Category: Our History

  • OUR HISTORY:

    Willimantic, once a prosperous mill town, is poor. Heroin came early – Willimantic was the 2002 star of a Hartford Courant series titled “Heroin Town.” It is better now – Willimantic […]

  • Community: By Al Eggen

    It’s hard to explain the function of St. Paul’s – and its importance to the local community. Perhaps the words from Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” can capture the […]

  • Transgender issues

    We talk about LGBT people but mostly we mean LGB. Our society has reached the stage where, at least officially, it’s ok – and fairly safe – to be gay […]

  • LGBTQ theology

    [first posted in Blogs 4/29/2010] To Bishop Spong, the debate is over but in case you don’t agree I’ll add my view. It seems that much – if not most […]

  • St. Paul’s on the subject

    [first posted in Blogs 1/14/2011] The Episcopal church seems to make the headlines via parishes that leave because they don’t approve of gay bishops, gay priests, blessing of same-sex couples, […]