COMMUNITY LIFE

LAUNCH: SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 5:30 P.M. in Leffler House or online via Zoom SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS: MONDAYS, 7:30 p.m., online via Zoom only The Queer in Christ community will gather for a Lenten conversation series titled Clearing Space for God. There will be a general introduction next Sunday, March 2, at the normal monthly Queer Conversation time—right after Evensong at 5:30 p.m. Then starting the next day, Monday, March 3, the group will meet on Zoom each Monday at 7:30 p.m. for six weeks, … Read More

A Thursday evening Wisdom School event with acclaimed poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025, 7–8:30 P.M., in person in the cathedral nave and livestreamed UPDATE: Due to the number of registrations, this event will be offered in the cathedral nave rather than Bloedel Hall. A livestream will be available to registrants as announced previously.  UPDATED DESCRIPTION: We live in fraught times when violence seems to be the common denominator in a calculus based in mistrust and misanthropic … Read More

An Evening of Cabaret, Dessert, and Silent Auction in Support of the Evensong Choir’s 2025 Pilgrimage SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 7 P.M., Bloedel Hall  Tickets are now on sale for Choir Unvested, a evening of brilliant entertainment and a silent auction by the Evensong Choir. Enjoy delicious desserts and refreshing beverages as you listen to the choir sing songs from Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Band’s Visit, Les Misérables, Sweet Charity, Toy Story, and other musicals. The Evensong Choir is comprised of … Read More

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 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) A Cathedral Commons forum led by Hannah Hochkeppel and 20s/30s members Hannah Hochkeppel and 20s/30s members will lead this forum on the final Wednesday before Lent to explore the liturgical calendar. What are our seasons? What do the colors and traditions of each season invoke in our spiritual life? … Read More

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 6:45–8:15 P.M., (rescheduled from February due to weather), 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) led by Canon Rich Weyls What does theology have to say about environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change? Ecotheology is a form of constructive theology that focuses on the interrelationship between religion and nature, particularly in the light of environmental concerns. In this session, we will explore … Read More

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 6–7:15 P.M., in the cathedral nave. Suggested donation: $6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family. Registration requested. Please gather in the cathedral nave on Shrove Tuesday (a.k.a. Mardi Gras), March 4, to end the season after Epiphany in the traditional way—by gathering in community, eating pancakes, and having fun! There will be live music, crafts, and games. Chef Marc Aubertin and the youth will be preparing our meal. In addition to pancakes, sausage, fruit, and toppings, Vestry members will provide … Read More

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 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) led by the Rev. Danae Ashley  What can a revolutionary 12th-century Benedictine nun teach us today? Plenty! Saint Hildegard von Bingen was a polymath and a German Benedictine abbess who lived from 1098–1179 in the Rhine Valley. Her myriad of gifts have been noticed throughout history: prophetess, composer, physician and healer, environmentalist, … Read More

UPDATED WITH VIDEO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2025, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Cathedral Sacristan and Head Verger Michael Seewer spent seven weeks last fall traveling around Europe, visiting cathedrals and other houses of worship to study their liturgical practices, including several days at the community of Taizé in France. Hear about what he saw and learned at this Sunday morning forum between the 9 and 11 a.m. services in Bloedel Hall. A complete video is now available: 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025, 7–8 P.M., in the cathedral nave and livestreamed In such a time as this, when chaos and confusion are threatening migrant communities, we as people of faith are called to reaffirm our values and uphold the dignity of every human being. People of all faiths who seek strength in this moment are welcome to this peaceful gathering as we ground ourselves in community, prayer, and song and commit to active and practical solidarity with our migrant … Read More

Registration is now open! Register using this form. All members of the community of Saint Mark’s are warmly invited to become an Intergenerational Prayer Partner, as part of special program lasting from Shrove Tuesday, March 4, through the Day of Pentecost, Sunday, June 8. What does this mean?  If you register to participate, you’ll be matched with a prayer partner of another generation, with whom you’ll regularly check in so you’ll better know their prayer needs. Perhaps you’ll sit together … Read More

Distributed at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Click in the lower right of the reader below to read the report full-screen. Or click here to download a pdf if you prefer. Previous years’ Annual Reports and other records can be found here.

TWO WEDNESDAYS, JANUARY 22 & 29, 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) led by Dean Steve Thomason   Our world is seemingly on fire, and the uncertainties of our time translate to a sense of chaos and upheaval. Anxiety and anger run amok. Under threat of change, the human impulse is to conservative inertia or even regression, which invariably leads to injustice and … Read More

DOCUMENTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING: 2025 Meeting Agenda Last Year’s Annual Meeting Minutes Candidates for Vestry and Convention Delegate (also available as a pdf) 2025 Social Media Survey 2024 Annual Report   SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025, 12:30–2 P.M., Bloedel Hall and via Zoom The 2025 Annual Meeting of St. Mark’s Cathedral Parish, Seattle, will be on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Bloedel Hall and via Zoom. The meeting will include election of parish Vestry members … Read More

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY CATHEDRAL COMMONS FORUM Icons: Portals of Sacred Beauty WEDNESDAY, FEBRAURY 12, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and on Zoom Byzantine iconography is an ancient and deeply prayerful art form in the Christian tradition, dating back nearly to the apostolic times. Over the centuries, it has evolved and developed as the faith spread throughout the world. Iconography follows a highly systematic and disciplined process which has been handed from teacher to student for centuries. It’s also a very … Read More

UPDATE 1/24/25: Heartfelt gratitude to the many participant who came together to make January 19’s Afternoon of Service such a joyous community event. Together, we made 100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch, inventoried all the hygiene supplies that have arrived for Donna Jean’s Place Shelter, and filled 20 shower caddies that will be given to the shelter’s first residents. We decorated cards to welcome the 20 women and additional decorated cards will be used later this spring … Read More

A Wisdom School weekend workshop with Joseph Benton Howell, Ph.D. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, 6:30–8:30 P.M. and SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025, 9:30 A.M.–2:30 P.M., in person and via Zoom. Registration required. This three-part workshop will approach the Spirituality of the Enneagram in ways we have not previously considered in the Wisdom School. Friday evening’s session will use the foundational concept of the soul child to describe the nine types with specific egoic reactions that come when disconnected from our original goodness. We will … Read More