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Sunday, May 19, was Pentecost. Parishioners at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church on Springdale Avenue celebrated the “birthday” of the Christian church not only by wearing red, but by having a bishop come over and bless their newest addition — solar panels. Installed over the winter, the panels cover…

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw has learned that a tumor removed from his brain last week is malignant and he will need cancer treatments, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Shaw underwent brain surgery on May 17 after tests revealed the mass on the previous day, the diocese said in a post…

May 24, 2013:  The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, met with his doctors at the Dana Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston today and learned that the tumor removed from his brain last Friday is indeed cancerous.  He will begin…

The Reverend John E. McGinn, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sandwich, has been placed on administrative leave from the church amid allegations that he plagiarized at least a dozen sermons that he has delivered as his own work both orally and in writing to his congregation since 2006.

Bishop M. Thomas Shaw of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts successfully underwent surgery Friday to remove a mass discovered on his brain, according to the diocese. Shaw, who announced in January his plan to retire next year , had the surgery Friday afternoon after tests Thursday revealed the…

Updated 9:30 p.m. / May 20, 2013:  Bishop Shaw came home from the hospital yesterday and is resting well, according to the Rev. Canon Mally Lloyd, Canon to the Ordinary, who spoke with him today.  She said the doctors continue to be pleased with his progress, and that he is very grateful…

Walkers from Christ Church, Andover PHOTO: Christ Church, Andover Walkers from St. Stephen’s Church, Cohasset, with Bishop Gayle Harris PHOTO: St. Stephen’s Church, Cohasset Walkers from St. Mark’s Church,…

On Saturday, April 27, 60 Lower Roxbury residents and volunteers came out to build a community garden on a lot that has been overgrown and collecting litter for years. The project came out of conversations with parents from St. Stephen’s Youth Programs, who identified the vacant lot as an eyesore…

Soon after the Boston Marathon bombings, local Christian leaders stepped swiftly into the public eye, convening vigils and urging peaceful healing in the wake of senseless violence. But their public voices have fallen mostly silent as noisy resistance grows to the prospect that suspected bomber…

View a photo gallery from the walk, here, and Bishop Shaw's video, here, and read the Boston Globe story, here. On Mother’s Day, May 12, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE will lead an Episcopal Church contingent, expected to number at least several hundred walkers from parishes across the Diocese of…