Prayer in the aftermath of the tragedy in Boston
Bishop Rob Hirschfeld “I need all lanes open here!” This was the urgent plea of a Boston Police officer responding to his radio dispatcher moments after one of the bombs exploded today near Copley...
View ArticleAdministrative Assistants Appreciation Day
Thoughts on Administrative Assistants’ Day. The words administrator, ministry, minimal, minority, diminish, all come from the same root. (If I’m mistaken about this, let it ride!) Administrators may...
View ArticleBishop’s Column
From May/June issue of the New Hampshire Episcopal News: As everyone knows, the Diocese of New Hampshire does not have a cathedral. When I shared this fact with a bishop of a large diocese with a...
View ArticleBishop Tom Shaw
Please continue your prayers for Bishop Tom Shaw. For updates on his progress, please check Diocese of Massachusetts’ website.
View ArticleTornado Response 2013
Episcopal Relief & Development has been in contact with local partners in the Episcopal dioceses of Fort Worth and Oklahoma following tornadoes on May 16 and May 20 that caused severe damage and...
View ArticlePlease excuse our mess….
The week of June 10 will see floor sanding and refinishing in some of the offices on the first and second floors of Diocesan House. In preparation for this project furniture and files have been moved...
View ArticleBishop’s Column in NH Episcopal News – July/August
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, I didn’t realize how thirsty I was. A couple weeks ago the calendar seemed utterly relentless. So much was going on “above the Notches,” from a wonderful meeting...
View ArticleBishop’s Column – September/October NH Episcopal News
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Walking back from the ‘Y’ in Concord recently, I saw a car with a bumper sticker on a van I’ve never seen before. In large, capital, sans serif, lettering were the...
View ArticleInvitation to Convention
October 8, 2013 Dear Friends in Christ, I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:19) There...
View ArticleBishop’s Convention Address
Bishop’s Address to the 211th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire Almighty God, You have knit us together in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Jesus Christ...
View ArticleFrom the Bishop’s Office
The Right Reverend Douglas Edwin Theuner VIII Bishop of New Hampshire 15 November 1938 – 8 November 2013 It is with deep sadness that I share this news. Our beloved bishop, Doug Theuner, died...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan
From Bishop Hirschfeld: “I encourage my friends to contribute generously to ERD as a faithful response to the deepening crisis in the Philippines. Their work in partnering ecumenically to alleviate the...
View ArticleBishop’s Column – Nov/Dec NHEN
Gratitude is not about quid pro quo Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues but the parent of all others. —Cicero Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, The reading from Luke’s Gospel that we...
View ArticleBishop’s Column – Jan./Feb. NHEN
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, We have heard some fascinating stories about religion in the world news recently. A few weeks ago a minister in Utah disguised himself as a homeless man and visited...
View ArticleBishop’s Column: March/April NHEN
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, At a meeting in early December, the Standing and the Mission Resources committees, along with some other representatives of the Episcopal churches in New Hampshire,...
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Bishop’s Testimony before NH Senate
April 4, 2014 A. Robert Hirschfeld, Tenth Bishop of New Hampshire, Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire (Photo courtesy of Pete Cross) Honorable Senators, I am proud to have the privilege to address you...
View ArticleBishop’s Statement
Bishop’s Statement on NH State Senate Vote to Table the Repeal of the Death Penalty in New Hampshire The Rt. Reverend A. Robert Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, has issued...
View ArticleBishop’s Column: May/June NHEN
We vow to continue God’s work Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Celebrant Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers? People...
View ArticleBishop’s Column: July/August NHEN
Trellis of the spiritual life Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, I just built a few raised beds in our back yard. The soil is in, all loose and black and airy. There’s nothing planted yet but...
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