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Thursday, may 5, 2016 South boston business, community and neighborhood association members volunteered throughout the area for Boston Shines last week. Read about it on Pages 8 and 9.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” (Albert Einstein)
Volume XVIII - Issue 18
Fourth Presbyterian celebrates the Tierney Center staff members Rev. Burns Stanfield’s 25th year
perform CPR, save child’s life
A heartwarming part of the Rev. Burns Stanfield’s 25th anniversary fete – his accompaniment of the Fourth Church’s children’s choir on the “Laugh Boston” stage. (Photo by Rick Winterson) By RICK WINTERSON
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wenty-five years ago, on Sunday, May 1, 1991, the Rev. Burns Stanfield stepped into the sanctuary of South Boston’s Fourth Presbyterian Church on Dorchester Street, where he had just been appointed
as Pastor. Thus began a historic transition period for the church, as it grew and prospered, became an integral part of the South Boston scene, added a parish center next door, and developed a well-deserved reputation for music and the performing arts (Burns is himself a Continued on Page 3
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Joseph M. Tierney Center employees (from left) Perla Castaneda, Lauretta Brennan and Milagros “Mille” Pena stand near where they spotted the child who needed medical attention. (Photo by Kevin Devlin) By KEVIN DEVLIN
We’ve read so many sad stories in the news that many people have become immune to the heartache that people suffer as a consequence. But this story is an emotionally uplifting one with a happy ending that all can empathize with, and cheer, as life goes on.
On Tuesday, April 19, Joseph M. Tierney Center site coordinator, Milagros “Mille” Pena, was outside the front door of the center talking with a parent. Across the street near the side of an Old Colony Development building, Mille noticed a woman holding a toddler. But someContinued on Page 6
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