Sarah Augustine and Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
Sep
10
7:30 PM19:30

Sarah Augustine and Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Join us to hear Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendent, founder of The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, and author of The Land is Not Empty, discuss what is hidden in plain sight: how violence against Indigenous people is ongoing, and how we, as church, are uniquely called to dismantle the systems that continue to justify it.

The talk will take place at 7:30 pm on 9/10 on Zoom and is hosted by the St Paul Center for Theology and Prayer. Learn more and RSVP here.

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Oct
12
to Oct 16

Journey to the Great Swamp: Day of Remembrance & Reckoning

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 12, 2026, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Journey to the Great Swamp: Day of Remembrance & Reckoning in St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, South Kingstown, RI – On December 19, 1675 a Narragansett encampment of over a thousand civilians was attacked by colonial militias from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, alongside Pequot allies, killing hundreds. On October 12, representatives from the Episcopal Province I Indigenous Peoples’ Justice Network, ecumenical partners, and Native partners will gather at the church near the site of the Great Swamp for a day of remembrance and reckoning guided by Native neighbors. In consultation with leadership from the Narragansett tribe no ceremony of any kind will be performed at the site, but we will be permitted to walk on the site and experience it.

You can RSVP for the Day of Remembrance and Reckoning here, but please note that tickets are limited and can be reserved based on your home diocese/canonical residency.

Following the gathering, there is the opportunity to join a 3-day pilgrimage walking north to Boston. Pilgrimage schedule and interest form will be forthcoming.

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Sacred Journey to Deer Island
Oct
13
9:00 AM09:00

Sacred Journey to Deer Island

Diocesan Gathering

This October, we will journey to Deer Island with the leadership of the Dioceses of Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts.

Schedule and signups for Sacred Journey to Deer Island events below!

October 13, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Journey (by bus) from Natick to Deer Island – the internment site where hundreds of Native people from the “praying towns” died from exposure and starvation in the winter of 1675 - 1676. This spiritual experience of place, presence and still reflection will be guided by Native neighbors and include the bishops of both the Diocese of Massachusetts and the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. Registration is required by Friday, October 3.

Sacred Journey Interest Form 2025

Additional JouRneying Opportunities

Contact rita@harvardepiscopalians.org to sign up and discuss how you can participate.

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Jun
20
to Jun 22

'Walk It Back' Weekend

Finding A Way: Developing practices towards healing historical trauma with the help of the Land and Waterways 

Many of the challenges facing our world and church today, such as racism, climate crisis, inequity, misogyny, are the result of patterns with deep historical roots.  Our past has created legacies which we are struggling to disrupt.  This emerging movement Finding A Way uses the contemplative arts to train ourselves to listen to the wisdom of land and body, to help reckon with, witness, grieve, and honor our complex past, with the hope of slowly undoing these patterns of harm.

The ‘Walk It Back’ immersive learning experience was a weekend in which participants saw and explored how to develop a land-based, historically informed walking practice in their own context. Offered through The St. Paul Center for Theology and Prayer, as an event of the Province I network, this weekend was hosted by the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans, MA. The Leadership team for the event included the Rev. Dan Smith (UCC Chaplain, Harvard University), Peggy Jablonski (Creator of the Cape Cod Camino Way), and the Rev. Patrick Ward (Rector and our host at Holy Spirit, Orleans).

Learn more about the “Walk It Back” weekend here.

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Apr
2
to Apr 30

Finding Our Way: Developing practice of contemplation with land to reckon with trauma

In April 2024 the Rev. Rita Powell will offer a weekly online course: ‘Finding our Way: Developing practice of contemplation with land to reckon with trauma’. The goal is to connect to the land around us - and the history of that land - in prayerful, healing and transformative ways. Attendees will be able to take the ideas explored in the course back to their own parishes and landscapes.

This series is hosted by the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul.

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