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Twelve youth from nine different parishes came together to serve and learn from a community in need on an April New York City mission trip organized by the diocesan Office of Youth Ministry. The youth helped to brighten a community still recovering from natural disaster.Superstorm Sandy caused…

At the Cathedral Church of St. Paul a few weeks ago, on the second Sunday of Easter, the procession into church took longer than usual to get where it was going.  Rather than the altar party following the crucifer down the central aisle from the back of the church, with people in the pews…

Three Bristol County Episcopal churches are merging into one and will celebrate their first service together as the Bristol Trinity Episcopal Church on June 15.  The three churches, St. John’s in Taunton, St. John the Evangelist in Mansfield and St. Mark’s in North Easton, have been in a …

Despite condemnation by the Archdiocese of Boston, Harvard chaplains, student religious groups and many alumni and students on campus, an organization of Harvard Extension School students will move forward with plans to host a staging of a satanic “black mass” on campus on Monday. “Just because…

Episcopal City Mission (ECM) has voted to divest its $16-million endowment from exposure to fossil fuels. The unanimous vote of the ECM Board of Directors took place at its May 8 meeting after months of research, reflection and deliberation that included thorough analysis of the potential financial…

A new Web site, www.themissioninstitute.org, launched today as part of a new and developing collaborative initiative of Episcopal City Mission, Episcopal Divinity School and the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.The Mission Institute has been created, according to its mission statement, "to…

At an important time of religious and town-wide reflection, Grace Community Church transferred Marblehead Ministerial Association’s covenant documents over to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church during a predominately sung liturgy service Sunday evening.The annual Interfaith Covenant exchange was held…

Yar Ayuel is happily married, has three children, a college degree, and a good job. It’s a life she could not have imagined when, about 20 years ago, she and her little brother walked for weeks across deserts and through wilderness, trying to elude northern Sudanese militia and wild animals, with…

The people and congregations of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts are marking April 27 as "Gratitude Sunday," part of a "Season of Service and Celebration" honoring Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE as he prepares to retire.  A letter of gratitude to the people of the diocese from Bishop Shaw…

Is it easier to believe Good Friday or Easter?  Is it easier to believe in Good Friday and the betrayal, abandonment, suffering and death of Jesus on the cross or Easter and the resurrection of our Lord?For the first followers of Jesus, it’s clear that believing in Good Friday was a lot easier…