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St. Barnabas's Church in Falmouth is marking its 125th anniversary with a full year of special events, with a high point on June 11, when the parish will welcome Bishop Alan M. Gates and dedicate a new labyrinth. Gates will celebrate and preach at a special anniversary service, followed by dinner…

Bishop Alan M. Gates has announced that he has appointed the Rev. Sam Rodman to serve as acting chief of staff, effective July 1. Rodman has most recently served as project manager for campaign initiatives, coordinating the implementation of mission hubs and numerous other projects throughout…

"BE YOU" is the name of a new high school group at St. Stephen's Church in Lynn seeking to provide a safe, fun and supportive space for LGBTQ+ teens and their straight allies. Dan Bell, a second-year Life Together fellow, started the group this past winter with support from youth minister Jason…

Grace Church in North Attleboro is reaching out to the community to help keep the World War II Memorial Swimming Pool open this summer while honoring fallen veterans.The Rev. Phillip Kutta will be conducting a special church service at Grace Church on Sunday, May 31 at 10 a.m., with music, prayers,…

On Saturday, June 28, 1969, six policemen arrived at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, and loudly announced the start of a raid. The people who were at Stonewall Inn that night weren’t just gay and lesbian; they were the most marginalized people from within the gay…

Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 North Main St., Randolph, is celebrating 100 years of Christian ministry and witness in Randolph. The seed for the establishment of an Episcopal mission in Randolph was planted in 1912 at the corner of Orchard Street and Bartlett Road when a group of Episcopalians…

The Rev. Elibariki Phillip Kutta came to Grace Episcopal Church in North Attleboro through a series of unexpected events that brought him from Tanzania to the Boston area.Kutta became the parish's supply priest last July, and took on the role of priest-in-charge on Jan. 1.Kutta was born in…

Bishop Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts issued the following statement today regarding the sentencing of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:We are grieved at the death sentence rendered today by the jury in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber…

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute founder Tina Chery greets a Boston Police officer at the start of the walk. Peg Mallett Deborah Gardner Walker Deborah Gardner Walker …

John (Jack) F. Doran, 96, an Episcopalian of Christ Church in Harwich Port and Christ Church in Andover, known to many throughout the Diocese of Massachusetts for his faithfulness to the Episcopal Church and his volunteer retirement career as a leader and consultant to bishops, diocesan…