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On Feb. 28, a group of teens and adults from All Saints Parish and Church of Our Saviour participated in City Reach, an overnight program that enables housed people to learn firsthand about homelessness from people who have experienced it. City Reach takes place several times each year at the…
Diocesan News
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and the B-PEACE Campaign of the Jorge Fuentes Antiviolence Task Force invite the diocesan community’s participation in and support of the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace on Sunday, May 11.  The walk is a fundraiser for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.Following the…
Diocesan News
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE sent the following update to clergy and parish and diocesan leadership today:My Sisters and Brothers,I want to share with you the results of yesterday’s consult with my medical team at Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  As you know, in December I had surgery to remove a…
Reflections
On Saturday, April 5, somewhere in the sea of electing delegates and prayerful observers from across the diocese, there will be a few of us non-Episcopalians.  The Massachusetts Council of Churches will send an ecumenical delegation to watch and pray with you.  Our intention is that our…
In the News
Seven members of the confirmation class at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Milton and six adults visited Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston on March 7 for Ecclesia Ministries’ "CityReach," an overnight program of discovery and conversation about the causes and circumstances of homeless people…
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Religious leaders, town and state officials and residents gathered in Bedford March 20 to denounce recent acts of anti-Semitism in the schools and pledge their support to help make Bedford a safe and welcoming community for all cultures and races.  "We wish this wasn't happening but since they…
Reflections
Rowan Williams, scholar, theologian, poet and former archbishop of Canterbury has a wonderful collection of sermons entitled "Open to Judgment." Anyone who has encountered Williams's theology will be familiar with his understanding of this concept; in his work he places the Christian into a posture…
Diocesan News
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE convened clergy and business leaders for a March 6 breakfast where they heard about how they can help reduce street violence and enrich their own communities and workplaces by hiring teens in need of summer jobs."There is a huge gap right now between the number of teens…
Diocesan News
While visiting the diocesan offices on Mar. 14, 2014,  the seven candidates for bishop took the opportunity to sit down with the communications office and introduce themselves on video. To learn more about the candidates, please visit www.mabishopsearch.org 
Diocesan News
A special convention to elect the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts will take place on Saturday, April 5.Clergy and lay delegates from the parishes and missions of the diocese will gather at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street) in Boston to elect a diocesan…