Program

The daily routine of the community is based on 5 central pillars with additional events and experiences spread throughout the year, such as retreats (based on silence, community life, working life), ecumenical events, experiment week in a monastery, and experienes in New York City businessess.

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Central Pillars

The daily routine of the community is based on 5 central pillars, with additional events and experiences spread throughout the year, such as retreats (based on silence, community life, working life), ecumenical events, experiment week in a monastery, internship in New York City businesses.

Unity is the overflow of community life. Jesus prayed for unity of Christians (John 17) – this starts with participating in what we can already do together, which in turn gives us hope and opens doors to navigating our differences.

We seek and build unity through our shared daily life, and by allowing our different church heritages to inform how we worship together, visiting one another’s churches, as well as pioneering and praying new ideas to reignite dialogue between different Christian confessions.

The Community at the Crossing is open to any Christian from any denomination.

It is an initiative of the Episcopal Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, in partnership with the Chemin Neuf Community (a Roman Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation).

We study because we are called to grow an intelligent faith which is capable of speaking to the nuances and signs of our times, to widen our horizons, to better understand where we come from.

Members receive teaching from speakers from across the world and across church traditions, speaking on a range of topics covering the themes of Bible & Theology, Spirituality & Personal Growth, and Social Engagement.

Jesus lived in community. By choosing to share life with other people profoundly different from ourselves, we encounter Jesus through life’s big adventures, as well as the small triumphs and trials of our everyday.

Members share daily community life:

- Shared spaces, meals, times of prayer
- Shared responsibility for house tasks and life of the Community
- Evenings and outings together, space for sharing and reconciliation

Prayer is what Jesus interrupted ‘everything else’ to do. It is the source of all intelligent action, roots us in who we are, and gives a greater discernment to know how to choose in the way of Jesus.

Prayer structures the day, with a mixture of personal and liturgical prayer, as well as a weekly half-day of silence and meditation.

We serve because of the commandment to serve the smallest, because of our common humanity, to learn practical skills and let our hearts be transformed.

Members serve in different charities across New York City, ranging from homeless shelters to addiction centers to hospital chaplaincies to disability groups.

Belonging

There are two ways of belonging to the Community at the Crossing.

  • Residential members study, prayer, service and reside onsite at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. It is full-time program, open to 21-30 year olds.
  • Local members integrate the community rhythms of study, prayer, and service into their current professional activity or study. It is part-time program, open to 21-33 year olds.

Residential and Local members make up one community, and meet together regularly.

Read more about highlights of the year's program (note - most elements concern both Residential and Local membership, but some elements are uniquely for Residential members and other uniquely for Local members).

Read more about highlights of the year's program (note - most elements concern both Residential and Local membership, but some elements are uniquely for Residential members and other uniquely for Local members).

Time commitment equates to Monday evenings, 1 Saturday per month, and 4 retreats spread across the year (amounting to around 8 weekdays). For more precise dates or information, contact us.

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