On November 13, I returned to St. Paul's Chapel to catch another glimpse of the continuing ministry there. The port-a-potties that stood in front of the church are gone and the wrought iron walls of the churchyard are covered with the now-familiar posters, messages, and photographs, with fresh flowers hanging in bunches here and there.
17 December 2001
The Right Reverend George E Packard, Bishop for the Armed Services, Healthcare and Prison Ministries, Episcopal Church New York, presented the Pope with a New York Fire Department Pin at the request of the fire-fighters.
21 November 2001
Holy Abba, In a world filled with chaos and hatred, we beg you to send peace and unity.
21 November 2001
The Primate of ECUSA, The Most Revd. Frank Griswold led nearly 200 Anglicans to see the Pope.
21 November 2001
Over 20 years ago, as a young priest, Frank T. Griswold was sent to a diocesan gathering of Cursillo, which describes itself as "a movement for strengthening adult leadership in the church" by teaching a "method to help live out the baptismal covenant" through "a set of principles for Christian living-- piety, study and apostolic action."
21 November 2001
O God, your passionate Word to our warring and divided world is Jesus who, arms stretched upon a cross, breaks down all walls of division and hostility and holds all people and all creation in a fierce embrace of unyielding and unconquerable love.
15 November 2001
The Right Reverend Gregory Venables was elected and installed as the fourth presiding bishop of the seven dioceses that form the Province of the Southern Cone of America of the Anglican Communion on November 7.
14 November 2001
Prepared for the Wayne E. Oates Institute for their website discussion of spirituality
14 November 2001
In a sermon heard recently the preacher shared a story reported in the New York Times. A father was trying to come to terms with the meaning of the warring madness that came to New York City, Washington, D.C., the rural countryside in Pennsylvania, and to our whole country.
14 November 2001
Representatives of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the Jewish Community Relations Council met today at the offices of the diocese at 138 Tremont Street, Boston. The meeting followed the participation of the Episcopal Bishops M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Barbara C. Harris, and Roy F. Cederholm, Jr., in a demonstration before the Israeli consulate in Boston.
13 November 2001