The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, meeting in retreat March 11-15 in Navasota, Tex., unanimously approved and issued on March 15 the following "Word to the Church" regarding "the violent forces being released by this season’s political rhetoric" and calling for "prayer for our country…
An interfaith group of about 110 people concerned about gun violence and looking for ways to curb it gathered with Bishop Alan M. Gates at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston in late January to learn more about the Do Not Stand Idly By gun safety campaign. The gathering brought parish…
At the building that once housed the Church of the Holy Spirit in Wayland, one chapter has ended and another is just beginning. The closed church has been sold to a Coptic Orthodox congregation, and Bishop Gayle E. Harris represented the Diocese of Massachusetts at the transfer of ecclesiastical…
The diocesan mission strategy listening team will issue its initial report in early April and invites the diocesan community's response.Four open forums have been scheduled in April at locations around the diocese, at which the team will present its initial findings and invite further conversation…
Each Ash Wednesday, Episcopalians from numerous congregations take to streets and train stations in an effort that's come to be known as "Ashes to Go." (Read about some past efforts here.)Among them this year were the Rev. Margaret Schwarzer, Associate Rector for Adult Formation and…
The Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE) has announced the election of a new superior, Brother James Koester, SSJE. In a March 8 news release, the outgoing superior, Brother Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE, said, “When I became
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With heroin cheap and widely available on city streets throughout the country, users are making their buys and shooting up as soon as they can, often in public places. Police officers are routinely finding drug users—unconscious or dead—in cars, in the bathrooms of fast-food restaurants, on mass…
Saturday, Feb. 27, was a milestone in the life of Catherine Elizabeth “Cat” Healy: The Right Reverend Alan M. Gates, Bishop of Massachusetts, ordained her a priest at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The bishop, now in his second year in the diocese, was making his first trip to the Wellesley church…
On Saturday, Feb. 27, Grace Episcopal Church hosted a benefit concert to raise funds for the World Food Program’s relief effort for refugees and internally displaced people in Syria. More than 200 people packed the parish hall to enjoy music by local artists Monty Hill, Sisters in Song, Param…
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