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Courtesy photo The Rev. Spencer Hatcher, the new executive director of the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., arrived on the job in February after four years working at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif.  She is…
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Margaret Lias has been hired as assistant for congregations and grants administration, a new full-time position on the diocesan staff, and will begin on May 31.

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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice. Updated May 6, 2022:  The funeral for the Rev. Helen Moore, originally planned for Jan. 8, 2022, will now take place at Trinity Church, Boston on Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m.  Clergy are invited to vest (white stoles).  Masks are required; early arrival is advised. 

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The Rev. Dr. Yolanda A. Rolle has been named to serve as missioner for youth and young adults and will begin her new position on the diocesan staff on Aug. 1.

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Starting at sunset--7:41 p.m.--on Thursday, April 28, the diocesan Young Adult Advisory Committee and the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard are teaming up to co-host a spring revival in the chaplaincy’s backyard at 2 Garden Street in Cambridge, with music by the Appalachian string band, The Onlies, smoked meats and homemade pies, and the chance to meet new people. 

“We’re looking to create spaces where young Episcopalians can find one another and build relationships and lessen both the isolation of the pandemic and also the isolation, sometimes, of being one of only a few people in our age group in many of our parishes,” the Rev. Isaac Martinez, a member of the Young Adult Advisory Committee, said in a Zoom interview.

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The Racial Justice Commission's Subcommittee on Reparations has issued the following letter of invitation regarding the series of regional online Reparations Listening Gatherings in May, open to all in the diocesan community.  Online registration is now open for each of the sessions.  The…
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Planning is now underway for a diocesan liturgy in celebration of the life of Bishop Barbara C. Harris, to be held on Sunday, June 12 at 5 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice.

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The following letter expands upon the COVID-19 guidelines sent by the bishops on March 7, 2022, which take effect on April 1, 2022.

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The bishops issued the following statement on March 23, 2022, calling for prayer and for ingatherings for the Episcopal Relief & Development Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, on Sundays, April 3 and 10.