Diocesan News

The Rev. Alan Hesse of Epiphany Parish in Walpole and John Koch, Executive Director of the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center, visit at the exhibit tables. PHOTO: Katie Ernst Children at the convention decorated squash as saints. Isaiah Irwin…

Bishop Harris's sermon, given at the Diocesan Convention Nov. 3, 2012, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

Bishop Shaw's second meditation, given at Diocesan Convention Nov. 3, 2012.  The day's lesson was Luke 24:13-32.

Bishop Shaw's first meditation, given at Diocesan Convention Nov. 2, 2012.  The day's lesson was Matthew 27:62-28:10.

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE on how to pray during election season, from his Nov. 3 reflection at the 2012 Diocesan Convention.

The Rev. Dr. Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa has been appointed director of transition ministry for the Diocese of Massachusetts, to serve on the Congregational Development Team and coordinate the clergy transition process for congregations.  He will begin his work on the diocesan staff on Nov. 26…

Bank divestment, criminal justice reform, disaster preparedness and making a response to city street violence were among the issues that eastern Massachusetts Episcopalians put their voices and votes to when they gathered for the diocese's 227th annual convention, Nov. 2-3 at the Cathedral Church…

Oct. 30, 2012:  The day after hurricane-strength Sandy roared through the region, leaving nearly 300,000 without power statewide, eastern Massachusetts Episcopal churches seem to have come through the storm largely unscathed. By noon on Oct. 30, about 60 parish clergy from a wide range of…

The diocesan and cathedral offices at 138 Tremont Street in Boston will be closed on Monday, Oct. 29 because of Hurricane Sandy.Additionally, the memorial service for the Rev. Paul LaCharite, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29 at Old North Church in Boston, has been postponed to a date to be determined.

John Koch has been named executive director of the diocese’s Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., where he has served on-site in a John Koch n interim capacity since September 2011…