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	Religion News Briefs Cape Cod Times May 23, 2009 http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090523/LIFE/905230306 Director of web site on abuse crisis speaks FALMOUTH — Terry McKiernan, co-director of Bishop Accountability.Org, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of Voice of the Faithful, 7 p.m. June 3 at Falmouth Senior Center, 300 Dillingham Ave. BishopAccountability.Org was founded in 2003 by Catholic parents to collect and preserve for future generations all available information pertaining to the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church. This library gathers diocesan files, government reports and other information on the bishops' management of the crisis and their performance generally. In addition to daily updating, the Web site is in the middle of an extensive document collection. This includes some major archdiocesan archives and also many documents relating to religious orders and treatment facilities. The site is also beginning a major project in the area of financial accountability. For more information, call 508-457-7565. Faith groups join in a trilingual service HYANNIS — An Evening of Prayer and Music for Christian Unity will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Xavier Church on South Street. Music and prayer will be offered in three languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English. This service is being arranged by the Cape Cod Council of Churches and Church Women United of Cape Cod. Participating congregations include Brewster Baptist Church, Catholic Brazilian Community of Cape Cod, Catholic Hispanic Community of Cape Cod, Corpus Christi Parish of East Sandwich and Zion Union Baptist Church of Hyannis. A reception will follow. For more information, call 508-775-5073. Hyannis church notes upgrades to building HYANNIS — The Federated Church of Hyannis will celebrate the building projects it completed this past year at the 10 a.m. service on May 31. Most notably, these projects include building accessibility, energy improvement and the installation of the new Allen Quantum organ. The service will feature the Senior Choir and Brentwood Brass, who will be playing music for organ and brass by Handel and Saint-Saens. Following the service, there will be a jazz brunch in Fellowship Hall featuring the music of Lou Colombo and friends. Tickets are $10. For reservations, call the church at 508-775-0298. The church is located at 320 Main St. Prayer group deanery celebrates Pentecost WEST HARWICH — The Cape and Islands Prayer Group Deanery is hosting a Celebration of Pentecost on May 31 at Holy Trinity Church on Route 28. Praise and worship will begin at 12:30 p.m. The Rev. Michael McNamara, director of Servants of Christ Ministries in Scituate, will be the celebrant and homilist. For more information, call 508-255-4679 or 508-759-2737. Religion news briefs appear each Saturday in the Cape Cod Times. Notices may be e-mailed to wlopata@capecodonline.com no later than the Monday before the publication date.
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