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In a Nov. 18 letter, Bishop Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts joined with other Massachusetts church leaders to ask Governor Charlie Baker to reconsider his position against the local resettlement of Syrian refugees.The letter, issued by the…

The Ven. Michael Hamilton waits with Bishop Gates outside the doors of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Matthew Cavanaugh Bishop Gates makes the traditional three knocks on the cathedral doors. Matthew Cavanaugh …

Gathering for the first time for worship and work in the newly renovated Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, this year’s annual Diocesan Convention had a special spirit of celebration about it as it voted its positions on world concerns and deliberated over mission matters closer to home.About…

On Sunday, November 1, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church held a special blessing of its new solar panels, with retired bishop The Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm presiding over the festive event, occurring on All Saints’ Day.Beginning with a grand procession from the sanctuary to the rear parking lot, where the…

The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and participants in the Diocesan Investment Trust now have a new option for environmentally responsible investing.  The diocesan Financial Advisory Committee and the Trustees of Donations announced at Diocesan Convention on Nov. 14 the opening of the…

Bishop Douglas J. Fisher of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts gave the sermon at the Nov. 13 rededication of the newly renovated Cathedral Church of St. Paul and the official seating of Bishop Alan M. Gates.  Watch Bishop Fisher's full sermon above.  The text of his sermon is available…

Jesus commanded us to love our enemies, but in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, how?, asks Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.  His Nov. 14 statement follows.How can we pray this prayer of all prayers, here in Paris, the day after? O…

Bishop Alan M. Gates, Bishop Gayle E. Harris and Bishop Barbara C. Harris participated in the installation liturgy of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 1.  The installation of the first African-American presiding bishop was a historic moment for the…

Last week during a family visit I happened upon mementos of my father’s naval service at the end of World War II.  My dad graduated from college in May 1945 and went immediately to basic naval training at the Great Lakes naval cent …

 The spare but beautiful interior of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is empty and shuttered now, the victim of declining attendance in a sparsely populated dot of Western Massachusetts.But above its worn pews Monday morning hung a five-candle chandelier that Paul Revere would have seen when he…