Renovation

The Church will be closed this summer for steeple restoration and the installation of a new air-handling unit for the Fisk organ. As a result, we will not hold Sunday services during the summer session. We look forward to welcoming you back on Sunday, Aug...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications For freshman Wassim Marrakchi, the Student Oasis on the ground level of the Memorial Church is a secret sanctuary for study, for quiet socializing and for making slatetblankit, a dish from his Tunisian...

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...

By Jeffrey Blackwell/Memorial Church Communications With the renovation of the Memorial Church during Fall Term, the Harvard University Choir stretched their voices into new venues across the campus. Auditions and rehearsals were in Paine Hall, the Fall...

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...

Great to be back in the church! It’s been a busy week here at Memorial Church. Morning Prayers kicked off in Appleton Chapel for the start of Spring Term and we’re looking forward to being back in the Sanctuary for the first Sunday Service of Spring Term...

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...