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The following are among the opportunities for prayer being offered by Episcopal churches in the aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.  Additional listings may be e-mailed to tjs@diomass.org. All week, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily:  Old North Church (193 Salem Street) in Boston is…

04/15/2013 5:20 p.m.:  A prayer service with Holy Eucharist is being planned for Tuesday, April 16 at 12:15 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street) in Boston, with Bishop Gayle E. Harris presiding (assuming downtown conditions and transit have regularized).  All are…

The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts announced on April 12 the names of those who will serve on the two committees responsible for the nomination, election and transition process for a bishop coadjutor to succeed the Rt…

In an April 1, 2013, Easter letter to the diocese, Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE invites every congregation to be a bearer of peace, and to consider how each will join one or more emerging efforts of the B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign focusing on ending gun violence through:  youth programs; support…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Episcopal News Service) -- Rain, snow and temperatures that were barely ENS PHOTO: Mary Frances Schjonberg Episcopalians of all ages walked the Way of the Cross…

An Episcopalian church and a Catholic church will celebrate Palm Sunday together in Medford in a procession that will include dancers, a band and a man dressed as Jesus riding from one church to the other on horseback. Grace Episcopal Church and St. Joseph Parish have been celebrating Palm Sunday…

St. Stephen’s Church in Lynn is hosting an installation of “The Way of Salvation,” stations of the Jason Cruz cross created by deacon Gay Cox. The last element is a sanctuary display of “heavenly hosts.”…

CANTERBURY, England (Episcopal News Service) -- One-time oil executive and former bishop of Anglican Communion News Service Archbishop Justin Welby Durham…

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford on March 6, 2007, arresting some 360 illegal immigrant workers there, Grace Church was among the local churches that rallied to assist the families left broken and traumatized by the mass arrests…

Dean Jep Streit honored Friends of the Public Garden president emeritus Henry Lee with a Good Tracy J. Sukraw Henry Lee (right) receives cathedral's Good Samaritan Award from Dean Jep…