Diocesan News

Matthew Cavanaugh Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses ECM's Annual Meeting. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined 560 Episcopalians in the Diocese of Massachusetts on June 7 to celebrate the work of…

Will it be the Very Rev. Peter Elliott in Bruins black and gold at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral on a Sunday soon?  Or the Very Rev. John P. Streit Jr. of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston wearing Canucks blue and green? …

Boston’s common cathedral doesn’t have walls or stained glass windows, but the vistas that it provides are unparalleled. “Common cathedral is the name of the Ecclesia Ministries’ worshiping community, which is primarily a ministry among the homeless on Boston Common,” explained the Rev. Bob…

Interim executive director Kelsey Young on May 24 offered her resignation to the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center Board of Directors, effective June 24, to take a new position at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. "As the center's guest services manager and then its conference…

Many of us heard President Obama's important policy speech on the Middle East on Thursday and are heartened by the seriousness with which he is promoting peace in that deeply troubled part of the world that has shown so much potential in recent months. The risen Christ has given each of us as…

By Deborah Gardner Walker They came from all over the country to explore servant leadership and walking “The Jesus Way.”  More than 120 young adult interns and directors from 17 Episcopal Service Corps (ESC) programs gathered at Lasell College in Newton, May 6-8, to discern how they would…

The Rev. Luther Zeigler The Rev. Luther Zeigler has been appointed the new Episcopal chaplain at Harvard University, effective Aug. 1. “We are delighted to announce the successful completion of our search and the appointment of the Rev. Luther Zeigler as our new chaplain. …