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The Transition Committee has announced the scheduling of a series of open meetings around the diocese May 7-11, giving the people of the diocese an opportunity to meet and learn more about the nominees for election as the diocese's 17th bishop diocesan.
All in the diocesan community are invited to attend, particularly those who are voting members of the Special Electing Convention to be held on Saturday, May 18 at Trinity Church in Boston.
The meet-and-greet gatherings will be held on:
- Tuesday, May 7 at All Saints' Parish, Ashmont in Dorchester, 7-8:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 8 at St. Mary's Church in Barnstable, 10-11:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, May 8 at St. Thomas's Church in Taunton, 7-8:30 p.m.
- Thursday, May 9 at Christ Church in Needham, 2-3:30 p.m.
- Friday, May 10 at Christ Church in Andover, 7-8:30 p.m. (with childcare)
- Saturday, May 11 on Zoom, 10:30 a.m.-noon (with special Zoom rooms for youth and young adults, as well as for all others).
Additionally, there will be a "Coffee & Conversations with Clergy, Postulants and Candidates" session on Thursday, May 9, 10:30 a.m. to noon, at St. Paul's Church in Dedham.
Information about Zoom access and other details will be posted at www.diomass.org/bishop-search/meet-greets as they become available.
Find information about the preliminary slate of nominees at www.diomass.org/bishop-search/bishop-nominees.