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Plans to restore Robbins Memorial Garden unveiled
The Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden isn’t what it used to be. The main reflecting pool and water feature have fallen into disrepair and now the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens, the Arlington Historical Commission and the Town of Arlington are banding together to restore the garden to its previous beauty.
About 30 people gathered at the Robbins Library on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 30 to learn about restoration plans for the garden’s water features. The event included a presentation on the...
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Respect Life Mass celebrated at Seaport Shrine
SOUTH BOSTON -- About 250 people of all ages gathered for the archdiocese's Respect Life Mass at Our Lady of Good Voyage Shrine on Oct. 1.
"You are a unique, unrepeatable, masterpiece," said Father Matt Williams, the celebrant of the Mass, in his homily. "And that is true about every person, born and unborn, in the world today."
The pews overflowed with congregants, with many lining the walls and sitting in the choir loft. The Respect Life Mass kicked off the U.S. Bishops' 2017-18 Respect Lif...
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Middle schoolers gather for Created for Love Rally
BOSTON -- Over 1,000 eighth grade students from Catholic schools in the archdiocese gathered to hear chastity and pro-life speakers at the Created for Love Rally at Boston College High School on Oct. 23.
The rally was part of the Created for Love curriculum, which is a moral theology program mandated by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley for grades six-eight in all Catholic schools and parish religious education programs. As the first group of students to complete the three year curriculum, all eighth...
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Hundreds march for life on Boston Common
BOSTON -- Hundreds of pro-life supporters stopped traffic around the Boston Common as they marched, sang, and prayed during the 2017 Massachusetts March for Life on Oct. 1.
Hosted by Massachusetts Citizens for Life, the event began at 1 p.m. with a rally at the Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common. The rally included live praise and worship music and a series of pro-life speakers.
"We are not marching for blobs of tissue, we are marching for people with beating hearts," said Helen Cross, editor...
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Altar servers honored for service
WALTHAM -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley honored altar servers in the Archdiocese of Boston at a special appreciation Mass at St. Mary Church in Waltham on Oct. 21.
Servers and their families from over 30 parishes filled the pews to celebrate with the cardinal, who blessed the servers and gave them each a certificate of thanks.
"Real happiness, real success, comes from a life of service," Cardinal O'Malley said in his homily. "As Jesus' disciples, our vocation is one of service."
On behalf of the...
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Syria: A Conflict Explored, at the Imperial War Museum
Syria: A Conflict Explored, at the Imperial War Museum
