Community at the Crossing

Events

Get a taste of community life and find space to refresh your spirit and encounter God. Join us for retreats, worship, conversation, and food. Events are open to all.

If you're considering joining the community for the year-long program, visit our apply page.

Community events run with the acamedic program year of each cohort: September - May.

PRAY with us

LEARN with us

PRAYER

Retreat mornings

Space and Silence, Fellowship and Food

Saturdays 10am-3pm

2026-27 Dates

October 24, 2026 – All Saints’ Retreat Morning
December 12, 2026 – Advent Retreat Morning
February 13, 2027 – Lent Retreat Morning
April 24, 2027 – Easter Retreat Morning
May 22, 2027 – Pentecost Retreat Morning

10am-1pm Introduction to personal prayer, space for meditation and silence in and around the Cathedral, concluding with communal prayer (contemplative worship in a Cathedral oratory or Roman Catholic mass in neighbouring parish)

1pm-3pm Lunch and coffee - A simple lunch is provided, or retreatants bring their own lunch

Participants must RSVP via the link attributed to each event. These links will be published in the weeks leading up to the event. There is a minimum $5-10 participation fee which will be collected in the course of the retreat.

Retreat mornings are hosted in collaboration with the Chemin Neuf Community, members of which make up the core team leading the Community at the Crossing program.

Madeleine L'Engle Library (Diocesan House, on the Close of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine)
Please come to the Security and Information booth in the middle of the Cathedral grounds (entrance on Amsterdam Avenue opposite 111th Street) to be directed to Diocesan House.

Learn

Dialogues on Divinity

The Dialogues on Divinity series seeks to address vital contemporary issues with a theological lens. It is presented by the Community at the Crossing, an ecumenical community for young adults, in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

Go to the Dialogues on Divinity page for information on past and upcoming programming

The Bridge Seminars

Learn from eminent thinkers in an even more intimate, roundtable setting, side-by-side with members of the Community at the Crossing.

Go to the Bridge Seminars page for information on programming

OUT AND ABOUT

Sundays

During the program, find us worshipping at the Cathedral of St John the Divine at the 10:30am Eucharist, or in members' own churches across the city.

Nightwatch

Nightwatch is an evening spent in the world’s largest Gothic cathedral immersed in a faith-based program to deepen your spiritual connection with God. Nightwatch offered and tailored for teens (12-18), accompanied by chaperones. The program is ran by the Cathedral and Community members.