Archive for September, 2020
“Virtual Healing… What?” by Rosemary Dellinger
St. Paul’s is known for so many wonderful worship elements. Beautiful music, welcoming ministry, fresh baked bread at Eucharist, resounding liturgy and healing prayer each and every Sunday… outside of a pandemic. But worship in the time of COVID looks and feels very different. The clergy and staff at St Paul’s have striven to reinvent […]
Continue Reading“Love Our Neighbor” by Bob Giolitto
From the gospel of Mark: “Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even […]
Continue ReadingA new journey for Steve McCay
Dear St. Paul’s parish community, It is with a sad but grateful heart that I write to say that Steve McCay, our beloved and longtime facilities manager, parishioner, and friend, will be relocating to Massachusetts later this fall. Steve and his husband, Luke, will be settling full-time in their home in Provincetown, where they have […]
Continue Reading“Volunteering in the Classroom” by Sarah Johnson
September means back to school, and several St. Paul’s parishioners have returned to the classroom for some years now. We work with students who have recently immigrated to Norwalk from Latin America, many with horrific stories of family members they left behind and their own journeys to Norwalk. Most of these students know little English […]
Continue Reading“Beginnings” by Brian McGunagle | September 2, 2020
We got some much needed outside time together today. The stillness, the sounds of a babbling brook, nature is awake all around us. If you strain to listen, you can hear the leaves growing, the roots stretching and the tree frogs croaking. There is hope to be found in the middle of the woods. There […]
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