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Join us for a captivating evening as organist Stephen Hamilton collaborates with the Xavier Dancers in an inspiring blend of music and movement on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30 PM in the Main Church.
The Role of Music in the Eucharist: WHY, HOW and WHAT we sing during Communion
Faith sharing by our Director of Music, John Uehlein, who was on his first Diocesan Liturgical Commission at age 14 and has never stopped asking questions. Along with a robust sing-along of “Eucharistic Hymns” appropriate for communion or appropriate for other parts of the liturgy. Followed by questions and answers.
Faith sharing by our Director of Music, John Uehlein, who was on his first Diocesan Liturgical Commission at age 14 and has never stopped asking questions. Along with a robust sing-along of “Eucharistic Hymns” appropriate for communion or appropriate for other parts of the liturgy, followed by questions and answers. See this week’s bulletin letter for more information.
In the wake of George Floyd ‘s murder in 2020, the Church of St. Francis Xavier (www.sfxavier.org) joined faith communities across the country in critically examining ways their community could re-commit to dismantling systemic racism in our world.
Continuing their commitment to racial justice and inclusion, which dates to at least 1960, the parish adopted several measures, one of which was to expand the church’s iconography to reflect the diversity of the Parish, by including international and American Saints and Holy People.
The second phase of this initiative was the commissioning of two tapestries to hang in the entrance to the church. They are entitled, Into Light and Truth: Holy People of the Americas. Renowned artist John Nava, who created tapestries for Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles, accepted the commission.
A number of United States civil rights movement heroes and martyrs are honored in the tapestries, including Harry Belafonte, Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hammer, murdered civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, as well as Birmingham church bombing victims Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley. Ernestine Eckstein, Audre Lorde, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells, Mother Mary Theodore Williams, and Mary Lou Williams are also represented.
“The individuals depicted in the tapestries worked for and gave their lives to advance biblical justice, human rights, and equality,” says Fr. Ken Boller SJ, Pastor of Church of St. Francis Xavier. “John Nava’s vision to honor them by these tapestries is consistent with his lifelong dedication to biblical justice. We are grateful to him for enabling the Church of St. Francis Xavier community to realize our goal of installing iconography that represents the diversity of the people of God.”
The dedication of the tapestries will be held on Sunday, September 15, 2024, 11:30 a.m. at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011.
Presenter: Luz Marina Díaz, PhD
Date: May 5 at 1 p.m. in the Main Church.
This lecture will explore a brief history of dance in worship, a rationale for incorporating dance in worship, and guidance for understanding various movement types and prayer postures in our liturgies. Luzz Marina Díaz was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She worked as a system analyst while also pursuing her passion for dancing, choreography, and teaching in two major modern dance companies in Venezuela. Upon moving to New York in 1994, she discovered her calling as a religious educator, spiritual director, and liturgical dancer. With over 22 years of experience in Catechetical Leadership, she has served as the Director of the Religious Education Program at Xavier since August 2007. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Universidad Central de Venezuela, a Master of Arts degree in Religious Education (M.A.) from Fordham University, a Ph.D. degree in Religious Education from Fordham University, an advanced certificate in spiritual direction of the Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola from Fairfield University, and an advanced certificate in supervision from Fordham University. She is also the Director of the Spiritual Direction Practicum at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education.
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