Responding to events in Brussels this morning, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: “In the great Holy Week of Christian prayer and mercy, the Brussels attacks shock all those who seek peace and justice through the terrible cruelty and utter separation from all that is of God. Once…
Global mission is a decades-long tradition for many churches in the Diocese of Massachusetts, and grants from funds raised through the diocesan Together Now campaign have helped to strengthen and promote this work in recent years. This year, for the first time in recent memory, there will be an…
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, meeting in retreat March 11-15 in Navasota, Tex., unanimously approved and issued on March 15 the following "Word to the Church" regarding "the violent forces being released by this season’s political rhetoric" and calling for "prayer for our country…
An interfaith group of about 110 people concerned about gun violence and looking for ways to curb it gathered with Bishop Alan M. Gates at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston in late January to learn more about the Do Not Stand Idly By gun safety campaign. The gathering brought parish…
At the building that once housed the Church of the Holy Spirit in Wayland, one chapter has ended and another is just beginning. The closed church has been sold to a Coptic Orthodox congregation, and Bishop Gayle E. Harris represented the Diocese of Massachusetts at the transfer of ecclesiastical…
The diocesan mission strategy listening team will issue its initial report in early April and invites the diocesan community's response.Four open forums have been scheduled in April at locations around the diocese, at which the team will present its initial findings and invite further conversation…
The Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE) has announced the election of a new superior, Brother James Koester, SSJE. In a March 8 news release, the outgoing superior, Brother Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE, said, “When I became
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Welcome! Bienvenido!We are 180 churches, chapels and campus ministries across eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the islands. Our congregations make up our diocese. Our diocese is part of the wider Episcopal Church, which in turn is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. In…
A new stained glass window in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul--its one and only--now beckons, in brilliant blue, to passersby looking in from the street and to worshipers looking out from the sanctuary.The window was unveiled, blessed and dedicated on Feb. 21 before a congregation of about 100…
Good participation, in both numbers and spirit, has the diocese's mission strategy listening process on a successful track so far, according to members of the design team that has been hosting open forums around the diocese in January and February. Their next step will be to compile what they…
