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The diocese’s second annual Jubilee Celebrates Africa party was just getting underway at the Church of Our Redeemer in Lexington on May 1 when the police showed up with a shut-down order.  The major water main break that for 2 1/2 days compromised the water supply for Boston and 29 other…

The Rev. Viki Pretti sprinkles holy water from her motorcycle helmet during the May 2 Blessing of the Motorcycles at All Saints’ Church in West Newbury. On Sunday, May 2, motorcyclists from as far away as Hartford, Conn., and Laconia, N.H., rode in to All Saints’ Church in West…

Members collect supplies for “Backpacks for Haiti.” The Church of St. John the Evangelist in Mansfield on May 8 took up a special collection:  backpacks filled with supplies for earthquake survivors in Haiti. “We are a small parish and probably almost everyone gave…

Sign-up is underway for summer camp at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H.—six one-week sessions, June 27-Aug. 7, billed as “the perfect mix of fun, friendship and faith formation.”  What’s new at the camp this year is the George H. Kidder Recreation Center,…

The Middle School Youth Group at St. Peter’s Church in Weston is this year’s Outstanding Community Group, according to Hearth, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending elder homelessness.  Each year Hearth recognizes outstanding volunteers who help further its mission and improve the…