The ancient service of Compline is held on the first Thursday of each month during the academic Term. Based upon the traditional evening liturgy of scripture, music, prayers, and silence, this twenty-minute service is sung in the candlelit space of Appleton Chapel by members of the Harvard University Choir. All are welcome.
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed May 04 2016 except Wed Mar 16 2016.
9:00am to 10:15am
Location:
The Porch of the Memorial Church
Following each service of Morning Prayers on Wednesdays, free coffee and snacks will be available at MemCafé from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. on the steps of the Memorial Church across from Widener Library. All are welcome!
Speaker: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D., Lecturer on History and Literature and on Public Policy; Program Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Stephen Buzard, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York City
Stephen Buzard is assistant organist at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City. At Saint Thomas, Mr. Buzard accompanies the world-famous choir of men and boys in their rigorous schedule of choral services and assists in the training of the choristers at their unique residential choir school. In addition to his career as a church musician, Mr. Buzard keeps a busy schedule...
American novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson will deliver the 2016 Noble Lecture, with an introduction by Matthew Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, Harvard Divinity School. The title of her talk will be "The Divine."