Events Crypt Tours at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Saturday and Wednesday) The origins of the holiday will be discussed by guides on trips into the Cathedral's crypt, for those 12 and older.
Water Stories and Exhibition at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Saturday, Tuesday and continuing through March 25) Water and its depiction in art and literature are the subjects of events at the Cathedral.
JOHN THE DIVINE, Sunday at 2 p.m., includes stops at the Nave, the Baptistery and the Chapel of the Tongues, meeting on the northwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street, Morningside Heights.
JOHN THE DIVINE Friday at 7 and 10 p.m., a screening of the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu," with organ accompaniment by Timothy Brumfield, followed by a puppet procession of ghouls by Ralph Lee; $20. Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m. and at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m., a "Crypt Crawl" tour for those 12 and older; $12 $100 for students; reservations are recommended: (212) 93212347.
Also, next April's ceremony falls on Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day that was created by John Paul and that resonates with Francis' emphasis on communicating God's mercy and compassion.
"That's because I was playing at St .John the Divine that day," he said of the huge cathedral in Manhattan's Morningside Heights section.
He could divine the day "when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
The date is also known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
A memorial service in her honor will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Sunday, September 18th at 2pm.
At the Cathedral of St. John the Divine last Sunday the congregation joined in singing a verse of "America the Beautiful".
