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
Islamic Society at Wentworth (ISWIT)
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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2023-2024 Holiday and Spiritual Observance Calendar
September 2023
September 6th - Krishna Janmashtami
September 15th - Rosh Hashanah
September 18th - Ganesh Chaturthi
September 21st - Mabon
September 24th - Yom Kippur
September 26th - Mawlid Al-Nabi
September 29th - Sukkot
October 2023
October 7th - SimChat Torah
October 15th - Navratri
October 24th - Vijayadashami
November 2023
November 12th - Diwali
December 2023
December 3rd - Advent Begins
December 7th-15th - Hanukkah
December 8th - Bodhi Day
December 21st - Yule Begins
December 25th - Christmas
January 2024
January 6th - Epiphany Day
January 15th - Makar Sankrati
January 24th - Tu Bishvat
January 25th - Mahayana New Year
February 2024
February 1st - Imbolc
February 14th - Ash Wednesday
February 14th - Lent Begins
February 15th - Parinirvana Day
February 24th - Magha Puja
March 2024
March 8th - Maha Shivaratri
March 10th - Ramadan
March 19th - Ostara
March 21st - Palm Sunday
March 25th - Holi
March 29th - Good Friday
March 31st - Easter Sunday
April 2024
April 10th - Eid Al Fitr
April 17th - Rama Navami
April 22nd - Passover
May 2024
May 1st - Beltane
May 9th - Ascension Day
May 19th - Pentecost
May 23rd - Vesek
May 25th - Lag BaOmer
June 2024
June 16th - Eid Al Adha
June 21st - World Humanist Day
June 21st - Litha (Midsommer)
July 2024
July 7th - Al Hijra
July 16th - Ashura
July 21st - Asala/Dharma Day
August 2024
August 1st - Lammas
August 19th - Raksha Bandhan
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.
