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Welcome to the National Altar Guild Association Website
  

 
The purpose of the National Altar Guild Association (NAGA) is to assist parish, diocesan, and provincial altar guilds through information, resources, and communication including a quarterly newsletter—the Epistle.

By making itself aware of the great diversity among us Episcopalians, by staying abreast of liturgical changes not only in ceremony but also in the furnishings of worship, by helping solve contemporary altar guild problems, by spreading the word about who knows what "in altar guild country," NAGA is the center of the altar guild network.

The altar guilds "out there" assist NAGA with its on-going projects such as making stoles and chasubles for the chaplains of the armed forces and rounding up articles for its regular gift to General Convention — an outstanding Ecclesiastical Art Collection. †

Threads of Life: Fair Trade Altar Linens from Haiti

Living Threads provides elegant altar linens crafted from 100% high-quality linen and beautifully hand-embroidered by very poor women in the small village of Fond des Blancs, Haiti. Threads of Life gives these women life-saving employment. Many of these women were affected by the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, since most of them have relatives in Port-au-Prince. Some of their loved ones are likely to be among the missing or dead.

Now is therefore a good time to help support these women by ordering linens. And it is also a good time to show solidarity with them by making their offering a part of the Eucharistic offering on parish altars in our country.

All linens are produced and sold under Fair Trade principals. To order, visit Living Threads at www.livingthreadshaiti.com or write threadsalive@gmail.com