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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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 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 sing, to pray, to experience the...

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 voices of our studnets. During the...

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 Communications.

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Memorial Church Seminarian KMarie Tejeda MDiv III speaks at Morning Prayers in Appleton Chapel on Sept. 25. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications

Morning Prayers at the Memorial Church often features the thoughtful voices of our seminarians. During the week of Sept. 23, we invited our three Harvard Divinity School students, KMarie Tejeda, Sally Hammel and Grace Killian to share their words and life experiences in the lectern of Appleton Chapel.... Read more about Seminarians Speak from Their Hearts and Minds

Alanna C. Sullivan, Associate Minister, The Memorial Church of Harvard University, speaks at Morning Prayers on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications.

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John Silvanus Wilson Jr., MTS ’81, EdM ’82, EdD ’85, Senior Advisor and Strategist to the President of Harvard University, speaks...

David N. Hempton, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, and John Lord...

Stephanie Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church; Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian...

Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow, JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78, speaks at Morning Prayers on Sept. 3, 2019. Video by...