Tag: St. James Episcopal Church

Attendance at Sunday worship was not voluntary; it was compulsory by law. Punishment for nonattendance was also mandatory.

In the last chapter of her professional career, Valerie worked as the assistant to the executive director of Catholic Family Services in Hartford.

After her retirement she enjoyed spending her time traveling with family and friends and engaging in one of her favorite activities: reading.

Ada Hastings had been active in St. James Episcopal Church and was a member of the board of the Berkshire Historical Society at Arrowhead. She enjoyed being a volunteer tour guide at Tanglewood.

There was public pressure for a better way to reach the Berkshire Heights interior. The grade-level Castle Street/railroad crossing was extremely dangerous.

Saved from the wrecking ball in 2010 by former St. James Episcopal Church parishioners Sally Harris and her husband, Fred, Saint James Place will serve as creative hub, permanent home, and year-round performance venue for small and mid-sized cultural organizations in Great Barrington and southern Berkshire County.

Saint James Place, adjacent to the Great Barrington Town Hall and a scant block from the Mahaiwe Theater, stands to transform this southernmost section of downtown into a mini arts district.

What if St. Paul’s Stockbridge were to become something entirely different? What if it became the one and only Church in Berkshire County that would be proud to say the same prayers its ancestors said for hundreds of years before (which many of its congregants think they say at present but don’t).