• Women’s Retreat on the Hood Canal

    WOMEN'S RETREAT ON HOOD CANAL—UPDATED DESCRIPTION How We Learn to Be Brave FRIDAY–SUNDAY, MAY 30–JUNE 1, 2025, at Sacred Waters Center for Restoration and Retreat in Union, WA (also known as St. Andrew’s House) UPDATE (4/30/25): Due to some changes in participants’ schedules, a few spots have re-opened. One single and a couple of double rooms are now available on a first-come, first-served basis. Fee: $295 double occupancy, $325 single; includes two nights lodging and all meals Friday dinner to Sunday lunch. Partial scholarships … Read More

  • Interfaith Taizé Forum

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Come to Bloedel Hall between the 9 and 11 a.m. liturgies on Sunday, June 1 for an informational forum in preparation for the Interfaith Taizé liturgy to be offered in the cathedral nave on the evening of Tuesday, June 10, a collaboration between the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Taizé Ministry and Clear Mountain Monastery Buddhist Community (the faith community which currently meets on the Saint Mark’s property on Saturday mornings). At this Sunday morning forum, the organizers … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons: Practicing Sabbath

    Cathedral Commons

    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 … Read More

  • “Friends Talking” Forum with First AME Pastor Carey Anderson & Dean Thomason

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, JULY 13, 10:10am, Bloedel Hall Join Dean Thomason and Pastor Carey Anderson in an informal “Friends Talking” forum this Sunday in Bloedel (which has a new beautiful floor!!). Topics of conversation will include state of the nation, racial reconciliation, affordable housing and correcting housing injustices in Seattle’s history, and much more.

  • Crossing Thresholds as Sacred Journey: Wisdom School Plenary

    Cathedral Commons

    OPENING PLENARY WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2025, 6:45–8:15 p.m. in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Wisdom School 2025-26 Open Plenary with The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason In the practice of medicine, the liminal point marks the bounds of perception—below it, one does not experience a discernible physiological or psychological response. In mythology, the crossing of a threshold marks the protagonist’s journey from routine (unaware) to sacred (new awareness). The ancient tradition of religious pilgrimage takes similar shape. … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons Forum: Undaunted Joy!

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Does joy just seem too difficult to come by these days? Does it seem irresponsible or naïve? Maybe you don't feel like you can be joyful, don't know how to, or don't deserve to? Local author Shemaiah Gonzalez shares stories from her new book Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight. In her collection of short essays on defiant joy, Shemaiah reflects on how she gradually learned to see joy not … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons Forum—St. Francis, Honeybees, and Caring for Creation

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Rick Samyn is the Pastoral Assistant for Social Justice at St. Leo Church in Tacoma. A former Capuchin Franciscan Brother, he has been beekeeping for 24 years. In this forum, Rick will invite us to expand our view of what it means to live incarnationally. We'll learn and talk about how to renew our bond with creation, taking St. Francis of Assisi as our guide and honeybees as our model. Join … Read More

  • Radix Opening Plenary: Stories of Recognition in Scripture

    OPENING PLENARY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025, 7 P.M., via Zoom, no registration required SMALL GROUPS MEET: ONCE A WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS, STARTING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 6, in person OR online via Zoom; registration required Since January 2020, The Radix Project has invited Saint Mark’s community members into small groups to share their stories, reflect on Holy Scripture and sacred art, and pray for one another with intention. Offered 14 times in the past five years, this beloved program continues to nurture deep connection and … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons—Naming Our Thresholds

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025, 6:45–8:15 P.M. in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Facilitated by the Rev. Canon Emily Griffin Thresholds are places for entering and leaving­—for moving from one kind of space or time to another. We make these kinds of transitions throughout our lives but often don’t know how to prepare for them, mark them, or discern the shape of our lives in light of them. In this session, we will share tools for narrating our … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons—A Liturgy for All Hallows’ Eve

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person only Come in costume, or come as you are on Wednesday, October 29 for the evocative and brief liturgy of All Hallows Eve from the Book of Occasional Services. By candlelight we'll sing and pray and hear the ancient stories of Saul and the Witch of Endor and Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones and reflect on the deeper meaning of the Triduum of All Hallows, All Saints, and All Souls. Afterwards, enjoy hot cider and … Read More

  • The Somatic Enneagram: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

    The Somatic Enneagram: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2025, 6:30–8:30 P.M. and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025, 9:30 A.M.–2:30 P.M., in person and via Zoom REGISTRATION REQUIRED FACILITATED BY ALICIA DIVERS This two-day workshop invites participants to explore the Enneagram not only as a tool for understanding personality but as a pathway to deeper spiritual awareness through the body. Through gentle practices, reflection, and shared inquiry, we’ll consider how our habitual patterns live within us physically—and how tuning into the body can open us to healing, … Read More

  • The Somatic Enneagram: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

    The Somatic Enneagram: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2025, 6:30–8:30 P.M. and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025, 9:30 A.M.–2:30 P.M., in person and via Zoom REGISTRATION REQUIRED FACILITATED BY ALICIA DIVERS This two-day workshop invites participants to explore the Enneagram not only as a tool for understanding personality but as a pathway to deeper spiritual awareness through the body. Through gentle practices, reflection, and shared inquiry, we’ll consider how our habitual patterns live within us physically—and how tuning into the body can open us to healing, … Read More

  • Sunday Forum—Hospitality as a Spiritual Practice

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Join Saint Mark’s vestry member and gifted hostess Deborah Person and Canon Wendy Claire Barrie in this forum about the Biblical invitation to hospitality and how that might inform a new way of practicing it at Saint Mark’s, looking at some upcoming opportunities. Tasty snacks will of course be provided!

  • Between Two Worlds: Thresholds of Expectant Hope in Advent

    AN ADVENT QUIET MORNING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2025, 9 A.M.–12:30 P.M. in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom REGISTRATION REQUIRED with The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll Using the witness of sacred scriptures, the wealth of wisdom gleaned from life’s experiences, and the grace given in prayerful waiting, participants will be invited to explore meaning found amidst the ambiguity of life in these remarkable times. Registration required for in-person or online participation (register to receive Zoom link). Fee: $25. … Read More

  • Sunday Forum: Friends Talking—The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Special Parish Forum: Friends Talking with Dean Thomason On the heels of her Wisdom School forum, Between Two Worlds: Thresholds of Expectant Hope in Advent, The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll will join Dean Thomason for a casual conversation in Bloedel Hall on Sunday, December 7 at 10:10 A.M. Kate is the 10th Dean of St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville, FL.,  a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College, a Carpenter Scholar at Yale … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons—Special Parish Forum: Affordable Housing Project Updates

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Join the Affordable Housing Committee to discuss key project milestones and meet some of the partners in our work. This forum will provide updates and insights from Redwood Housing, Saint Mark’s development partner, community engagement planning, and an opportunity to preview initial visioning for an innovative community-based organization model that will help guide the development of a housing community on campus. More details to come. Learn … Read More

  • Inquirers’ Class

    Inquirers’ Class

    FOUR SUNDAYS, STARTING JANUARY 4, 2026, 12:30–2 P.M., Leffler Living Room (or cathedral nave) This series is a hybrid offering, register to receive link. Registration required. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, consider attending this four-class series, facilitated by clergy and staff, where we explore the basics of the Christian faith through an Episcopal lens. Whether you are new to Saint Mark’s, or simply interested in sharing and learning more, you are welcome. More information here. Winter 2026 dates … Read More

  • Wilderness Spirituality

    SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, 9 A.M.–12:30 P.M. with The Rt. Rev. Phil LaBelle, Bishop of Olympia For centuries, Christians have been following Jesus’ lead and heading into the wilderness to find God. Wilderness experiences—both those intentionally taken in the natural world and those unplanned and taken metaphorically —strip away what’s unnecessary in our lives and give us an opportunity to pay attention to the inner workings of the soul. Belden Lane suggests that while there are times when we descend … Read More

  • Inquirers’ Class

    Inquirers’ Class

    FOUR SUNDAYS, STARTING JANUARY 4, 2026, 12:30–2 P.M., Leffler Living Room (or cathedral nave) This series is a hybrid offering, register to receive link. Registration required. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, consider attending this four-class series, facilitated by clergy and staff, where we explore the basics of the Christian faith through an Episcopal lens. Whether you are new to Saint Mark’s, or simply interested in sharing and learning more, you are welcome. More information here. Winter 2026 dates … Read More

  • Cathedral Commons—Letters from Prison

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Letters from Prison—St. Paul, Bonhoeffer, and King FACILITATED BY DEAN STEVE THOMASON St. Paul wrote at least four of his New Testament letters while in prison. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a prolific writer in the concentration camps of WWII, and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is considered by many to make the compelling case for civil rights. Something about the crucible of confinement prompts … Read More