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Attleboro's All Saints Episcopal Church has started a breakfast program named One Family, A Mission of Unity Saturday Morning Breakfast. The church plans to hold the breakfasts every other month to aid low-income families in the area. Click the link above to read more. 
Parish News
The Kids in Community (KIC) program at St. Stephen’s Church in Lynn is now winding down its ninth summer of providing academic enrichment and summer camp fun to kids in Lynn. Serving children who are entering grades one through six, KIC has a current enrollment of about 100 campers. The program,…
In the News
“God tells us to show hospitality for immigrants, to look out for and care for these children,” the Rev. Jane Gould of St. Stephen's Church in Lynn said at a protest, eliciting cheers and applause from demonstrators provoked by comments from the mayor that the influx of child immigrants from…
Diocesan News
Eleven young people from the Diocese of Massachusetts and their adult mentors, including Bishop Gayle E. Harris, traveled to Philadelphia for the Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) held July 9-12 at Villanova University.Held every three years, the event gathers hundreds of young Episcopalians from across…
Parish News
The new stained glass window arrives at Grace Church. Grace Church, Vineyard Haven has just completed the first phase of a major renovation funded through its parish Together Now capital campaign. This phase included replacing two walls and reworking the windows. The church…
Diocesan News
In June the Diocese of Massachusetts launched two new mission hubs to serve the North Shore and Boston's Metrowest area.The new hubs join three existing mission hubs serving the Merrimack Valley, the South Coast and Plymouth, Cape Cod and the islands and are part of the Mission Hub Initiative…
Diocesan News
About 500 Episcopalians gathered under one of the bluest of June's skies to sing, pray and give thanks together with Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE as he prepares to retire after 20 years as the bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts.The June 21 celebration at Jamaica Pond in Boston was the…
Diocesan News
About 500 people brought picnics and enjoyed fellowship together with Bishop Tom at Jamaica Pond. Tracy J. Sukraw Face painting Tracy J. Sukraw Face painting Tracy J. Sukraw …
In the News
The Oasis Community Youth Group of St. Stephen’s Church in Lynn has been working on what they call Project 135. Project 135 is an outdoor art installations intended  to spread awareness and support of House Bill 135, which aims to reduce youth homelessness and  its effects.Upon its…
Diocesan News
Whether you're on a family vacation or just making a day trip to the beach this summer, make sure to stop at one or more of eastern Massachusetts' Episcopal churches along the way for a dose of history, a prayerful interlude, some music on the lawn or a lobster roll.  Here is a sampling of…