Diocesan News

PHOTO: Jason Stonehouse A delegation of Episcopalians from the Diocese of Vermont, and their bishop, Thomas Ely, joined the congregation at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston for the ordination service there on June 25.  Newly ordained (pictured, from left, with…

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Megan Emery from St. James's Church in Amesbury tries her hand at archery. The summer camp season is wrapping up at the diocese's Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., one that interim summer camp director Matt Lindeman characterizes as "incredible,"…

The Rev. Elizabeth “Libby” Berman has been hired as canon for congregations for the Diocese of Massachusetts, a new staff position. The Rev. Libby Berman Berman will serve as the senior staff person overseeing…

Former Episcopal priest Franklin E. Huntress Jr. was arrested on June 30 in Marblehead and arraigned on July 7 in Hillsborough County Superior Court in New Hampshire for felonious sexual assault.  The July 7 statement of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in response follows:In October…

The Episcopal Church's revised clergy disciplinary canons (Title IV) went into effect on July 1.Clergy disciplinary matters were formerly brought to the bishop or the Standing Committee of the diocese.  Now, all matters are reported to an intake officer, initiating a process toward resolution…

Matthew Cavanaugh Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses ECM's Annual Meeting. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined 560 Episcopalians in the Diocese of Massachusetts on June 7 to celebrate the work of…