Diocesan News

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."…

With work underway to build the 2016 diocesan budget, the Budget Committee has scheduled a series of open budget hearings this spring and widely invites participation and input from Diocesan Convention delegates, clergy and parish and program leadership.The committee is taking a new approach with…

Local communities with connections to the Israel Ahimbisibwe family are adding their prayers and remembrances to those being offered in Texas, Uganda and beyond.The Rev. Dr. Israel Ahimbisibwe, his spouse, Dorcas, and their five-year-old son, Jay, were found dead in their Houston apartment on Feb…

Young adults from several worshiping communities in the diocese are inviting one another into Lent this year with a daily dose of their own art, poetry, stories, photography, music and maybe even a cartoon or two.  And because these devotions are digital, anyone can sign up to receive them via…

B-SAFE, the summer enrichment program in the diocese that serves more than 500 children and employs 140 teens in Boston’s neighborhoods, is heading into its 16th year larger and wider in scope than ever before. The program relies upon volunteers from its partner parishes and organizations to…

Youth and advocates from across the state will gather at Old South Church (UCC) in Boston on Feb. 19 to rally for funding for youth jobs--advocating that teen employment can reduce street violence and enrich communities.The B-PEACE for Jorge campaign of the Diocese of Massachusetts is once again a…