Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has announced that the Rev. Edward M. Cardoza will now be serving full time, on an interim basis, as missioner for property stewardship on the diocesan staff, a role in which he has been serving part-time since September 2020.

Episcopalians statewide are invited to "walk" the Way of the Cross together this Holy Week, by visiting 14 church and ministry sites from Falmouth to Great Barrington via a video project that draws on the ancient practice of pilgrimage to bring attention to the current-day scourge of gun violence.

"The Way of the Cross: Ending Gun Violence in Massachusetts" will premiere on Palm Sunday, April 10 at 7 p.m. on the YouTube channels of both dioceses, and then be available thereafter for devotional use by individuals and groups, at home or church.

Preliminary materials for the new six-session Lenten study series, "What is Truth?: An Embodied Lenten Series," are now available from the Racial Justice Commission, launching a diocesan year of study "in the name of repentance, reconciliation and accountability."

A new executive director has been hired for the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., the center's Board of Directors announced on Jan. 12.

The Rev. Spencer Hatcher will begin her new ministry at the BCH Center in early February.