Diocesan News

Walkers from Christ Church, Andover PHOTO: Christ Church, Andover Walkers from St. Stephen’s Church, Cohasset, with Bishop Gayle Harris PHOTO: St. Stephen’s Church, Cohasset Walkers from St. Mark’s Church,…

View a photo gallery from the walk, here, and Bishop Shaw's video, here, and read the Boston Globe story, here. On Mother’s Day, May 12, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE will lead an Episcopal Church contingent, expected to number at least several hundred walkers from parishes across the Diocese of…

The nautilus, publicly lit for the first time, on May 8. PHOTO: Tracy J. Sukraw Blue background going up above, nautilus sculpture waiting in its crate below. PHOTO: Tracy J. Sukraw The nautilus is lowered…

View video, photos and media coverage from the event here. While mainline denominations don’t often hold revivals, the compelling need for people of faith Jeremy Marin From left):…

[Episcopal News Service] They all may not have been able to get to their churches, but in the hours after the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings was captured April 19, Episcopalians in the Boston area continued to support each other and their neighbors. Police captured…

With the remaining Boston Marathon bombing suspect apprehended the evening of April 19, after a day of lock-down in Boston and surrounding communities, particularly Watertown where the search was intensely focused, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE issued the following message:"It’s a relief to have the…

The diocesan and cathedral offices at 138 Tremont Street in Boston are closed today, April 19, due to ongoing police activity related to the search for and apprehension of Marathon bombing suspects.  The MBTA system has been shut down, and residents of Watertown, Cambridge and several other…

The summer season at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., will soon be underway with two new staff members on board. Alessia Doss has been hired as camp director and assistant to the executive director, and comes …

The midday congregation at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul sat in deep silence at the heart of a mourning city on the day after bomb blasts along the Boston Marathon finish line killed three people, injured another 150 or more and sent far-reaching shockwaves that have yet to subside. Flanked by…

The following are among the opportunities for prayer being offered by Episcopal churches in the aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.  Additional listings may be e-mailed to tjs@diomass.org. All week, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily:  Old North Church (193 Salem Street) in Boston is…