DIOCESAN SERVICES TO CONGREGATIONS


(As of September 1, 1997)

All telephone numbers, unless stated otherwise, are Area Code 617

CATHEDRAL AND DIOCESAN CENTER:

The cathedral church (the liturgical center of the diocese, the "bishop's church") of the Diocese of Massachusetts is the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston. The diocesan offices, from which the bishops and their staff are based, are located adjacent to the cathedral, at 138 Tremont Street in downtown Boston.
 
AIDS Task Force  John P. Streit  482-4826 x203 
Anti-Racism  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Archives and research library  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
Asiamerica ministry  Thomas Pang  482-4826 x202 
Assessment and mission asking  Patricia O'Malley  482-4826 x554 
Audits  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
Bishop: 
   Diocesan Bishop (Shaw)  Patricia Boyd 
Kelly O'Connell
482-4826 x407 
482-4826 x491
   Suffragan Bishop (Harris)  Suzette Phillips  482-4826 x222
Bookstore, Cowley & Cathedral  Loye Ashton 423-4719
Briarwood Conference Center: Program  Donald Blackwell  508/759-3476
Burgess Urban Fund Leslie Belay 482-4826 x207
Calendar of diocesan-wide events  Ethel Crawford  482-4826 x406
Camp Dennen  Donald Blackwell  508/888-1939
Camps & Conference Ministry  Francis Fornaro  482-4826 x402
Canons & Constitution  Ethel L. Crawford  482-4826 x406
Canon Missioner's Office  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402
Cathedral: 
   Clergy Associates  John P. Streit  482-4826 x221 
   Lay Readers  John P. Streit  482-4826 x221 
   Prayer and Intercession lists  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
   Radio Ministry  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
Change of Address: 
   Cathedral  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
   Clergy  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
   Episcopal Times  Tracy Sukraw  482-4826 x493 
   Parish leaders, committees  Ethel L. Crawford  482-4826 x406 
Chinese ministry  Thomas Pang  482-4826 x202 
Christian education programs, adults and children  Annmarie Marvel 
Francis Fornaro 
482-4826 x402 
482-4826 x402 
Christian education library  Francis Fornaro  482-4826 x402 
Church in Neighborhood & City Program Carolyn Gill 482-4826 x304
Church Home Society, youth program funding  Roberta A. Tripp  482-5328 
Clergy: 
   CDO Updates  Stephen T. Ayres 
Deborah M. Warner 
523-6676 
508/785-0879 
   Compensation and benefits guidelines  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
   Continuing Education  Stephen Smith  781/329-2442 
   Deployment Officer  Mark Hollingsworth  482-4826 x495 
   License renewals  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
   Licensing interviews  Mark Hollingsworth  482-4826 x495 
   Pensions, billing  Roland Hollinger  800/223-6602 
   Pensions, general  Priscilla Lemons  482-4826 x551 
   Pensions, questions about individual pensions  Gordon Stenning  800/223-6602 
   Recently Ordained (ROCS)  Mark Hollingsworth  482-4826 x495 
   Records  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
   Retired Clergy, Widows and Widowers  Bishop Harris  482-4826 x222 
Coburn Chair of Theology  Nora Murphy Julia L. Slayton  482-4826 x504 482-4826 x494 
College Chaplaincies: 
   Boston University  Margaret Schwarzer  277-5523 
   Lesley College  Nancy Richards  349-8942 
   Mass. Institute of Technology  Jane S. Gould  253-2983 
   Northeastern Univ.  Colin Gracey  373-2728 
   U. Mass. / Dartmouth  Eletha Buote-Grieg  508/999-8872 
   Tufts Univ.  Miriam Acevedo-Naters  628-5000 x2097 
(Mass.) Commission on Christian Unity (COCU)  Gordon White  508/453-5423 
Commissions (primary staff persons): 
   Congregation Resources and   Development  Mark Hollingsworth  482-4826 x495 
   Commission on Ministry  Julia L. Slayton  482-4826 x494 
      Discernment Committees  Barbara Hart  508/358-4104 
      Examining Chaplains  G. Truman Welch  244-4028 
      Chaplain, Postulants and Candidates  Louise Conant  876-0200 
   Pastoral Outreach  John P. Streit  482-4826 x221 
   Peace and Justice  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
   Prophetic Ministries  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
   Wider Mission  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Commission/committee appointments  Julia L. Slayton  482-4826 x494 
Communications/media relations  Julia Slayton 
Ed Rodman 
482-4826 x494 
482-4826 x402
Companion Diocese/Manchester  Annmarie Marvel  482-4826 x402 
Computers/software  Ethel Locke  482-4826 x505 
Confirmation scheduling, see Visitations 
Congregation resources  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
Constitution  Ethel L. Crawford  482-4826 x406 
Cox Fellow  Joel Ives  482-4826 x203 
Deployment (see Clergy) 
Development: Gift receipts, Planned giving, Records  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
   Annual Appeal Julia Slayton  482-4826 x494 
Diocesan Convention and Council  Ethel L. Crawford  482-4826 x406 
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
Diocesan mailing coordination  Ethel L. Crawford 
Dennis Plummer 
482-4826 x406 
482-4826 x494 
Diocesan Pooled Income Fund  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
Diocesan Investment Trust establishing or reviewing funds, information, etc  Patricia O'Malley  482-4826 x554 
Economic Justice and Community Investment Program  Edward W Rodman  482-4826 x402
Education for Ministry (EFM)  Richard Vanderlippe  978/263-1895
Environmental Stewardship advisor  Charlotte Caldwell  482-4826 x491
Episcopal City Mission (ECM)  Lorienne Schwenk 
Norman Faramelli
482-8426 x225 
FAX: 338-5546
Episcopal Times   Tracy Sukraw  482-4826 x493
FYI  Tracy Sukraw
Dennis Plummer 
482-4826 x493 
482-4826 x494
Health care issues, resources  John P. Streit  482-4826 x203
Health insurance  see Insurance Programs and Payments 
Higher Education, ministry with  John P. Streit  482-4826 x203 
Hispanic ministry  Mark Hollingsworth  482-4826 x495 
Hospitality Program  Lisa Tener  482-4826 x307, 336 
Hunger/homelessness issues  Social Action Ministries 
John P. Streit 
482-4826 x507 

482-4826 x203 

Insurance programs and payments  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x556 
Joint Grants  Edward Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Jubilee Ministries  Edward Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Lay Readers  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
Lay Eucharistic Ministers, licensing  Audrey Manfredi  482-4826 x221 
Life insurance  see Insurance programs and payments 
Meeting Room Scheduling  Ernesto Morrison  482-4826 x0 
Mission Focus Coordination Julia Slayton 482-4826 x494
Multicultural curriculum  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Music and liturgy, organs, organists  Mark Engelhardt  482-4826 x103 
Non-Parochial Reports  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
Order of St. Luke  Gordon White  608/453-5423 
Organ repair, consultation on  Mark Engelhardt  482-4826 x103 
Organists and choir directors, search for  Mark Engelhardt  482-4826 x103 
Parish Historians Society  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
Parish Leadership Reports  Ethel Crawford  482-4826 x406 
Parishes: 
   Audits  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
   Consultants  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
   Financial matters  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
   Interims  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
   Ministry Discernment Julia Slayton 482-4826 x494
   Real estate, sale of property, etc.  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
   Records, care, disposition and use, etc  Nora Murphy  482-4826 x504 
   Search and call process  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
   Vestries  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
Parochial Reports  Priscilla Lemons  482-4826 x551 
Pelham Fund for Economic Justice Leslie Belay 482-4826 x207
Pension benefits, Lay  Priscilla Lemons  482-4826 x551 
Presiding Bishop's Fund  R. Allan Brown  978-546-3514 
Press Relations Edward Rodman 482-4826 x402
Property insurance  Marvin Sezak  800/752-8629 
Property matters (diocesan owned)  Treasurer's Office Priscilla Lemons  482-4826 x551 
Regions: 
   Confirmation coordination  Joel Ives  482-4826 x204 
   Education programs  Francis Fornaro Annmarie Marvel  482-4826 x310 
482-4826 x402 
   Grants  Annmarie Marvel  482-4826 x402 
   Staff Liaisons 
      Region 1  Mary Meader  482-4826 x335 
      Region 2  Patricia Boyd  482-4826 x407 
      Region 3  Julia L. Slayton  482-4826 x494 
      Region 4  John P. Streit  482-4826 x203 
      Region 5  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
      Region 6  Frank Fornaro  482-4826 x310 
Remarriage applications  Bishop Porteus 
Bishop Harris 
482-4826 x222
Sexual Misconduct Issues  Mary Meader  482-4826 x335 
Social Action Ministry  John P. Streit  482-4826 x507 
482-4826 x203 
Social issues  Edward Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Standing Committee  Ethel Crawford 
Julia Slayton 
482-4826 x406 
482-4826 x494 
Stokes Fund Loan procedures  Priscilla Lemons  482-4826 x551 
Stokes Fund Loan payments  Treasurer's Office  482-4826 x551 
Supply clergy  Diane Paterson  482-4826 x495 
Urban justice issues  David A. Garcia  482-4826 x225 
Urban mission  Edward W. Rodman  482-4826 x402 
Vestries  Archdeacon's Office  482-4826 x495 
Visitation scheduling  Ethel L. Crawford  482-4826 x406 
Web site, staff contact Dennis Plummer 482-4826 x494
Women in Crisis Program  Susan Lee 
Heidi Fieldston 
508/672-0866 
781/329-8488 
Youth ministry:  Francis Fornaro  482-4826 x402 
 


 
 

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