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Seeking the Holy Spirit’s guidance in finding and preparing for our next bishop. Together.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Almighty God, giver of every good
gift: We thank you for the gift of your Son,
Jesus Christ, and for the witness of your
whole church in his name. We thank you
for your Holy Spirit, empowering us for
ministry. So guide the hearts and minds of
all those who shall choose a bishop in thisdiocese and those who will respond to the
call, that we may receive a faithful pastor
who will care for your people. May our
discernment transform our spirits and draw
us closer to you, Almighty God. Amen.
Dios omnipotente, dador de todo buen don, te damos gracias por la bendición
de tu Hijo Jesucristo y por el testimonio de toda tu iglesia en su nombre. Te
damos gracias por tu Santo Espíritu que nos otorga el poder para realizar el
ministerio. Te pedimos que guíes los corazones y las mentes de las personas
que han de elegir al próximo obispo u obispa para esta diócesis y también a
aquellas personas que van a responder al llamado de Dios, para que de esa
manera recibamos a ese pastor o pastora que cuide a tu pueblo. Que nuestro
discernimiento transforme nuestro espíritu y nos acerque a ti, Dios omnipo-
tente. Amén.
a Prayer for the Calling of a Bishop Coadjutor
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Welcome
Welcome! On behalf of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, we
welcome you and thank you for your interest in our process of elect-
ing a bishop coadjutor. Whether you open this profile out of curiosity, be-
cause you feel called to consider applying for the position, or because youare considering nominating a potential applicant, we are grateful for your
inquiry. Participating in the process of building this profile has offered us a
rich opportunity to learn more about the current joys, desires, and needs in
our diocese. This profile offers a snapshot of who we are in the Episcopal
Diocese of Massachusetts. Like any snapshot, it cannot convey all that we
are, that we hope for, or that we do.
If you are a potential applicant for this position, we are grateful for your
prayerful consideration of answering God’s call to join us as bishop coadju-
tor of our diocese. We hope that this profile will aid you in your discern-ment process. We believe that God already knows who will be our bishop
coadjutor. Through your faithfulness and willingness to walk this path of
discernment, the Spirit’s choice will become manifest. We pray that our
shared journey will be filled with Christ’s presence and that we will all come
to a deeper understanding of God’s will for us.
Welcome to our process, and may God bless all of us in the path we are
walking, together.
The Discernment Committee for the Election of a Bishop Coadjutor
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
August 5, 2013
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
The Process After our current Bishop, the Right Rev. M.Thomas Shaw, SSJE (The Society of St. John
the Evangelist), called in January 2013 for the
election of a bishop coadjutor for the Diocese
of Massachusetts, the Standing Committee was
charged with the responsibility of naming two
committees: one for the discernment of a slate of
applicants for the election of the bishop coadju-
tor (henceforward the Discernment Committee)
and a second committee to manage the transitionof a new bishop coadjutor (henceforward the
Transition Committee).
The Discernment Committee openedthe application process on August
5. Third-party nominations of candidates must be received no later
than August 26. (Candidates need not benominated to apply.) All candidates
must submit their application materialsno later than September 23.
The Standing Committee had a process that in-
cluded naming people who members of the
Standing Committee thought might effectively
serve as chairs and vice chairs of those two
committees. The Standing Committee ap-
proached these people to gauge their interest
and willingness. The committee solicited written
answers to questions and conducted telephone
timeline AT A GLANCE
June
Survey/deanery listening groups were com-
pleted, compile ndings and share with Pro-
le Commiee.
July
Complete prole and develop nominaon
and screening instruments.
August 5
Post online prole and announce that the
nominaon and applicaon period is open.Candidates need not be nominated to apply.
August 26
Nominaon period ends.
September 23
Applicaon period ends.
November 7-9
Retreat for 8-10 selected candidates with
commiee members.
November-December
Interviews will be conducted with candidate
at their locaons.
January
Announce slate of candidates.
March 16 – 22
The Transion Commiee will coordinate
walkabouts and plan for elecng conven-
on. Walkabouts involve candidates travel-
ing through the diocese to meet us.
April 5
Elecng convenon.
September 13
Consecraon of the Bishop Coadjutor of the
Diocese of Massachuses. The Presiding
Bishop will be in aendance. Site to be de-
termined.
2013
2014
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and in- person interviews, which led to the
chairs and vice chairs being called.
Those chairs, once selected, worked with the
Standing Committee to finalize the Discernment
Committee and the Transition Committee. Each
deanery had been asked to submit a list of peo-
ple, lay and ordained, who were interested in
serving on these two committees. All but one
deanery submitted a list of names. The Standing
Committee, in consultation with both chairs andvice-chairs, selected committees that they felt
represented a diverse set of gifts and strengths
likely to be helpful in each process, drawing
from the pool of names offered by the deaneries
and their own knowledge of thoughtful emerg-
ing leaders in the diocese. The chairs and vice
chairs contacted the selected individuals to
make certain they would indeed accept the as-
signment, and the committees then were named publicly by the diocese.
All three committees met in retreat on April 27, 2013, and, in conjunction with the con-
sultant to this process, Ms. Suzanne Foucault, established the outlines of the discernment,
election, consecration, and transition processes. The presence of prayer underlying this
process has been the foundation of all our work.
The Discernment Committee began its work with a series of listening sessions across the
diocese. These listening sessions were opportunities for members of the diocese to pro-
vide input to the Discernment Committee, as well as to listen to one another ’s views. The
listening sessions included: separate sessions for the laity of each deanery, the clergy of
the diocese (in three regional groupings), the Hispanic and Chinese congregations of the
diocese (in Spanish and Cantonese, respectively), the diocesan staff, and senior diocesan
Grace Church in Salem
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leadership at the diocesan and cathedral offices. In addition, those not able to attend a ses-
sion were invited to provide the same information via electronic or paper input form.
The findings of the listening sessions, coupled with other documents from the diocese and
the Episcopal Church, were used to prepare this profile of the Diocese of Massachusetts,
including its recent history, and the capacities, skills, knowledge, and attributes we seek in
our bishop coadjutor.
Beginning August 5, 2013, the Discernment Committee solicits applications from and
nominations for individuals who discern a call to this ministry. Nominations must be re-
ceived by 5:00 pm on Monday, August 26,
2013, and applications must be received by
5:00 pm on Monday, September 23, 2013.
A nomination is not required for application
to the process.
In addition to contact information, the appli-
cation requests answers to a variety of essay
questions, as well as other corroborating ma-terials. From the submitted applications, the
Discernment Committee will read, pray, and
reflect on what has been offered in order to
discern which applicants to invite to partici-
pate in telephone interviews. Simultaneous to
conducting telephone interviews, the Dis-
cernment Committee will begin the process
of talking with references for the applicants.
After this series of conversations with appli-
cants and their references, the Discernment
Committee will identify eight to ten appli-
cants in whom we perceive the call to this
A lector reads at Christ Church in Needham
Photograph by Thomas Gaitley
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ministry being in alignment with the diocese’s current needs and desires. These appli-
cants will be invited for an intensive retreat from November 7 – 9, 2013, where the entire
Discernment Committee will meet with them and engage in a series of conversations, in-
terviews, exercises, and reflection. Those applicants will be with the committee for two
days and then depart. The committee will continue to meet for the remainder of the week-
end and reflect on what they have seen and heard.
From the participants in this retreat, the Discernment Commit-
tee will select a smaller pool of applicants. Members of the
Discernment Committee will undertake visitations to the par-
ishes or current ministry contexts of these applicants, further interviews, and other screening methods. We will then arrive at
a list of four to five applicants, as per the mandate of the Stand-
ing Committee, and present them by mid-January, 2014.
At that point, the Standing Committee will announce the slate
and also open the process for admission to the slate by petition.
All petitioners will be expected to answer the same questions
and provide all the same material as those who were nominatedor applied to the process and be screened in a manner deter-
mined by the Standing Committee.
Walkabouts of the entire slate of applicants will be held
throughout the diocese in mid-March, tentatively between
March 16 and 22, 2014. During walkabouts, meetings with
congregations throughout the diocese at a variety of parishes,
missions, and other diocesan sites will be conducted.
The special convention to elect the bishop coadjutor will then be held April 5, 2014.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
The Ministry of the Bishop Coadjutor The bishop coadjutor will serve with our dioce-san bishop, the Right Rev. M. Thomas Shaw,
SSJE, until the time of Bishop Shaw’s retire-
ment, the date of which has not been deter-
mined. The bishop coadjutor will then become
the bishop diocesan. Serving the diocese since
2003 as bishop suffragan is the Right Rev.
Gayle E. Harris.
The episcopal ministry the bishops will share is
one of service and support to the people of the
diocese in their ministries and in their
deepening conversion in Jesus Christ
through baptism. The bishops seek to carry
out their service through a ministry of for-mation and teaching; preserving and en-
couraging community in parishes, mis-
sions, and chaplaincies; and connecting
individuals and congregations to the wider
church and world. Their commitment to
being present in congregations during reg-
ular Saturday and Sunday visitations is of
primary importance.
The diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Dio-
cese of Massachusetts serves as chief pas-
tor of the spiritual life of the Episcopal
Church in eastern Massachusetts, its 183
Christ Church, Andover
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congregations and people, both clergy and lay.
As shepherd of the diocese, the bishop serves as
the spiritual leader and teacher in creating com-
munity and nurturing the faith of the body of
Christ.
Together with the people of the diocese, the
bishop envisions, plans, develops, and is re-
sponsible for the overall strategy of the diocese
to maximize the apostolic work of leading, su-
pervising, and uniting the church.
The diocesan bishop also serves as the president
of the Corporation of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Massachusetts and is responsible for
the overall temporal organization and manage-
ment of the Diocese, one of the largest in terms
of baptized membership in the country. The
bishop is a member of the House of Bishops
and will participate in General Conventions.
Historically, the Bishop of Massachusetts has
been a respected participant in the Lambeth
Conferences. The Diocese of Massachusetts,
through its mission work, is a large contributor
to those in need throughout the world. Thus, the
Bishop of Massachusetts has a significant role
in the Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican
Communion.
St. Francis Statue
Photograph by Krisn Myers Harvey
First Communion at St. Luke/ San Lucas in Chelsea
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts 1
Whom We Seek Given the importance of the role of bishop coadjutor, we prayerfully reached outto clergy, laity, and staff in our diocese for input about the characteristics and traits
they would like to see in their next bishop. Over the course of one month, we con-
ducted fourteen lay listening sessions, three clergy listening sessions, and two fo-
cus groups for staff members. In order to reach those who were unable to attend a
listening session, input could also be provided electronically and via mail. In addi-
tion, the Discernment Committee had many discussions to identify key attributes
of an effective bishop coadjutor who is to become bishop diocesan. Through this
process, several themes emerged, which are described below.
Bishop as Prophet and Witness in the World
We hope to be challenged to honor our sense of mis-
sion and outreach beyond church walls by someone
who will be a prophetic visionary and will help us
to live out Christ’s mission in the world. Our bishop
coadjutor will articulate and embody an experienceof God in a way that leads us more deeply into our
mission.
Life within our diocesan community is rich with
varied viewpoints. We seek someone who will have
and continue to develop a shared vision in the dio-
cese that includes a wide range of voices.
Our diocese has a rich history of advocating for all
people to be fully included in society and our Chris-tian community. Our bishop coadjutor will be some-
one who is committed to the work of social justice
and to articulating those positions to the greater
community.
Bishop as Pastor
One of the principal roles of the
bishop coadjutor is to be a pastor
and a shepherd. We seek someone
who expresses care and compassion
for both the clergy and laity with hu-mility and a disposition to listen to
the concerns of all. Our bishop coad-
jutor will be someone who can relate
to all people, personally and corpo-
rately.
We believe that a Christ-centered
life is integral to the ministry of
bishop. Our bishop coadjutor will
have a prayer discipline and spiritual
presence and will be able to convey
that spirituality and share it with oth-
ers.
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Bishop as Church Leader
The Diocese of Massachusetts has 183congregations, which are spread out over
5500 square miles and are diverse in
terms of size, resources, and de-
mographics. At times, some congregations
feel disconnected from the life of the dio-
cese. We are looking for someone who
will help congregations feel partnered
with each other and with the diocese.
Our individual and collective congrega-
tions are a critically important aspect of
the diocese and are essential to our con-
tinuing invitation to people to join the
body of Christ. We are seeking a bishop
who has a deep appreciation and
knowledge of the joys and challenges of
parish ministry and will apply this
knowledge in supporting congregationsand clergy in their work. Our bishop will
possess the leadership expertise necessary
to assist in spiritual growth while acceler-
ating or redirecting diocesan aspirations.
In addition to a large number of congrega-
tions, our diocese includes a number of
diocesan-wide programs and staff. Our
bishop coadjutor will be someone whotakes a systemic and collaborative ap-
proach to administration and is a skilled
manager of people and resources.
Bishop as Nexus
In order to maintain a sense of connected-ness and belonging in a large Diocese, we
seek someone who values communica-
tion, uses multiple methods of communi-
cation, and has a familiarity with a variety
of uses of twenty-first-century technology.
Massachusetts is a culturally and linguis-
tically diverse state. We seek someone
who has an appreciation for multiculturaldiversity and who is comfortable com-
municating with people in a culturally re-
sponsive manner. Knowledge of another
language is preferred.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts 1
Who we are: Past The Diocese of Massachusetts officially datesfrom September 8, 1784, when delegates from
a few struggling parishes around Boston met
with brethren from Rhode Island in the first
convention of the Episcopal Church since the
Revolutionary War.
The Episcopal Church in Massachusetts has
always carried with it a spirit of congregation-
al independence, gifted to us by the Puritan
foundation of the Commonwealth. It took a
great sense of mission to build a Diocese out
of a hand-
ful of
eighteenth-century parishes, but the spirit matched the
purpose. Under the nineteenth-century leadership of
Bishops Griswold, Eastburn, Paddock, and Brooks,
the Church in Massachusetts entered the nineteenth-
century as the second largest Episcopal Diocese in thecountry. Along with this expansion in numbers was
commensurate growth in the work and missionary
program of the episcopate. During the 25 years from
1860 to 1885, 89 new parishes and missions were or-
ganized, bringing the number to 164. By the 1880s,
diocesan-wide solicitations had succeeded in freeing
the bishop from a reliance on a parish income. The
diocese continued to expand rapidly.
The radical and accelerated pace of social and eco-
nomic change in the late nineteenth century gave
enormous opportunity for mission. The church re-
sponded to the plight of homeless mothers, orphans,
immigrants, and the sick and elderly through agencies Christ Church in Cambridge
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like the Episcopal City Mission, the Church Home Society, St. Luke’s Home, and St.
Monica’s Home. As early as the 1860s, women within the Church had become well orga-
nized and were assuming responsibility for a large part of the Church’s missionary work.
The Dakota League of Massachusetts (later the Women’s Auxiliary) became the Episco-
pal Church Women. The Girls’Friendly Society was founded by Elizabeth Edson in
1879, in Lowell, as a missionary service assisting women who were being enlisted into
the new industrial work force.
By 1900, the activities and responsibilities threatened to become unwieldy. Inheriting this
large collection of very independent parishes, agencies, and administrative units, Bishop
William Lawrence undertook the task of molding the administrative and missionary work
of the diocese to fit a modernized world of advancing technology, metropolitan centers,and increasing social pressures
– for the first time creating five
geographic sub-units called
Archdeaconries – the precursor
to today’s 12 deaneries. He lat-
er advocated the establishment
of the new Diocese of Western
Massachusetts from two of
these Archdeaconries. The
newly compacted eastern Dio-
cese of Massachusetts was uni-
fied in a common mission and
around a physical and symbolic
center. The vision for a Cathe-
dral Church where renewal,
study, and interdependence
could be forged for parish, agency, and bishop was brought to fruition in 1912. St. Paul’sCathedral in Boston was commissioned to be the “People’s Church.”
For some years, the diocesan offices were located on Beacon Hill, across Boston Com-
mon from the cathedral. In 1987, the former diocesan office space on Beacon Hill was
sold and the cathedral and its adjacent buildings were renovated. The diocesan offices
St. Paul ’ s Cathedral, Boston
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were moved to the new facilities on Trem-
ont Street, still across from the Common,
under the leadership of Bishop John Co-
burn. In 1988, the new facilities were
dedicated as our Diocesan Center for Mis-
sion around The Lord’s Table.
The diocese has a long tradition of public
witness. Bishops from William Lawrence,
Anson Stokes, John Burgess, John Co-
burn, David Johnson, Barbara Harris,
Thomas Shaw, Roy “Bud” Cederholm, toGayle Harris have supported an emerging
ecumenical movement and through it pro-
vided leadership and awareness to the is-
sues of their day. These issues included a
variety of gifts of Christian witness in the
world: opposition to war, advocacy of
civil rights for all, a concern for the prob-
lems of urban areas, opposition to the
death penalty, advocacy and inclusion of persons with HIV/AIDS and their families
and partners, and reform of public educa-
tion. They also exercised leadership with-
in the denomination on issues such as the
ordination of women, world mission, eco-
nomic equality, and anti-racism. In 2000,
our current bishop, the Right Rev. M.
Thomas Shaw, SSJE, 15th Bishop of Mas-
sachusetts, spent a month in Washington,
DC, as a congressional intern, exploring
the church’s role in public life. With the
leadership of Bishop Shaw, the diocese
continues to bring the church’s witness to
legislative actions at the state and national
levels on a range of economic and social
justice issues, including criminal justice
reform, urban violence, quality education
for inner -city youth, equal rights for
transgendered people, and marriage equal-
ity.Bishop Barbara C. Harris speaks at an event entled “How Diver-
sity Transforms the Culture of Leadership”
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Historically, people of African descent and others have
been part of the story of Christian witness in the Diocese
of Massachusetts. Out of this context has emerged Seven"Historically Black Churches'' and historic bishops, in-
cluding the Right Rev. John M. Burgess and the Right Rev.
Barbara C. Harris, and many other leaders, including our
current Bishop Suffragan, the Right Rev. Gayle Harris.
These churches represent the fruit of the African Diaspora
including the Caribbean. Also representative of the emerg-
ing diversity of peoples are people from Latin America, Haiti,
Asia, Brazil and the African Continent. They add to the whole church
in sharing the gifts of their ministry.
Style of worship varies considerably within the diocese. The peculiar
religious setting of Calvinist Massachusetts, together with the influ-
ence of Anglo-Catholicism – brought in part by the monastic commu-
nities Society of St. John the Evangelist, the
Society of St. Margaret, and the Order of St.
Anne– made this diocese a natural home for
what became known as “ broad churchman-ship,” or the tolerance for diversity of belief
with a basic unity of worship. Today, there
are a variety of liturgical practices in the diocese, with services cele-
brated in a many languages, such as Cantonese, Spanish, Haitian Cre-
ole, Luganda, and Dinka.
The diocese is also known for some auspicious
firsts. In 1970, the Right Rev. John M. Burgess was
installed as the diocese’s twelfth bishop, thus be-coming the first African-American diocesan bishop
in the Episcopal Church. In 1989, the consecration
of the Right Rev. Barbara C. Harris as the first
woman to be elected a bishop in the Anglican Com-
munion marked an historic event in the Diocese of
Massachusetts and the Anglican Communion.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts 1
Who we are: Present The State and Our Uniqueness
The Diocese of Massachusetts is among the largest in the Episcopal Church in terms of
membership, with 64,640 baptized members. (Source: Episcopal Church Annual 2011).
The diocese covers the eastern third of Massachusetts, stretching from the New Hamp-
shire border in the north, to the Cape and Islands in the south, and extending as far west
as the border of Worcester County. The diocesan area includes the counties of Barnsta-
ble, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Norfolk, Middlesex, Plymouth, and Suffolk, and the town of
Southborough in Worcester County.
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This area is the most densely pop-
ulated of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, with a census-
estimated population of 4,253,894
inhabitants by April of 2011,
which is roughly 65 percent of the
total population of the Common-
wealth (6,547,629). During the last decade, the region has experi-
enced an increase in the number of immigrants from diverse areas
of the world. Recent census data shows that the number of immi-
grants living in Massachusetts has increased over 15% from 2000
to 2005. The biggest influxes are Latin Americans from both Cen-
tral American and South American. Among South Americans, the
largest groups to increase appeared to be Brazilians. (“Annual Es-
timates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions,
States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009”. United States Census Bureau.)
Hispanics are now the second largest minority in the State, comprising 10.1 percent of the
population and reaching heavy concentrations in our Diocese (17.4 percent in Essex
County and 20.8 percent in Suffolk County, according to the US Census). Significant
Photograph by Ma Con
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numbers of people from Africa, the Middle East, and
China are contributing to the growth in diversity in the
Commonwealth.
The greater Boston area is known for its schools and
hospitals. Students from around the world come to the
many institutions of higher learning, of which there are
103 in Massachusetts. Our hospitals are internationally
renowned for their excellent treatment of patients and
for their research work. These strengths have led as
well to growth in the area’s biotechnology industry.
According to the 2013 Directory of the Diocese, there
are 183 congregations in the Diocese of Massachusetts:
159 parishes; 8 missions; 6 summer chapels; 5 campus
chaplaincies; and 5 with special congregation status.
These congregations are grouped into 12 deaneries,
whose boundaries are drawn according to the natural
watersheds of eastern Massachusetts. Each deanery
elects two representatives to serve on the Diocesan
Council. Each also has a liaison on the diocesan staff.
Deans are priests appointed by the bishops to enhance
pastoral care and communication among the clergy of
their respective deaneries. (Source: http://
www.diomass.org/inside/governance/deaneries )
The Right Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE is the current
bishop of the diocese. Elected, ordained, and consecrat-ed a bishop in 1994, he succeeded the late Right Rev.
David E. Johnson as bishop in 1995. He is assisted by
the Right Rev. Gayle Elizabeth Harris, Bishop Suffra-
gan, elected in 2002 and ordained and consecrated in
2003. Retired bishops suffragan, the Right Rev. Bud
Christ Church/Iglesia San Juan, Hyde Park
Parishioners prepare a meal for Monday
Lunch Program
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Cederholm and the Right Rev. Barbara C.
Harris, also assist with special projects and
needs.
Diocesan Structure
In 2008 the current organizational structure
for diocesan operations was introduced. The
structure has five functional areas and a dioc-
esan leadership team, with the canon to the
ordinary as the chief of staff. The five areas
are: administrative services; congregationalresources and training; episcopal and dioce-
san support; deaneries, congregations, and
clergy; and strategic ministries.
The diocesan staff, in place to serve and sup-
port congregations, numbers about 25 on-site
members. The office buildings of the Cathe-
dral Church of St. Paul at 138 Tremont Street
in downtown Boston are the primary officespace of the diocesan staff. This space is
shared with approximately 30 other people
from the staffs of the Cathedral Church of St.
Paul, Episcopal City Mission, the Trustees of
Donations, and the Church Home Society,
and with the deacons and volunteers with
dedicated diocesan responsibilities. An addi-
tional cadre of approximately 15 campus min-
isters, mission vicars, and other off -site pro-
gram staff are included in the roster. The heart
of the staff week is a Wednesday chapel ser-
vice followed by an all-staff meeting. A fall
staff day and spring staff retreat are annual
occasions for development and support.
Include: Barbara C. Harris Camp and
Conference Center
Church Home Society Episcopal City Mission
Trustees of Donaons
Common Cathedral of Ecclesia
Ministries
Religious Orders: Order of St.
Anne-Bethany; Society of St. John
the Evangelist; Society of St.
Margaret
Schools:
Epiphany School, Bostonand Esperanza Academy (tuion-
free) and Brooks School, Groton
School and St. Mark’s School
(prep schools)
Afiliated Institutions and Organizations
Photograph by Krisn Myers Harvey
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Some Recent Events:
Our Together Now fundraising campaign,
publicly launched in November 2011,
reached its $20-million goal as of June
2013 and is funding an array of initiatives
(see p. 35 for further details).
The Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center is
one of the ministries supported by the campaign
St. Paul’s Cathedral:
before and aer
Other diocesan personnel and strategic ministry programs include the Life Together/
Micah internships program, the deacon for Global Mission Partnerships, project director for Global Mission, the missioner for Hispanic Congregations, missioner for African
Ministries and the deacon for Disaster Preparedness and Response office.
The diocese is home to three monastic communities, the Order of St. Anne, the Society
of St. Margaret, and the Society of St. John the Evangelist. Bethany House of Prayer pro-
vides spiritual direction, workshops, and retreats. Episcopal Divinity School, an institu-
tion independent of the Diocese of Massachusetts, is one of our valued sources of theo-
logical education and expertise.
In October 2012, our Cathedral Church of St.
Paul celebrated its 100th anniversary as the ca-
thedral church of the Diocese of Massachusetts
and “a house of prayer for all people.” In May
2013 the cathedral installed a significant pieceof public art, a nautilus sculpture, in its long-
empty pediment. The pediment project is the
first part of more extensive renovations planned
for the cathedral church. Future renovations will
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include replacing the box pews with kneeler chairs around a central altar; a glass-walled en-
trance and chapel area that will make the in-
door life of the church more visible and invit-
ing; skylights to bring in natural light; energy-
efficiency improvements to the heating system;
and a new elevator to improve accessibility.
In November 2012, the Diocesan Convention
launched a major antiviolence initiative in memory
of Jorge Fuentes, a 19-year -old leader in the dio-
cese’s youth programs at St. Stephen’s Church and
St. Mary’s Church in Boston, who was murderedoutside his home in September 2012. The Jorge
Fuentes Antiviolence Task Force and its develop-
ing B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign is focused on
helping end violence through youth programs; sup-
port for parents and families; jobs for teens and
young adults; partnerships with under -resourced
public schools; and gun reform advocacy. In May
2013, 650 Episcopalians from 55 parishes across
the diocese made a witness against gun violence inthe Mother ’s Day Walk for Peace in Boston’s Dor-
chester neighborhood.
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515 people were confirmed or re-
ceived at six confirmation services
held in the spring of 2013 at the Ca-
thedral Church of St. Paul.
We continue to grow in ordained vocations. In
2013, this diocese saw the ordinations of three dea-
cons, four transitional deacons, and five priests,
and the reception of one priest from the Roman
Catholic Church. There are now 2 serving bishops
with five retired bishops in residence in the dio-
cese, 576 priests, of whom 228 are retired, and 37
deacons, of whom 4 are retired, in the diocese.
Photograph by Thomas Gaitley
The 2012 Diocesan Convention took up is-
sues of bank divestment, criminal justice re-
form, and disaster preparedness. Continuing
the diocese’s long tradition of public witness
and activism on social justice issues, the bish-
ops and members of the diocese have partici-
pated recently in public advocacy on issues that
include marriage equality, immigration reform,transgender equal rights, gun reform, and cli-
mate change/environmental stewardship.
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Diocesan Leaders and Structure
The Diocese of Massachusetts is governed, as one would expect, by the Diocesan Convention
and, between annual conventions, by the Diocesan Council. The Standing Committee is charged
with specific canonical duties, especially regarding ordination and the election process for a
new bishop.
Diocesan operations are organized and staffed along the following lines:
The diocesan bishop is assisted by a suffragan bishop and by a canon to the or-
dinary.
The Office for Congregations and Clergy is headed by the canon for congrega-
tions, assisted by a director of transition ministries and a director of congrega-
tional resources and training. These three ordained leaders are assisted by vari-ous support staff and administrators.
The Canon for Ordained Vocations works with the Commission on Ministry in
the selection of persons for ordained ministry and oversees their formation.
The Right Rev. M. Thomas Shaw,
SSJE, Bishop Diocesan The Right Rev. Gayle Harris,
Bishop Suffragan
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The Offices for Development, for Communication, for Human Resources, and
the Office of the Treasurer assist and support the functions of the diocese intheir respective areas.
The cathedral is staffed by a dean, a canon pastor, and an associate minister, as
well as staff who support the liturgical, administrative, meeting and hospitality
functions provided by the cathedral and the offices for the diocese. The canon
for Asiamerican ministries is part of the Cathedral staff.
Two archdeacons were appointed in March of 2011 to assist with the formation
and deployment of deacons. They support and direct the educational program
for the diaconate (currently supporting deacons’ education in this and several
other dioceses in the region), as well as issues of deployment and ministry for
the deacons throughout the diocese.
The Easter Service is celebrated at Christ Church in Needham
St. Mark’s Church in Foxboro
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God’s Mission and the Ministries of the Diocese
As members of the Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts we believe God in Christ is
working everywhere in the world to heal,
to reconcile, to love every person and all
of creation into wholeness. Through the
life, cross and resurrection of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the power of sin and death
has been broken; life and hope is the new
reality. It is our mission to join God's transforming
mission. We will form our children, our
young people and our adult members,
through prayer, worship and Scripture, to
become followers of Christ, that we might
discern where God is carrying out thismission in our world. And we will send our
people to serve with Christ, inviting
everyone and all of creation to share in
the just reign of God.
Our Mission The Diocese of Massachusetts engag-es God’s work in the world locally,
nationally, and internationally through
its congregations and the ministry and
partnerships that take us beyond
church walls. This is a diocese deeply
committed to living out our faith in
Jesus Christ and seeking to participate
in God’s mission in the world.
Equipping congregations for minis-
try and mission
A major part of the ministry of the Di-
ocese of Massachusetts comes through
its 183 congregations. We take seri-
ously the mission of supporting our
congregations through financial re-
sources and ongoing education and
training opportunities.
In 2013, diocesan grant programs are
channeling $270,000 to congregations
to support the development and ex-
pansion of congregationally- based
programs. These include, among oth-
ers, Congregational Development
Grants, which allow congregations to strengthen current programs and try new ones.
Grants have been used for innovative adult education programs, ministry workshops for
new members, and expanding youth ministries.
The Creation Care Initiative helps provide leadership, education, and support for parishes
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to care for the gift of God’s creation. The
Initiative provides Simple Acts Grants of
$500 to $1,000 each and Green Improve-
ment Grants and Loans of up to $15,000.
These grants have been used, for example,
to improve the energy efficiency of church
-owned buildings.
The diocese supports mission parishes in
strategic communities where opportunities
for growth and special service seem partic-ularly important, including the Spanish-
and Cantonese-language congregations,
and the urban population surrounding St.
Stephen’s in Boston’s South End. Funding
is intentionally offered to the five Hispan-
ic/Latino Ministries supporting their work
in education, formation, liturgy, and dioce-
san-wide events. In 2011, a Missioner for
Hispanic/Latino Ministries was appointedto coordinate and empower these minis-
tries. The diocese also supports The Cross-
ing, a ministry at the cathedral church and
a community in the tradition of the emer-
gent church. Members of the Crossing are
committed to the practice of radical wel-
come and the raising up of young adults as
leaders in the church and in the work of
building a more just society.
At the diocesan level, one of the ways that
the staff assists congregations is through
the Congregational Development team.
This work includes the Diocesan Resource
Center, with a full-time staff member, who
connects lay leaders and clergy with re-
sources to deepen their ministry, especially
church school curricula and programs for
lifelong formation. This team is also re-
sponsible for assisting in clergy transitions
and major changes in congregational struc-
ture. They plan congregational resource and
training workshops such as the annual
Spring Learning Event, Fall Resource Day,Anti-Racism training, Eucharistic Visitors
training, and Safe Church training.
The ministry of the congregational consult-
ants and coaches helps empower congrega-
tions with particular needs or concerns.
These teams, mostly lay leaders, offer ex- pertise in areas of finance, building man-
agement, leadership, governance, and stew-
ardship.
Lanas from several parishes gather at a weekend Spiritual Ret
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The Office of Youth Ministries offers fellowshipgatherings and retreats for youth in middle and high
school as well as pre-confirmation retreats for par-
ishes in the diocese. These events are coordinated
jointly by diocesan staff and the young people who
make up the Diocesan Youth Council. The office al-
so coordinates the Youth Leadership Academy, help-
ing teens develop and practice leadership skills,
which are important to their ministries now and for
the future.
The Life Together Program brings 28 young adults,
ages 21-35, into intentional community for vocation-
al discernment, leadership development, and social
service. Life Together provides training and experi-
ence in leadership and social change, placing young
adults in churches and mission- based non- profit organizations. In 2012 the program
launched two significant expansions. The first, Life Together -
South Coast, based in Fall River and New Bedford, focuses on
immigrant advocacy, youth leadership development, and issues
of economic justice. The second, The Esperanza Academy
Teaching Fellowship, in conjunction with AmeriCorps, provides
four teachers to the tuition-free middle school for girls in Law-
rence.
The Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center , located in
Greenfield, New Hampshire, is loved by many in the diocese.The camp has a particular mission of Christian formation for
youth and their leaders and for bringing together the diverse
people and congregations that make up the diocese. Campers
return year after year and many later return as counselors. The
camp and year -round conference facilities, open to non- profit
Forming our children, young people, adult members, and clergy
Photograph by Chris Foglia
Children play at the Barbara C. Harris
Camp
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educational and religious institutions, are
located in a beautiful setting in woods and
lakeside, calling all who visit to an appre-
ciation of the wonders of God’s creation.
An important part of the character of East-
ern Massachusetts is the number and qual-
ity of its institutions of higher learning.
The diocese supports campus ministries at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Boston University, Boston College,
Northeastern University, Harvard Univer-
sity, and Tufts University.
are offered for continuing formation, tran-sitions, and retirement. Some of these no-
table programs include education and sab- batical grants, Fresh Start for new andtransitioning priests, the Pre-Lenten re-treat, the annual spring three-day ClergyConference, Fall Clergy Day, and a sup-
port network for retired clergy.
The diocese looks to continue and expandthe ministry of deacons in Massachu-setts. The diocese has a deacon formation
process that is open to diaconal candidatesand postulants here and from other dioces-es in New England, with participationfrom Connecticut, New Hampshire andRhode Island. The diocese currently has33 deacons active in congregational and
diocesan ministries that continually callour attention to the poor, the weak, thesick and the lonely beyond the four wallsof our church. Two of the deacons serveas archdeacons.
Clergy are supported through the manystages of their vocational life. In particu-lar, the diocese guides postulants and can-didates through their process from dis-cernment to ordination. Other programs
Bishop Bud greets guests at his rerement recepon
The Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard
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The people of the Diocese of Massachusetts are reaching out intheir local communities and beyond to respond to those in need and
to build a more just society.
Many of our local churches offer afterschool and summer programs
to the children in their communities. 2013 is the 14th summer for
the B-SAFE (Bishop’s Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment)
Program, which annually employs 125 teen counselors and pro-
vides more than 600 elementary and middle school children withnutritious meals, academic support, and fun. Many parishes
throughout the diocese partner with B-SAFE to help provide, food,
recreational and educational opportunities, and logistical support.
Following the death of B-SAFE graduate and teen counselor Jorge
Fuentes in 2012, efforts to end gun violence have become a focus
of diocesan advocacy and organizing activities. In particular, the
diocese launched the B- PEACE for Jorge Fuentes Campaign
(Bishop’s action steps toward peace; Program for youth; Employ-
ment for teens and young adults; Academic excellence in public
schools; Communities for families; and End to gun violence) and
invited all congregations to participate in one of the B-PEACE ob-
jectives.
The Urban Resident Program places newly-ordained clergy (three
in 2013) in city parishes for three years. With the guidance of an
experienced mentor, each resident develops skills and gains experi-ence in the challenges of urban ministry, while expanding the min-
istries of the parishes they serve.
St. Paul’s Cathedral serves as a model for working with people fac-
ing homelessness. St. Paul ’ s MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now
Inviting everyone to share in the just reign of God
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and Always) Community hosts several programs with the
homeless of Boston. A weekly lunch brings parishioners from
throughout the diocese into the city to share in ministry with
and to those living on the streets. In turn, the homeless com-
munity offers ministries including Christian contemplative
prayer to groups like Life Together.
In relationship with the diocese, The Leadership Development
Initiative trains congregations in community organizing prac-
tices to be prayerful and prophetic leaders in their communities
and to fight for social change.
Diocesan Sending Serving, House of Mercy, Mission Tithe
Matching and Mission Tithe Council grants support congrega-
tions in developing and expanding their outreach and mission
work. The diocese as a whole also engages in these efforts
through such programs as Jubilee Ministries, which in the past
served those suffering with and from the devastating effects of
the AIDS epidemic in Africa
St. Stephen’s in Lynn
and is currently discerning how it will minister in Africa in thefuture. The Committee on Palestine and Israel provides educa-
tion, coordinates advocacy, and offers pilgrimages in conjunc-
tion with the Diocese of Jerusalem.
As part of the To-
gether Now Cam-
paign, the diocese
has committed
ten percent of the$20 million raised
for mission work
outside the dio-
cese.
St. Nick visits Grace Church in Salem St. Andrew’s in Framingham
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If you ask us who we are... The new bishop coadjutor will be welcomed into the diocese by a people facing the challengesof change with the blessing of resources, both spiritual and physical, and ready together, to
bring God ’ s church into the future.
We articulate our Christian values as
public witnesses to the broader
communities – religious and secular – to
which we belong.
We pursue social justice work that
advocates the inclusion of every person
as a full member in our society and the
Christian community.
Witnessing to the world
We offer a range of programs that engage
youth and young adults and give them
opportunities to engage in formation and
leadership activities.
We seek to expand opportunities for adult
formation and education. We pride ourselves on active lay leadership
and are committed to the development and
support of future lay leaders.
Christian formation
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We strive to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed, to
demonstrate Christianity's ongoing relevance for the
world and, and to continue inviting people to join the
body of Christ.
We wrestle with the challenges that the use of part-time
clergy by smaller parishes has created for continued
growth and sustainability. We seek creative ways to work
together and with the diocese to become more financially
secure and to continue to be present for future
generations.
Envisioning the Church of tomorrow
We embrace a mission of local and global outreach. Several
diocesan-level ministries focus on the needs of inner -city
youth.
We envision the development of new and existing ministries
to better support the needs of our aging populations.
We are mindful of our role as stewards of God’s creation.
Diocesan Green Improvement Grants support congregations
in this ministry. We seek to expand our environmentalministries in coming years.
We struggle to maintain a balance between resources
directed to diocesan programs and those directed to
parishes, as well as finding a balance between urban
ministries and those serving communities outside of Boston.
Offering a wide range of programs to do the work of Christ
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We value the diversity of our diocese. At the same time, we sometimes struggle
to be fully inclusive of social, theological, and liturgical diversity on a range of
issues.
We strive to live with one another in Christ, despite the tension of these
differences, and to work toward common goals.
In a diocese with congregations that are diverse in terms of geography,
socioeconomic status, and culture, we sometimes feel disconnected from each
other. We seek to create a community that engages each congregation equally
and connects individuals and congregations with each other and the diocese.
Appreciating our multicultural and diverse diocese
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Our Finances Our 2013 budget reflects our diocesan mission to join in God’s transforming mission in theworld. It is a guide for the work that God is calling us to do and a comprehensive vision to meet
the needs both within and outside our diocese.
Convention unanimously approved a diocesan budget for 2013 of $6.3 million in core revenue
and expenses and $1.7 million in supplemental revenue and expenses. The primary difference
between core and supplemental is the source of revenue – with core revenue coming from par-
ish assessments, contributions in lieu of assessment, predicted dividend and investment income,
and spending policy draws from trusts and endowments and the supplemental budget funded by
development efforts, bishop’s discretionary fund grants and extraordinary draws on unrestricted
endowments.
The 2013 budget, as presented, is a balanced budget, as required by diocesan canon.
The accompanying charts show the total funding sources and roughly where the money is being
spent.
2013 budget AT A GLANCE
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Between 2006 and 2012, fourteen congrega-
tions have closed their doors, making $4.5
million available from liquidation of the as-
sets of these closed congregations. In order
to reinvest in the long-term viability and vi-
tality of our life together, Diocesan Council
set aside half of these net proceeds ($2.25
million) to establish a Fund for Congrega-
tional Vitality. This endowment fund is used
for aid in the form of clergy salaries, intern-
ships, and building repair. The remaining
half of the net proceeds has been made
available for distribution by council, for spe-
cial needs and projects as needed between
conventions.
Together Now campaign In 2011 our diocese launched an ambitious, comprehensive fund-
ing campaign that reached its $20 million goal in June 2013. TheTogether Now campaign grew out of a vision that God is calling
us forward as a diocesan community, and this campaign is
providing the means to answer God’s call in some very specific
ways. The primary initiatives of this campaign include:
$2 million for mission outside of the diocese;
$2 million for caring for God’s creation through green grants and loans to further sus-
tainability initiatives;
$4.5 million to empower our congregations to respond effectively to their changing
communities so they might continue as beacons of Christ’s light to the people of east-ern Massachusetts across boundaries of race and class, generation, and language;
$7.5 million for raising up a new generation in faith and service through the Life To-
gether young adult internship program and Hub ministries, and the Barbara C. Harris
Camp and Conference Center;
$4 million for the transformation of our cathedral.
Epiphany Pumpkin Patch in Walpole
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We are proud that one of our key fundraising components is the use of collaborative capital
campaigns in partnership with dozens of individual congregations. These collaborative cam-
paigns raised approximately $12 million in funds for individual parishes to use in their local
contexts of mission and ministry, as well as donating a portion of their resources to the broader
diocesan campaign.
Together Now offers a powerful picture of our diocese renewing itself and its mission. It enables
the diocese to continue nurturing new generations in the love and knowledge of God and then
sending them out in mission, not merely for the sake of growth in numbers or perpetuating tradi-
tions, but because the world needs what God has given us to offer – now.
For more information
Please visit our diocesan website, at www.diomass.org.
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Membership of Committees
The Standing Committee
The Rev. Zenetta Armstrong, President
Mr. David Bergquist, Vice President
The Rev. Marya DeCarlen
The Hon. Judith Dilday
The Rev. Amy McCreath
The Rev. Mark McKone-Sweet
Prof. Bianca Silvestrini
James Wagner, Esq.
Note: This membership will change after the
Diocesan Convention of 2013. At that time
the President and Vice President will end their
terms, two new members will be elected atConvention, and the Standing Committee will
then elect new leadership
The Discernment Committee
Dr. David Urion, St. Anne’s-in
-the
-Fields Church, Lincoln (Chair)
The Rev. Laurel Deery, Grace Church, Salem (vice-chair)
Mr. John Anderson, St. James’s Church, Groveland
The Rev. Johanna Barrett, Trinity Church, Topsfield
Mr. William Boyce, Grace Church, New Bedford
The Rev. Lynn Campbell, Christ Church, Needham
The Rev. Dr. Libby Gibson, St. Mary’s Church, Barnstable
Ms. Michele Griffin-McGregor, St. Andrew’s Church, Framingham
The Rev. Edgar Gutierrez-Duarte, St. Luke’s/San Lucas Church, Chelsea
The Rev. Eric Hillegas, St. Chrysostom’s Church, Quincy
The Rev. Michael Hodges, St. Paul’s Church, DedhamDr. Alexandra Killewald, Christ Church, Waltham
Mr. Ryan McDonnell, Christ Church, South Hamilton
Ms. Mary Beth Mills-Curran, St. James’s Church, Cambridge
The Rev. Ema Rosero- Nordalm, St. Stephen’s Church, Boston
Ms. Julie Shea, St. John’s Church, Winthrop
The Ven. Geoffrey Smith, Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Hingham
The Transition Committee
The Rev. Deacon Julian Fredie, Chair
Ms. Angela McConney Scheepers, Vice Chair
Ms. Libby Chafe
The Rev. Karen Coleman
The Rev. Jon Eden
The Rev. Dr. Lisa Fortuna
The Rev. Alan Hesse
Ms. Claudette Hunt
The Rev. Adam Linton
The Rev. Kit Lonergan
Mr. Peter Lucey
Ms. Bessie Lyman
The Rev. Jeff Mello
Ms. Beverly Merz
Mr. Jeffrey Mills
Ms. Vicky Provost
Mr. David Sullivan
Th R Di W