Diocesan News

Keynote given by Dr. Mark Warren, professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, at the 2015 Spring Learning Day. Dr. Mark Warren is a sociologist concerned with the revitalization of American democratic and community life. An associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and…

Keynote address at the 2015 Spring Learning Event by Alexie Torres-Fleming, an activist, community organizer, advocate and urban planner from the South Bronx, New York. She is the Executive Director of Access Strategies Fund, a Cambridge-based organization that funds social justice work that…

The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is welcoming Cindy Cushman to the staff as the new human resources and benefits manager. Cushman will be managing daily operations in HR for both the diocesan and Cathedral Church of St. Paul staffs, including staffing, salary and benefits administration, and…

About 150 people gathered at Christ Church in Needham on March 7 for the annual diocesan Spring Learning Event, this year on "Mobilizing the Church: From Dreaming to Doing." Episcopal City Mission and the Diocese of Massachusetts offered the program together. Tracy J. Sukraw …

The pilgrims at St. George's Guest House, Jerusalem. St. George's Guest House is a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. (Nov. 2014) Peter Jeffrey Pilgrims renewing their baptismal vows at the Jordan River. (Nov. 2014). Peter Jeffrey …

The team at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., is busily preparing for the summer 2015 season. Camp director Alessia Doss says that the center is looking forward to hosting a “more regional” group of campers this year, drawing children and youth from the dioceses…

Despite the various hurdles presented by a historic winter, the Union of Black Episcopalians' Absalom Jones service on Feb. 22 was marked by high spirits, an opportunity to honor lay leaders and a sermon by Bishop Gates (full text of sermon appears below). Originally scheduled for Feb. 15, the…

For the first time, the diocese's Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., will be handling registration and administration of Family Camp, which will be held this year June 25-28.  Amy Cook, diocesan missioner for education, formation and discipleship, who formerly…

Two Boston day shelters, opened in January, continue to operate at Emmanuel Church and Old South Church (UCC) and will continue through April, according to The Rev. Pamela Werntz, Rector of Emmanuel Church. "We have extended the shelters through the end of April at both sites because of their…

Winter Camp this year at the diocese's Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., was cut short a day because of one of February's many snowstorms, which simply meant, according to campers, "days packed with more excitement, more activities and more meaningful worships."…