Diocesan News

A special convention to elect the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts will take place on Saturday, April 5.Clergy and lay delegates from the parishes and missions of the diocese will gather at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street) in Boston to elect a diocesan…

The Church Home Society has announced that it will create an endowment fund for summer camp scholarships in honor of Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE.The society's board of trustees voted in December to create within its endowment a $1-million fund, to be called the Bishop M. Thomas Shaw Campership Fund…

Episcopal City Mission’s Lobby Day on April 9 will both celebrate Bishop Tom Shaw’s leadership in social activism and carry it forward. Episcopalians are invited to gather with Shaw at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston for a celebration in his honor, and then walk together to the State…

A series of open public forums March 14-18 is underway, providing the opportunity to meet and learn about the candidates on the slate for election as bishop. The forums take place on:Friday, March 14, 6:30 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Church (79 Denton Road) in Wellesley;Saturday, March 15, 1 p.m.,…

Thirteen hardy teens made the trip up to the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., this February school vacation week for the very first Winter Camp. Alessia Doss, Camp Director, and Sam Gould, Director of Youth Ministry, collaborated to program this week of winter fun…

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts announced today two additional candidates for election as bishop, having verified proper petitions and satisfactory background checks for both.  They are:• The Rev. Timothy E. Crellin, Vicar, St. Stephen’s Church, Boston; and•…

The world was watching on Feb. 11, 1989, when Barbara C. Harris was consecrated before a congregation of nearly 8,000 at Hynes Auditorium in Boston, thus becoming the worldwide Anglican Communion's first female bishop.The historic and, at the time, controversial nature of that event signalled for…

Laura Walta (in green) in Uganda. Global mission partnership coordinators for the Diocese of Massachusetts recently returned from a trip to East Africa, where they met with community organizers, clergy, small business owners and others working to enact sustainable change in…

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts announced on Feb. 12 the schedule of public forums with the nominees for election as bishop.  The forums will take place on:• Friday, March 14, 6:30 p.m., at St. Andrew's Church (79 Denton Road) in Wellesley;• Saturday, March 15,…

Bishop Harris's consecration service on Feb. 11, 1989: Laying on of hands by the 55-plus bishops present. Diocese of Massachusetts/Episcopal Times Photo: Evan Richman The newly consecrated Bishop Harris with the presiding bishop, Edmond Browning. …