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Food ministry is one of the church’s oldest and most consistent forms of mission, and it takes many forms: food pantries, soup kitchens, community meals and many others. Today, food ministry in the Diocese of Massachusetts is deepening and expanding the interpretation of the Gospel imperative to…

Claudette Hunt from Diocesan Council presents the 2014 Mission Tithe Council Grant to El Hogar Ministries at Diocesan Convention. 

Bishop Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan, speaks about the consequences of war and the Christian imperative to wage peace, during a presentation, given with the Rev. Dr. T. James Kodera, anticipating the upcoming 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Bishop Alan M. Gates gives his first address as bishop to the Diocesan Convention on Nov. 8, 2014, at St. Stephen's Memorial Church in Lynn.  The text of the address is available here.

Water, soil, seeds, animals, harvest:  Enjoy this video visit to the Vacation Garden School at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Watertown, where children learn to love creation and begin claiming their role as caretakers.  It's just one way we're answering God's urgent call, together.

Gerry Sullivan has joined the diocesan staff as chief business officer, filling a position vacant since last November.  Most recently Sullivan served, for eight years, as the chief operating officer for the Sisters of Mercy Northeast, a women's religious community ministering through numerous…

Diocesan Convention adopted two measures on financial investment policy and fossil fuel divestment and another on multifaith education.  It also approved the $8.2-million diocesan budget for 2015 and elected alternate deputies to the Episcopal Church's triennial General Convention in July…

Bishop Gates gives his first address to Diocesan Convention. Ellen Stuart Kittle The convention celebrated the newly merged Bristol Trinity Episcopal Church, which comprises the congregations of St. John’s in Taunton, St. John the Evangelist in…

One of the most interesting parts of this past state election, at least in my mind, is the map the Boston Globe put together that breaks down how each town voted.  As I look at it, I am struck, as a lifetime resident of Massachusetts, by just how divided our state is politically.  Popular…

It was storming outside, but the atmosphere was warm and inviting inside as parishioners flocked to All Saints’ Episcopal Church last weekend for an extra-special birthday celebration.Located at the gateway into West Newbury from Newburyport, the historic house of worship on Main Street — with its…