Diocesan News

A tithe of $2 million from the ongoing diocesan Together Now fundraising campaign is designated for mission beyond the Diocese of Massachusetts; $500,000 of that tithe amount will fund existing mission partnerships.  Late last year, Diocesan Council approved grants of $250,000 to the Bishop…

“We emerge with abundant hope, better discipline for working together and with partners beyond this church, for our fundamental reason for being--engagement with God’s mission,” E piscopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori states in her…

This spring, 23 congregations of the diocese were awarded a combined total of $174,392 in Gretchen Umholtz The Rev. Moses Sowale of Grace Chapel in Brockton helps plant a garden of…

Bishop Gayle E. Harris ordained six transitional deacons at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston on June 2.  Scott Bennet Pictured with her, from left, they are:  (front) The Rev. Audrey O…

The annual convention of the Diocese of Massachusetts will take place Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street) in Boston.  Preliminary materials, including positions to be filled by election, the nomination form and guidelines for submitting…

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The Diocese of Massachusetts’ Together Now fundraising campaign has surpassed the $13-million mark toward its $20-million goal.  Nearly $9.8 million of the $13,162,014 raised as of June 8 comes from leadership gifts.  Congregations conducting local campaigns in collaboration with the…

Following a national search and selection process involving members of the diocese and experts Artist's rendering of the proposed pediment sculpture in contemporary art and sculpture, Philadelphia artist…

Philadelphia artist Donald Lipski was chosen in March 2012 to complete the unfinished pediment of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.  In these interview excerpts he talks more about his work and how he arrived at the spiral sculpture proposed for the cathedral.  Read more about…