• Choir School Open House

    Choir School Open House

    Have you wondered what it is like to be a cathedral chorister? Interested families are invited to attend Choir School Open Houses during January. Schola (high school age, and changed-voice tenors/basses) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 7:30–8:45 P.M Junior Choristers (age 5–2nd grade) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 3:30–4:15 P.M. Senior Choristers (3rd grade–8th grade) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 4:30–5:15 P.M. Learn more at saintmarks.org/choirschool, and contact Choir School Director Rebekah Gilmore with questions at choirschool@saintmarks.org. Please pass this invitation along to anyone you think … Read More

  • Choir School Open House

    Choir School Open House

    Have you wondered what it is like to be a cathedral chorister? Interested families are invited to attend Choir School Open Houses during January. Schola (high school age, and changed-voice tenors/basses) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 7:30–8:45 P.M Junior Choristers (age 5–2nd grade) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 3:30–4:15 P.M. Senior Choristers (3rd grade–8th grade) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 4:30–5:15 P.M. Learn more at saintmarks.org/choirschool, and contact Choir School Director Rebekah Gilmore with questions at choirschool@saintmarks.org. Please pass this invitation along to anyone you think … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Cathedral Commons: What Do We Do Now?—Shifting Paradigms in Times of Chaos, Upheaval and Injustice

    Cathedral Commons

    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 oppression. … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Evicted book study groups meet SUNDAYS, JANUARY 12, 19 and FEBRUARY 2, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, JANUARY 16, 23 and FEBRUARY 6, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom Poverty by America book study groups meet SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 9, 16 and 23, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 13, 20, 27, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom The Intergenerational Council, the Restorative Justice Council, and the Affordable Housing Committee invite the entire community of Saint Mark's to participate in a book study this winter to help us better understand issues of housing insecurity … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Donna Jean’s Place Work Party

    SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M., St. Nicholas Bldg, 1st floor (Rescheduled from January 4) UPDATE (1/14): The work party is now at capacity. Donna Jean's Place, the new women's emergency shelter on the Saint Mark's in collaboration with Operation Nightwatch, begins operations on January 15. There will be a work party on Saturday, January 4 January 25to put the finishing touches on the space. Ten (10) volunteers are needed to assemble furniture, remove construction debris, and decorate/beautify … Read More

  • *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    SATURDAYS, 9:30 A.M. – 12 P.M, Skinner Auditorium The meeting is occasionally moved to Bloedel Hall. Those unable to attend in-person are also welcome to tune in via Zoom or YouTube livestream. Saint Mark's Cathedral cathedral is the host this meeting of the Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery community. Join for a morning of meditation, teaching, and spiritual conversation over coffee! Each Saturday from 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m., local practitioners gather together in the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Skinner Auditorium (located in the St Nicholas School … Read More

  • Holy Eucharist (8)

    A spoken service of Holy Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel, with sermon and hymns.

  • Holy Eucharist (9)

    Liturgy with sermon and hymns. Music is offered by Saint Mark’s Singers or children’s choirs. Children’s Chapel is offered during the 9 a.m. service. After the Gospel is proclaimed, children pre-school through 2nd grade are invited to Thomsen Chapel for Bible stories, singing, and prayer. Parents are welcome to join their children. They return at the Peace. Location: Cathedral Nave This service is not livestreamed.

  • Holy Eucharist (11)

    Liturgy and music reflecting the breadth and depth of the Episcopal tradition, with Scripture, sermon, hymns, and choral anthems. Worship in person or online at saintmarks.org/livestream — also streams simultaneously at facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle  and at youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle/

  • Annual Parish Meeting

    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 and delegates/alternates to Diocesan Convention. A brochure featuring the candidates is now available here, and will be available in the back of the nave starting Sunday, January 5. We’ll also hear reports from the … Read More

  • Contemplative Eucharist

    Contemplative Eucharist

    EVERY SUNDAY, 7 P.M. (SEPTEMBER–JUNE), Thomsen Chapel  This evening Eucharist offers periods of silence for reflection, simple meditative music, and lots of candlelight. Anointing and healing blessings are offered after the service. Learn more here. NOTE: in 2025 Contemplative Eucharist is cancelled on November 30 due to the O Antiphons liturgy in the nave at that time. On December 21, the Contemplative Eucharist will be a special service offered especially for those for whom the Holiday season is a difficult or … Read More

  • The Office of Compline

    Compline

    EVERY SUNDAY, 9:30 P.M. in the cathedral nave, livestreamed, and broadcast on Classical KING A beloved Seattle institution since 1956, the all-male Compline Choir sings the last monastic office of the day every Sunday at 9:30 p.m. The service is broadcast live each week on KING 98.1 FM, or streaming at king.org. The service is livestreamed on the cathedral's livestream page, or on complinechoir.org, or on Facebook: facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle or facebook.com/complinechoir or on YouTube: youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle Video of recent services may be seen … Read More

  • *Capitol Hill Al-Anon Family Group

    Open to anyone interested in the family disease of alcoholism. Some groups invite members of the professional community to hear how the Al-Anon program aids in recovery. Families Friends and Observers Welcome. Located at St Marks Cathedral. Use the administrative office entrance, and go upstairs to the second floor conference room. On holiday Mondays we meet on Zoom only. Meeting is now in person NOTE: On holidays when the cathedral offices are closed, or on rare occasions when there is … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Cathedral Yoga

    Cathedral Yoga

    EVERY MONDAY, in the cathedral nave DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M. (Door are locked at the beginning of class at 6:30 p.m.) YOGA CLASS 6:30–7:30 P.M. In the sacred space of Saint Mark’s Cathedral, this spiritual practice is designed to improve health, release tension, and deepen spirituality. It is a gentle, restorative, and contemplative practice, and the instructors guide the group in ways that welcome newcomer and experienced practitioners alike. Pay what you can. Mats are available to borrow (first … Read More