Diocesan News

Starting at sunset--7:41 p.m.--on Thursday, April 28, the diocesan Young Adult Advisory Committee and the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard are teaming up to co-host a spring revival in the chaplaincy’s backyard at 2 Garden Street in Cambridge, with music by the Appalachian string band, The Onlies, smoked meats and homemade pies, and the chance to meet new people. 

“We’re looking to create spaces where young Episcopalians can find one another and build relationships and lessen both the isolation of the pandemic and also the isolation, sometimes, of being one of only a few people in our age group in many of our parishes,” the Rev. Isaac Martinez, a member of the Young Adult Advisory Committee, said in a Zoom interview.

Planning is now underway for a diocesan liturgy in celebration of the life of Bishop Barbara C. Harris, to be held on Sunday, June 12 at 5 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston.

The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice.

The following letter expands upon the COVID-19 guidelines sent by the bishops on March 7, 2022, which take effect on April 1, 2022.

The bishops issued the following statement on March 23, 2022, calling for prayer and for ingatherings for the Episcopal Relief & Development Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, on Sundays, April 3 and 10.

The Diocesan Youth Council gathered a group of middle and high school peers for a day-long retreat on Saturday, March 19, hosted at the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester. It was their first in-person gathering since the pandemic began two years ago. About 10 congregations were represented among those in attendance.

DYC organizers and adult mentors present at the retreat said the day was about re-centering, finding belonging, thinking beyond one's own personal experiences and doing something actionable to help others.

The Office of the Bishop has announced that the Rev. Edward M. Cardoza will now be serving full time, on an interim basis, as missioner for property stewardship on the diocesan staff, a role in which he has been serving part-time since September 2020.