Diocesan News

The fourth week in Advent:"The light of Christ is coming" By Rachael Pettengill On the first day of Advent my fellow postulant for ordination, Stephen, and I were leading healing prayer at Grace Church in Medford.  When it was my turn to…

Following is a letter of thanks to the diocesan community from Bishop Bud Cederholm. November 2011 Dear Friends, Words cannot express what is in my heart following these last several months of well wishes, love, cards, congregational gifts, notes on the diocesan Web site, blessings and prayers…

Celebration, leave-taking and a sense of both opportunity and challenge were in the air as 600 clergy and delegates took up the annual business of Diocesan Convention this year alongside a big farewell to a beloved retiring bishop suffragan and the launch of an ambitious fundraising …

Diocesan Convention, Nov. 4-5, 2011, was the official public launch of  Together Now, the diocese’s $20-million fundraising campaign for an array of initiatives intended to build up congregational life and mission through collaboration and by expanding the reach of already successful…

In this video segment, Elisabeth Keller of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston shares her experiences of mission in East Africa and how giving away the first fruits of the campaign for global mission partnerships will bring blessing. With program emcees the Rev. Noah Evans of Grace Church in…

This video introduces Together Now, the Episcopal Diocese's $20 million fundraising campaign, launched at Diocesan Convention, Nov. 4-5, 2011, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. Visit our Together Now page to learn more about the campaign.

In this video segment, Faith Salter of St. Andrew's Church in Ayer tells how environmental work became church work with the help of the diocesan Green Grants Initiative, a program that will be enhanced by Together Now campaign funds.

In this video segment, the Rev. Kate Cress of the Church of Our Saviour in Somerset shares how the mission hubs to be funded by the Together Now campaign will help congregations work together in partnerships to serve needs in their communities.