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A former Catholic priest, the Rev. Scott A. Ciosek is the pastor of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in New Bedford and St. Peter's Episcopal Church in South Dartmouth. He is also a husband, father of three, full-time hospice bereavement minister and college professor. Originally ordained in the…

The B-PEACE Resource Day was held on Sept. 28 at Roxbury Community College. About 350 participants from 80 congregations throughout the diocese gathered to learn, collaborate and discover new tools for preventing violence in families, schools and communities. …

Greater Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community recently honored the Diocese of Massachusetts for the work of the South Coast mission hub. The diocese was among several honorees at the Partners for a Healthier Community 20th anniversary celebration on Sept. 18.  The South Coast is the…

Our B-PEACE Resource Day on Sept. 28, 2013, drew more than 300 eastern Massachusetts Episcopalians for workshops and inspiration to work against violence and be peacemakers in our churches, schools, families and communities.  The Rev. Kathleen Adams-Shepherd, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church…

Brazilian ambassador Frederico Cesar de Araujo visited St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Saturday to see in action the church's Portuguese language program for children called Nucleo Educacionista. The Ambassador met with church leaders and Arlete Falkwoski, who runs the Nucleo Educacionista, a…

The Celestial Infernos steel drum band plays as Resource Day attendees arrive for check-in at Roxbury Community College. The musicians are youth from St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church in Roxbury. Ellen Stuart Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE opened the morning…

On Sunday, Sept. 15, more than 35 people joined in a “Worshipful Walk” in the Middlesex Fells with Grace Episcopal Church. The “Worshipful Walk” was part of Grace Church’s series of experiments around starting a new worship service on Sundays at 5 p.m.

The diocesan Office of Transition Ministry has announced the following clergy position changes, as of Sept. 25, 2013: The Rev. Adrian Peter Robbins-Cole, Rector, St. Andrew’s Church, Wellesley The Rev. Philip J. Kuhn, Rector, Trinity Church, Randolph The Rev. Karen Coleman, Rector, St. James’s…

Trinity Church in Haverhill is hard at work with other churches and with Team Haverhill, a local volunteer civic organization, to rebuild the run-down Portland Street Playground.  According to the Rev. Jane Bearden, Rector of Trinity Church, the playground has long been abandoned by the city…