Tuesday, February 15, 2011
problematic green pebbles
A friend of mine posted this on her blog (http://wonderfulexchange.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/ah-yes/). She says, "This is from a different era, but funny none the less. Stick with it through the dull first bit. She's much more fun than he is." Watching it made me smile and reminded me of something that helped push me towards the religious life. Or pull me, as the case may be.
I really wanted to pray. And I kept being too busy. Or I'd take some time and then feel guilty that I wasn't grading that stack of quizzes and essays waiting for me back in my classroom. Or I'd finally get to the chapel, where I really loved to be when it was dark and quiet, and someone would be practicing the piano and I'd just go back to my work. Or I'd just get busy, and it would get too late, and either I'd try to pray and fall asleep, or I'd say, "Well, tomorrow. Tomorrow I will find the time."
So one of the first things I sought and then relished about our community schedule was that our prayer was built right into our schedule. Instead of running to my classroom when the bell rang (or starting class, etc.), I'd drop what I was doing and head for chapel. It helped me - and still does, of course! - get to where I wanted to go. Put the big rocks in first.
Now that I've been here ten years, I find this is still pertinent. Yes, chapel is scheduled, thanks be to God, so I can't miss it. And I am so grateful to have that outer push. I really admire those solitary religious who can do it all on their own; I will confess that I am just not that organized.
Now, God being my helper, I want to learn again how to do this with the rest of my day now that I have so much more responsibility than I did as a postulant and novice. After ten years, if I am not careful, I still find those little green pebbles getting in the way. There are the twin temptations of "Just one more thing..." and "I can quickly check this off my to-do list." Without mindfulness, I can easily slip into running from one task to the next (lots of little green pebbles!) without thinking about what is really important; conversely, I can also fall into what one Novice Mistress of days of yore used to call "the lust to finish."
When this happens, of course, my relationship with God and my relationships with sisters, friends and family are neglected.
Never mind getting enough sleep.
Perhaps what I need to do is watch this video regularly alongside the other reminders of a more clearly spiritual nature. And plan accordingly, putting the big rocks in first - and by the grace of God leaving them there instead of rearranging.
I will, with God's help.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
ch-ch-ch-changes...
So... we're moving. If you saw the earlier post with the letter about putting the convent on the market, you know that. But now the Boston Globe has done an article on us, so many more people do. I'm sad - I love my home (especially the chapels), I'll miss living on Fort Hill in Roxbury, and moving to Duxbury full time will mean none of us has a completely quiet "away from work" place to go. But it was a unanimous decision and a very good one, and there will be plenty of opportunities for ministry both at and from that location, too. Several sisters will rent an apartment in Boston to continue prison ministry and work with programs for children, among other things. Of course, since I hope to move to Haiti, I don't expect to be in either location, or not for long. But we shall see... Nothing of any of these plans and hopes is written in stone; we need to go where the Spirit leads and remain open. The best part of it all is that this move will not only be good financially and environmentally (we need a building that is much more "green"), but also it will permit us to focus more intensively the resources we do have on Haiti.
Here is the link to the original article:
However, as those links do not last as long as they might, I'll post some of the article below and the rest in the comments section so that it doesn't take up an outrageous amount of space.
Meanwhile, keep us in prayer. It will be a very busy year, as this is a massive undertaking for us. And keep the neighborhood and potential buyers in your prayers as well, that the best possible match might be made for all concerned.
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For more than 100 years, the nuns lived in four brownstones in Beacon Hill’s Louisburg Square, worshiping at the nearby Church of the Advent and the Church of St. John the Evangelist. In 1992, they sold their quarters — one of the buildings is now home to Senator John F. Kerry — and converted a nursing home they had previously run on Fort Hill in Roxbury into their convent.
But in recent years, the sprawling 35,000-square-foot convent has become too expensive and difficult to maintain for the 17 women who live there, many of them elderly, and the order has decided it is time to move again — to a retreat center the sisters operate in Duxbury.
Selling the convent, said Sister Carolyn Darr, the superior, would allow the sisters to devote more money and energy to their charitable and spiritual work — in particular, their small mission in Haiti, which the order has run since the 1920s and which suffered severe damage in last year’s earthquake.
“We had been talking about it because [the building] is simply more than we can manage,’’ Darr said in an interview in the convent’s sunlit chapel. “Then when the earthquake came, of course, that is our vital ministry, and we wanted to put our money behind the mission.’’
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, a monk who is a member of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge and the leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, said the move makes sense. “Religious communities are like families in many ways, and I think families go through changes,’’ he said. “They’re going through some changes now, and refocusing in terms of what exactly their community is, and trying to be responsible as their finances are concerned, and having green buildings — and it just doesn’t work in Roxbury.’’
St. Margaret’s is one of three Episcopal religious orders in the Boston area, and one of 16 nationally. Although relatively rare in the Anglican Communion — they were suppressed in England after the Protestant Reformation — religious orders experienced a modest revival in the mid-19th century, in response to a movement to restore some Catholic traditions to the Church of England, and also in an effort to address urban poverty after the Industrial Revolution. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and most lead lives that blend prayer and work.
St. Margaret’s was established in 1855 as a nursing order in Sussex, England, according to the society; the order came to Boston in the early 1870s to run Children’s Hospital. But the nuns soon delved into other fields, and these days, each sister does whatever she feels called by God to do — one is a jail chaplain; another works with a children’s program run by Episcopal churches; three are priests.
(Continued in comments)
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| Boston Chapel, Sisters of St. Margaret |
Here is the link to the original article:
However, as those links do not last as long as they might, I'll post some of the article below and the rest in the comments section so that it doesn't take up an outrageous amount of space.
Meanwhile, keep us in prayer. It will be a very busy year, as this is a massive undertaking for us. And keep the neighborhood and potential buyers in your prayers as well, that the best possible match might be made for all concerned.
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Since the late 19th century, the Society of St. Margaret, an order of Episcopal nuns, has maintained a quiet but steady presence in Boston, nursing the sick, caring for the poor, and welcoming travelers in need of a quiet place to stay, all while keeping a rigorous schedule of prayer and silent contemplation.
But in recent years, the sprawling 35,000-square-foot convent has become too expensive and difficult to maintain for the 17 women who live there, many of them elderly, and the order has decided it is time to move again — to a retreat center the sisters operate in Duxbury.
Selling the convent, said Sister Carolyn Darr, the superior, would allow the sisters to devote more money and energy to their charitable and spiritual work — in particular, their small mission in Haiti, which the order has run since the 1920s and which suffered severe damage in last year’s earthquake.
“We had been talking about it because [the building] is simply more than we can manage,’’ Darr said in an interview in the convent’s sunlit chapel. “Then when the earthquake came, of course, that is our vital ministry, and we wanted to put our money behind the mission.’’
Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, a monk who is a member of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge and the leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, said the move makes sense. “Religious communities are like families in many ways, and I think families go through changes,’’ he said. “They’re going through some changes now, and refocusing in terms of what exactly their community is, and trying to be responsible as their finances are concerned, and having green buildings — and it just doesn’t work in Roxbury.’’
St. Margaret’s is one of three Episcopal religious orders in the Boston area, and one of 16 nationally. Although relatively rare in the Anglican Communion — they were suppressed in England after the Protestant Reformation — religious orders experienced a modest revival in the mid-19th century, in response to a movement to restore some Catholic traditions to the Church of England, and also in an effort to address urban poverty after the Industrial Revolution. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and most lead lives that blend prayer and work.
St. Margaret’s was established in 1855 as a nursing order in Sussex, England, according to the society; the order came to Boston in the early 1870s to run Children’s Hospital. But the nuns soon delved into other fields, and these days, each sister does whatever she feels called by God to do — one is a jail chaplain; another works with a children’s program run by Episcopal churches; three are priests.
(Continued in comments)
Friday, February 11, 2011
video appeal for the Holy Trinity cathedral complex
I kept trying to peer past him through the trees to see if I could catch a glimpse of the convent, but no luck. I think the wall is still standing, though I know the building is down by now. I wish I could see it... But I will just have to wait. Maybe only six months, though!
I appreciated seeing the Holy Trinity music students having a string instrument lesson, and I look forward to the day when I hear them play in person.
If I have my bearings, I think the class is being held in the temporary pavilion they built to shelter the ongoing worship of the cathedral community. It's in what was the parking lot between the cathedral and the convent. I think the wall behind the students is the outer wall of the building still standing to the right of the trees in the photo above. If anyone reading can confirm this, I'd be interested! And I'm also noticing the tile or linoleum they've put down between the pews. Very nice!
The photos also made me think of my friend Jeanne Pocius, who teaches trumpet there now. I thought I had already written a post about her and her book, Shaken, Not Stirred, which tells the story of how she got to Haiti and what happened during the earthquake and in the following days; however, it appears that it is still only a draft, so count on a post soon! (All proceeds from the book go to music education in Haiti. Go look it up on Amazon!)
So pray for Haiti. Or keep praying, as the case may be. It's still not entirely calm as they deal with the elections and the surrounding issues. Earthquake, hurricane, cholera, disputed elections, Baby Doc back, and Aristide given a passport... I heard this evening that a reporter was shot half a block from our Foyer Notre Dame (a home for elderly women with no one to care for them). What can be next?!
But life goes on. The resilience is astounding, as is the faith - but no one should have to go through all that. It's quite enough now, thank you, Lord. Quite enough. Time for something better.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
'Songs,' a Haiti benefit
The following is from the Gloucester Times 2-10-11. The church hosting the concert is one I have visited and one whose vestry has come on an annual retreat to our Boston convent for years now. They are a great group of people, and we certainly appreciate what they are doing to raise money for Haiti. So if you are not occupied Sunday and live in eastern MA, there are now not one but two opportunities for wonderful music to benefit Haiti (see earlier blog entry for more information: http://srsarah.blogspot.com/2011/02/bach-in-boston-for-haiti.html ).
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St. John's Episcopal Church of Gloucester is hosting a music concert, "Songs of Love and Peace," on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. to raise money for two local charities that provide assistance to the people of Haiti.
The concert features a Gloucester soprano Sarah Wetzel, alto Sue Lupo, and Kathleen Forgac on piano. They will present a program of English and Irish folk songs, Mendelssohn duets, and art songs of Ravel, Ives, Rorem, Barber, Vaughan Williams and Ricky Ian Gordon
All money raised will be donated to Haiti Relief programs, organized by another Gloucester resident Sarah Hackett, who has been working in Haiti for decades. This Valentine's concert, organized by the church's outreach committee, will benefit Haiti Projects Inc. and the Society of St. Margaret's convent in Haiti.
"We need to put back on the radar the suffering that the people of Haiti continue to experience more than a year later," said Charles Curti, a member of the St. John's Vestry.
Haiti Projects Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help the people of Haiti help themselves. It operates in Fond des Blancs, a poor, mountainous area 75 miles west of Port-au-Prince where most of the inhabitants live on less than $1 a day. For details, visit www.haitiprojects.org .
The Sisters of St. Margaret are an Episcopal religious order who established a convent in Port-au-Prince in 1927. Although their convent was destroyed in last year's earthquake, the sisters continue to provide social services and direct a home for the elderly.
The church is located at 48 Middle St. in Gloucester. Suggested donation is $15 at the door. For more information, call 978-283-1708. Parking also available at the adjacent lot off Washington St.
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Article above from http://www.gloucestertimes.com/lifestyle/x655595817/Art-association-opens-90th-year-with-3-shows
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St. John's Episcopal Church of Gloucester is hosting a music concert, "Songs of Love and Peace," on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. to raise money for two local charities that provide assistance to the people of Haiti.
The concert features a Gloucester soprano Sarah Wetzel, alto Sue Lupo, and Kathleen Forgac on piano. They will present a program of English and Irish folk songs, Mendelssohn duets, and art songs of Ravel, Ives, Rorem, Barber, Vaughan Williams and Ricky Ian Gordon
All money raised will be donated to Haiti Relief programs, organized by another Gloucester resident Sarah Hackett, who has been working in Haiti for decades. This Valentine's concert, organized by the church's outreach committee, will benefit Haiti Projects Inc. and the Society of St. Margaret's convent in Haiti.
"We need to put back on the radar the suffering that the people of Haiti continue to experience more than a year later," said Charles Curti, a member of the St. John's Vestry.
Haiti Projects Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help the people of Haiti help themselves. It operates in Fond des Blancs, a poor, mountainous area 75 miles west of Port-au-Prince where most of the inhabitants live on less than $1 a day. For details, visit www.haitiprojects.org .
The Sisters of St. Margaret are an Episcopal religious order who established a convent in Port-au-Prince in 1927. Although their convent was destroyed in last year's earthquake, the sisters continue to provide social services and direct a home for the elderly.
The church is located at 48 Middle St. in Gloucester. Suggested donation is $15 at the door. For more information, call 978-283-1708. Parking also available at the adjacent lot off Washington St.
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Article above from http://www.gloucestertimes.com/lifestyle/x655595817/Art-association-opens-90th-year-with-3-shows
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
message from the sisters
I have some news to share. I am sure there will be more later; meanwhile, I am posting the letter below from our community website (http://www.ssmbos.org/happenings).
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From time to time life presents us all with the need to make a decision. We are writing to let you know that we have put our Boston convent on the market. The simple fact is that the convent is too large for us and we cannot afford to remain here, especially at a time when we are focusing our limited resources on our mission in Haiti, as well as Boston, Duxbury and New York City. The Sisters in Haiti have been carrying on valiantly, caring for those whose lives were impacted by the earthquake. We are committed to supporting and strengthening our ministry in Haiti, whose people continue to suffer. We sense an urgent need to re-configure our ministries, to reshape the way we live, so that our limited resources will be as productive as possible.
We plan on relocating our center of operations to Duxbury, a property that the Society of St. Margaret has owned since 1903. We will continue to have a presence in Boston. Several Sisters will live in a small residence in the city in order to maintain the important urban ministry with which we are involved.
Obviously this decision brings us to a time of transition, one which will affect our guest ministry in Boston. In order to prepare for our move from the convent, it will be necessary for us to close the guest house, effective March 10, 2011. No new reservations are being accepted for either the Boston Convent or the Duxbury buildings. For the latest news from the Sisters, including when Duxbury will reopen to guests, please sign-up for our e-mail list at the bottom of any page on our website.
The following events have been canceled: The Vocations Weekend, The Lenten Day of Prayer, and St. Margaret's Day. Holy Week services will be held at the Boston Convent and are open to the public, but we will not be having any overnight guests. The schedule for those services will be announced at a later date.
We will keep you updated as developments proceed. In the meantime we ask for your prayers and assure you of ours.
Carolyn H. Darr, SSM
Superior
Adele Marie Ryan, SSM
Asst. Superior
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Monday, February 7, 2011
on being a princess
There is an interesting article posted on NPR this week about little girls who suddenly must be princesses: Saving Our Daughters From An Army of Princesses. This mother is considering whether her daughter is choosing to be a princess or being railroaded into it... I suppose it's appropriate to use the term railroaded because when this child went to nursery school the first day in her favorite train engineer outfit, carrying her Thomas the Tank Engine lunch box, a little boy yelled, "Girls don't like trains." Not long afterward, she wouldn't even wear pants to school.
I find this disturbing.
Now, I don't believe that dressing up as a princess is a bad thing. I dressed up as a princess for Halloween at least once, and I remember that at 5 I loved to draw princesses with ball gowns with big puffy sleeves. I even had a Cinderella watch.
I also have to say that I am quite sure that playing princess is not impossible to combine with a little more rough-and-tumble activity. One of my goddaughters, who has three older brothers, loves her pink and sparkles and princess outfits. Or she did; I think she may be getting a bit old for that now. But she could (can?!) also play in the mud with the best of them. I have a picture of her dressed in a pink princess outfit and sitting on a toy motorcycle. That's my goddaughter, all right. And I love it.
I've always been, however, a bit more for the unusual princesses in children's books. I have always loved, for example, The Paper Bag Princess, in which the princess rescues the prince from a dragon with great creativity. I enjoy The Ordinary Princess, though it is not as far from a typical, traditional princess story. I also seem to remember a fantasy book of my sister's in which the princess hasn't much use for being married off to the first prince her parents can find and so goes off to be the librarian for a local dragon for a while. When princes come to rescue her, she usually manages to get rid of them, since at least at first they seem to be no one any self-respecting young woman would care to marry. I believe she learns to be a wizard and otherwise take care of herself as well, but I don't remember the details.
And then there is the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which, when I was in the high school orchestra playing for the show, made me laugh all the way through it from the beginning of rehearsals to the end of the performances. (Good lines included, from the princess, "Does your mother ever say anything other than 'You swam the moat?!'?" and, from the prince, the song "I'm in love with a girl named Fred.")
Perhaps I like the humor in all of them. Perhaps I like the unfussiness of these princesses and their can-do, independent attitude. I assume most real princesses are much more like this than like Disney or fairy-tale princesses.
Just think Princess Leia in the original Star Wars movies (minus the appalling scenes with Jabba the Hut, which I prefer to forget for so very many reasons) rather than Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty.
And in all honesty, I can say that if I had it to do over, I would still get up in the middle of the night to watch Princess Di marrying Prince Charles, even as badly as it turned out.
So what's the problem? I guess, following ten years teaching in a boarding school for girls, that I am concerned that this separation between boys and girls so early on is not only trying on identity and having fun with dressing up, but also limiting in options. As long as our girls can dress up as princesses AND dress up as train engineers without being made fun of, I'm happy. I am just sad that it doesn't seem to be as automatic as one might think. And pity the poor boy who is being made fun of for stepping out of assigned gender roles (just google Princess Boy if you don't believe me). I was pleased - I think - to note that at least Disney World's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique has packages for boys. I wonder what they'd do if a boy wanted to be a princess or a girl wanted to be a knight. Hm.
I am also wary because the need to be a princess is much more culturally important among little American girls than it used to be thanks to the ever-present marketing of Walt Disney. There was a recent article about this in the NYTimes, I think, but I can't find it. However, How Disney Princess Works is rather enlightening. But these little girls seem to be enjoying a Perfectly Princess Tea at Disney World: Be a princess for a day at Disney World. And they say you can go to another place to be a pirate. I bet they do let girls be pirates, at least! I think I would have enjoyed all three costumes, to be perfectly honest, with or without marketing. I just don't remember anyone talking about being a princess when I was little (back when the earth was cooling, you know, just before the era in which princesses and knights fought dinosaurs instead of dragons).
.
Of course, I'm not a mother. And neither was the author of the article above which sparked this post when she first developed her opinions. As she put it, "Oh, how the mighty fall." It's easy to have opinions when you don't have children... And then when you do, they have their own personalities and opinions, right from the start. It rather reminds me of the old comic strip "Cathy" when Cathy's feminist friend Andrea has a daughter who chooses a Bride of Rambo Halloween costume.
You mothers of girls out there, reading this, I'd be interested in hearing your take on this. Comments from experience?
I find this disturbing.
Now, I don't believe that dressing up as a princess is a bad thing. I dressed up as a princess for Halloween at least once, and I remember that at 5 I loved to draw princesses with ball gowns with big puffy sleeves. I even had a Cinderella watch.I also have to say that I am quite sure that playing princess is not impossible to combine with a little more rough-and-tumble activity. One of my goddaughters, who has three older brothers, loves her pink and sparkles and princess outfits. Or she did; I think she may be getting a bit old for that now. But she could (can?!) also play in the mud with the best of them. I have a picture of her dressed in a pink princess outfit and sitting on a toy motorcycle. That's my goddaughter, all right. And I love it.
I've always been, however, a bit more for the unusual princesses in children's books. I have always loved, for example, The Paper Bag Princess, in which the princess rescues the prince from a dragon with great creativity. I enjoy The Ordinary Princess, though it is not as far from a typical, traditional princess story. I also seem to remember a fantasy book of my sister's in which the princess hasn't much use for being married off to the first prince her parents can find and so goes off to be the librarian for a local dragon for a while. When princes come to rescue her, she usually manages to get rid of them, since at least at first they seem to be no one any self-respecting young woman would care to marry. I believe she learns to be a wizard and otherwise take care of herself as well, but I don't remember the details.
And then there is the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which, when I was in the high school orchestra playing for the show, made me laugh all the way through it from the beginning of rehearsals to the end of the performances. (Good lines included, from the princess, "Does your mother ever say anything other than 'You swam the moat?!'?" and, from the prince, the song "I'm in love with a girl named Fred.")
Perhaps I like the humor in all of them. Perhaps I like the unfussiness of these princesses and their can-do, independent attitude. I assume most real princesses are much more like this than like Disney or fairy-tale princesses.
Just think Princess Leia in the original Star Wars movies (minus the appalling scenes with Jabba the Hut, which I prefer to forget for so very many reasons) rather than Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty.
And in all honesty, I can say that if I had it to do over, I would still get up in the middle of the night to watch Princess Di marrying Prince Charles, even as badly as it turned out.
So what's the problem? I guess, following ten years teaching in a boarding school for girls, that I am concerned that this separation between boys and girls so early on is not only trying on identity and having fun with dressing up, but also limiting in options. As long as our girls can dress up as princesses AND dress up as train engineers without being made fun of, I'm happy. I am just sad that it doesn't seem to be as automatic as one might think. And pity the poor boy who is being made fun of for stepping out of assigned gender roles (just google Princess Boy if you don't believe me). I was pleased - I think - to note that at least Disney World's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique has packages for boys. I wonder what they'd do if a boy wanted to be a princess or a girl wanted to be a knight. Hm.
I am also wary because the need to be a princess is much more culturally important among little American girls than it used to be thanks to the ever-present marketing of Walt Disney. There was a recent article about this in the NYTimes, I think, but I can't find it. However, How Disney Princess Works is rather enlightening. But these little girls seem to be enjoying a Perfectly Princess Tea at Disney World: Be a princess for a day at Disney World. And they say you can go to another place to be a pirate. I bet they do let girls be pirates, at least! I think I would have enjoyed all three costumes, to be perfectly honest, with or without marketing. I just don't remember anyone talking about being a princess when I was little (back when the earth was cooling, you know, just before the era in which princesses and knights fought dinosaurs instead of dragons).
.
Of course, I'm not a mother. And neither was the author of the article above which sparked this post when she first developed her opinions. As she put it, "Oh, how the mighty fall." It's easy to have opinions when you don't have children... And then when you do, they have their own personalities and opinions, right from the start. It rather reminds me of the old comic strip "Cathy" when Cathy's feminist friend Andrea has a daughter who chooses a Bride of Rambo Halloween costume.
You mothers of girls out there, reading this, I'd be interested in hearing your take on this. Comments from experience?
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Bach in Boston for Haiti
Sunday, February 13, 7-9PM
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02111
Proceeds will support the excellent work of Partners in Health in Haiti. And who could resist such an opportunity to hear Bach? The cathedral is that building with columns directly across the street from the Park Street T stop. Yes, it looks like a bank, but it's the Episcopal cathedral. God shows up anyway. And in this case, with the help of fine music and fine doctors for the best of causes.
from PIH's website:
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02111
Proceeds will support the excellent work of Partners in Health in Haiti. And who could resist such an opportunity to hear Bach? The cathedral is that building with columns directly across the street from the Park Street T stop. Yes, it looks like a bank, but it's the Episcopal cathedral. God shows up anyway. And in this case, with the help of fine music and fine doctors for the best of causes.
from PIH's website:
L'Ensemble Médical, an oratorio ensemble from Munich, Germany, will be performing Bach's B Minor Mass at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston as part of their US Tour, which also includes concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall and Washington DC.
Choir and orchestra consist largely of medical students and doctors from Munich University, all of whom have extensive musical training, as well as professional musicians.
Tickets are $20
Choir and orchestra consist largely of medical students and doctors from Munich University, all of whom have extensive musical training, as well as professional musicians.
Tickets are $20
($10 for students and seniors)
advanced ticket sales through
| http://www.classictic.com/en/JS-Bach-Mass-in-B-Minor/16777/112827 | |
UPDATE 2/8: I actually get to go! YEA! |
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