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The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge of the Diocese of Massachusetts is a member of the Task Force on the Study of Marriage, which is proposing to the General Convention changes to the Episcopal Church's marriage canon.  Partridge served on the task force's subcommittee focused on the biblical and…

Matthew Cavanaugh ECM's acting executive director, Bishop Bud Cederholm, with Bishop Burgess's daughters, Margaret Harrison and Julia Burgess About 450 friends and supporters of Episcopal City Mission turned out for the…

The young people of the Diocese of Massachusetts will be well represented at the 2015 General Convention this summer. In addition to the Official Youth Presence delegate Allegra Robinson, from St. John's Church in Franklin, two youth observers, Megan Lightcap and Michelle St. Francis, are traveling…

Allegra Robinson is a member of St. John's Church in Franklin, and will be serving as an Official Youth Presence delegate at the 2015 General Convention, taking place in Salt Lake City June 25-July 3.  Two youth represent each of the Episcopal Church's provinces on the Official Youth Presence,…

Grace Church in New Bedford has joined a national movement to provide something that is taken for granted by many, but sometimes out of reach for the homeless and working poor: clean laundry.  South Coast Mission Hub Life Together intern Victoria Laskey learned of the nationwide Laundry Love…

Bishop Gates at Trinity, Concord Trinity Church in Concord opened its new parish house on the church’s 130th anniversary, May 31.  Bishop Alan M. Gates joined the parish for the anniversary celebration and to dedicate the new parish house. The Rev. Tony Buquor has…

Bishop Gayle E. Harris ordained 11 new deacons and received one priest at a service on Saturday, June 6 at Emmanuel Church in Boston. Bob Greiner Pictured with Harris (front, center), they are:  (front row…

"Forgiveness does not exclude punishment, but to take another’s person’s life is always sinful," the Rev. Sara Irwin of Christ Church in Waltham writes in response to the Globe's question:  Should Massachusetts reinstate the death penalty?Click the link above to read more.

The sign outside Trinity Episcopal Church reads “A Welcoming Community” and the pastor, the Rev. Johanna Barrett, truly makes everyone that enters her office feel welcome.  “One of things I have learned is that I continually need to learn new things or reach out to someone that can do what…

It’s a startling number.  Of the 1.3 million unaccompanied homeless youth in the United States, between 20 and 40 percent identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning.Given their large numbers and discrimination they face, a youth group at St. Stephen’s in Lynn called BE YOU…