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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Episcopal News Service) -- Rain, snow and temperatures that were barely ENS PHOTO: Mary Frances Schjonberg Episcopalians of all ages walked the Way of the Cross…

An Episcopalian church and a Catholic church will celebrate Palm Sunday together in Medford in a procession that will include dancers, a band and a man dressed as Jesus riding from one church to the other on horseback. Grace Episcopal Church and St. Joseph Parish have been celebrating Palm Sunday…

St. Stephen’s Church in Lynn is hosting an installation of “The Way of Salvation,” stations of the Jason Cruz cross created by deacon Gay Cox. The last element is a sanctuary display of “heavenly hosts.”…

CANTERBURY, England (Episcopal News Service) -- One-time oil executive and former bishop of Anglican Communion News Service Archbishop Justin Welby Durham…

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford on March 6, 2007, arresting some 360 illegal immigrant workers there, Grace Church was among the local churches that rallied to assist the families left broken and traumatized by the mass arrests…

Dean Jep Streit honored Friends of the Public Garden president emeritus Henry Lee with a Good Tracy J. Sukraw Henry Lee (right) receives cathedral's Good Samaritan Award from Dean Jep…

As the fundraising effort of the diocese's $20-million Together Now campaign enters its final phase--with $19,088,142 raised as of Feb. 25 and $1,086,150 anticipated from parish collaborative campaigns still in progress--the implementation of the…

Episcopalians from the Diocese of Massachusetts had both “an enlightening spiritual experience” and a taste of political reality during their Jan. 14-25 trip to Israel and Palestine. Bishop Gayle E. Harris said before the trip that it was intended as “both a pilgrimage to enhance and enrich our…

The Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Bishop Suffragan, invites others to join her, in prayer and in person, for a witness against violence in Washington, D.C., on Holy Monday, March 25. The witness is being organized by the Diocese of Connecticut. Harris's letter of invitation follows below. My…

Listen to Rev. Tim Schenk discussing Lent Madness on BPR. Also featured in this episode: Papal Conclave Intrigue; War Reporter Sebastian Junger; March Madness; Globe's Brian McGrory.