Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the US. (2012, 68 minutes). Here is a link to the trailer for the film. This documentary film is a powerful indictment of the prison industrial complex and will be shown in our free film series on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 7pm, in the Church of the Ascension at 5th
Join us for the commemorations, confessions, thanksgivings, liturgy, music and celebrations around which the entire rest of the Christian year and life is built: Holy Week and the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thursday: 7pm. Friday: noon. Saturday: 8pm. Sunday: 9am, 11am, and 7pm.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7 pm in the parish hall. We begin an exploration of racial justice and what we as a parish and individuals can do about it with a discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award-winning book, Between the World and Me. All are welcome to what promises to be a challenging and lively conversation. Please read the book in advance; it’s widely
Lament and the Book of Lamentations, this Sunday, March 13, 2016. Following the 11am service, we continue the Lenten study of Lamentations, led by Shana Kaplanov, GTS Seminarian. Laments give voice to experiences of loss, pain, and tragedy. The Book of Lamentations is a collection of five poems of lament about the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 587 BCE. The following link
The Ascension Organ Series presents Diptyque and Les Corps Glorieux by Olivier Messiaen performed by Organist Jon Gillock on the Manton Memorial Organ, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 8:00pm. We are proud to continue this distinguished series of concerts featuring The Complete Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen, played by the internationally acclaimed interpreter, Jon Gillock, Messiaen’s friend and disciple. Especially interesting for Messiaen aficionados
Ascension Forum: A Contemporary Exodus – On February 28, after the 11:00 a.m. service, Eliza Griswold will lead a forum on the plight of Christians and other religious minorities fleeing ISIS, and other existential threats in the larger Middle East. Ms. Griswold is an award-winning journalist and poet, a courageous reporter and keen observer of both faith and human stories. The Tenth Parallel, her
Women Rectors: Leadership for the 21st Century- a panel and roundtable discussion featuring five women rectors of the Diocese of New York, including our own Mother Liz- Tuesday, March 1 at 6 pm at the Church of the Ascension. The Church Club of New York is sponsoring this event, which begins with the Eucharist and a tour of the church, and includes a reception
There are a number of special programs at Ascension this season, including forums, dinners, classes, films, quiet day, a farm day and retreat. On February 28th after the 11 o’clock service Eliza Griswold will present a forum on the plight of Christians and other religious minorities fleeing Isis, and other existential threats in the larger Middle East. Ms. Griswold is an award-winning journalist and
Listen to the third session of Clay Williams’ Science and Theology forum, Bios, which he led at Ascension on January 10, 2016. Here is a link to the handout he prepared for this forum.
“THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING”, a new film (2015) about capitalism vs. climate will be shown in our free film series on Tuesday, February 2nd, 7pm, at the Church of the Ascension Parish House, 12 West 11th Street. Based on Naomi Klein’s book of the same name, it explores whether the climate crisis can be addressed in the current era of reckless consumption and market fundamentalism.