Diocesan News

For many congregations in the diocese Oct. 3 will be “Creation Care Sunday.”  It’s the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Francis, and Bishop Bud Cederholm has invited congregations to hold creation-themed liturgies on that day and to take up special collections to support the diocese’s Green…

The Rev. Cristina Rathbone (center) of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston joined the interfaith rally against religious bigotry held at the State House on Sept. 7. With the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaching and anti-Muslim incidents on the rise…

A new Green Grants Initiative is now being launched to encourage, challenge and support all the congregations in the diocese in environmental stewardship.  To some that means building maintenance and bottom lines; to others, energy conservation and reducing carbon footprints—for practical or…

Volunteers from last year’s Sept. 11 Day of Service. Last year, as Sept. 11 loomed, 400 people gathered at sites around the diocese and got down to work.  They painted parish halls and cleaned up church yards in beleaguered city neighborhoods.  They installed energy…

About 100 people gathered to pray for the Gulf Coast in a July 7 vigil organized by the Massachusetts Council of Churches. Episcopalians were among the 100 people who gathered outside of Old South Church in Boston on July 7 to pray for the oil-soaked Gulf Coast, a vigil that…

What do young adults value deeply? How do they experience their faith journeys? What are their perspectives on faith, spirituality and the church? The diocese’s Relational Evangelism Pilot Project is a ministry designed to find out. …