Diocesan News

  Español Through some personal struggles that happen to have coincided with Lent this year, I've come to understand at a deeper level something I think I have known for a long time:  God doesn't have a plan for me.  At least God doesn't have a plan for me in the sense of some clear…

Cuando Jesús entró en Jerusalén en medio de palmas y gritos de alabanza, los romanos y los líderes religiosos del momento se mostraron temerosos. En los 150 años anteriores, el pueblo de Jerusalén había tenido tales procesiones sólo dos veces en un lapso de 20 años. Los macabeos habían llevado las…

EspañolWhen Jesus entered Jerusalem amidst waving of palms and shouts of praise, the Roman and religious leaders of the day were fearful.  In the prior 150 years, the people in Jerusalem had had such processions just twice, in a span of 20 years…

Artist's rendering of proposed pediment sculpture Following a national search and selection process involving members of the wider diocese and experts in contemporary art and sculpture, Philadelphia artist Donald Lipski has been chosen to complete the pediment of the Cathedral…

On March 7 the Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) in the Diocese of Massachusetts hosted its first clinic on team building at St. Peter's Church in Weston.  This clinic was a follow-up to the January LDI training at which 12 congregations and faith-based teams launched local justice…

The Diocese of Massachusetts is now over halfway to its $20-million fundraising goal, with a little more than $11 million raised to date.  "Generous donors continue to step forward with their support, and more and more of our congregations are…

The diocesan community mourns the loss of friend and colleague Lois Murphey, who died Lois Murphey on Feb. 25.  She served for five years as Bishop Bud Cederholm’s administrative assistant before being…

Dios todopoderoso y eterno, tú no aborreces nada de lo que has creado, y perdonas los pecados de todos los penitentes: crea y forma en nosotros, corazones nuevos y contritos, para que, lamentando debidamente nuestros pecados y reconociendo nuestra miseria, obtengamos de ti, Dios de toda…

Applications are now being accepted for 2012 grants through the diocese's Creation Care Initiative (launched as the Green Grants Initiative in 2010).  The initiative exists to encourage, challenge and support all of the congregations of the diocese…