The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston kicked off its 100th anniversary year on Feb. 11 with a first-ever event that was partly a birthday party and partly a well-organized free-for-all of fun activities to help people of all ages learn about cathedrals and what they do.
Tracy J. Sukraw
Bishop Barbara C. Harris and a young friend celebrate at Family Day.
Families and youth groups from around the diocese gathered to write and share prayers, plant seeds, sing, build, draw and create beautiful things to inspire others and come together around shared tables for food and fellowship.
They also learned about how cathedrals are homes to living history, with Bishop Barbara C. Harris on hand to tell stories about growing up in the Episcopal Church and becoming the Anglican Communion’s first female bishop, 23 years ago to the day, on Feb. 11, 1989.
With a scavenger hunt, paper airplanes flown from the cathedral’s balcony and a big birthday cake wheeled in at the end of a lively closing worship service, the day sent everyone back home with an experience of having had fun in church.
See more Family Day photos here.