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As Question 3 to repeal the state's casino gambling law comes before Massachusetts voters in November, Bishop Alan M. Gates of the Diocese of Massachusetts voiced his opposition to expanded casino gambling at an Oct. 9 press conference at Old South Church in Boston, and he commends to those who may…

Creation Care Season got an early start at Christ Church in Waltham in its partnership with the Meadowscaping for Biodiversity summer program. Cone flowers in the meadow. Students learned about native…

I read an article yesterday in the Boston Globe that really got me thinking.  It was about social media and self-esteem.  The article reported that a 2013 study by the University of Michigan asked participants five times a day to rate their feelings about themselves, and to report how…

The Episcopal Chaplaincy at BU has made a portable labyrinth, which can be easily taken to a variety of locations and shared with the community. The labyrinth is designed to be easily portable and usable both indoors and outdoors, and was first launched in late September on BU's busy Marsh Plaza…

With newly repaired church bells ringing a 10-bell chime above, and jackhammers blasting below, officials at Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford talked about the restoration work they have undertaken following serious flood damage to the lower level of the adjoining building, Grace House.

Dear Friends of God's Creation, Our diocese's fifth annual Creation Care Season (from St. Francis Day, Oct. 4 through the rest of the Pentecost season until I Advent on Nov. 30) comes on the heels of the Sept. 21 global climate demonstration in New York, at which more than 300,000 people,…

St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Church in Lincoln has announced a new series of worship services that will explore innovative ways of worshiping together.  "Come and Grow: St. Anne’s @ 5" will be offered one Sunday a month in the late afternoon through May. The services will be followed by food and…

Judith M. Lidberg, former canon for ordained vocations for the Diocese of Massachusetts, died at her home in South Windsor, Conn., on Sept. 23 as a result of ovarian cancer.For more than seven years prior to her retirement in February 2013, Lidberg helped to raise up …

Students at Esperanza Academy returned to classes as usual on Monday, Sept. 22, following a small fire at the school. The electrical fire started in an unoccupied room at about 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15. The Lawrence fire department quickly contained the fire and limited damage to an area of the…

Area Episcopalians joined an estimated 311,000 people for the People's Climate March in New York City on Saturday, Sept. 20 (New York Times).  The march coincided with the build-up to a UN summit on climate change, which is slated to take place on Tuesday, Sept. 23.  …