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Pam Driscoll, whose birthday happens to fall on Halloween, loves pumpkins.  She loves them so much that she dreamed about a pumpkin patch on the front lawn of her church, Epiphany Parish in Walpole. She told people at church about her dream.  …

John Koch has been named executive director of the diocese’s Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., where he has served on-site in a John Koch n interim capacity since September 2011…

Bank divestment, criminal justice reform and disaster preparedness are among the issues that eastern Massachusetts Episcopalians will put their voices and votes to when they gather for the diocese’s 227th annual convention.  They also will hear about the progress of the diocese’s Together Now…

Registration is now open for Diocesan Convention, which takes place Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. Visit the Diocesan Convention 2012 page, here, to register and for access to materials and more information.

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, issued the followed statement Sept. 26, 2012:With sorrow I received news this evening that the Rev. Paul LaCharite has died, an apparent suicide.  This is a shocking tragedy, and I've asked our diocesan community to…

Retired bishop suffragan Barbara C. Harris set off for South Africa on Sept. 21, where she will preach during the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary of women’s ordination in that province of the church.  The trip coincides with the anniversary of her own…