Diocesan News

Bank divestment, criminal justice reform and disaster preparedness are among the issues that eastern Massachusetts Episcopalians will put their voices and votes to when they gather for the diocese’s 227th annual convention.  They also will hear about the progress of the diocese’s Together Now…

Registration is now open for Diocesan Convention, which takes place Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. Visit the Diocesan Convention 2012 page, here, to register and for access to materials and more information.

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, issued the followed statement Sept. 26, 2012:With sorrow I received news this evening that the Rev. Paul LaCharite has died, an apparent suicide.  This is a shocking tragedy, and I've asked our diocesan community to…

Retired bishop suffragan Barbara C. Harris set off for South Africa on Sept. 21, where she will preach during the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary of women’s ordination in that province of the church.  The trip coincides with the anniversary of her own…

With young adults back to school in full force, the six Episcopal college and university ministries in this diocese seek to reach out to them in an array of ways.  Whether it is an evening service that provides a space in which to breathe out the angst of the day and breathe in God's…

Sept. 18, 2012:  Over-capacity congregations flowed this week through St. Stephen's Church in Boston's South End in remembrance of Jorge Fuentes, 19, a beloved B-SAFE program member who was shot and killed on the street outside of his Dorchester home on Sept. 10.  (Read Boston Globe…

The diocesan Office of Youth Ministry is taking the show on the road, so to speak, by initiating a series of regional youth days for middle and high school students and their adult mentors--regardless of the size of their church youth group. The idea is…