Diocesan News

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.

It’s spring, the garden and flowering trees are blooming, and members of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross are readying guest rooms at Adelynrood for summer retreats and courses. Since 1914 when the first guest house was built, it has offered a place of peace for rest, renewal and reflection.

The Rev. John Beach is a bicycle evangelist--in the sense that he's a Gospel-sharing priest who bicycles, yes, but also because he thinks everyone should have one.

"I invite everyone to get a bicycle," the 65-year-old Beach said during a Zoom interview the other day as he was about to leave on a big trip.  "It's improved the quality of my life, physically and emotionally," he said of cycling.  

So much so that on May 15 he set off on a 3,000-plus mile solo bicycle pilgrimage from Seattle that, if all goes according to plan, ought to have him back home in Saugus by Aug. 25.

Bishop Alan M. Gates has announced his call for the election of his successor to take place in 2024. Gates has served since 2014 as the 16th bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts and plans to retire at the end of next year at age 66.

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

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