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Nov. 7, 2024 Beloved of God in Massachusetts, In the deluge of emotions and words after Tuesday’s election, it was a challenge to find more which might add meaning yesterday. Perhaps those of you pastoring congregations, schools, and other communities, church or otherwise, felt the same way…

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Cuando Jesús entró en Jerusalén en medio de palmas y gritos de alabanza, los romanos y los líderes religiosos del momento se mostraron temerosos. En los 150 años anteriores, el pueblo de Jerusalén había tenido tales procesiones sólo dos veces en un lapso de 20 años. Los macabeos habían llevado las…
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EspañolWhen Jesus entered Jerusalem amidst waving of palms and shouts of praise, the Roman and religious leaders of the day were fearful.  In the prior 150 years, the people in Jerusalem had had such processions just twice, in a span of 20 years…
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Artist's rendering of proposed pediment sculpture Following a national search and selection process involving members of the wider diocese and experts in contemporary art and sculpture, Philadelphia artist Donald Lipski has been chosen to complete the pediment of the Cathedral…
Parish News
"I Am Lynn," a film made in 2010 as a youth project by Oasis Film Institute at St. Stephen's Church in Lynn, finished fourth out of 30 entries in the Salem Youth Film Festival, where the top 10 films were shown.  The filmmakers (pictured) were…
Parish News
It started in the summer of 2008 when a busload of incoming fifth-grade girls from Esperanza Academy in Lawrence arrived at St. Peter's Church-on-the-Canal in Buzzards Bay for a visit.  The church's Mary and Marthas Women's Group (th e M&M's) took…
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The Church of St. Luke/San Lucas (201 Washington Avenue) in Chelsea, at the request of the El Salvadoran Consulate in Boston, will host the consulate's official commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero on…