Harvard Catholic Chaplain to the Graduate and Professional Schools: Rev. George Salzmann, OSFS, Ph.D., 617-868-6585, ext. 326, send e-mail

Harvard Catholic Center Development Associate: Sarah Cuddi, 617-868-6585, ext. 328

Welcome to all Summer School students!!

Location: See map. St. Paul's Church is a block from Harvard Yard, at the corner of Bow and Arrow Streets. Coming from Harvard Square, head down Mt. Auburn Street and you will see St. Paul's tall, brick bell tower on the left side of the road at DeWolfe Street. Coming from Boston, take Massachusetts Ave., turn left onto Bow Street (at the Grafton or at The Inn at Harvard). St. Paul's is straight ahead. The Harvard Catholic Center is next to St. Paul's Church at 20 Arrow Street. The Catholic Center can also be entered from 29 Mt. Auburn Street at the other end of the building.

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Individual Graduate and Professional School Websites

Masses and Other Events

Student Community Mass at St. Paul's, 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm, Sundays, is on summer hiatus. Please join us at the parish. Education School Mass: Schedule resumes in the fall. Join us and help grow the GSE Catholic Student Association. For more information contact: cmg845@mail.harvard.edu

Masses at the Kennedy School: Schedule resumes in the fall.

Masses at the Medical School:
  • Schedule resumes in the fall.
Harvard Divinity School Catholics: Meet every Wednesday in the Rockfeller Cafeteria on the HDS campus from 12:45 to 2:00 for lunch followed by prayer, conversation and fun, Please join us. (Schedule resumes in the fall)

Masses at the Business School, every Sunday in the HBS chapel:

Fall 2010: beginning September 12, through December 19
Spring 2011: beginning January 30, through May 15, except March 13, First Sunday of Lent, and April 24, Easter Sunday
Holy Days and Ash Wednesday: Mass at 3:00 p.m.
Masses at the Law School, alternate Sundays at 6:30 pm, location: Pound Hall Room 335

Beginning August 22, 2010, through May 22, 2011 (some dates to be omitted)
  • Pizza social, after each Mass, Pound Hall Room 334
  • More details of Fall 2010 activities to be forthcoming!

Dinner will be provided after each Mass. Questions? Email to CLSA@law.harvard.edu

Young Adult Thursday Dinners

Gather at 7 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm, $4, at the Harvard Catholic Center at St. Paul's Church.

Who attends the dinners?

  • Law students and beginning lawyers
  • Business students and beginning MBAs and consultants
  • Design students and beginning architects
  • Medical students and residents
  • Education students and beginning educators
  • Public health, government, and divinity students and those beginning in those fields

Dates of dinners, Summer/Fall 2010:

  • July 15
  • August 26
  • September 16
  • October 7
  • October 28
  • November 18
  • December 2

Harvard Square Theology on Tap

Now on Wednesdays! at a new location Trata 49 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge. Gather at 7:00 pm. Speaker program begins at 7:30. For more information, contact Patrick Bell. Dates for Fall 2010, speakers to be announced:
  • September 8
  • October 20
  • November 10

Bl. John Henry Newman Lecture, Thursday, September 29 at St. Paul Church, more details coming soon!

Holy Hour

Weekly on Tuesday. 7:30 - 8:30 pm, in the Parish Center Chapel, 29 Mount Auburn Street.
Begins September 1st, 2009 and continuing for the Fall semester until December 15th; recommencing on January 5, 2010 and continuing through the summer.

Small Church Community

Mondays at 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm in the Student Center Library, enter via 29 Mount Auburn St. (September 15th through December 8th.)
Preceded by Rosary at 7:30 in the Parish Center Chapel

Catholic Thinkers: Great Books

Would you like to learn more about Catholic theology, spirituality, and literature? Are you interested in reading and discussing books by Catholic authors with others who are seeking to deepen and enrich their faith? Come and join the Catholic Thinkers group.

Readings for 2010-2011:
  • (Fall 2010)
  • Thomas Merton, The Seven Story Mountain
  • Bl. John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University
  • St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation
  • (Spring 2011)
  • St. Theresa of Avila,Interior Castle
  • The Venerable Bede, On the Ecclesiastical History of England
  • Dante, Divine Comedy: Inferno
Dates of meetings:
  • 2010-2011 schedule will be published soon.
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
Catholic Thinkers meets every other Monday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in Room 204 of the Catholic Student Center, beginning in September. All are welcome. Please contact Rachel or phone 617-254-0473 for further information.

Getting Married?

Pre-Cana is available at St. Paul's Church. For the 2010-2011 academic year, sessions will be held on Saturday, November 6, and Saturday, April 9. To register, email Andy Griswold at agrisw@stpaulparish.org or leave name, address, and phone number at 617-491-8400, ext. 307. If you have not yet done papers for your marriage with a priest, contact Father Salzmann.

Having Your Child Baptized?

The priests of St. Paul's understand the challenge of scheduling many family members for your child's baptism and make every effort to be of help. Please contact Father Salzmann or any of the priests at St. Paul's.



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