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Bishop Zebedee Masereka, a retired bishop of Kasese, Uganda, will be visiting the diocese later this month, and members of the diocesan community involved in mission partnerships in East Africa invite others to join them in welcoming him on Thursday, Sept. 30, 6-8 p.m., at the Cathedral Church of…

By the numbers, Sept. 11 was a big Day of Service in the diocese:  436 volunteers putting in a collective 2,400 hours at nine sites. Nearly 200 volunteers sorted books and organized the library at Boston’s Blackstone…

For many congregations in the diocese Oct. 3 will be “Creation Care Sunday.”  It’s the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Francis, and Bishop Bud Cederholm has invited congregations to hold creation-themed liturgies on that day and to take up special collections to support the diocese’s Green…

The Rev. Cristina Rathbone (center) of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston joined the interfaith rally against religious bigotry held at the State House on Sept. 7. With the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaching and anti-Muslim incidents on the rise…

Grace Church welcomed 85 Jabberwocky campers to church on July 18. Grace Church, Vineyard Haven welcomes Jabberwocky:  This summer, as it does every summer, Grace Church in Vineyard Haven took out its first two rows of pews to make room for wheelchair-bound members of Camp…

Medical missioners served hundreds at a makeshift clinic near Santiago. Two members of Trinity Church in Melrose traveled to the Dominican Republic as part of a medical mission in July.   Judy Cote and Harry Walton joined a 16-member team in setting up a clinic in an…