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The Episcopal Church in eastern Massachusetts invites you to come and see what makes our faith communities meaningful to the people who call them home. 
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Dallas bishop to retire, coadjutor election scheduled for May 2025
House of Deputies vice president announces intention to run for president against incumbent
Animal cruelty officer-turned-animal chaplain Matty Giuliano loves ferrets and St. Francis
Anglican Communion secretary general joins statement on Sudan’s humanitarian crisis
Diocese of New Jersey receives one-year assessment reduction as it deals with financial issues
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May 15, 2020 Jesus said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he…
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This year’s summer camp programs at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., have been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The center’s executive director, John Koch, and board president, the Rev. Natasha Stewart, announced the suspension on May 13.

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The bishops issued the following notice on May 12, 2020, to clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership, regarding extension until July 1, 2020, of the directive for no in-person public worship or gatherings in churches.

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May 8, 2020 Dear People of the Diocese of Massachusetts, I want to speak with you about sacramental hunger and eucharistic practice. The lengthening duration of church closures has made increasingly painful for all of us the accompanying fast from holy communion. I want to assure you that your…
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Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock, often in circumstances they never imagined, as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond. WBUR asked four members of the clergy who counsel patients in COVID-19 units to capture part of this experience. Katie…
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May 1, 2020 As the deer longs for the water-brooks,     so longs my soul for you, O God. My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;     when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? ...I pour out my soul when I think on these things;     how I…
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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice:

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April 30, 2020 Upcoming Zoom gatherings Canon to the Ordinary Bill Parnell (bparnell@diomass.org) will host Zoom conferences for clergy and wardens next week, to check in and pray together.  While a time has been designated for each region, please feel free to join whichever…
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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice:

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The Office of the Bishop has issued the following notice:

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