Diocesan News

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

The following statement of apology was sent to diocesan clergy, Standing Committee and Diocesan Council, and posted on the diocesan website on April 12, 2024.

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

The Diocese of Massachusetts and friends and colleagues across The Episcopal Church are remembering and celebrating the life and witness of the Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman, who died peacefully, according to his family, on April 2, 2024, at home in Framingham, Mass. He was 81. Ed Rodman was known churchwide as a strategist, advocate and activist for social and racial justice, and as an educator and mentor across generations in The Episcopal Church.

The Transition Committee has announced the scheduling of a series of open meetings around the diocese May 7-11, giving the people of the diocese an opportunity to meet and learn more about the nominees for election as the diocese's 17th bishop diocesan. 

The Reparations Subcommittee of the diocesan Racial Justice Commission has released a substantive new history report, “And You Will Know the Truth, and the Truth Will Make You Free: A Historical Framework (1620-1840) for Understanding How the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts Benefits Today from Chattel Slavery and Its Legacy.”  

The diocesan Racial Justice Commission is undertaking its work this year with a renewed focus on invitation as it continues in its efforts to help move the diocesan community closer to the ideal of Beloved Community. The commission gathered with Bishop Alan Gates and facilitators on Feb. 17 at St. Mary's Church in Newton Lower Falls for a work retreat . "One of our goals this year is to not only do the work that we're doing, but also to do more intentional work around both getting the word out and inviting people to participate."

The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Massachusetts on March 15 announces a preliminary slate of four nominees for election as the 17th bishop diocesan and opening of March 15-22 petition period.