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The Episcopal Church in eastern Massachusetts invites you to come and see what makes our faith communities meaningful to the people who call them home. 
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Episcopal Church News

Ohio church’s suicide loss support group offers families, friends a place to grieve
Anglican Church of Southern Africa rejects blessings for same-sex couples
Western Massachusetts Bishop Douglas Fisher announces plan to retire, calls for election
General Seminary leases New York City campus to Vanderbilt University, agreement ensures lasting presence
Historically Black North Carolina church fights environmental racism through advocacy, education, creation care
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McCreath Installation
Diocesan News

The diocesan community celebrated new ministry and the installation of the Very Rev. Amy E. McCreath as the ninth dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston on Sept. 29, 2018.

Listen to audio of Bishop Alan M. Gates's sermon here.

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Bishop Gates giving McCreath installation sermon
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Sermon by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the celebration of new ministry and installation of the Very Rev. Amy E. McCreath as ninth dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, Sept. 29, 2018.

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As of Sept. 30, Laura Walta, who has served as the project director for global mission for five years, has retired. "Laura has been instrumental in creating an infrastructure for our diocesan mission relationships and ministries beyond the U.S.," Bishop Gayle E. Harris said.  "Her faithful…
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Hallelujah, Anyhow! book cover
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Hallelujah, Anyhow!, Bishop Barbara C. Harris's new memoir, written with Kelly Brown Douglas and out this month from Church Publishing Inc., arrives just in time to mark the 30th anniversary of Harris's historic Sept. 24, 1988, election as the first female bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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In the aftermath of the natural gas system crisis that caused explosions, fires and emergency evacuations in the Merrimack Valley on Thursday, Sept. 13, all three Episcopal churches and one Episcopal school in the affected communities--Christ Church in Andover, St. Paul's Church in North Andover…
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Tanga partners
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Imagine having to walk nine hours to the doctor’s office while sick, or bringing your toddler to work where they have to sit in a smoke-filled kitchen for eight to 10 hours a day. Imagine being a young student living at a boarding school where the bathing facilities are a bucket of cold water and a…
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Bridget Wood
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Bridget K. Wood has been hired as communications assistant on the diocesan staff.  She started in her new position on Sept. 5.  

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Amy McCreath
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On Saturday, Sept. 29, the diocesan community will celebrate the new ministry and installation of the Very Rev. Amy E. McCreath as the ninth dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.  Bishop Alan M. Gates will preach at the special 10:30 a.m. service and co-preside with Bishop…
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At a time when most church memberships are shrinking, that of St. Peter’s Church in Dartmouth is exploding, according to the Rev. Scott Ciosek and co-warden Carol Xavier. “We have gone to six times the membership we had five years ago,” Ciosek said. He accredited the expansion to the church’s open…
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Carol Gallagher
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The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates has announced the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Carol J. Gallagher as the regional canon for the Central Region of the Diocese of Massachusetts comprising the 56 congregations, as well as other church-related institutions, in the Boston Harbor, Alewife, Charles River…
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