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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: The Story Goes On
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The contributions of the Parish Branch of the Woman’s Auxiliary have amounted to $15.17, most of which was given to St. John’s Hospital. (Source: The Rev. Walter J. Smith, Parochial Report, Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, 1892 Journal of Convention, p. 126)
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“We the undersigned residents of the town of Wilson in the Diocese of North Carolina do hereby apply to the Right Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire, Bishop of said Diocese, and request him to organize us into a mission of said Diocese in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of the same; and we do hereby…
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When celebrating her first Eucharist at The Chapel of the Cross on February 13, 1977, Pauli read from her grandmother Cornelia’s Bible, from a lectern given in memory of Cornelia’s owner, Mary Ruffin Smith. (This was also the first Eucharist celebrated by a woman in North Carolina.) In her autobiography (Song in a Weary Throat),…
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The consecration of the Church erected in this place Leaksville was prevented by the prevalence of malignant fever during the Fall, which left hardly enough well persons to attend upon the sick or to bury the dead. I found the worthy Pastor just recovering from a fearful attack, and mourning the loss of a wife…
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The Ladies Sewing Society took upon itself the plans for a Rectory in 1878 and this was completed a few months later by acquisition of an old store and the remodeling thereof. (Source: The Rev. B. T. Brodie, Rector, Trinity Church, Scotland Neck. From brief history in bulletin for Service of Consecration, April 25, 1943)
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It seems almost impossible to build up a Parish where people do not stay in a place long enough to become interested in its work. The main human factor in that upbuilding has been lost in the death of Mrs. Jas. D. Glenn. (Source: The Rev. J. D. Miller, Parochial Report, St. Andrew’s Church, Greensboro,…
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In May, 1866, the first effort towards the erection of a church at Weldon was made by the ladies of the vicinity, under the special direction of Mrs. C. J. Gee and Miss Mary A. Long, the result amounting to $376.06, which was the nucleus of the church fund here. (Source: The Rev. W. Lawton…
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In conclusion, I would record the liberality of the Female Prayer Book Society of Philadelphia, in forwarding to my care, for the benefit of the destitute, a hundred and forty Prayer Books of their beautiful edition. Our thanks are due for this needful charity. (Source: The Rt. Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, Bishop’s Address, 1843 Journal…
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The Working Society continues, with unabated zeal, its unostentatious but highly useful labours. It is pleasant to observe, how one want after another, either of the Church or her Ministers, is supplied by the industrious hands of this small association of females; who manage to earn and to apply to various useful purposes, upwards of…
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Property for the cemetery was purchased by the St. Luke’s Mission Helpers – a women’s organization in the church – on Wilson Street in 1892, making the cemetery nearly 102 years old. (Source: The Tarboro Telegram, November 6, 1994, News clipping, Parish Files, Diocesan Archives)