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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice: May 22, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are saddened to inform you of the death of the Rev. John Alfred Fesq in Pinehurst, N.C., on April 30, 2019. John served as curate of Christ Church in Quincy from 1967 until 1969. In October of…
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Presiding Bishop Curry, Bishop Barbara Harris and Byron Rushing
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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry joined Bishop Barbara C. Harris and General Convention House of Deputies Vice President Byron Rushing on April 28 at Grace Church in New Bedford, Mass., for a candid panel conversation about racism and who is on the inside, who is on the outside and who is still on the margins of the church and society.

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A comprehensive review of the diocese's constitution and canons is underway, and the committee charged with the task wants to hear from anyone and everyone who has an interest in any eventual revisions.   Working closely with the bishops and chancellor of the diocese, members of the Committee…
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20s and 30s meet with Presiding Bishop Curry
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A lively and thought-provoking exchange between young adults and Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry during a breakfast meeting on April 26 highlighted the challenges that people in their 20s and 30s face in their spiritual journeys, and it underscored the need for the church’s renewed…
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Esperanza students take selfie with Bishop Curry
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The Episcopal Church's presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, brought his "Way of Love" message to eastern Massachusetts April 26-29, 2019, traveling the Diocese of Massachusetts from north to south over the course of four event-filled days of public preaching and gatherings with…
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
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The Episcopal Church's presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, brought his "Way of Love" message to eastern Massachusetts in the first week of Eastertide, traveling the Diocese of Massachusetts from north to south over the course of four event-filled days of public preaching and gatherings with Episcopal Church ministries, groups and congregations from the Merrimack Valley to Cape Cod.

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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry kicked off his weekend-long visitation in the Diocese of Massachusetts on Friday afternoon with a high energy stop in Lawrence, spending an hour talking with the students of Esperanza Academy before making a pastoral visit at Grace Church to hear…
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Cambridge Indaba participants
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Courtesy Photo Members of St. James’s Church in Cambridge hosted teams from Emmanuel Church in Boston and Trinity Church in Marshfield during their first Indaba encounter weekend in March. Massachusetts Indaba 2019 is underway, and…
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Massachusetts Episcopalians are invited to join Bishop Alan M. Gates and the B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign again this year in making a public witness against gun violence by participating in the Mother's Day Walk for Peace on Sunday, May 12. The Diocese of Massachusetts and B-PEACE have participated…
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