Ancient Roots

Tuesdays in Lent
Begins February 20, 2024
6:00 pm

Ancient Roots, a contemplative service of chant, silence, and breaking of the bread, takes place on Tuesdays during Lent at 6:00 pm.

Returning for our nineteenth year, Ancient Roots is a shared experience of classic spiritual practice, available to beginners, novices, and those with no religious experience.

Led by Dr. Richard Lee, The Gregorian Schola of St. Joseph Catholic Church will perform selections of traditional Gregorian chant. These ancient melodies seem to make time stand still and invite listeners into a prayer of stillness. We also use a participative style of simple chant from the Taize community in France. Then, listening to a sentence of sacred scripture, we enter into a “Quaker Silence.” Together we participate in a sacred meal, the Breaking of Bread and Sharing of Wine in a Eucharistic circle.

Ancient Roots lasts appx. 45 minutes.