Christ Church Cathedral
A house of prayer for all people
The spiritual home of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
The seat ("cathedra") of our Bishop
Worship with us
Thursday
5:00 p.m. Virtual Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Estudio Bíblico en Hogares*
Todos los primeros y cuartos jueves. Consulte nuestro calendario para obtener más información.
A Place for All God's People
Connecticut's Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford
Christ Church Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Connecticut, the spiritual home of all Episcopalians living in Connecticut, and a house of prayer for all people. It is primarily a “destination church”, with worshipers arriving from cities and towns across greater Hartford and beyond. Going forward, we seek to become “hyper local” as well, serving the needs of the many who have moved into downtown Hartford in recent years.
As a Cathedral, we are committed to engaging the arts, seeking the welfare of the city where we are planted (Jeremiah 29:7), and making the social Gospel a reality by speaking God’s truth to power.
The Cathedral’s congregation is multicultural, multilingual, and broadly diverse. We conduct four worship services a week — in Bushnell Park on Saturday afternoons at 2 PM, and in the Cathedral on Sundays at 8 AM, 10 AM, and 12:30 PM. The 12:30 service is conducted in Spanish.
We are part of the Episcopal Church, a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Our worship encompasses both traditional Anglican style and contemporary forms of worship, supported by music teams in both English and Spanish. All God’s people are welcome here!
On Saturday, October 17 at 4:00 p.m., the Fumi Tomita Quartet will present “Yokai! Songs of the Japanese Supernatural”.
Yokai! Songs of the Japanese Supernatural is a unique jazz project by bassist Fumi Tomita featuring songs inspired by Yokai and other supernatural spirits. Yokai are derived from Japanese folklore and come in human, animal, or even inanimate forms, sometimes at the same time! Images of Yokai are often fantastic, bizarre, mysterious, grotesque, sometimes haunting or humorous, and overall, simply wonderful. They prove to be a natural basis for jazz improvisation.
Yokai! is a multimedia experience with images of Yokai and other supernatural beings gracing the screen as the music is being performed. Yokai! is an experience you won’t forget!
This concert is part of Christ Church Cathedral’s
Engaging the Arts initiative.
BISHOP VISITATION
On Sunday, November 8, we will be joined by The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan of ECCT. Bishop Ahrens will lead all three services that day.
There will be no “30 Minutes with the Preacher” session on November 8.
NEW ELECTRONIC DOORS
This past Spring, one of our parishioners made a generous donation to the Cathedral with the request that it be used to make our buildings more accessible to people whose mobility is impaired. At about the same time, a participant in one of the “hopes and dreams for a new Dean” listening sessions spoke of the difficulty she encountered when trying to open the Cathedral’s heavy glass entry doors. Sometimes dreams do come true, especially when they are lifted aloft, and so it is my delight to introduce you to our new electronic door openers which is being demonstrated in the video below, by some of the Cathedral’s most mobile denizens. Enjoy. Harlon +
