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To mark the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Christians across the ages have flocked to churches to have their foreheads marked with ashes, a symbol of mortality and penitence. That centuries-old tradition continues today in Christian communities around the world.On Martha’s Vineyard, Father…

This year's annual diocesan Spring Learning Event will help parish leaders and teams ask questions about how they are participating in God's mission in the world in the midst of a changing society.Titled "Real Church, Real Mission," the Spring Learning Event takes place on Saturday, March 5, 9 …

As a result of the civil war in Syria, more than nine million Syrians have lost their homes or fled the Middle Eastern nation; over two-thirds of them are women and children. And parishioners at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms are not standing idly by as it happens.  “The Holy…

All Our Children is a national network formed to support and inspire faith communities that have partnerships with public schools. The network was recognized by the 2015 General Convention in Resolution B005, which endorses church-school partnerships as a pathway to serve children, connect churches…

Courtesy St. Barnabas's, Falmouth, after one of last winter's record-breaking storms. As December's mild temperatures give way to single-digit January nights, new and longstanding ministries are responding to the issue of homelessness…

Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts gave the invocation at Boston's Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast, co-sponsored by St. Cyprian's Church in Roxbury.  The text of her prayer follows.Almighty God, we gather to honor and to give thanks to you for the life,…

The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates and the Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts have issued the following statement to the diocesan community regarding this week's action by the primates of the Anglican Communion.A moment for re-affirmationThe communiqué issued by primates of…

[Episcopal News Service — Canterbury, England] A majority of Anglican primates Jan. 14 asked that the Episcopal Church, for a period of three years, “no longer represent us on ecumenical and interfaith bodies, should not be appointed or elected to an internal standing committee and that while…

[Episcopal News Service] The Anglican Communion is being called to prayer as its 38 primates – the senior archbishops, presiding bishops and moderators – head to Canterbury, England, next week for their first official meeting in five years. “I invite Episcopalians to join me in prayer for this…

It's a brand new year once more--full of hope and promise, full of anticipation of what it may bring, in our own lives, in the lives of those around us and in the life of the world.  New Year's Day means many things to many people--resolutions, parades, fireworks, champagne, football, to name…