Diocesan News

The discernment process toward the election of the next bishop for the Diocese of Massachusetts is underway.The Discernment Committee, with the oversight of the diocesan Standing Committee, has begun its confidential screening and interviewing process.  The Discernment Committee gathered with…

A year and a half after its public launch, and with all congregations participating, the Diocese of Massachusetts' Together Now fundraising campaign reached its $20-million goal over the summer months."We've done it.  We're over the top.  Large and small, individually and collectively, we…

It was a long day of statistics and storytelling at the State House on Sept. 13, as hundreds gathered in Gardner Auditorium to give and hear testimony on proposed changes to the state's gun laws.Sixty-some gun reform bills are before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, and…

Two new members joined the diocesan and cathedral staffs over the summer.The Rev. Canon Connie Ng Lam has been named the new canon for Asiamerican ministries and will serve as priest to the Episcopal Boston Chinese Ministry at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.Ellen Stuart has been hired as…

Sept. 3 was the first official day of classes at Epiphany School in Dorchester. But unlike many school-age kids, students at Epiphany haven’t spent the summer anticipating their return to school—in fact, these hardworking students never really left. Epiphany students spent their summer at an…

The B-SAFE program has wrapped up another summer of providing programming for elementary and middle-school aged kids, and paid jobs and internships to teens and young adults.  Across six Boston-area locations (South End, Lower Roxbury, Upham’s Corner-Dorchester, Codman Square-Dorchester,…

Sept. 6, 2013:  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts today issued the following statement on Syria: "Lord, make us instruments of your peace..."In the aftermath of the horror of toxic gas…

Esperanza Academy, an independent school for middle-school girls from low-income families in Lawrence, is entering the new school year with an expanded faculty, a thriving sports program and a reinvigorated sense of Episcopal identity.  They also have major cause for celebration:  100…

The Diocese of Massachusetts' Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., finished out its 2013 camp season in August, wrapping up its 10th year. There were five week-long sessions for campers entering grades 4-12, and the sixth week welcomed campers from the B-SAFE summer day…

This month, The Crossing returns to its weekly Thursday evening worship at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. The Crossing is an emergent community that blends the traditions of the Episcopal Church with member-led ministry, creative prayer and meditation and a rich sense of community. The…