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In an effort to assist people in the community who are dealing with sadness and loss, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Dartmouth is beginning a new grief counseling center that will be called “The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing.” “We will never turn anyone away. The whole ministry of Jesus…

South Coast Episcopal priests Matthew Stewart and Jim Hornsby discuss with Temple Beth El cantor Shoshana Brown their faith perspectives on refugees and resettlement.Click on the link above to read the full story.

With rapid-fire news headlines reporting the latest mass shootings in places such as Colorado Springs and San Bernardino, alongside news of school lock-downs and street shootings closer to home, a state of cognitive dissonance seems to have set in among us, as urgency comes up against complacency:…

The congregational development team on the diocesan staff has welcomed two new members recently, Larry Civale, Senior Consultant, and Andrew Del Pilar, Administrative Assistant.  Larry Civale Prior to…

St. Andrew’s Church has grown a parish Advent tradition into an event that its wider community in Ayer and beyond looks forward to every year.  The church first held its "In a Manger" exhibit of Nativity scenes in 2002. The exhibit was staged by Carolyn Smith, a parishioner who wanted to find…

At the Diocesan Convention in November, Bud Cederholm—retired bishop suffragan of the diocese, known to many as the “Green Bishop”—offered his thanksgiving for all that the Episcopal Church in eastern Massachusetts has accomplished in five years under its Creation Care Initiative.The Creation Care…

It’s time to create a new mission strategy for the Diocese of Massachusetts, and everyone’s voice is needed.  Members of the diocesan community are invited to attend one or more of the six open listening forums scheduled in January and February--opportunities to share insights and experiences…

Bishop Alan M. Gates wrote on Nov. 17: On our first full day in Jerusalem we visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally venerated as having been constructed over the sites of Jesus’ crucifixion at Golgotha and his resurrection at the Garden Tomb. Beneath the central rotunda is a…

Two friends of mine had an online interpretive disagreement about Emily Dickinson’s poem, with its familiar opening lines: “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –  One friend declared that this was an…

Watch the video of Bishop Alan. M. Gates giving his annual address at Diocesan Convention on Nov. 14, 2015, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.  Text of the address is available here.