Bishop Shaw visits St. Paul's Church in Brockton

Bishop Shaw tours the neighborhood with the Rev. Jacqueline Schmitt (l); Bishop Shaw talks with St. Paul's Table guests (r).Bishop Shaw tours the neighborhood with the Rev. Jacqueline Schmitt (l); Bishop Shaw talks with St. Paul's Table guests (r).
Image: Maria Plati
As part of a visit to Brockton to bless the renovated worship space at St. Paul's Church, Bishop Tom Shaw took a walking tour of the church neighborhood with Vicar Jacqueline Schmitt and talked with beneficiaries of St. Paul's Table, the church's active soup kitchen. While continuing to discern its future after an en masse departure of some of its members, the parish is planning a hospitality center for people trying to move out of homelessness.