Diocesan News

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul has launched a new podcast called “Sacred Time.”  The half-hour program is modeled after the cathedral’s former radio broadcast, “Sunday Morning at the Cathedral,” which was discontinued when its on-air home, WCRB-FM, was bought by WGBH last year.  At the…

PHOTO: Courtesy of All Saints’ Church The Rev. Viki Pretti blesses one of the many four-footed creatures at church on Oct. 3. Congregations celebrated Creation Care Sunday on Oct. 3, giving thanks for the good earth, its creatures and…

Bishop Zebedee Masereka, a retired bishop of Kasese, Uganda, will be visiting the diocese later this month, and members of the diocesan community involved in mission partnerships in East Africa invite others to join them in welcoming him on Thursday, Sept. 30, 6-8 p.m., at the Cathedral Church of…

By the numbers, Sept. 11 was a big Day of Service in the diocese:  436 volunteers putting in a collective 2,400 hours at nine sites. Nearly 200 volunteers sorted books and organized the library at Boston’s Blackstone…

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…