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Diocese of Easton to consider partnering with another diocese after bishop’s retirement
Presiding bishop election, Title IV cases and ‘clergy shortage’ among top ENS stories of 2024
Chief Financial Officer Kurt Barnes to retire after 21 years in top churchwide leadership position
Anglican Communion secretary general shares Christmas message
Heavenly host of colonial-era angels revealed at Boston church just in time for Christmas
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Diocese and Parish News

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Diocesan News
The annual diocesan Ministry Discernment Conference is widening its embrace in 2025 to include anyone looking for resources for discerning God's call in their life.  The conference, jointly hosted in past years by the diocesan Commission on Ministry and bishops, has always been open to all,…
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Old North Church angel painting
Parish News

Through a painstaking and possibly once-in-a-lifetime paint restoration project underway at Old North Church in Boston, a host of colonial-era angels is coming into view, one by one, for the first time in over a century, and just in time for Christmas.

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Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

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Diocesan News

Bishop Julia E. Whitworth has announced the following transition on the diocese staff. 

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Bishop Carol Gallagher and Bishop Julia Whitworth
Diocesan News

Photos from the 2024 Diocesan Convention held Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Marriott Boston Quincy Hotel in Quincy.

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Bishop Julia Whitworth addresses Diocesan Convention
Diocesan News

Video and text of the address given by Bishop Julia E. Whitworth at the 239th annual Diocesan Convention on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Diocesan News
Nov. 7, 2024 Beloved of God in Massachusetts, In the deluge of emotions and words after Tuesday’s election, it was a challenge to find more which might add meaning yesterday. Perhaps those of you pastoring congregations, schools, and other communities, church or otherwise, felt the same way…
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Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

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Diocesan News
Nov. 4, 2024 Greetings, Beloved in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. You are receiving this the day before our nation's national election, but I'm recording it a few weeks before, so God knows what has unfolded. But what I know to be true is this: We're probably all feeling pretty anxious…
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Martha Gardner
Diocesan News

Missioner for Networking and Formation Martha Gardner is retiring from the diocesan staff, with her last work day to be Dec. 6.

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