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Diocesan Convention proceedings at the Back Bay Events Center will be webcast live on Saturday, Nov. 2. Click on the link below and then follow onscreen instructions to join the webcast: https://zoom.us/j/956875686 If you are a new Zoom user, you will be prompted to download and run Zoom, which…

The slender white steeple of Old North Church is a cherished symbol of American freedom, the place where two signal lanterns dispatched Paul Revere on his famous 1775 ride to warn the colonists of approaching British troops. But it’s also a symbol of something else — an American reckoning. New…

Bishop Alan M. Gates notified the clergy and wardens in the Diocese of Massachusetts on Oct. 25 of the following clergy disciplinary matter. On Oct. 23, the Buffalo News reported that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has added the Rev. Ramon Aymerich to its list of clergy and former clergy…

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice: Oct. 25, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are saddened to inform you of the death of the Rev. Robert D. Landreth in Danvers, Massachusetts, on Oct. 19, 2019. Bob retired here in 1999 following many years of service in the Diocese of…

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice: Oct. 25, 2019 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are saddened to inform you of the death of the Rev. Stephen V. Smith on the Annapurna Circuit, near Manang, Nepal, on Oct. 18, 2019. Steve was the assistant rector and then interim at the…

Last year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that only a dozen years remain to reduce worldwide carbon dioxide emissions by 45% to meet the goal of net-zero emissions from power plants and vehicles by 2050--the reduction level needed to avoid a disaster scenario in…

The Diocese of Massachusetts--in partnership with its sister dioceses in New England, Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations--is organizing "Love God, Love Neighbor: Advocacy in Action"--a two-day training and advocacy initiative in Washington, D.C…

Starting on Oct. 27, the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston will be transformed into an art gallery through Dec. 6, as it hosts the traveling art exhibition, "ABRAHAM: Out of One, Many."  The exhibit's title plays off of the Latin motto "E pluribus unum" / "Out of many, one," and it…

Clergy and lay delegates will gather next month for Diocesan Convention, taking up the annual policy and budget-setting business of the diocese with the diocesan mission strategy in mind, which calls the community to embrace brave change by reimagining congregations, building relationships and…