St. Peter's Church

As an Episcopal parish, St. Peter's is part of its own "world wide web" - the Anglican Communion - which includes the Episcopal Church of the United States as well as churches in more than 160 other countries around the globe. Located on every continent, Anglicans speak many languages and come from different races and cultures. Although the churches are autonomous, they are uniquely unified through their history, their theology, their worship and their relationship to the ancient See of Canterbury.

The rich tapestry that makes up the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion is well represented on the Internet. We have included on this page links to just a few of the sites that may be of interest to current members of St. Peter's and to those who are interested in finding out more about the Episcopal Church.

• The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts [http://www.diomass.org]
• The Episcopal Church USA [http://www.episcopalchurch.org]
• The Anglican Communion [http://www.anglicancommunion.org]

Please see the Rialto Arts website www.rialtoarts.org to see the concert listing of performances happening in the sanctuary of St. Peter's from October through April.

Basic information about the Episcopal and Anglican Churches may be found at http://www.epsicopalchurch.org/welcome and http://www.anglicansonline.org/basics

St. Peter's carries a number of useful publications about the Episcopal Church which are provided free of charge and are available near the front and back doors of the church. Newcomers might be interested in reading Discovering the Episcopal Church by Charles W.F. Smith and The Episcopal Church: A Faith for Thinking People by Paul B. Roberts.

Other publications of interest are available through:
• Cowley Publications [http://www.cowley.org], the publishing ministry of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist.
• Cathedral Crossing Book Store [http://www.cathedralcrossing.com], located in downtown Boston.
• The Episcopal Book/Resource Center Online [http://www.dxmarket.com/ebr].
• Episcopal Parish Services [http://www.episcopalparishservices.org].
• Church Publishing Bookstore [http://www.churchpublishing.org].

Worship is at the very heart of the Episcopal Church, and its great uniting text is The Book of Common Prayer. In its various revisions and translations, The Book of Common Prayer is used throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Originally written more than 450 years ago, and updated from time to time over the years, The Book of Common Prayer is loved for its beautiful language and is truly one of the greatest treasures of the Episcopal Church. A fascinating website about The Book of Common Prayer may be visited at [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/bcp.htm]. This site contains the text of the various revisions going back to 1549 as well as the many versions currently in use around the world.

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