When the roof leaks at St. James’s Episcopal Church, water seeps into the sacristy and soaks the organ case and baptistry.

“It’s baptism by rainfall here,’’ said the Rev. Holly Lyman Antolini, as she pointed out holes in walls, stained-glass windows that have buckled, and a parish hall that will have to be torn down and replaced.

Antolini would like to have repairs done. But St. James’s, a fixture in Porter Square for more than a century, is strapped for cash.

So imagine her delight when Oaktree Development, a Cambridge company that creates urban multifamily housing, came tapping at the church’s door a year ago, offering a financial lifeline.

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1. Ralph wrote: Another revisionist-progressive priest trying to put her finger in the dike in the face of a torrential leak. All it would take for rejuvenation would be faith in Holy Scripture and Bible-based preaching… See and read: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/dojustice/j491.html January 2, 6:51 pm | [comment link]

2. TomRightmyer wrote: I knew the Rev. Holly Antolini when she was at Stonington, Maine. She was a good pastor in that congregation and I wish her well in her present place. January 2, 7:01 pm | [comment link]

3. Sarah wrote: Ralph, thanks for pointing out what gospel this priest believes in that link. January 3, 9:43 am | [comment link]

4. William Witt wrote: The link in #1 is certainly an interesting development.  This is the former parish of Christopher Leighton, the last remaining CT6 priest to not have left [at least not yet] the Episcopal Diocese of CT. January 3, 1:04 pm | [comment link]

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