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Congratulations to the 2024 graduates of Canterbury Downtown: Brandon (BA in Sociology), Joyce (BS in Applied Psych and Religious Studies), May (BA in Global Liberal Studies), Yuting (BA in Data Science), Andrew (JD), and Raquel (PhD in Anthropology)! We are so proud of you! Deepest gratitude to each and every one of you for contributing to our community through your authentic presence and desire to walk in Christ’s footsteps. Canterbury Downtown and Grace Church will always be a home to you! To our incredible chaplain Megan: thank you for being part of our academic and spiritual journey by modelling God’s love in the world — we could not have done this without your mentorship! 🎓🙏🏼💒💜🥹

Thank you to Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson and the Rev. Khader Khalilia for speaking at Faith in Action last Monday, co-hosted by Canterbury Downtown, .ametznyu , and ! Deepest gratitude as well to all of the students and SLAs who were present and engaged in order to contribute to our meaningful dialogue! 📸:

Join NYU MSA, Ne’ametz, and Canterbury Downtown for a panel discussion between religious leaders from across the Abrahamic faiths who are advocating for justice in Isarel-Palestine. This event will take place on May 6th (Monday) from 7:00-8:30pm in GCASL Room 461. All students who are interested in interfaith dialogue and faith-based activism are invited to attend. Please fill out the RSVP form at tinyurl.com/nyufaithinaction. Full list of panelists to come soon.

Canterbury Downtown winter recap ❄️🪽⛄️ wishing everyone peace and blessings as we head into Holy Week 🙏🏼✨🕊️❤️‍🔥🌈

2) Noam, Joyce, and Brandon attending a Dialogue on Divinity featuring Dr. Amy-Jill Levine 📚
3) Joyce eagerly waiting for Dr. Levine to sign her Jewish Annotated New Testament 📖
4) lecture on Anglican prayer and ritual by Dr. Derek Olsen (aka Greta’s dad) ⛪️
5) Annual Young Adult Reflection Day 💭
6) Lunar New Year Dinner 🧧
7) Ash Wednesday 💜
8) Trivia Night in support of Lutheran campus ministries — CatAmarAnglicans won best team name!! 🏆
9) Gabriel’s musical, Acceptance Pending, performed at 54 Below — bravi tutti!!🎵
10) Screening of Philadelphia Eleven documentary and panel discussion with women ordained priests in the Episcopal Church 💕

hope everyone’s Lenten season has been well! here’s a very late recap of what Canterbury Downtown was up to during the fall semester 🍁🐈‍⬛🙏🏼🧡💒

2) NYU Christian Club Fair 💜
3-4) Archbishop Justin Welby visiting the EDNY 🌎
5) March to End Fossil Fuels 🌿
6-7) Annual Province 2 Campus Ministries Retreat 🌲
8) Last Supper of the Fall 🫶🏼

Surprised by Scripture spring update: we will be meeting on Fridays from 3-4pm in Room 484 moving forward! Free food provided! People from all faith traditions (or none) are always invited, and no prior knowledge or preparation is necessary 📚🙏✨❤️‍🔥🕊️(The Rev. Megan Sanders would like to kindly remind everyone that talking with your mouth full is STILL not permitted.)

you can’t spell Valentine without Lent… so begin your Lenten season with ashes and prayer! Canterbury Downtown will be in front of Kimmel from 10:45am - 5pm tomorrow. students can receive and/or impose ashes! all are invited 💜🙏🏼💒🌈🌹 (additionally, has services at 8am, 12:10pm, and 6pm)

First Canterbury Downtown gathering of the spring semester tomorrow evening! featuring a sermon by our lovely chaplain the Rev. Megan Sanders 🙏🏼💒✨🌈🫶🏼 hope to see y’all at Grace Church!

01 December 2023 💙🕯️💜
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God bless each and all of you!

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New Canterbury Downtown Bible study sessions are starting this week! Join us on Fridays from 2-3pm in GCASL room 484. Free food provided! 📚🙏✨❤️‍🔥🕊️(The Rev. Megan Sanders would like to kindly remind everyone that talking with your mouth full is not permitted.)

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[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 9/15 are Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. I invite you to pray them with me as I give thanks for what does not change: "My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it wi...

Today’s barbecue has been cancelled due to inclement weather, but join us for Eucharist at 6pm and dinner afterwards! See you in church ⛈️ 🙏🏼💒✨🌈

Why have only one welcome back event when you can have two?! Join Canterbury Downtown for BBQ this Sunday, followed by Eucharist at 6pm and dinner + fellowship afterwards! Vegan and vegetarian options available. All students are always invited 🫶🏼🙏🏼💒🌈✨

Join Canterbury Downtown for our first Sunday gathering of the fall semester! College students of all levels are always invited. Vegetarian and vegan options available for ice cream and dinner! (The Eucharist is already vegan according to Joyce, the Canterbury Downtown Communications Assistant. She is, however, open to debate regarding this topic.)

Join The Episcopal Diocese of New York for the NYC Pride March this Sunday!! Meet at 1pm for a pre-march reception with light food and beverages at the Church of the Transfiguration.

A few reminders:
🌈 dress appropriately for the weather
🌈 stay hydrated — water will be available at the reception and during the march
🌈 consider your own mobility
🌈 flags and banners will be handed out before the march!

If you have any questions, reach out to the Rev. Megan E. Sanders ([email protected])

Everyone is always invited! See you there!

6:00 PM this Monday, June 5th!

Iconic Pride: Faith
Perspectives Panel
At the Cathedral

Bringing together faith leaders to discuss the intersections of religion and LGBTQ+ life and centering the spiritual lives of LGBTQ+ communities within The Episcopal Church and other Christian denominations.

Everyone is always invited!
🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍🌈
More free events- click registration link in bio💚

https://www.stjohndivine.org/iconic-pride

Tonight at 6pm!
Sunday, May 14th!
Canterbury Downtown meal/reception following the 6pm Holy Eucharist at Grace Church in the Chantry.
Bring yourself.
Bring any person (or cat) you can. Truly.
(people will enjoy Sunday more than cats)
We will celebrate this whole community and Canterbury’s graduating students and all who can gather in person and in spirit 🙏💯🙏💯✨🐈‍⬛💚💯✨

[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 4/28 -

[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 4/28 O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 

[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 4/7 -

[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 4/7 It’s Megan. I am grateful to pray with and for all of you, individually and corporately. My prayers for you are for moments of peace. For moments of connection with God that can happen in Holy Week and in any week. For deep, slow breaths. For connection and care and mercy and generosity to continu...

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[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 3/24 As we approach Holy Week, I invite you to reflect on the narratives of Christ’s betrayal, suffering, death, and resurrection in the Gospels of the New Testament (and non-canonical Gospels if you feel so inclined). While Matthew, Mark, Luke, and (especially) John vary in detail, Mary Magdalene is c...

Upcoming Saturdays (April 1st & May 13th): Retreat Offerings at the Cathedral - Led by Community at the Crossing - Free to All - 10am to 3pm - RSVP and invite broadly through link in bio 🙏💯

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[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 3/10 As we journey through Lent, I want to reiterate an important message that the Rev. Julia Offinger shared with us in her sermon on Ash Wednesday: “God would never want you to take on a practice that is bad for your health… God does not want you to starve… or in any other way put stress or stra...

Start of the Lenten season with ashes and prayer! Canterbury Downtown will be in front of NYU Kimmel from 10:45am - 5:00pm tomorrow. Students can receive and impose ashes. Everyone is always welcome!

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[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 2/17 First year seminarians were invited by Trinity Church on Wall Street to participate in their all-day offering of the imposition of ashes. 

Canterbury Downtown tonight! 6pm service of Holy Eucharist at Grace Church in the Chantry (Broadway at 10th St) followed by the free-to-all-students meal and time together 💒🙏💯✨
God. Bless. You.
**see also the link in bio: The Feast of Absalom Jones & 231st Parish Anniversary**

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[Canterbury Downtown] Newsletter 2/3 As we mark the beginning of Black History Month and look forward to the celebration of the Feast of Absalom Jones next weekend (officially February 13th on the Episcopal Church calendar), I commend to you some books, articles, and other resources about important Black figures in the Episcopal Church...

Link in bio - sharing a word from the Presiding Bishop today (the Episcopal Church).

Prayer is so much and so many things.
Prayer is an action verb.

Let’s us pray. Today. Together. Again. Always.

Canterbury Downtown tonight! 6-7pm service and so much East Village Pizza (free to all students!) & togetherness time until 8:30pm. Welcome Back Spring Semester part One of Two :) Every college student is always invited - recent grads, too! See you there 💯✨💒💚🔥💯🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛