All events are open to the public. PLEASE email or call to reserve. Join us for Monday thru Friday 8:00 am and 5:30 pm for Morning and Evening Prayer. Eucharist is Tuesday evening and Thursday morning, September through June. PROGRAM CANCELLED: Religious Pluralism: How to Live with People of Diverse Religions Sister Eleanor Francis, CSJB, Superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist in Mendham, NJ will lead a day retreat based on her life experiences as a Vedanta nun (an Eastern religion based in Hinduism) for 15 years before being ordained a Christian priest. Lunch Provided. Fee: $25. Please call for reservations. Saturday February 4, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. The History and the Future of the Harlem African Burial Ground Beneath a century and a half of urban growth at 127th Street by the Harlem River lies the Harlem African Burial Ground, a segregated cemetery originally maintained by the Dutch Reformed Church and used as a final resting place for individuals and families of African descent from the early colonial era to the mid-nineteeth century. The purpose of the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force is to negotiate an appropriate memorialization of the Burial Ground with the New York City Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority, two agencies engaged in construction projects on the burial ground. Jean Ballard Terepka, Archivist at St. Michael’s Church and Executive Committee member of the HABG Task Force, will discuss the use of church records in the recovery of the burial grounds history and will explore ideas currently being considered for creating an East Harlem historic district around the memory of the Harlem African Burial Ground. Suggested Donation: $15. Tuesday February 28, 6:30 pm. Fabbri Chamber Concert The Fabbri Chamber Concert Series will continue with Charles Neidich, clarinet, Fred Sherry, cello and Kazuko Hayami, piano. Works performed will include pieces by Beethoven, Babbit, Copland and Faure. Reception to follow. Tickets are $35 at the door. Advance tickets are $30 ($15 for students). Please call for tickets and series subscriptions. Thursday March 8, 7:30 pm. PROGRAM CANCELLED: Annual Lenten Retreat: Self-Dedication to God Brother Roy Parker, OHC, has been a Benedictine, having joined the Order of the Holy Cross in 1972. The chanting of the psalms of the community originally attracted him; later he was also taught calligraphy and Centering Prayer. Regarding the latter, he is indebted to wonderful teachers who continue to inspire and instruct him. Retreat topic will be gleaned from homilies he has preached at the Holy Cross Monastery and also from the writings of Mary Oliver, Antoine Saint-Exupery and William Faulkner. Lunch Provided. Fee: $25. Please call for reservations. Saturday March 10, 8:45 am-3:00 pm. Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and the Conflict Between Religious and Scientific Fundamentalism March Priest-in-Residence, the Rev’d. Roger Smith, will discuss the question “What do we believe about the Origins of Life?” Rev’d. Smith will consider what two prominent thinkers, Richard Dawkins and Karen Armstrong, have written about this question, as well as their thinking as an articulate reflection of the great conflict between religious and scientific fundamentalism. Are we Creationists or Darwinists? Can we be both? Father Smith is a faculty member at the University of South Carolina and has spent many years researching English Church History at the University of Oxford, England. Free of charge. Tuesday March 20, 6:30 pm. Author Dan Cryer on the Rev’d. Forrest Church Dan Cryer is the author of Being Alive and Having to Die: The Spiritual Odyssey of Forrest Church, from St. Martin’s Press. Booklist, published by the American Library Association, honored the Laughing with God: Humor as a Spiritual Gift The Rev’d. Richard H. Schmidt retired in 2011 as editor of Forward Day by Day, the Episcopal Church’s official daily devotional guide. He served as a parish priest for 30 years, is the author of five books on Christian spirituality, a former overseas missionary and a leader of prayer retreats. As April Priest-in-Residence, Rev’d. Schmidt will discuss how a mature faith acknowledges mystery and leads to “hanging a bit loose” in one’s own opinions and prerogatives. This attitude applies to most of the questions that divided Christians in the past and that divide them today. His presentation will include personal anecdotes and examples of biblical humor. Free of Charge. Thursday April 19, 6:30 pm. The Ladies Eye: Interior Decorating and the Emerging Role of Women 1890-1920, Pauline C. Metcalf is both an interior decorator and architectural historian. The primary author of Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses and a contributor to the book David Adler, The Elements of Style, her most recent book is Syrie Maugham: Staging Glamorous Interiors. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Antiques, House & Garden and The Old House Journal. Ms. Metcalf is also involved with various preservation organizations, in particular the restoration of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, MA. She has also served on the board of The Preservation Society of Newport County and the Rhode Island School of Design. Ms. Metcalf will discuss three very different women who have made important contributions to the field of interior design, not only as women in the design field but also as arbiters of taste in the 20th century. Suggested Donation: $15. Tuesday April 24, 6:30 pm. Samuel Seabury and the Emergence of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA Samuel Seabury was the first Episcopalian Bishop in the United States. May Priest-in-Residence, Michael Rowe will explore the range of Anglicanism throughout the Colonies, what Anglicanism was like in Colonial days, the state of the Church in various parts of the “new” United States, why Seabury was regarded with some suspicion and the influence that Seabury and his supporters had on the early development of the Episcopal Church. In anticipation of his lecture, Rev’d. Rowe has provided a list of related readings; if you are interested in receiving this list, please contact the House and it will be provided upon request. Free of Charge. Thursday May 3, 6:30 pm. Fabbri Chamber Concert The American String Quartet returns for their fifth consecutive season to the Fabbri Chamber Concert Series. They continue to be recognized as one of the worlds finest quartets. Works performed will include pieces by Dvorak and others. Reception to follow. Tickets are $35 at the door. Advance tickets are $30 ($15 for students). Please call for tickets and series subscriptions. Friday May 11, 7:30 pm. Figures of Faith in the Operas of Verdi From the certain faith of the Hebrew slaves in Nabucco to the conflicted title character in Stiffelio; from the compassionate Padre Guardiano of La Forza del Destino to the oppressive Grand Inquisitor of Don Carlo—the operas of Giuseppe Verdi contain many figures whose faith informs their personae, their role in the music drama, and their music. Yet the faith of Verdi himself resists categorizing. His own wife once humorously wrote of him that “this brigand permits himself to be, I won’t say an atheist, but certainly very little of a believer, and that with an obstinacy and calm that make me want to beat him.” Suzanne Martinucci, a regular Quiz panelist on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, returns to the House of the Redeemer to talk about Verdi and his multi-faceted operatic faithful. Suggested Donation: $15. Thursday May 24, 6:00 pm. Annual Garden Party Please join us for our annual festive garden party celebrating Spring and the House of the Redeemer. We welcome our friends and neighbors to enjoy the beauty of the House, its furnishings and its courtyard. There will be a reception with entertainment and, of course, our wonderful auctions. Invitations will be mailed in the Spring. Please contact the House for more details or to provide donations for our live or silent auction. Wednesday June 6, 6:00 pm. THE HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER
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