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Prayers and presence are requested for these upcoming services of ordination to the priesthood:• The Rev. Edward Cardoza on Friday, Dec. 11, 6:30 p.m., at St. Mark’s Church (116 South Street) in Foxborough• The Rev. Stephen McCarthy on Saturday, Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m., at the Cathedral Church of the…

Five young people from the Diocese of Massachusetts are traveling on an Episcopal Church-sponsored pilgrimage to Ferguson, Mo., Oct. 8-12.  The aim of the pilgrimage is to gather young people to engage in the work of racial justice and reconciliation in a place that has recently been deeply…

 For the Rev. Elise Feyerherm, the priest-in-charge of Trinity Episcopal Church in Wrentham, it's been a long journey to ordination.Feyerherm, 54, who has been at Trinity since February, has gone through both a career transition, from teaching to the priesthood, and a denomination transition…

While tending to nature was an important part of St. Francis’ response to God’s call, it is only a part of the whole of his ministry and understanding of “rebuilding” God’s house, the Very Rev. Francis Fornaro writes in this reflection on St. Francis of Assisi, commemorated in the church during…

Bishop Alan M. Gates has announced that, beginning this winter, priests will be ordained individually in the parishes to which they have been called, rather than at one ordination service in January which has been the recent practice.“While all Christian leaders are called to represent Christ and…

A simple service of prayer and remembrance for the Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE on the one-year anniversary of his death will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. at Christ Church (12 Quincy Avenue) in Quincy.  All are invited and welcome.  (Please note the time and location changes…

Two new intake officers have been named to serve in support of the clergy disciplinary process for the Diocese of Massachusetts.  They are Starr Anderson, who also serves as a congregational consultant in the diocese and is a member of St. James’s Church in Groveland, and the Rev. Rainey…

The Rev. Noah Van Niel, the assistant pastor at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, was Harvard's starting fullback and an opera singer.Then he found that his heart was really in his faith.Click the link above to read more. 

Bishop Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts issued on Sept. 16 the following call for prayer and response regarding the Syrian refugee crisis.We request your continuing prayers for the millions of refugees fleeing from civil war-torn Syria. Over the…

When was the last time you thought about insulation? Light bulbs? Probably not recently. But it’s often the mundane things that add up to major energy savings and reduced carbon footprint, and many churches in the diocese are making steady progress on short and long-term goals, starting with…