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[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has joined other religious leaders from the National Council of Churches in calling for a commitment of daily prayers for the president, vice president, United States Congress and other elected officials,…

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE is inviting everyone in the diocese to join in reading a book together in 2013, The Rich and the Rest of Us by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West.  He describes it as a book that "asks us to re-examine some of our assumptions about poverty" and commends a diocesanwide…

Instead of the annual diocesan Spring Learning Event in March, there will be five Regional Learning Days held in various locations around the diocese, beginning Jan. 12. The diocese's ongoing $20-million Together Now campaign is making more resources available to congregations for mission, ministry…

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris, on behalf of the Diocese of Massachusetts, offer their prayers for all affected by the Dec. 14 shootings in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school:  "May our gracious God bring comfort to all who sorrow and give strength to all who suffer in…

Episcopal City Mission presented $282,000 in Burgess Urban Fund grants to 21 community organizations during a Dec. 13 gathering at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.  The total amount distributed this year was up 17 perecent over last year, with …

[Episcopal News Service] This definitely belongs on Santa’s “nice” list. On the evening of Dec. 4, a certain anonymous Episcopalian in a certain undisclosed diocese in the continental United States was surfing on her iPhone while watching the movie “Bridesmaids” on television when she saw a…

Tinka Perry describes herself as someone with "passion for justice and outreach," and as the newly appointed diocesan representative for Episcopal Relief & Development, she plans to channel some of that passion into connecting eastern Massachusetts Episcopalians with the organization's mission of …