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Veneration of the Cross, Good Friday
2007.
Image: Maria
Plati
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Holy Week at the
Cathedral
Holy Week at the Cathedral
Church of St. Paul in Boston offers many
opportunities for worship, prayer, reflection and
celebration. Highlights include:
A Holy Tuesday
Eucharist with Blessing of Holy Oils. Bishop M. Thomas
Shaw, SSJE will preside. This service includes a
blessing of those active in healing ministries; health
care practitioners are especially encouraged to attend
and all participants will be invited to lay hands on the
bishops and pray for their ministries. Tuesday, March 18 at 12
p.m.
Episcopal City Mission has organized
a workshop to discuss ways to improve the existing CORI
(Criminal Offender Record Information) system. Lunch
available for $5; RSVP for the workshop with or without
lunch at 617-482-4826 ext. 687, or e-mail Suzette
Phillips at shp@diomass.org. Follows the Holy Tuesday
service.
Good Friday Liturgy, with Bishop
Shaw presiding and the cathedral clergy preaching, and a
new choral setting of "The Passion According to St.
John." Friday, March
21, 12-2 p.m.
If you are looking for an
exciting new experience, "Rise Up!" is a Hip Hop Vigil
of Easter which will feature chant, spirituals, the
blues and hip hop. Saturday, March 22 at 7
p.m.
Easter Day: Festival Eucharist, with
Bishop Bud Cederholm preaching. Sunday, March 23 at 10
a.m.
See the
full Holy Week schedule
here>>
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Marcus Borg: Can't make it to
the event? Watch the webcast
The
diocesan spring event with Marcus Borg (Saturday, March
15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) promises to be a thought-provoking
opportunity to join with others to reflect on Jesus'
life and work and what it means for us today.
If
you aren't able to join us in person, the event will be
webcast live, available from the front page diomass.org. Viewing the webcast requires
Adobe Flash Player (get it
here). If you can view the videos on
this website, you should be able to receive the
webcast.
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It's not to soon to sign up for
summer!
 Tired of sloshing through March's
slush and bluster? Take heart! While many of
us can only dream of summer, the folk at the Barbara C.
Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H.,
are actively working on it.
Summer camp
registration is now open, with specialty art, horseback
riding and mountain adventure programs added to the
schedule of traditional week-long and day camp sessions
that run between June 29 and Aug. 9. Plus,
families of all shapes and sizes will head to camp June
27-29 for the diocesan Family Weekend Experience, while
young singers will gather to make music and new friends
at Choir Camp (now in its 16th year!) Aug.
3-9.
With a reputation for outstanding staff,
excellent facilities and a fun, challenging program, the
camp offers numerous opportunities for young people to
experience summer camp at its best.
Learn
more>>
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Climate change update: two bills
to go before State
Legislature
Bishop Bud Cederholm is
working with the Massachusetts Interfaith Climate Action
Network (MICAN) to get legislation passed in
Massachusetts to fight global warming. "Our sacred
scriptures call us to serve and protect what God has
created, " Cederholm said when asked why he has
committed himself to this cause.
As Earth Day
(April 22) approaches, two bills, S. 534 and H. 4373/ S.
2457, are before the State Legislature that promote a
transition to safe, clean and renewable energy in the
Commonwealth, with a focus on high energy efficiency in
all sectors of the economy.
Read
more>>
Cederholm is encouraging all to
join him in supporting these bills by signing the
"Interfaith Pledge for Climate Action." The pledge
is available for download at the MICAN website, mican1.wordpress.com. Signed
pledges should be mailed to: Massachusetts Interfaith
Climate Action Network, c/o The Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts, 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
02111.
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"One LED if by
land?"
 Historic Old North
Church is going high tech; strips of light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) are replacing the less efficient
incandescent lights in the sanctuary.
These
follow a replacement two years ago of the incandescent
lamps in the tower by modern compact fluorescent
bulbs.
Read more
in the Boston
Globe>>
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"Lessons in Leadership from the
Early Church"
St.
Stephen's Church in Lynn invites individuals and
church teams to gather for a day of reflection, prayer
and conversation about leadership. As a prelude to
his soon-to-be-published book, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw,
SSJE will offer three meditations on leadership issues
inspired by his study of the New Testament and by the
life of the diocese. The leadership retreat takes
place on Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Registration information >>
Money raised over the cost of the program
will support the Building a New America (BANA) Fellows
from St.
Stephen's Church in Lynn, La Iglesia
de Gracia in Salem and St.
Andrew's Church in Marblehead. The BANA
Fellows are teens from those communities who have been
meeting since July to learn about and address race and
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Coming up
March
15: Sharing
Jesus, diocesan spring learning event with guest
speaker Marcus Borg, Boston University, 9 a.m.-1
p.m.
March
15: New England Interfaith Regional Peace
Vigil, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, 1-3
p.m.
March
16: Palestrina Mass for Lent, Emmanuel Church,
Boston, 10 a.m.
March 19
& 26: Evening Interlude concert series,
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston, 5:30
p.m.
March
21: "Meditations on the Passion and Death of
Our Lord Jesus Christ" cantata, St. Andrew's Church,
Marblehead, 7 and 8:30 p.m.
March
26: Radical Welcome Circle, Cathedral Church
of St. Paul, Boston, 6:30 p.m.
March
29: Centennial Celebration Gospel Concert
featuring Boston Community Choir, St. Bartholomew's
Church, Cambridge, 4 p.m.
March
30: MagnificatBoston sings Evensong, Church of
St. John the Evangelist, Duxbury, 4 p.m.
April
1: Refreshment Day, Bethany House of Prayer,
Arlington, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
April
1: "Sacred Spaces: The Gardens and
Grounds of Washington National Cathedral" with grounds
director Joe Luebke, St. Paul's Church, Dedham, 10:30
p.m.
April
2: Noon Concert Series features "Music for a
while" early music quartet, Cathedral Church of St.
Paul, Boston, 12:15 p.m.
April
5: Parish Business Practices Workshop, St.
Paul's Church, Newton Highlands, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
April
5: Deanery Confirmation services in Boston,
Framingham, Lowell, Orleans and Quincy
April
5: Second Art Show, Church of the Holy Spirit,
Orleans, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
April
6: Choral Evensong, Christ Church, Cambridge,
4 p.m.
April
12: Leadership Retreat with Bishop Shaw, St.
Stephen's Church, Lynn, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
April
12: Parish Business Practices Workshop, St.
Mary's Church, Barnstable, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
April
12: Neponset River Deanery Confirmation
service, St. Paul's Church, Dedham, 10
a.m.
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