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Surrendered guns got a new, more peaceful purpose at an event at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Wednesday that took inspiration from a Bible verse. “It’s a change for an instrument with the potential for tremendous harm to an instrument of nurturing,” said Bishop James Curry,…
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April 16:  Lantern Service Old North Church's iconic steeple Diocese of Massachusetts Photo: Matthew Cavanaugh Old North Church was established in…
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Amidst the Patriots' Day holiday weekend in full swing in a city crowding up with tens of thousands of visitors on the eve of the Boston Marathon, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry came to Boston to celebrate Old North Church's 300th year. He preached rousing "God is love!" messages at two April 16 services that were as much about reckoning and recommitment as they were remembrance, and which sought to shine new light on the ideals of liberty and justice for all.

Diocesan News

Photos of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's gatherings with diocesan youth at St. Cyprian's Church in Roxbury and with young adults at Boston University on April 15, 2023.

Reflections
Easter 2023 The refugee fleeing war-torn lands. The parent numbed by schoolchild massacre. The COVID-weary in every home and workplace. The friendship which has healed a loss. The treatment which has healed a wound. The miracle of the emergent daffodil. Amidst our losses, large and small, come…
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"When [the] Rev. Scott Ciosek started 'The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing,' a nonprofit based out of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in 2015, he hoped to expand mental health into a region he found had 'less access' compared to other areas of the commonwealth. “'So many people in this…
Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

Diocesan News

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:

Diocesan News

The Rt. Rev. Carol J. Gallagher stepped into her new role as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Massachusetts on Feb. 1.