Cardinal O’Malley Statement: “It is peace we need in our nation today, united by the common good of our people…”

Cardinal O’Malley Statement: “It is peace we need in our nation today, united by the common good of our people…”

The beginning of the Prayer of St. Francis is familiar to most of us: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.”  And it is peace we need in our nation today, united by the common good of our people. The violence witnessed in our nation’s capital yesterday serves only to inflame our divisions and pit citizen against citizen at a time we need to be united. We reject all forms of violence including the acts of those who stormed our Capitol…

Wednesday, December 30 at Noon: Ringing of the Bells for Lives Lost to Covid

Wednesday, December 30 at Noon: Ringing of the Bells for Lives Lost to Covid

The Archdiocese of Boston will join the Archdiocese of New York, and others around the country, in ringing their church bells on Wednesday, December 30 at 12 noon to remember and honor the more than 330,000 lives lost to COVID-19 this year in the United States. Our Collaborative will join in this effort by live streaming the ringing of bells from St. John Church.  We invite everyone to take a moment at noon, whether in person or via the live stream here on our website, to listen and participate with us. (Unfortunately, the bells at St. Paul Church cannot be rung until repairs have been completed.)