The Office of the Bishop has issued the following pastoral announcement:
May 2, 2025
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are saddened to inform you of the death of the Rev. Thomas E. Adams Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 17, 2025. Thomas served as assistant priest at the Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole from 1979 until 1981, as assistant priest at St. Barnabas’s Church in Falmouth in 1988, and as rector at St. Mark’s Church in Fall River from 1997 until 1999. Most recently, Thomas served as assistant priest at the Church of the Advent in Boston from 2005 until his death.
A requiem mass will be held on Saturday, May 3, at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Clergy are invited to attend, but will not vest or process.
May the soul of God’s faithful servant departed rest in peace and may light perpetual shine upon him.
Faithfully yours,
The Rt. Rev. Julia E. Whitworth
Condolences may be sent to his family at:
Candace Roosevelt
1 Acorn Street
Boston, MA 02108
Memorial donations may be made to:
The Church of the Advent
30 Brimmer Street
Boston, MA 02108