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On Sunday, November 1, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church held a special blessing of its new solar panels, with retired bishop The Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm presiding over the festive event, occurring on All Saints’ Day.Beginning with a grand procession from the sanctuary to the rear parking lot, where the…
Diocesan News
The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and participants in the Diocesan Investment Trust now have a new option for environmentally responsible investing.  The diocesan Financial Advisory Committee and the Trustees of Donations announced at Diocesan Convention on Nov. 14 the opening of the…
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Bishop Douglas J. Fisher of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts gave the sermon at the Nov. 13 rededication of the newly renovated Cathedral Church of St. Paul and the official seating of Bishop Alan M. Gates.  Watch Bishop Fisher's full sermon above.  The text of his sermon is available…
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Jesus commanded us to love our enemies, but in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, how?, asks Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.  His Nov. 14 statement follows.How can we pray this prayer of all prayers, here in Paris, the day after? O…
Reflections
Bishop Alan M. Gates, Bishop Gayle E. Harris and Bishop Barbara C. Harris participated in the installation liturgy of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 1.  The installation of the first African-American presiding bishop was a historic moment for the…
Reflections
Last week during a family visit I happened upon mementos of my father’s naval service at the end of World War II.  My dad graduated from college in May 1945 and went immediately to basic naval training at the Great Lakes naval cent …
In the News
 The spare but beautiful interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is empty and shuttered now, the victim of declining attendance in a sparsely populated dot of Western Massachusetts.But above its worn pews Monday morning hung a five-candle chandelier that Paul Revere would have seen when he…
Diocesan News
Ten of the Episcopal Church’s 12 active bishops suffragan—including Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Diocese of Massachusetts—gathered in Rome last month, where they had the chance to join the weekly papal audience on Oct. 7 in St. Peter’s Square.  “We were surprised to be given places of honor…
Parish News
On Sunday, Nov. 29, the Parish of the Messiah in Auburndale and Trinity Parish of Newton Centre will merge.  The two congregations will join together permanently at Trinity Parish on the corner of Centre and Homer Streets in Newton Centre, according to a joint release from the parishes.&nbsp…
Diocesan News
In his first message to the Episcopal Church, newly installed presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, says, "We are the Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement."“Now is our time to go. To go into the world, let the world know that there is a God who loves us, a God who will not let us go,…