Religious and Spiritual Observance at WIT
Celebrating Religious and Spiritual Diversity at Wentworth
Wentworth Institute of Technology is proud to be a part of a diverse religious and spiritual community. It is vital that we recognize, honor, and celebrate the various ways in which members of our community find peace with themselves and the world around them as we continue to commit ourselves to inclusive excellence. Below is a list of resources that we hope you find beneficial on your spiritual journey during your time here at Wentworth.
Religious and Spiritual Resources on Campus
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Student Groups
Muslim Student Association (MSA)
Wentworth Jewish Club (WITJC)
Catholic Student Association (CSA)
Alpha/Omega (Bible Study Group)
Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)
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Safe Spaces for Worship on Campus and Nearby
On-Campus:
Sacred Space in Beatty 029: The Center for Diversity and Global Engagement supports an inclusive space for all religious, secular, and spiritual identities in Beatty Hall 029. Religious texts, cushions, and an ablution area are available for use. If there is anything you'd like to add to the space please let us know via our feedback form here!
Off-Campus:
This information is a compilation of religious organizations and places of worship that are accessible to all College of the Fenway students. They were selected due to their proximity to the Colleges of the Fenway area. Please contact the places of worship to find out more about their practices and to confirm service times.
An asterisk (*) indicates places of worship that have identified themselves as "open to and affirming of" persons who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered, either by official declaration within their denomination or by a statement of mission. Their congregations serve heterosexual people as well and are very open to having college students attend their services.
Baptist
Ruggles Baptist Church
874 Beacon St.
617-266-3633
C and D line off Green Line
Worship Services: Sunday - 10:00AM
Contact Person: Larry Showalter
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
88 Tremont Street, Boston MA
617-523-7320
Park Street stop
Services: Sunday - 11:00AM
Old Cambridge*
1151 Mass Ave. (Harvard Square)
617-864-9378
Services: Sunday - 10:30AM
Marsh Chapel - Boston University
735 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
617-353-3560, 617-353-3630
B-line off Green to BU Central Stop
Baptist Services: Sunday - 11:00AM
Contact: Ray Bouchard
Baha'i
Boston Baha'i Center
595 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02118
Buddhist
Cambridge Buddhist Association
Worship Services
75 Sparks Street, Cambridge MA
617-491-8857
Open Meditation Sessions: Sunday - 9:30AM - 11:45AM; Monday & Wednesday - 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Contact: Dokuro Jaeckel, Zen Spiritual Director
Boston Zen: Boundless Way Zen
New England Buddhist Center
303 Boylston St, Brookline, MA 02445
Eastern Orthodox
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England
514 Parker Street, Roxbury MA
617-731-6633
Sunday Services: Orthos - 8:00AM; Divine Liturgy - 9:30AM
Contact Person: Fr. George
Marsh Chapel - Boston University
735 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
617-353-3560, 617-353-3630
B-line off Green to BU Central Stop
Orthodox Services: Monday - 7:30PM
Episcopal
Cathedral of St. Paul *
138 Tremont Street
617-482-5800
Services: Sunday 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 12:30PM
Marsh Chapel - Boston University
735 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
617-353-3560, 617-353-3630
B-line off Green to BU Central Stop
Episcopal Services: Sunday - 6:30 PM
For information contact: episcop@bu.edu
Trinity Church *
206 Clarendon Street, Boston MA
617-536-0944
Green Line to Copley Stop
Services: Sunday 7:45AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM, and 6:00PM
Contact Person: Malia Crawford
St. John the Evangelist *
35 Bowdoin Street
617-227-5242
Services: Sunday 10:30AM
Hindu
Ramakrishna Vedanta Society Church
58 Deerfield Street
Boston, MA
Open: Sunday 11:00AM to 12:00PM, Thursday 7:30 to 8:30PM, Monday through Wednesday and Saturday 6:00PM to 7:30PM
Meditation: Wednesday and Saturday - 6:00PM to 7:30PM
Call for more details 617-536-5320
Jewish
Temple Israel *
Longwood & Plymouth Street, Boston MA
617-566-3960
Green D-line, Longwood Stop
Regular Services: Friday - 5:45PM, Saturday - 9:00AM, 10:30AM
Contact Person: Susan Misselbeck
Am Tikva *
50 Sewell Ave. (Coolidge Corner)
617-883-0893
Services: Call for services.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Boston Temple in Belmont
86 Frontage Road
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478-2135
United States
Phone: 617-993-9993
Lutheran
University Lutheran Church*
66 Winthrop St. (Harvard Square)
617-876-3256
Services: Sunday 9:00AM & 11:00AM
Methodist
Columbus Avenue African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
600 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA
617-266-2758
Orange Line to Massachusetts Avenue Stop
Services: Sunday - 10:00AM (Summer); 11:00AM (Fall/Winter)
Contact Person: Reverend Sherman Dunmore
Muslim
Boston University Islamic Society
Daily Prayer: Call for times
GSU Basement, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA
Contact: isbuact@bu.edu for times
The Islamic Society of Boston
100 Malcolm X Blvd Roxbury, MA 02120
Website for prayer times and services
Non-Denominational
Marsh Chapel - Boston University
617-353-3560
Services: Sunday - 11:00AM
Presbyterian / U.C.C.
Church of the Covenant *
67 Newbury Street
617-266-7480
Services: Sunday - 10:30AM
Roman Catholic
Catholic Center HUB at Northeastern University
68 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115
617-373-8964
Services: Mass Sunday 12:30 at the Fenway Center (across from the Catholic Center HUB), Confirmation Classes Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Dignity/Boston *
Meets at St. John the Evangelist (35 Bowdoin St.)
617-421-1915
Services: Sunday 5:30 PM
Emmanuel College Chapel
Administration Bldg
Masses: Sunday - 11:00AM, 8:00PM; Monday - Thursday 8:00AM
Contact: Father Stephen Boyle, 735-9703; Jennie Reis, 735-9777; Deirdre Bradley - Turner, 735-9753 Laurel Clanton, 735-9703
Marsh Chapel - Boston University
617-353-3560
Masses: (T W Th F) 12:10PM, Confession (F) 1-2:30PM; Sunday - 12:30PM, 6:00PM, 10:00PM
Contacts: Shelli Jankowski-Smith, Director, Dr. Jane LaMarche, Co-Director
Paulist Center *
6 Park Street
617-742-4460
Services: Saturday 6:00PM, Sunday 10:00AM & 12PM & 6:00PM
Mission Church
1545 Tremont St., Boston MA
617-445-2600
E-line Green to Brigham Circle Stop
Masses: Monday to Friday 7:00AM, 12:10PM; Saturday - 9:00AM, 12:10PM, 4:00PM; Sunday - 9:00AM, 6:30PM
Confessions: Weekdays - 12:10 PM
Spanish Mass: Wednesday 6:30PM; Sunday 11:00AM
Contact Person: Father Richard Bennett
St. Cecilia's
18 Belvedere Street, Boston MA
617-536-4548
Green Line to Hynes Convention
Masses: M, W, Th, F - 7:30AM; Saturday - 5PM; Sunday - 8AM, 9:30AM, 11AM, 6PM (only during academic year)
Pastoral Director: Fr. John Unni
Unitarian Universalist
First Church in Boston
66 Marlborough Street, Boston MA
617-776-7416, extension 26
Hale Chapel, 2nd Floor
Arlington Street*
351 Boylston St.
617-536-7050
Services: Sunday 11AM
Open: 9AM - 5PM Monday - Friday
Contact: Cory
United Church of Christ
Central Congregational *
87 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain
617-524-3343
Services: Sunday 10:30AM
Contact: Pastor Michael
Old South *
645 Boylston Street
617-536-1970
Services: Sunday 9AM, 11AM
First Church of Cambridge *
11 Garden Street (Harvard Square)
617-547-2724
Services: Sunday 10AM & 11AM
United Methodist
Old West *
131 Cambridge Street
617-227-5088
Services: Sunday 11AM
Harvard Epworth *
1555 Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard Square)
617-354-0837
Services: Sunday 11AM, Communion 10AM
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2025-2026 Holiday and Spiritual Observance Calendar
2025
- September
- September 5th - Mawlid al-Nabi / The Prophet's Birthday (Islamic)
- September 7th - Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
- September 22nd - Mabon (Wiccan, Autumn Equinox)
- September 22nd - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish, begins at sundown)
September 23rd - Navratri Begins (Hindu)
October
- October 1st - Yom Kippur (Jewish, begins at sundown)
- October 6th - Sukkot (Jewish, begins at sundown)
October 21st - Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
November
November 30th - Advent Begins (Christian)
December
- December 8th - Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
- December 14th - Hanukkah (Jewish, begins at sundown)
- December 21st - Yule (Wiccan, Winter Solstice)
- December 25th - Christmas (Christian)
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Janurary
January 14th - Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
February
- February 18th - Ash Wednesday / Lent Begins (Christian)
- February 26th - Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
February 27th - Ramadan Begins (Islamic, approximate date)
March
- March 15th - Holi (Hindu)
- March 20th - Ostara (Wiccan, Spring Equinox)
March 29th - Eid al-Fitr (Islamic, approximate date)
April
- April 1st - Passover (Jewish, begins at sundown)
- April 3rd - Good Friday (Christian)
April 5th - Easter (Christian)
May
- May 12th - Vesak / Buddha Day (Buddhist)
May 24th - Pentecost (Christian)
June
- June 5th - Eid al-Adha (Islamic, approximate date)
June 21st - Litha / Midsummer (Wiccan, Summer Solstice)
August
- August 19th - Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
- August 25th - Mawlid al-Nabi / The Prophet's Birthday (Islamic, approximate date)
- August 26th - Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
Wentworth Instititue of Technology Non-Discrimination Policy
Wentworth Institute of Technology does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. All forms of religious and spiritual expression are protected by our non-discrimination policy. We encourage our students, faculty, and staff to engage critically, act thoughtfully with one another, and treat each other with respect. You can view and learn more about our non-discrimination policy here. Additionally, Wentworth also makes accommodations for students when their religious obligations may come in conflict with their class schedules. More information about absence due to religious observance can be found here.
