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On Oct. 10, the Rev. Christopher R. Morck was instituted as the 22nd rector of Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford. Bishop Alan M. Gates officiated and William Boyce served as chaplain to the bishop.The Renewal of Ministry began as the church’s wardens escorted Morck to the front of the assembly,…

 For the Rev. Elise Feyerherm, the priest-in-charge of Trinity Episcopal Church in Wrentham, it's been a long journey to ordination.Feyerherm, 54, who has been at Trinity since February, has gone through both a career transition, from teaching to the priesthood, and a denomination transition…

The Rev. Noah Van Niel, the assistant pastor at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, was Harvard's starting fullback and an opera singer.Then he found that his heart was really in his faith.Click the link above to read more. 

It started out in March as a way to give a special education to inner-city children whose families could not typically afford such classes. Trinity Episcopal Church in the Acre neighborhood is a place of worship, but also hosts a Montessori-style learning program for young children. The program has…

Built in 1880, Grace Church is getting a major facelift, church leaders said. By approximately Nov. 15, the church will have a new steeple consisting of slate and wood instead of brick, granite and brownstone, and the belfry and the brick work below will be repointed, according to Charles Capizano,…

Just blocks away from the bustling heart of this city, a community of monks offers a silent escape from it. The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, an order of Episcopal brothers, has kept a guesthouse at its monastery for decades to give outsiders a place to unplug and relax in a place of deep,…

The Reverend Edward M. Cardoza, known simply as Deacon Ed, will serve as the next Deacon/Priest-In-Charge at St. mark's Episcopal Church on South Street.The Vestry of St. Mark's unanimously accepted the appointment by Bishop Alan M. Gates of the Rev. Cardoza.Cardoza was recently ordained to the…

Alyssa Peguero has a little filmmaking experience, but she never worked on a film with nine other young women until now. “Putting our ideas together is so much fun. I feel lucky I get to do it,” said the English High School student.The teenagers spent this week in St. Stephen’s Episcopal…

St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Dover hosted more than 80 children and counselors from the Bishop’s Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment program on Friday, July 10, at the church. St. Dunstan’s set up two large water slides in the church parking lot for cool fun, and the church also provided…

It’s invisible, but something called a poverty line runs down the middle of Sisson Road in Harwich. On one side of the line lies something called a poverty zone, where more than 50 percent of families live below the federal poverty level. There, any child can walk into a Food for Kids site and…