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On Sunday, Sept. 9, Bishop Gayle E. Harris blessed the new boiler at Grace Church in Medford Bishop Gayle E. Harris blesses the new boiler at Grace Church. during her visitation to the parish.  "Almighty…

Sept. 7, 2012Late this afternoon, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts was informed by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office of the arrest of the Rev. Paul LaCharite on charges of assault to rape a child and indecent assault and battery on a child.  He is a former rector of St. James's…

President Obama has proclaimed Sept. 7-9 as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance.  Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE and Bishop Gayle E. Harris commend the invitation to remember the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and their loved ones through prayer, contemplation, memorial services and vigils and…

Weekly posts through October and November for reflection and conversation are on our Creation Care Season page, here. In a Sept. 4 letter, retired bishop suffragan Bud Cederholm asks congregations to observe a Creation Care Season during late…

Donations to Episcopal Relief and Development's Hurricane Fund will be designated for preparation and response in areas that are in the path of the tropical storm "Isaac."  As of Friday, Aug. 24, Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) had reached…

The Diocese of Massachusetts' fall Resource Day is an annual learning event that brings together leadership teams from congregations around the diocese for skill-building and best-practices workshops on an array of topics and for networking with one…

[Episcopal News Service] It was the first day of the summer B-SAFE program in the Diocese of Massachusetts, and one girl in Priscilla Alcantara’s group kept wandering off, unwilling to talk to the other sixth-graders because her friends were in a different group. Alcantara, a teen staff member,…

Havenside, a nonprofit independent-living apartment complex for elders on Martha's Vineyard, will host its annual "Summer Soiree" for residents on Thursday, Aug. 9, 3-5 p.m., during which two buildings will be formally dedicated and named in honor of two individuals for their contributions to…

Members of the diocese's Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) and their adult mentors, including Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, will spend July 21-28 in El Salvador, learning more about the country and its history and building relationships with Salvadoran youth.They will be sharing reflections about their…