Videotaped worship services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day are offered here as a diocesan resource for congregations which do not have live-streaming capability and as a complement to the offerings of those that do. The videos also will be available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/diomass and YouTube at www.youtube.com/ediomass.
Easter Day, April 12, 2020, from the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.
The sermon is preached by the Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Find the order of service here. The text of Bishop Gates's sermon is here.
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Good Friday, April 10, 2020, from the Convent Chapel of the Society of St. Margaret in Duxbury.
The sermon is preached by the Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts. In observance of safe gathering and distancing protocols, Bishop Harris's sermon was filmed separately at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.
Find the order of service here.
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Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020, from the Monastery Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge.
The sermon is preached by Brother James Koester, SSJE. The order of service and sermon text are attached below.
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Physical proximity in the course of this service reflects the brothers' status as a closed community during this time of pandemic.
