Upcoming Events at the chapel of st Anne
We welcome you to the chapel of st Anne! In addition to our weekly worship opportunities, we host celebrations, writing crawls, musical events, as well as visual art displays.
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For more information, please email us at chapelofstanne@gmail.com
Arlington Porchfest - Linda Marks at 18 Claremont Ave
Linda Marks is a multi-award-winning Boston singer-songwriter, a healer at heart, and emotional alchemist whose music gracefully uplifts the spirit and transforms sorrow into gold. Having just released her 15th studio album January 1, 2025, Marks is as prolific as she is mindful, using her music to touch upon the current events and issues shaping our reality. Her past releases have been featured in The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and NPR, among other outlets.
Throughout her decades-spanning discography, Marks’ elegant voice and piano always tug at listeners’ heartstrings and inspire optimism. She released her 14th studio album A Recipe For Hope in January of 2024, which debuted at No.18 on the Roots Music Report Alternative Folk Chart. A Recipe For Hope also won the Clouzine International Music Award for “Best Folk Album,” received a Bronze Medal for both Best Album and Best Folk Album in the Global Music Awards, and produced two charting songs: “September Morn,” which appeared on the Cashbox Top 100, and “Love Always Wins,” which reached No. 1 on the UK Hot 100. “Love Always Wins” recently was named a Finalist in the Great American Song Contest and won the award for “Best Collaboration” at the World Songwriter Awards. Marks is a Finalist in five categories for the 2024 ISSA Awards, and is nominated for a 2024 Josie Music Award as well. Her newest song, “Hidden Bloodlines, Hidden Scars, “ written to heal the epidemic of antisemitism, was just selected as a semifinalist in the UK Songwriting Competition, is a nominee for the 2024 World Entertainment Awards and won a Global Music Award. She is a guest artist on a 2025 Grammy nominated album, “The Fury” by Antonio Vergara.
Building community through music has been a lifelong pursuit for Marks, who has written songs for numerous nonprofit organizations and community causes, such as Upstage Lung Cancer, the Buddy Dog Humane Society, the Cotta Blue Project, and Light Up the Love. She’s also collaborated with saxophonist Willie Sordillo and singer-songwriter Kemp Harris on Songs At The Heart Of Our Times, performing timely music at benefit concerts for local non-profits. Most recently, Marks is the curator of the “Sanctuary” project, tapping a global network of musicians to craft a song that supports – and includes the words of – domestic violence survivors.
Marks is the co-founder of Women In Music Gathering, the leader of the International Singer-Songwriter Association Boston/Northeast Chapter, and Vice President of the Boston Association For Cabaret Artists. She is a Voting member of the Recording Academy, and a member of the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance, and Folk Alliance International.
Writer's Crawl
Enjoy gentle writing prompts as we move in and around the garden. There will be a low stress opportunity to share your work.
Explore writing as a form of meditation, or as a way of remembering. Your writing may be inspired by contemplation of these holy places or just by making space to put pen to paper. We’ll provide structure for the morning, and you’ll have the company of others who are also listening, seeing, meditating, and writing.
Bring a journal and pen (or whatever you enjoy writing with and writing in).
The Pandora Consort
Join us for an evening featuring the extraordinary work of Hildegard of Bingen brought to life by the Pandora Consort.
Suggested donation $20. Open to the public.
Midday Music with Jill Dreeben on Flute
Join us in St. Anne’s Chapel for solo flute music with Jill Dreeben.
Open to the public. Admission by donation.
B Line Brass Quintet
Join B Line Brass Quintet for their greater Boston tourfeaturing works by J.S. Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Astor Piazzolla, Catherine McMichael, and more.
The B-Line Brass Quintet is a chamber ensemble which formed in 2024 at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Donations of $10 or $20 suggested. Open to the public.
Hazel Dean Davis & Clark Matthews
Join us for a midday concert featuring horn duets with Clark Matthews and Hazel Dean Davis.
Open to the Public - Admission by Donation
Writer's Crawl
Come share in a relaxed setting where gentle writing prompts are offered as we move in and around the chapel and gardens. There will be a low stress opportunity to share your work.
In this tranquil setting, we will explore writing as a form of meditation, or a way of remembering. Your writing may be inspired by contemplation of these holy places or just by making space to put pen to paper. We’ll provide structure for the morning, and you’ll have the company of others who are also listening, seeing, meditating, and writing.
Bring a journal and pen (or whatever you enjoy writing with and writing in).
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Then & Now program
Historical re-enactor Jessa Piaia, as Isabella Stewart Gardner, recounts the storied life of the socialite, collector, and benefactor and her art collection.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Stephen Kurkjian, author of Master Thieves, discusses the still unsolved 1990 theft of priceless art from the Gardner museum and his plans for a crowd-sourcing campaign to recover the artworks.
Suggested donation for attendees:
$20/per person
Signed copies of Masters Thieves for sale $20 (cash or venmo)
Stations of the Cross
Join us as we pray the Stations of the Cross on Friday, April 11th in the Chapel of St. Anne.
Labyrinth Retreat
Bethany House of Prayer and the Chapel of St Anne invite you to register for a Lenten retreat: Walking the Labyrinth – a Lenten Spiritual Exercise. Rev. Susan Morrison and Marybeth Toomey will be leading the retreat. The retreat will be held on Saturday, April 5 th from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Participants will gather at 9:00 am at St. Gabriel’s House ( 181 Appleton St., Arlington) for a time of checking in, coffee, tea and hot cross buns.
Registration through Bethany House of Prayer
Questions? Please contact Marybeth Toomey at marybethtoomey@hotmail.com
Stations of the Cross
Join us on Friday, March 14th to pray the Stations of the Cross in the garden (weather permitting, otherwise in the Chapel of St. Anne).
Ash Wednesday
Mass with imposition of ashes at 8 a.m.
chapel open until 5 for prayer
ashes offered between 12:30 and 1:30
Writer's Crawl
Join us for gentle prompts and safe affirming space for sharing. Explore writing as a form of meditation, or as a way of remembering or anticipating. Your writing may be inspired by contemplation of these holy places or just by making space to put pen to paper. We’ll provide structure for the morning, and you’ll have the company of others who are also listening, seeing, meditating, and writing.
Bring a journal and pen (or whatever you enjoy writing with and writing in). RSVPs are encouraged but not required.
We’ll gather in the Parlour of the Chapel for scones and coffee/tea at 9 a.m. finishing at Noon.
Writer's Crawl
Join us for gentle prompts and safe affirming space for sharing. Explore writing as a form of meditation, or as a way of remembering or anticipating. Your writing may be inspired by contemplation of these holy places or just by making space to put pen to paper. We’ll provide structure for the morning, and you’ll have the company of others who are also listening, seeing, meditating, and writing.
Bring a journal and pen (or whatever you enjoy writing with and writing in). RSVPs are encouraged but not required.
We’ll gather in the Parlour of the Chapel for scones and coffee/tea at 9 a.m. finishing at Noon.
Writer's Crawl
Join us for gentle prompts and safe affirming space for sharing. Explore writing as a form of meditation, or as a way of remembering or anticipating. Your writing may be inspired by contemplation of these holy places or just by making space to put pen to paper. We’ll provide structure for the morning, and you’ll have the company of others who are also listening, seeing, meditating, and writing.
Bring a journal and pen (or whatever you enjoy writing with and writing in). RSVPs are encouraged but not required.
We’ll gather in the Parlour of the Chapel for scones and coffee/tea at 9 a.m. finishing at Noon.
Writing Crawl & Saints
writing crawl with a focus on saints and all the faithful departed. We’ll focus on remembering them as we write. Participants are invited to bring icons of saints, photographs of those who have died, or other artifacts which help us remember their stories.
Writing Crawl and Prayer
We’ll focus on letting the Spirit speak to us as we write, inspired by the chapel and gardens and focused on the topic of prayer. There will be some readings on prayer available, and participants are invited to share their own stories of how they pray and how they hope to grow in their prayer life.
Eucharist for Feast of the Holy Guardians
Join us as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Guardians, welcome new associates and pray with Sr. Ana Clara and Sr. Maria Agnes as they renew their life vows.
Writing Crawl
Join Jim Meyer for writing prompts and optional sharing in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring your favourite writing utensil and a journal or notebook. Wander the gardens, savour the quiet of the chapel.
Writing Crawl
Join Jim Meyer for writing prompts and optional sharing in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring your favourite writing utensil and a journal or notebook. Wander the gardens, savour the quiet of the chapel.
Saint Anne's Day Patronal Feast
Presider & Preacher: The Rt. Reverend Alan Gates
Supper following in the garden.
RSVP — chapelofstanne@gmail.com
Celebrating Philippines Independence Day
EUCHARIST AT 8 A.M.
TEA AND FESTIVITIES TO FOLLOW INCLUDING
FILIPINO TREATS, MUSIC, AND ART DISPLAY.