by Melissa Hanson

The religious community at Trinity Church remembered Jesus’ suffering with a march through the city Friday afternoon, stopping to pray and sing while reflecting on the city’s displaced homeless population, violence, and problems caused by racial and economic disparity.

Under a gray, cloudy sky, more than 45 people marched through the Back Bay in the 15th Good Friday walk called “Stations of the City,” modeled after the Stations of the Cross, on the day when Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus.
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In his sermon, the Rev. William W. Rich spoke of troubles that plagued Jesus during his lifetime that are still present today.


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by David Abel
New security cameras are in place, along with new plumbing, heating, and electrical systems. The floors have been redone with vinyl tiles, the leaky roof repaired, and the walls repainted.

Months after city officials said it would be ready, the old city building in Mattapan will become home this month to addiction recovery and prisoner reentry programs that were closed in October when the city abruptly condemned a bridge leading to their former home on Long Island. City officials had said the stately brick building on River Street, which will provide about 75 beds to former inmates and drug addicts, would be finished in November.

The delay has meant some of the city’s most vulnerable residents have gone six months without vital services. And the building’s opening comes a week after city officials acknowledged they would need several months to complete another new shelter on Southampton Street for hundreds of homeless people who also lived on Long Island.

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