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The following COVID-19 update with the bishops' guidance for Ash Wednesday was sent to clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership on Jan. 27, 2022. Jan. 27, 2022 Dear Colleagues, We approach Lent yet again with unexpected concerns about how to balance our observance of this sacred season…
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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."

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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.

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The diocesan community is invited to join in giving thanks for the life and witness of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas), at 6 p.m.

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The following COVID-19 update and protocols reminder from the bishops was sent to clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership on Jan. 12, 2022.

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Jan. 7, 2022 From the Office of the Canon to the Ordinary:  REVISED GUIDANCE ON VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETINGS with sample proxy form attached below Dear Clergy and Wardens, After further consultation with the chancellor’s law firm, I write with updated guidance regarding virtual annual meetings. …
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Old North Church in Boston lit its iconic lanterns on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the eve of the anniversary of last year's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that sought to disrupt the certification of electoral votes and overturn the presidential election.

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Beginning in January, Bishop Carol J. Gallagher, who serves as one of three regional canons in the Diocese of Massachusetts, will be assisting in the Diocese of Albany, on a limited basis, providing supplemental episcopal pastoral support as that diocese begins to come into compliance with the 2018 General Convention resolution on provision of marriage rites for same-sex couples.

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The following reminder of current COVID-19 protocols from the bishops was sent to clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership on Dec. 20, 2021. Dec. 20, 2021 Dear Colleagues in the Diocese of Massachusetts, Grace and peace to you in these final days of Advent. We find ourselves once again…
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The diocesan community’s prayers and virtual presence are invited for these upcoming ordinations to the priesthood in December 2021 and January 2022: • The Rev. Marcia Chanta Bhan on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern)/1:30 p.m. (Central) at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Tex.; …