COMMUNITY LIFE

At its meeting on July 22, 2025, the Vestry of Saint Mark’s Cathedral Parish set apart a portion of the cathedral’s south churchyard to become the Cathedral Memorial Garden. This long-awaited development now provides a way for ashes to be placed directly into the ground and for that ground to be consecrated for this purpose in perpetuity. The Memorial Garden is centered on the beautiful Deodara Cedar near the picnic table and All Saints’ Pedestrian Pathway. That cedar tree was … Read More

From January 26 through February 23, 2025, almost one hundred members of the Saint Mark’s community responded to a Social Media Survey conducted by the Saint Mark’s Communications Committee to learn more about current social media usage in the cathedral parish. Using a combination of online Survey Monkey and paper surveys, ninety-eight adults provided information about their general social media usage and specific information about how they use social media in their day-to-day lives about events and news related to … Read More

SACRED SPACES Summer at Saint Mark’s Come experience and encounter the sacred spaces of Saint Mark’s Cathedral through art, music, journey, and story. RECENT EVENTS Blessing of the Animals and St. Francis Day Celebration SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025, 4:30 P.M., on the front patio and outdoor labyrinth  On Saturday, October 4, Saint Mark’s will once again offer its beloved Saint Francis Day tradition. This Saturday afternoon outdoor offering has a truly festive community atmosphere. The cathedral extends a special invitation … Read More

TWO (NON-CONSECUTIVE) SUNDAYS: JUNE 29 AND AUGUST 24, 2025, 9:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave, broadcast, and livestreamed Following their debut in the summer of 2019, the Women’s Compline Choir, led by Saint Mark’s Associate Musician Rebekah Gilmore, has become an annual tradition at Saint Mark’s, chanting the Office of Compline in place of the all-male Compline Choir and presenting special repertoire for women’s voices, including world-premiere compositions and arrangements. In the summer of 2019, the men of the Compline … Read More

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) For the final Cathedral Commons of the program year, we’ll explore the theme of honoring the Sabbath through the first set of videos and discussion questions from Bishop Phil LaBelle’s new Zimzum Discipleship series. This is a great bookend to Bishop LaBelle’s first forum with us in September 2024, and a great way to … Read More

SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025, 3-4:30 P.M., Seward Park, Lake Washington Blvd. S., Seattle Calling all bikers, scooters, walkers, rollerbladers, runners, unicycles and so forth to join in a Pentecost Sunday Ride/Run/Roll around Seward Park in Southeast Seattle. We will meet on the lawn near the Seward Park Playground at 3 p.m. From there, we will head around the Seward Park 2-mile paved and flat loop. The day ends with the traditional root beer floats! All ages and generations are encouraged … Read More

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025, 7 P.M., in the cathedral nave and livestreamed Introductory forum: Sunday, June 1, 10:10 a.m. in Bloedel Hall In June 2025, a special Interfaith Prayer Liturgy in the style of Taizé was offered, created as a collaboration between by Saint Mark’s Taizé Ministry and our neighbors Clear Mountain Monastery Buddhist Community (which meets on the cathedral campus every Saturday morning). This was the second iteration of this liturgy, after first being offered in May of 2024—see a … Read More

Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. —1 PETER 2:5 For many of us, the last few months have been full of uncertainty, apprehension, and even fear. In times such as these we may feel the instinct to “circle the wagons” and keep things close. It may seem like a time when generosity is a luxury we can’t afford. But generosity … Read More

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, doors open 5:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave UPDATE: Please note that the registration deadline has now passed for the ALL-PARISH BANQUET on Friday, June 6. At this time there are over 400 community members registered for this celebration of this vibrant community! Due to the terrific turn-out, doors will open at 5:30 p.m. You are welcome to arrive any time between 5:30 and 6:45, but be aware that parking will be at a premium—please carpool or … Read More

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. Have you ever considered walking the medieval pilgrimage route, Camino de Santiago, in Spain? Several Saint Mark’s parishioners have and they wish to share their experiences and enthusiasm for the Camino! This Cathedral Commons will cover questions such as: What is a pilgrimage and what is the Camino de Santiago? What are the most popular routes to Santiago? How does one make … Read More

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1 P.M.–9:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave and around the cathedral campus Join together as a cathedral community for a Day of Prayer and Spiritual Practices on Saturday, May 10, 2025. In addition to an online 24-hour prayer vigil led by at-home volunteers (see below), in-person prayer and several spiritual practice opportunities will be offered in and around the cathedral from 1–9:30 p.m. The day will be bookmarked by hourly prayers with facilitator-led spiritual practices, including: centering prayer, … Read More

A Thursday evening Wisdom School event with writer, poet, and educator Ellen Bass THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025, 7–8:30 P.M. Join bestselling writer, poet, and educator Ellen Bass for an evening of poetic exploration of themes of healing, hope, life and intimacy as part of the Wisdom School at Saint Mark’s Cathedral. With a disarmingly deft touch and piercingly intimate voice, this sage offers poetic balm and a buoying lightness amidst the vagaries of life, connecting the humble to the luminous. … Read More

The following services will be livestreamed. Livestreams can be see on the cathedral website, as well as on YouTube and Facebook. (The Facebook streams include real-time automatic transcription and subtitling): Palm Sunday 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Compline Chrism Mass Tenebrae Maundy Thursday Good Friday noon Good Friday 7 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter Easter Sunday 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Compline The liturgies of this most sacred time are an invitation to enter more fully into the mystery of the … Read More

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 9 P.M. until dawn on Good Friday. Advance registration required. The Vigil at the Altar of Repose will happen this year, starting upon the conclusion of the Maundy Thursday liturgy (around 8:45 p.m.) until the following sunrise. This ancient practice is inspired by Jesus’ question to his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemene, “Could you not stay awake with me one hour?”  As in recent years, this vigil will be an online offering, with a live … Read More

Each year at this time, all are invited to make a special contribution in honor or in memory of a loved one, in order to help underwrite the beautiful flowers and music of the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection. Fill out the form below, or use the paper form in the Sunday service leaflets. Then make a gift in any amount, using the method that is most convenient for you—by check, saintmarks.org/give, or Venmo. Contributions received by Palm … Read More

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) “If America’s poor founded a country, that country would have a bigger population than Australia or Venezuela.” —Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America Why is there so much poverty in the richest country on earth? Can poverty be abolished? Participants in the recent Community Book Studies of Matthew Desmond’s, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American … Read More