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B-SAFE, the summer enrichment program in the diocese that serves more than 500 children and employs 140 teens in Boston’s neighborhoods, is heading into its 16th year larger and wider in scope than ever before. The program relies upon volunteers from its partner parishes and organizations to…

Youth and advocates from across the state will gather at Old South Church (UCC) in Boston on Feb. 19 to rally for funding for youth jobs--advocating that teen employment can reduce street violence and enrich communities.The B-PEACE for Jorge campaign of the Diocese of Massachusetts is once again a…

For years I resisted admitting that my eyesight was slipping.  Always I told myself that the light was bad, or I was just tired.  I was unwilling to recognize this gradual function of nature because, honestly, I had spent a lifetime being quite proud of my eyesight:  20/20 in one eye…

The diocesan and cathedral offices at 138 Tremont Street in Boston will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

On Jan. 30, Episcopal City Mission (ECM) presented its annual Burgess Urban Fund grants to 20 Massachusetts grassroots community organizations working against social injustice.The Burgess Urban Fund was established in 1975 to improve the lives of the urban poor and oppressed. Grants are intended to…

Team Patriots rallied for a successful Super Bowl Challenge--a charitable contest launched a week and a half ago by the bishops of the dioceses of Massachusetts and Olympia to see which diocese could raise the most money for Episcopal Relief and Development by gametime on Sunday.Final tallies show…

An abandoned building at Beverly Municipal Airport has been saved from demolition, at least temporarily, to shelter the homeless during extreme weather.Mayor Michael Cahill hesitates to call the “temporary emergency accommodation” a shelter, since it’s available only if there is a need for it —…

As the New England Patriots prepare for their Super Bowl match-up with the Seattle Seahawks, the bishops of the Episcopal dioceses of Massachusetts and Olympia have issued a challenge to their respective dioceses to a competition of their own--this one charitable.“As many of us prepare to cheer the…

Starting on Monday, Jan. 26, Emmanuel Church at 15 Newbury Street in Boston is opening its parish hall on Mondays and Fridays as a temporary day shelter for homeless people who need a place to come in out of the cold.Nearby Old South Church (UCC) opened a similar emergency weekday drop-in space…

The diocese's ongoing B-PEACE antiviolence campaign is beginning the new year with an action plan focused on gun law reform, youth jobs and leadership training for teens--three areas where the church's participation is needed and ones for which congregations and individuals involved in the campaign…