Diocesan News

Retired bishop suffragan Barbara C. Harris set off for South Africa on Sept. 21, where she will preach during the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary of women’s ordination in that province of the church.  The trip coincides with the anniversary of her own…

With young adults back to school in full force, the six Episcopal college and university ministries in this diocese seek to reach out to them in an array of ways.  Whether it is an evening service that provides a space in which to breathe out the angst of the day and breathe in God's…

Sept. 18, 2012:  Over-capacity congregations flowed this week through St. Stephen's Church in Boston's South End in remembrance of Jorge Fuentes, 19, a beloved B-SAFE program member who was shot and killed on the street outside of his Dorchester home on Sept. 10.  (Read Boston Globe…

The diocesan Office of Youth Ministry is taking the show on the road, so to speak, by initiating a series of regional youth days for middle and high school students and their adult mentors--regardless of the size of their church youth group. The idea is…

Sept. 7, 2012Late this afternoon, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts was informed by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office of the arrest of the Rev. Paul LaCharite on charges of assault to rape a child and indecent assault and battery on a child.  He is a former rector of St. James's…

President Obama has proclaimed Sept. 7-9 as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance.  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris commend the invitation to remember the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and their loved ones through prayer, contemplation, memorial services and vigils and…

Weekly posts through October and November for reflection and conversation are on our Creation Care Season page, here. In a Sept. 4 letter, retired bishop suffragan Bud Cederholm asks congregations to observe a Creation Care Season during late…