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Palm Sunday marchers in Melbourne, Australia support refugees
Easter paintings in Welsh shops offer opportunity to learn more about Christianity
RIP: The Very Rev. Sandye Wilson, cathedral dean and Church Pension Fund trustee
Episcopal churches prepare for traditional surge in attendance for Holy Week, Easter
Christian World Communions share joint Easter message
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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice:

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A bright yellow, daffodil cross stood outside the front door to Ascension Memorial Church on 31 County Road for almost two weeks not only to commemorate Easter, but also to offer all a symbol of hope. The cross for Christians, of course, symbolizes Jesus, his suffering and his resurrection, but…
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April 17, 2020 Does being a Christian make a difference?  Why should I believe?  Not surprisingly in a culture concerned with both appearance and results, these are questions seeking answers.  The bottom line?  What’s in it for me?  We struggle for answers, as a defense of…
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Hingham’s faith communities are doing what they can to keep worshiping during the age of social distancing, as coronavirus disrupts Easter and Passover celebrations along with most other aspects of church and temple life. While some churches and temples have canceled services because of…
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Christians across the North Shore and Cape Ann marked Easter Sunday in a variety of ways under the strictures of the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept people quarantined at home and prevented large gatherings, including church services. At St. Peter’s, the Episcopal Church in Beverly, a total…
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Churches across New England found creative ways to celebrate Easter Sunday services during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic, which has sickened over 35,000 people in New England, has forced religious institutions to rethink worshiping practices as local health officials urge people to…
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For the past 10 years, Good Friday has probably been my most intense day of the year. As an Episcopal Priest, it is an emotional day, the one day set aside for us to contend with all of humanity’s worst inclinations. To contend with betrayal and death and absence and silence. The services on this…
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This update was issued by e-mail on April 16 to clergy and leadership. April 16, 2020 Upcoming Zoom gatherings for clergy and leadership Canon to the Ordinary Bill Parnell will host Zoom conferences for clergy and wardens next week, to pray together and check in with one another about COVID-19…
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One of the core components of the Life Together fellowship program in this diocese is community, and--as with all communities during the COVID-19 pandemic--the program and its fellows are adapting to new ways of being together and being of service.

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