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This year’s diocesan Spring Learning Event, which annually draws Episcopalians together for learning, resource sharing and inspiration, is flinging its doors open even wider, partnering with Episcopal Village and welcoming neighboring New England dioceses to what’s being called “a village gathering…

By The Rev. Lise Hildebrandt I recently spent three weeks in Haiti where I taught a seminar on public health at the Bishop Tharp Business and Technical Institute (BTI) in Les Cayes, and in return received an education about the country and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.    …

The sisters of the Society of St. Margaret surprised many with their announcement in early February that they are selling their Boston convent and moving their operations to their summer retreat property in Duxbury. PHOTO:…

Students from the diocese's campus ministries rang in the new year in Jerusalem, one of the stops on a Holy Land pilgrimage that took them to holy sites and taught them something about peacemaking. "One of the gifts of coming to a disputed land is meeting people who want to resolve conflicts not…

I am off this morning to the annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast sponsored by St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church and the Union United Methodist Church.  This day, whether we attend an event like the breakfast or not, is our yearly opportunity to give thanks for the life and…

Episcopal City Mission on Jan. 11 gathered a roomful of community organizers representing some of the state’s most ethnically diverse and economically hardest-hit cities—Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Fall River, Brockton—and gave out 17 checks totaling $200,000 to fuel their efforts against social…