Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

The following letter from the Standing Committee was issued on July 19, 2023, as an update on the bishop search and election process, including announcement of the hiring of search consultants and the naming of Nominating Committee co-chairs.

The bishops issued the following statement on July 1, 2023, regarding recent Supreme Court decision.

New deacon and transitional deacons ordained at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston on June 3.

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

Community of the Diocese of Massachusetts gathered at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan on Saturday, May 27, 2023, for a Celebrati.on of New Ministry with Assistant Bishop Carol J. Gallagher

The Reparations Subcommittee of the diocesan Racial Justice Commission invites African American and Afro Caribbean individuals in the diocese to attend an upcoming Listening Session. As in the previous Listening Sessions, the question the subcommittee would like participants to consider, in advance, is: When you hear the word reparations, what are your feelings, thoughts, concerns and questions?

The diocesan Standing Committee issued the following letter on May 17, 2023, regarding Bishop Alan M. Gates's call for the election of his successor in 2024.