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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 Diversity

Religious and Spiritual Resources on Campus

  • Student Groups

    Muslim Student Association (MSA)

    Wentworth Jewish Club (WITJC) 

    Catholic Student Association (CSA)

    Alpha/Omega (Bible Study Group) 

    Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)

  • 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 

    info@israel.org 

    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

  • 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)

    2026

         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.

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