Renovation

One of five new video cameras in the sanctuary of the Memorial Church that will stream live Sunday services and other events on YouTube beginning this fall. Photos by Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications By Jeffrey Blackwell Creative and...

Vermont Artist Janet McKenzie is challenging the traditional iconography of sacred art in her paintings depicting images of Jesus, Mary and other Christian figures. By using the forms of women and people of color she is expanding the diversity of culture...

By Professor Jonathan L. Walton “I am writing you little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of God’s name. I am writing to you fathers, because you have known God since the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications The Memorial Church is fully open to the Harvard Community following an eight-month renovation designed to transform the 85-year-old building into a more accessible, comfortable and versatile place for...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications Gregory Curci can look at a piece of cast metal and read the craftsman’s skill like an archeologist brushing away the sand from a long-forgotten artifact. Deep in the lines and imperfections of a piece...

Memorial Church Re-Opens With Fanfare By JORDAN E. VIRTUE, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER Harvard’s Memorial Church held a festive reception for around 90 students Friday night to celebrate the re-opening of the Church after months of renovations. In a ceremony...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Harvard Memorial Church Communications The distance between Memorial Church in Harvard Yard and the Knafel Center in Radcliffe Yard is roughly a half-mile. And the nagging question for the leadership of the church this fall was...

The Memorial Church is undergoing an important and essential renovation designed to accommodate the contemporary mission of Harvard Yard’s space of grace. Behind the fence surrounding this 84-year-old building, contractors are installing a new climate...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications In 2013, artist Janet McKenzie spoke at the Memorial Church as the William Belden Noble Lecturer about her powerful and affirming painting “Jesus of the People,” an intriguing portrayal of Jesus with...