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Episcopal Church News

81st General Convention wraps up in Louisville
Prayer Book liturgies, church calendar commemorations reach final action in House of Deputies
81st General Convention finalizes reunion of the Diocese of Wisconsin
Bishops, deputies pass compromise resolution backing Palestinian state; no mention of ‘apartheid’
Presiding bishop-elect to forego installation at National Cathedral; scaled-back event to be held at church’s New York headquarters
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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry kicked off his weekend-long visitation in the Diocese of Massachusetts on Friday afternoon with a high energy stop in Lawrence, spending an hour talking with the students of Esperanza Academy before making a pastoral visit at Grace Church to hear…
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Bocca della Verita
Reflections

Sermon given by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the Holy Tuesday Renewal of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Holy Oils service on April 16, 2019, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

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Cambridge Indaba participants
Diocesan News
Courtesy Photo Members of St. James’s Church in Cambridge hosted teams from Emmanuel Church in Boston and Trinity Church in Marshfield during their first Indaba encounter weekend in March. Massachusetts Indaba 2019 is underway, and…
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"Eggshell on Fabric" by Amy Lewandowski
Reflections
“Eggshell on Fabric,” original watercolor painting by Amy Lewandowski Framed on my kitchen wall has long been a small watercolor depicting a single brown egg.  The shell is lying open, its white interior empty as a winter’s nest.  I have tended to think of it simply…
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Martha Bancroft's Jesse Tree mural on display in its original home.
Parish News

In 1971, artist Martha Bancroft painted a 16-foot mural of a Jesse Tree for the chancel wall of the former Parish of the Messiah in Auburndale. When Messiah merged with Trinity Church in Newton Centre in 2015, the mural was removed and is now in need of a new home.

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The 244th Lantern Lighting Ceremony was held on Sunday night, April 15, the eve of Patriot’s Day, at Old North Church in Boston’s North End. The Lantern Ceremony celebrates the events of the night of April 18, 1775, when two men acting under the orders of Paul Revere snuck into the Old North Church…
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Diocesan News
Massachusetts Episcopalians are invited to join Bishop Alan M. Gates and the B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign again this year in making a public witness against gun violence by participating in the Mother's Day Walk for Peace on Sunday, May 12. The Diocese of Massachusetts and B-PEACE have participated…
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Parish and Community Center
Parish News

The Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole will open its new Parish and Community Center on Church Street during an 11:30 a.m. reception following the Easter Day service on April 21.  It is a renovation, funded by a $2.5-million capital campaign, of the original first church that was built in 1852 and that has occupied the site since the current stone church building was constructed in 1888.

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On March 28, the B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign received the prestigious Peace MVP Award from the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. With its Peace MVP Award, the coalition recognizes significant and meaningful work by individuals and organizations to stop the scourge of gun violence in…
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A week after deadly attacks on Muslim worshipers in Christchurch, New Zealand, those who came together under the covered entrance to the Islamic Center of Burlington on March 22 were there for an interfaith service and vigil, to show support, caring and solidarity. Newly-elected Selectman Emily…
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