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[Episcopal Divinity School Release]: In a matriculation ceremony held on Sept. 8 in historic St. John's Memorial Chapel, Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) officially welcomed seven new residential students to the Cambridge-based seminary and theological graduate school. The Rev. Alan M. Gates, a 1987…

Music minister Carol Abel and the Rev. Mary Church of the Good Shepherd, Reading, Massachusetts, recently completed the restoration of their 65-year-old pipe organ, which had not been playable for several years. A dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place at the church’s 10…

 As the Church in Wales prepares to enable women to become bishops, Bishop Suffragan Gayle Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts became the first female Anglican bishop to preside and preach in a Welsh cathedral.“The church is not just enriched by women’s ordination, it’s more…

St. Michael's Church in Marblehead, which is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year, has been without a steeple since George Washington's second term in office when the church's former steeple had to be taken down because of rot.  A new 38-foot zinc-shingled spire was installed on Aug. 28…

Cut off from Market Basket stores around the region, many people are turning to food pantries after finding that their dollars don’t go as far at the competition, said the Rev. Laura Everett, director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.“There’s been an increased need earlier in the month, and…

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE sent on Aug. 25 the following message to clergy and parish and diocesan leadership:My Sisters and Brothers,As my date of retirement nears, I want to be in touch with all of you and to thank you for your continued expressions of care and concern.  We have known since…

Standing in a shadowy basement room at Christ Episcopal Church, next to the motor and pump that power the church organ, Michael Beagan held his finger up to a small digital screen."On a nice sunny day this would be eight or nine thousand," he said. "You can see it’s 664."Beagan, the church…

Boston University’s Agganis Arena will be transformed from sporting to sacred space on Saturday, Sept. 13 as the Episcopal Church ordains and consecrates a new bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.Some 4,000 participants and guests—including 28 bishops—from around the country and…

Courtesy Celebrating B-SAFE with ice cream. When B-SAFE began in 2000 as a safe haven for about 30 children in a neighborhood plagued by violence, the Rev. Tim Crellin says he could not have imagined that it would grow to the size and…

Episcopal Divinity School's Director of Lifelong Learning Diane D'Souza spoke to WBUR about the recent EDS pilgrimage to Haynesville, Alabama, where EDS student Jonathan Daniels was killed in 1965 for his involvement in the civil rights movement.