SUNDAYS, DECEMBER 7 and 14, 2025, 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Cathedral Room 210, in person.

This Advent as we begin tracing the migrant journey of the Holy Family, the Restorative Justice Council invites the entire community of Saint Mark's to participate in a book study to help guide our response as followers of Jesus to questions of migrant justice. We’ve chosen The Asylum Seekers: A Chronicle of Life, Death and Community at the Border (2025) by Episcopal priest Cristina Rathbone. The book traces her four-month accompaniment of Mexican asylum seekers in 2019 as their informal chaplain at a tent community in Juarez. While laws and enforcement practices have changed since then, the violence pushing our neighbors to flee their homes and the spiritual reserves required to make such journeys remains. We’ll consider up through Chapter 18 at our first session and finish the book in our second.

Questions? Contact the Rev. Canon Emily Griffin at egriffin@saintmarks.org.