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It has been more than nine months since Sandy tore through the East Coast, devastating many communities along the mid-Atlantic and causing damage as far north as Maine. There are thousands of homes that are still in need of repair, and the clean-up efforts are ongoing. Rebuilding these coastal…

The Parish of the Messiah in the Newton village of Auburndale welcomed Tinka Perry, the diocesan coordinator for Episcopal Relief & Development, as a guest speaker at a recent Sunday morning service. She discussed the charge to Christians to seek and serve Christ in all persons, and to strive for…

The first fruits of the diocese's successful $20-million Together Now fundraising campaign are already at work, through a tithe of $2 million for global mission. One of the ways these funds are being distributed is through new Mission Tithe Council Grants and Mission Tithe Matching Grants…

It’s a problem that just about everyone who has walked through Cambridge shares: finding a public bathroom around Harvard Square. Now, a loose coalition of churches, homelessness organizations, and businesses have launched a campaign called Advocates for a Common Toilet, in an effort to get a…

[Discernment Committee News Release]:  The Discernment Committee announced on Aug. 29 that the period for nominations for bishop coadjutor closed, as scheduled, on Aug. 26.  Applications are being received through 5 p.m. on Sept. 23.  Nominations are not necessary for applications…

Every year, more than four million people gather in Relay for Life events in more than 20 countries, raising some $400 million for cancer research and support.  In honor of Bishop Tom Shaw, who is undergoing treatment for brain cancer diagnosed in May, a team of 40 people from parishes in the…

08/28/2013:  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts offer the following request for prayer for the Middle East:We are troubled, as are many of you, over the violence, bloodshed and destruction in Syria and in Egypt and the terrible…

08/24/2013:  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts offer the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: As events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom get…

08/22/2013:  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE sent the following update today to diocesan clergy and leadership regarding his ongoing cancer treatment.Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Tracy J. Sukraw …

The Parish of the Messiah has announced that some of the proceeds from its spring fundraising drive resulted in the purchase and donation of five copies of the Episcopal “Book of Common Prayer” to the Protestant chaplaincy at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Before the parish’s donation, no copies of the…