To Teach, Celebrate and Serve Christ

310 Montgomery St. Syracuse NY, 13202, 315-474-6053

The Courier
Text Box: LENT’S LOSS, EASTER’S GAIN
(From the Cross to the Empty Tomb)
This is a six-week Lenten series led by Dr. Richard Pilgrim, Professor Emeritus of Religion (SU) featuring guided readings and discussions appropriate to the season (symbols of  death and denial, symbols of renewal and resurrection, and the spiritual disciplines that may well play a part). Here are some “teasers” that will give you the idea:
“If any want to become my disciples, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.  For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake…will save it.” Mark 8:34f.
“If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old had passed away; see, everything has become new!” 2nd Corinthians 5:17
“For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things … in order that I gain Christ.” Philippians 3:8
The series will run from Sunday, February 21 through Sunday, March 28 from 11:45 AM– 12:30 PM in the Dining Room at St. Paul’s Cathedral.  All are welcome.
Each Sunday will feature a selection from the day’s Lectionary as a starting point for our discussion. For example, on Sunday, Feb. 21 we will read Luke 4:1-13; on Feb. 28, Phil.3:17-4:1; on March 7, Exodus 3:1-15; on March 14, 2nd Cor. 5:16-21 + Luke 15:11b-32; on March 21, Phil. 3:4b-14; and on March 28, Phil. 2:5-11.

We stand at the corner of Montgomery and Fayette Streets in the heart of the City of Syracuse. To the north of us is City Hall; to the South, the County Government. In our Cathedral House is one of the largest feeding and job training programs for the homeless and working poor, the Samaritan Center. Across the street and down the street are the Onondaga Historical Museum and Civic Center. One block away on Columbus Circle is the Roman Catholic Cathedral. God has placed us at the center of governmental life, civil and cultural life, at an intersection where poor and rich alike pass by. We value our interchurch and interfaith connections, as we seek, with others, to be a light of God's Good News in the heart of the city, and the Cathedral Church of an active diocese.


In the spirit of keeping all our doors open, we invite you to share our life, and to discover among us the God who seeks to make all things new. Please explore the pages of our web site. You may find your place in our life and community.