Reflections

Bishop-elect Julia Whitworth video thumbnail photo
Reflections
Greetings, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts!   This is coming to you just before this grand weekend of celebrating my consecration as your bishop, and I wanted to take a moment to say thank you.  Thank you for entrusting me with this incredible responsibility, this awesome privilege. …
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Photo of Bishop Gates preaching at 2024 Clergy Day
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Following is the text of the sermon preached by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the annual diocesan Clergy Day on Sept. 25, 2024, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

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Image of Bishop Gates and Bishop-elect Whitworth at Allston Abbey service
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A message of greeting and highlights from her first weeks in the diocese from Bishop-elect Julia Whitworth

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Bishop Alan Gates giving sermon at Electing Convention
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Following is the text of the sermon preached by the Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates at the Electing Convention on May 18, 2024, at Trinity Church in Boston. Vicki Ix Bishop Gates gives the…
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Galilee hillside with stones and trees
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A message for Easter 2024 from Bishop Alan M. Gates

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Bishop Alan Gates preaches at 2024 Holy Tuesday service
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Following is the text of the sermon delivered by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the annual Holy Tuesday Service for Renewal of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Chrism, on March 26, 2024, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

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Gabriel Colombo leads pilgrimage worship at St. Peter's Church, Dartmouth
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Gabriel M. Colombo, a member of the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard, was among those who took part in the March 7, 2024, diocesan pilgrimage to Pocasset Wampanoag land and offers this reflection on his experience. Photo:…
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Following is the text of the sermon given by Bishop Alan M. Gates on Christmas Eve 2023 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

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Cederholm Cottage stained glass image
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Following is the text of the sermon given by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the funeral service for Bishop Bud Cederholm on Sept. 8, 2023, at Christ Church in Needham. The recording of the service livestream, courtesy of Christ Church in Needham, is linked above. We are so grateful to you, Matt and Dan…
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Bishop Alan Gates gives sermon at New Ministry Celebration on May 27, 2023
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Following is the text of the sermon given by Bishop Alan M. Gates on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan for the Celebration of New Ministry with Bishop Carol J. Gallagher in her new role as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Massachusetts.

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