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It was a very different scene on the lawn of the Church of Our Saviour, with rock music and motorcycle riders replacing hymns and church-goers. The transformation Sunday afternoon was part of the Episcopal church’s second annual Blessing of the Motorcycles.

View video, photos and media coverage from the event here. While mainline denominations don’t often hold revivals, the compelling need for people of faith Jeremy Marin From left):…

[Episcopal News Service] They all may not have been able to get to their churches, but in the hours after the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings was captured April 19, Episcopalians in the Boston area continued to support each other and their neighbors. Police captured…

With the remaining Boston Marathon bombing suspect apprehended the evening of April 19, after a day of lock-down in Boston and surrounding communities, particularly Watertown where the search was intensely focused, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE issued the following message:"It’s a relief to have the…

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Amy McCreath awoke in Washington, D.C., April 19 to learn that her parish, the Church of the Good Shepherd in Watertown, was close to the epicenter of an unprecedented manhunt for the second of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.  She also learned…

The diocesan and cathedral offices at 138 Tremont Street in Boston are closed today, April 19, due to ongoing police activity related to the search for and apprehension of Marathon bombing suspects.  The MBTA system has been shut down, and residents of Watertown, Cambridge and several other…

Members of the Haverhill Clergy Association are hosting a prayer vigil today at 5:30 p.m. at GAR Park across from Haverhill Public Library to remember the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. ”It’s important to pray not just as Christians, but as people of faith,” said the Rev. Jane Bearden,…

Grace Episcopal Church in Medford was packed Wednesday night with dozens of citizens for a prayer vigil honoring those impacted by the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, with hearts especially heavy after the death of one of their own in the attacks.

The summer season at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., will soon be underway with two new staff members on board. Alessia Doss has been hired as camp director and assistant to the executive director, and comes …

The first documented Episcopal service in Norwood took place in the spring of 1888.  Over the years, Episcopal services took place in Village Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, the chapel of the old Methodist-Episcopal Church and parishioners’ homes.  Service times varied from morning,…