Church of the Resurrection (New York City)

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The Church of the Resurrection is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York in the Episcopal Church. The church is Anglo-Catholic in doctrine and style, and has an extensive and beautiful music programme. The services are in traditional language and reflect the beauty of the Anglican and Western Catholic traditions of liturgy and music.

1 History
2 Resurrection Episcopal Day School
3 Music Programs
4 Worship Services
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The Church of the Resurrection was founded in 1868 by a group of Episcopalians who lived in the rural outskirts of New York City. An armoury for the 7th New York Militia was built nearby, and its chaplain, the Rev. James O. Tuttle-Smith, became the first Rector. The building was completed in 1869, and was designed by James Renwick Jr., who had earlier built Grace Church in Manhattan, and went on to design the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Due to problems and lack of funds, his designs were not completely executed. The Great Rood of 1940 was carved by the Dutch sculptor Joep Nicholas. The small country church atmosphere of the building soon became an attraction, and since 1920, the Church of the Resurrection has been Anglo-Catholic in worship and doctrine.

[edit] Resurrection Episcopal Day School

Resurrection Episcopal Day School is an independent, non-profit Montessori early childhood development school for children 3 years through 6 years of age. Housed in the parish building of the Church of the Resurrection, the school is a short distance from Central Park on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It provides the following programs:

The Montessori Program
The Arts
Creative Movement and Physical Development
Afternoon Enrichment Program
Afternoon School Activities
Summer Camp

[edit] Music Programs

Resurrection’s musicians offer settings for Mass, motets, and other music every Sunday and on many weekdays, often with a chamber orchestra. The Choir is composed of professional singers, who appear every Sunday and major feast-day throughout the season. The hymns sung are drawn from the 1940 Hymnal, The New English Hymnal, and many other sources. Several small orchestras and early music groups rehearse & present concerts at Resurrection, and play at certain feast days in return.

[edit] Worship Services

Solemn Mass is the weekly service usually celebrated at 11 am on Sunday mornings. It consists of the Holy Eucharist, celebrated with full ceremonial, choir, hymns, and a choral Mass setting. During the summer months a Sung Mass is offered instead of the regular Mass. It includes hymns and a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass for congregational singing. Low Mass is offered at 8:30 am on Sundays and daily through the week at regularly scheduled times.

Evening Prayer is the Episcopal Church’s daily service of prayer for the evening. At Resurrection, it is said fifteen minutes before early evening Low Masses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other services vary with the monthly schedule, but include Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rosary, and Stations of the Cross during Lent.