- The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts 1784-1984: A Mission to Remember, Proclaim, and Fulfill by Mark J. Duffy, Director of the Archives of the Episcopal Church, was published by our diocese with references to our missions. Bard R. Hamlen wrote its chapter on Emmanuel (pp. 162-6).
- June. Carolyn Roosevelt joined the Parish Choir, directed by Andy Castiglione, and has been its faithful soprano ever since.
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1938
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- The Rev. Samuel McComb, Associate Rector (1906-1916) died at the age of 74 in England. Educated at colleges in N. Ireland and Oxford University, he became a Presbyterian minister in England, Ireland, and New York City. Ordained to the diaconate in our diocese by Bishop William Lawrence and to the priesthood in RI, he then worked with Rector Elwood Worcester to create the Emmanuel Movement. After serving as canon of the Episcopal cathedral in Baltimore, he taught at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge MA. He finished his pastoral ministry as rector of the American Episcopal Church in Nice, France. After having written (with Worcester) Religion & Medicine (1908), he published The Making of the English Bible (1909) and many other works. The New York Times published his obituary on Sept. 12.
- Thanks to Nathaniel White Williams, Jr., we have these images of our choirs of men and boys, which were directed (c1930-1946) by Dr. Stone Thompson (2d from right in the banner image at the top of this page).
Nathaniel W. Williams, Jr. 1946 graduation photo, English High School, Boston
Nathaniel, (second from left in image above) born in 1929, lived with his parents Rose and NWW, Sr. at 113 Poplar St., Roslindale (Boston) until 1952, according to research by Julian Bullitt, who digitized the above images and many of our archival images.
1906
Camp Lowell was established by the shores of Lake Annabessacook in Winthrop ME to provide a summer camp for the choir boys of Emmanuel and Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill. Boys from our mission Church of the Ascension also attended for two weeks in its first summer. The camp, which had sleeping accomodations for 28 campers and 2 staff, was named in memory of Charles Lowell, late treasurer of Emmanuel. Its trusttees were Charles H. Kip, John Lowell, and William Blodgett. John Collins Bossidy famously toasted, “Boston, the land of the bean and the cod / where Lowells speak only to Cabots / and Cabots talk only to God,” but it was no doubt belied by the fellowship of Emmanuel, where Walter Cabot Baylies picked up Charles Lowell’s baton and served as warden from 1907-1935.
Our Girls Choir