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...brass cross is stolen from the altar of a small Episcopal church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The theft makes the papers and gives the rector, Father Thomas Pemberton, his 15 minutes of fame. Eventually, it turns up in an odd place: the roof of the Synagogue of Evolutionary Judaism on the Upper West Side. How did it get there...
...that abstinence-only programs be taught in all their schools. The programs vary widely, but the federal funds require that children be taught the "harmful psychological and physical effects" of premarital sex. Contraceptives, if mentioned at all, must be cast as unreliable in preventing pregnancy and disease. Explains Robert Rector, a senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, who helped draft the original legislation: "The programs simply tell them the more sex they have outside of marriage, the less will be their prospects for human happiness...
...Paul's Society will give a reception to the churchmen of the University this evening at eight o'clock in the Phillips Brooks House. Informal addresses will be given by the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts; Rev. Edward L. Atkinson, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Boston, and Rev. William G. Thayer, Head Master of St. Mark's School, Southboro. All churchmen in the University are invited to be present...
Over the summer, the Rev.Wendel W. Myer, Austin's predecessor, decided to accept the position of rector at St. John's Church in Beverly Farms, Hall said...
...Copley Square, Boston; Sunday services at 11 a.m.). At Trinity, church-time really isn't all about praying. It's about the acoustics. Drop in on the organ recitals every Friday at 12:15 p.m. Music has been an important part of Trinity Church Boston ever since its 9th rector, Phillip Brooks, wrote the song "O little town of Bethlehem." Sunday services feature inspiring choral singing. Show up early for a seat. At the Emmanuel Episcopal Church (15 Newbury St.: T: Arlington; 10 a.m.) every Sunday service features a full Bach cantata...