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Old North Church and its Captain Jackson Chocolate Shop is featured in this "Chronicle" segment on the history of chocolate.Click the link above to view the segment.

A group based out of St. Barnabas Church has been hosting six to eight homeless people at the Falmouth Inn since Jan. 8. They hope to continue the program through the end of March but need more funding, said Alan Burt, co-founder of Homeless not Hopeless Inc., an organization that houses homeless…

Melissa McGrew balanced herself high above the floor of Old North Church, perched at the edge of slightly rocking scaffolding as she burrowed through paper-thin layers of paint and plaster to find the church’s original skin.  A good day is uncovering 7 square inches.  It’s nerve…

To mark the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Christians across the ages have flocked to churches to have their foreheads marked with ashes, a symbol of mortality and penitence. That centuries-old tradition continues today in Christian communities around the world.On Martha’s Vineyard, Father…

As a result of the civil war in Syria, more than nine million Syrians have lost their homes or fled the Middle Eastern nation; over two-thirds of them are women and children. And parishioners at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms are not standing idly by as it happens.  “The Holy…

In an effort to assist people in the community who are dealing with sadness and loss, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Dartmouth is beginning a new grief counseling center that will be called “The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing.” “We will never turn anyone away. The whole ministry of Jesus…

South Coast Episcopal priests Matthew Stewart and Jim Hornsby discuss with Temple Beth El cantor Shoshana Brown their faith perspectives on refugees and resettlement.Click on the link above to read the full story.

On Sunday, November 1, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church held a special blessing of its new solar panels, with retired bishop The Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm presiding over the festive event, occurring on All Saints’ Day.Beginning with a grand procession from the sanctuary to the rear parking lot, where the…

 The spare but beautiful interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is empty and shuttered now, the victim of declining attendance in a sparsely populated dot of Western Massachusetts.But above its worn pews Monday morning hung a five-candle chandelier that Paul Revere would have seen when he…

The Rev. James H. Hornsby will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination with a special service of Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 315 Warren Street, Fall River.  The Rev. Susan Lee, current rector of St. Luke’s Church, said with…