Cathedral News: Easter Sunday Passes Available March 5

Available March 5: Easter Sunday Passes Wednesday, March 5 You’re invited to join the Cathedral as we make our way from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week to the celebration of Christ’s glorious Resurrection on Easter Due to capacity limits, reserved passes are required for the Easter Sunday Festival Holy Eucharist services at 8 am and 11:15 am. Passes will be available for reservation starting on March 5. All other worship services during Lent and Holy Week do not require reserved passes. Learn more→ UPCOMING SERVICES & OFFERINGS Holy Eucharist Sunday, March 2, 11:15 am Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist on the last Sunday after the Epiphany. The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith preaches and the Rev. Spencer Brown presides. Available in-person or online. Learn more and livestream→ Choral Evensong Sunday, March 2, 4 pm Choral Evensong offers a moment of beauty and tranquility, blending choral music with timeless prayers and scripture. Experience this unique service as a peaceful way to end your day. Available in-person or online. Learn more and livestream→ Ash Wednesday: Rite of Reconciliation Wednesday, March 5, Starting at 10 am On Ash Wednesday, individuals may speak confidentially with a member of the clergy, confess their sins and receive absolution in-person at the Cathedral (between 10–11:30 am and 2–6:30 pm) or via private online Zoom chapel (between 10–11:30 am and 4–5:30 pm). Learn more→ Ash Wednesday Holy Eucharist Services Wednesday, March 5 at 12 pm & 7 pm Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent: a time of fasting, prayer, self-examination and preparation for the Easter Feast. Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist that includes the imposition of ashes, an ancient sign of repentance that serves as a reminder of our mortality. The 12 pm service features contemporary music and the 7 pm service features traditional music. Incense is used at both services. Passes are not required. Learn more (12 pm service)→ Learn more (7 pm service)→ CONCERTS AND RECITALS The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sunday, April 6, 6 pm Experience the transcendent voices of the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, under the Cathedral's soaring vaulted ceilings. Don't miss your opportunity to see one of the world's oldest and most beloved choral groups perform in Washington, DC. Livestream option available. Get tickets→ AT THE CATHEDRAL Cathedral Welcomes Ed Hewes as Associate Organist We are pleased to announce the appointment of organist Edward Hewes as Associate Organist. Ed brings a wealth of experience from his time at Canterbury & Southwark Cathedrals, The Juilliard School, and most recently as Organist of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn. Read more→ Lift Up the Values of Our Faith and Nation How can you share the important message of peace, empathy and compassion today? When you make a gift in support of the Cathedral, you make possible powerful and hopeful programs that speak to the intersection of our sacred and civic lives. Give today→ Take on Lent March 11 - April 18 Take On Lent features five weeks of Tuesday night dinners and classes from March 11–April 8. Begin each Tuesday with Evensong, followed by libations and dinner in Bethlehem Chapel, and finished with your choice of in-person classes. An online-only class and a hybrid class are available for those who want to participate virtually. Learn more→ Virtual Grief Support Group Wednesdays, March 12, 19, and 26 & April 2, 4 pm Offered in thanksgiving for the life of the Reverend Carla Thompson. The Cathedral Congregation is partnering with Capital Caring Health and Facilitator Shannon Collier, MS, MA to offer four on-line sessions of grief education and support for the bereaved beginning March 12. Participants will learn about normalizing and sharing grief, grief expressions, coping and adaptation, and integration of grief for moving forward. The class is limited to 12 participants.  Contact us for more information→ Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: A Retreat with John Philip Newell & Cami Twilling May 13 - 15 Join renowned Celtic teacher and author of spirituality John Philip Newell and his colleague Cami Twilling for an intimate three-day retreat at Washington National Cathedral’s newly-renovated Virginia Mae Center. Within the sacred, tranquil grounds of the Cathedral, participants will experience Newell’s wisdom teaching and Twilling’s spiritual practices, calling us to be aware of the sacredness of Earth and every human being. Learn more and register→ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Sunday Sermon: The Rev. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan "Beloved we have much work ahead and it will not be easy, so hold on to love. Hold on to love. We have been reminded this day that without love whatever we do is worth nothing." Go to our sermon archive→ CATHEDRAL FAVORITES Book a Tour Lift Up the Values of Our Faith and Nation Start Your Day with the Cathedral Copyright © 2025 Washington National Cathedral, All rights reserved.   Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 United States  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe  from this list.