December 2017
Ending Homelessness: What Successful Communities Do Differently
A Faith That Does Justice (AFTDJ) is pleased to welcome Rosanne Haggerty and Rev. J. Bryan Hehir to our second Community Meeting. Both MacArthur Foundation Fellows, Ms. Haggerty and Fr. Hehir have decades of experience in the public sector, combining their passions for addressing social issues with unique strategies to unify communities. Fr. Hehir will interview Ms. Haggerty as she describes what successful communities do differently to end homelessness. Together, they will discuss the challenges related to homelessness in the…
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Racism: An Ongoing Dilemma
Racism: An Ongoing Dilemma A Symposium with Journalists from The Boston Globe Spotlight Team A Faith That Does Justice is pleased to welcome journalists from The Boston Globe Spotlight Team as panelists at its March Community Meeting. In December 2017, in a 7-part series, the Spotlight Team took on the dilemma of Racism, looking into how much the city of Boston’s national reputation as a place that’s unwelcoming to blacks is based on current reality. Akilah Johnson Lizbeth Kowalczyk Patricia Wen …
Find out more »April 2018
Racism: An Ongoing Dilemma
A Symposium with Journalists from The Boston Globe Spotlight Team A Faith That Does Justice is pleased to welcome journalists from The Boston Globe Spotlight Team as panelists at its next Community Meeting. In a 7-part series, the Spotlight Team took on the dilemma of Racism, looking into how much the city of Boston’s national reputation as a place that’s unwelcoming to blacks is based on current reality. A Faith That Does Justice is joined by three key members of the Spotlight Team: Akilah Johnson, a significant contributor…
Find out more »June 2018
Social Justice, Solidarity and Women in the Workplace
A Faith That Does Justice invites you to its fourth Community Meeting. The featured topic, Social Justice, Solidarity and Women in the Workplace, will consider important social justice issues affecting women in the workplace, such as: -What questions we should ask ourselves about social justice in the workplace, from the #MeToo movement, to sharing power, to equal pay. -What changes people can make in their own lives for better workplace solidarity. -What voices are missing from our conversations about work,…
Find out more »September 2018
Faith-Rooted Organizing Workshop
On September 15th, Episcopal City Mission is hosting a Faith Rooted Organizing workshop for individuals and groups from congregations. This day-long training and community building will help you develop the skills, spiritual grounding and strategies for your community to respond to injustice. In this urgent moment when the effects of racism are impacting our immigration and mass incarceration systems and we experience regular threats to civil liberties, we invite you to join us for prayer, community building, and action to…
Find out more »January 2019
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Anchor Prayer Service
Join together with Christians throughout Boston for the anchor worship service during the 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, hosted by downtown area congregations. This year's theme is “Justice, Only Justice, You Shall Pursue,” (Deuteronomy 16:20) and this prayer service will focus attention on how we can contribute to acts of unity, justice and mercy in our personal lives and within our communities. Let's stand together in prayer in the midst of our divisions, witnessing to God's work of…
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Lenten Preaching Series
Thursdays in Lent, Worship Service 12:00 to 1:30 pm Join us for the Lenten Preaching Series at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Thursdays in Lent, Worship Service 12:00 to 12:30 pm, with light lunch and conversation with the preacher following. Bring your own brown bag lunch or partake of the light lunch provided. Theme: What is Truth? Pilate's question to Jesus, "What is Truth?" (Jn. 18:38) resonates through the ages, as each of us stands before God wrestling with questions of meaning and identity. In our time, the idea of truth…
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Ministry Opportunity Over the Holidays
MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now and Always) is a ministry of and with the homeless community in downtown Boston. Through MANNA, we seek not only to welcome folks across differences of class, wealth, culture, race and mental ability, but also to empower all people to claim their place as essential members of our community. All through this pandemic, the MANNA team at the cathedral has been providing respite, bathroom use, water and food, and supportive community for unhoused neighbors on…
Find out more »January 2023
Christian Unity Prayer Gathering: Do Good, Seek Justice
Please join us to pray and live our unity as Christians so as to confront the evils and injustices of our time, on zoom or through the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Youtube Channel Livestream. We will be using the worldwide prayer template around the theme "Do Good, Seek Justice" that Christians throughout the world will be using this week. Rev. Edwin Johnson, Director of Organizing at Episcopal City Mission will be preaching, and we will hear stories testifying to…
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