On Tuesday October 20, 2026 Fr. Nicholas Harrelson led St. Benedict’s Anglican Church in celebrating a Solemn High Mass for the students, faculty and staff of Duke University’s Anglican-Episcopal House of Studies. As part of the Mass, Fr. Nicholas also preached a sermon for all gathered. Fr. Nicholas is a 2022 graduate of Duke Divinity
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With the sanctuary and chapel being unavailable due to long needed updates happening to the physical space, St. Benedict’s decided not to forgo the opportunity for multiple week day masses. Indeed, it would have been quite a bit easier to sit back and allow the circumstances to give us a few days off from liturgical
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This past week, St. Benedict’s Anglican Church started a much needed update to the sanctuary. Below are some in progress photos of the updating which will ultimately include repairing and painting the ceiling of both the sanctuary and chapel spaces, painting the chapel space to match the sanctuary, opening a large viewing window between the
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Fr. Nicholas Harrelson (Rector-Elect) and Fr. Mark Newsome (Assisting Priest) traveled to St. George’s Anglican Cathedral in Columbus, Georgia to participate in a liturgical practicum hosted by Bishop William Bower, the former Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in America (ACA) and current bishop of the Diocese of the Eastern United States, a non-geographic diocese
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Continuing Forward describes itself as “the mission and evangelism ministry” of the G-3 Continuing Anglican Churches, which at one time included the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Church of America, and the Anglican Province of America. At this time, the Anglican Catholic Church and the Anglican Church of America have achieved organic unity, with the
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The 2026 Diocese of the South annual synod was held at All Saints Anglican Church in lovely Aiken, South Carolina from April 29-May 1st. St. Benedict’s Anglican Church was represented by Fr. Nicholas Harrelson, Mr. Kevin Currin, Mrs. Jackie Kylander, and Mr. Ronald Harrelson. The delegates assisted in running the official business of the diocese
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Holy Week 2026 was a resounding success at St. Benedict’s Anglican Church! The parish started Holy Week with a bagpipe led procession on Palm Sunday with close to 40 people participating in the walk. This was followed by a well attended service on Maundy Thursday, an overnight vigil at the Altar of Repose which saw
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St. Benedict’s hosted a bagpipe procession as part of the Mass on Sunday, March 29th. Historically, Palm Sunday was one of several occasions throughout the year where a parish can choose to host a procession. For those unfamiliar with the liturgical tradition, a procession is essentially a church’s version of a parade! Palm Sunday is
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St. Benedict’s Anglican Church undertook their Annual Meeting for the 2026 year following Mass on February 8th. Due to repeated instances of winter weather, the meeting was pushed back from its original date of January 25th. The meeting was undoubtedly the best attended Annual Meeting in living memory! Many important topics were discussed and decisions
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Many thanks to those who braved the mean streets of Chapel Hill at dusk to help us celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The parish is reminded that there are two jugs of Holy Water available along with small mason jars for you to take home Holy Water to bless your homes. There is also
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