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Weekly updates from the Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens, Dean of Trinity Cathedral.
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A Cathedral in Time
This past week has been one of the few “slow” times at the cathedral that I can remember, as so many staff members and congregational folks were away or simply taking advantage of the long July 4 th weekend. Though Trinity might sometimes s...
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A Message from Dean Owens: Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
Years ago, I visited Harvard’s campus to consider attending divinity school there. I remember walking through the quad filled with stately centuries-old buildings, anchoring an elite institution where so many had gained (or been given) access t...
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All People, Created Equal
Each year our nation celebrates Independence Day to mark the signing of a document in 1776 that many regard as the day when our country was born. It was a moment of idealism and struggle and an assertion of a polity based not upon tribe or cultur...
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A Legacy of Pride
Trinity is more than two centuries old, and one of our foundational stories goes back just over a generation, to the mid-1980’s. At the time PFLAG, a community of parents, families, and allies of LGBTQ+ folk, was looking for a church that coul...
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A Fond Farewell
One gift of being an Episcopal church is that we are not a single congregation (or cathedral) located in one place, but rather, each congregation or ministry is an expression of a wider diocese. We are richly blessed to share in a ministry that s...
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More Faithful, Healthy and Effective
Congregational development is at the heart of what ministry leaders do. I am grateful that our vestry and staff and mission team leaders are constantly doing the work of prayerful discernment around how Trinity Cathedral, as a worshipping congreg...
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An End to Gun Violence
We can end gun violence.
Each year 43,000 Americans are shot and killed. More than 75,000 more are wounded. Though shootings happen every day, it seems that every few weeks we are jolted awake once again by a new level of horror, be it a schoo...
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Many Voices, One Faith
When the Holy Spirit came down upon the apostles and the church was born, in tongues of flame and words in many languages, the first followers of Jesus learned something about what the body of Christ was supposed to look and sound like. The churc...
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From Affirmation to Invitation
You can imagine how good I felt when Kimayo, a musician and artist from New Hampshire, told me why she wanted to perform at Trinity Cathedral. She said, “I want to be there because Trinity is clearly a sacred place for all people.” She wanted...
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From Death to Life
This week began with the news of yet another mass shooting. Nine dead in a Dallas, Texas suburb, a shocking figure when one considers how many broken hearts, how many lives cut short, the losses to family and community, the bloody emergency rooms...
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The Trinity Weekly e-newsletter
November 23, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving
November 16, 2023 - Marion-Sterling Thanksgiving Drive Ends
November 9, 2023 - Christmas Giving Tree Begins
November 2, 2023 - Feed Neighbors in Need
October 26, 2023 - Reintroducing the Dean's Forum
October 19, 2023 - RSVP: Harvest Dinner Oct. 28
October 12, 2023 - The Rev. Becca Stevens and Thistle …
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