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The annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration on Oct. 14, offered with the participation of both Massachusetts dioceses, was hosted this year by Christ Church in Andover and welcomed as guest speaker Janine Tinsley-Roe (Shinnecock and Poospatuck Tribal Nations of Long Island), former national missioner for Native American Ministries for The Episcopal Church. The day included a special program for children, and was an opportunity for sacred listening, learning, worship and breaking bread together.

At a powwow on Sept. 7, Kind Warrior (Ken White), Council Chair of the Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Band, graciously received some historic cultural documents created at the end of the 20th century by a medicine man of that band. This came about through the efforts of the Rev. Barbara Smith-Moran, a retired Episcopal priest, and archeologist Shirley Blancke of Trinity Church in Concord, two members of the Right Relations Working Group, part of the diocesan Racial Justice Commission. 

Bishop Alan M. Gates issued the following message of farewell on Oct. 10, 2024.  In preparation for retirement, he will resign his office at the consecration of his successor on Oct. 19, 2024.

In this Oct. 3, 2024, message, our bishops and bishop-elect urge continued prayers and generous giving to Episcopal Relief & Development's Hurricane Relief Fund, in response to widespread destruction throughout the U.S. Southeast in wake of Hurricane Helene.

Following is the text of the sermon preached by Bishop Alan M. Gates at the annual diocesan Clergy Day on Sept. 25, 2024, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

A message of greeting and highlights from her first weeks in the diocese from Bishop-elect Julia Whitworth