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Bishop Gayle Harris marches with other Anglican Communion bishops in the Walk of Witness for the Millenium Development Goals Bishops Tom Shaw, Gayle Harris and Bud Cederholm attended the Lambeth Conference, the once-a-decade meeting of the world's Anglican bishops, July 16-Aug…

All Saints' Church in Stoneham is creating Manna of Sound for Humanity (MOSH), a new worship experience geared toward youth and the young at heart. MOSH will be a Eucharist service amped up by music from "Texas" John Mayer, slide shows and other art. MOSH will be followed by time to hang out in the…

 Aug. 1, Bishop Cederholm writes from Lambeth: “In 24 hours I shall be on a plane heading home.  These are my reflections at the moment, but I know I will have many more in the days and weeks to come as my heart, mind, and spirit, with the help of the Holy Spirit, deepen this experience for me,…

Following the conference’s opening Eucharist at Canterbury Cathedral on July 20, about 33 bishops, including New Hampshire’s Gene Robinson (right) and Massachusetts bishop suffragan Gayle Harris (left), shared the Eucharist in a nearby field within view of the cathedral towers during a service that…

Bishop Shaw visiting Barnham CEVC Primary School in Suffolk, England Before arriving at Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE spent three days in the Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, part of a pre-Lambeth hospitality initiative. While there,…

The three bishops of the Diocese of Massachusetts are among the 650 Anglican Communion bishops participating in the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference, now underway in Canterbury, England.  The conference runs from July 16-Aug. 3. This Lambeth Conference is the second for M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE,…

Governor Deval Patrick visits St. Peter's Church in Salem. As part of the 275th anniversary celebration of St. Peter's Church in Salem, the congregation invited Governor Deval Patrick to stop by the historic church. During his fifteen-minute visit June 9, the governor shook…

Bishop Barbara C. Harris (r.) receives standing ovation at the ECM annual dinner from, among others, Bishops Tom Shaw and Gayle Harris (ctr.). Episcopal City Mission (ECM) honored church and community leaders for their social justice work during the organization’s annual banquet…

Left: Bishop Sebastian Bakare (l.); center: a locked church door; right: children at a backyard service in Harare Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE returned June 3 from a week in the Anglican Diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe, where he had traveled at the request of Presiding Bishop…