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2009

• Church of the Holy Name

  Church of the Holy Name, Swampscott, Mass., organized in 1891, celebrates its patronal feast January 1.

  Posted on December 29, 2009

• Archbishop at Christmas

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preached Christmas Eve at Canterbury Cathedral. (ACNS photo)

  Posted on December 28, 2009

• Christmas

  O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

  Posted on December 25, 2009

• Truro Cathedral

  IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER: The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, popularized in the last century by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, originated at Cornwall’s Truro Cathedral (above) on Christmas Eve in 1880.

  Posted on December 22, 2009

• St. Thomas

  ST. THOMAS: "Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting in your sight..." (From the collect for the Feast of St. Thomas, Dec. 21)

  Posted on December 21, 2009

• Fourth Sunday Advent

  ADVENT 4: "Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen."

  Posted on December 19, 2009

• O Sapientia

  O RADIX JESSE: O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.

  Posted on December 16, 2009

• Bishop Elect in Upper South Carolina

  The Rev. W. Andrew Waldo was elected as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina on Dec. 12. He has been rector of Trinity Church, Excelsior, Minn., since 1994.

  Posted on December 14, 2009

• Christ Church Little Rock

  LESSONS & CAROLS: Christ Church, Little Rock, Ark., is one of a number of Episcopal churches around the country that will be celebrating a service of Advent Lessons and Carols this Sunday.

  Posted on December 10, 2009

• LA Bishops

  Los Angeles’ three bishops join with the diocese’s two new bishops-elect following diocesan convention Dec. 5. From left: Bishop Suffragan Chester Talton, Bishop-elect Mary Douglas Glasspool, Bishop J. Jon Bruno, Bishop-elect Diane Jardine Bruce, and Bishop Assistant Sergio Carranza. (Don Anderson photo).

  Posted on December 8, 2009

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