Courtney Godwin MDiv '23, Interim Minister, the Memorial Church of Harvard University. File photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Sherri Ann Charleston, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Harvard University, speaks at Morning Prayers during Black History Week. Photos by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church...

Geeta Pradhan, President of the Cambridge Community Foundation, speaks at Morning Prayers, Nov. 28, 2022. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.

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Theologies, Perspectives, and Stories: The Memorial Church for a week of Morning Prayers services explors LGBTQ+-affirming theologies, queer concepts of the divine, and stories of queer folks of faith from around campus.

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Each year the Memorial Church opens the floor of Morning Prayers to graduating seniors, who...

Julia Paolillo ’22, Harvard Graduate School of Education (‘22), Choral Fellow, Harvard University Choir, speaks at Morning Prayers. 

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Laurie Sedgwick M.Div. III, Seminatian in the Memorial Church. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

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Anna BurnHam, Student Program Coordinator, the Memorial Church. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.

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Rakesh Khurana, Danoff Dean of Harvard College, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Harvard Business School, Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, speaks at Morning Prayers. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church...

Crews searching the rubble at Ground Zero in the months following the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, errected this cross made from the beams of the fallen World Trade Center Buildings. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications. ...

Dear friends,

It is a cherished campus tradition to gather in Appleton Chapel for Morning Prayers each weekday during the term. For hundreds of years, Harvard students, staff, faculty and neighbors of the university have met to...

Morning Prayers address by Patti Bellinger, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Harvard University. (Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications)

Words spoken each morning in Appleton Chapel during Morning Prayers provide a deep and vivid...

Memorial Church Co-head Student Deacon, Maggie Beazer '20, speaks at Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel on Feb. 13. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

Morning Prayers at the Memorial Church often features the thoughtful...

Jenny Hoffman '99, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University, speaks at Morning Prayers on Jan. 27, 2020. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.

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Stephanie Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church; Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School, speaks at Morning Prayers on Jan. 27, 2020. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church...