a part of the OWC community, now and in the future!
Light refreshments will be served.
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Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry to visit Massachusetts
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Fri, 04/26/2019 - Mon, 04/29/201
Everyone is invited!
Come gather with Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry and be inspired, challenged and blessed as he proclaims the transforming power of walking the “Way of Love” with Jesus.
In addition to several ministry visits and meetings with designated groups that Bishop Curry will be making around the diocese over the course of the weekend, there will be public gatherings with him on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 to which all are welcome.
If you would like to help provide hospitality for his time at the cathedral and on Boston Common, please contact Kevin Vetiac.
Details and updates about Bishop Curry’s visit can be found online
here
.
Click
here
for the Facebook event.
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Episcopal City Mission
Annual Gathering
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6.11.2019 | 5:30p-8:30p
Come to the Episcopal City Mission Annual Gathering on June 11. Click
here
for more details!
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THE RAIN
I think the rain means God is letting me know I screwed up yesterday. It’s also trying to send me home to Framingham.
Would probably not be here without the rain – I love to be outside. It can be nice to sleep on rainy days. It is getting cold awfully fast after a Hot Summer. Hoping for an easy winter.
Recently got a room in Framingham, trying not to lose it. I still miss Boston, Framingham can be boring to me. My mom lives in Framingham, too, which can be a blessing and a curse.
But I was there a lot recently and really needed a day off, so it was nice to be out last night.
by Andrew
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To stay up-to-date on what's happening in DioMass:
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Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
This week we pray for
Church of the Good Shepherd, Acton
St. Andrew’s Church, Ayer
Trinity Church, Concord
St. Andrew’s Church, Framingham
Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society
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