​About this MIDWEEK practice

​Ekphrastic Poetry, or poetry that reacts to a work of art, is a way to see things in a new way. In this MIDWEEK, we'll read and discuss ekphrastic poems, and then write some together based on your favorite piece of art. In this practice, use the practice of poetry to deepen the spiritual experience of viewing art.

​Cat Green is a Boston-based writer with a focus on history, memory, gender, and religion. Their debut chapbook, I Am Never Leaving Williamsburg, is forthcoming with fifth wheel press in February 2025. You can find their work at cmgreenwrites.com.

​What is MIDWEEK?

​​​In the Quaker tradition of Midweek (Wednesday) worship, Beacon Hill Friends House brings you MIDWEEK: Experiments in Faithfulness. This is a weekly, one-hour, facilitated spiritual practice with Quaker flavor and an experimental ethos. Each week, a guest facilitator engages us in a unique spiritual practice that is meaningful to them, and that we can bring into our own lives. 

​​​MIDWEEK is always free and open to the public. If you'd like to support this program, you can make a donation here.

​Event Accessibility

​​Beacon Hill Friends House is working on making our historic space accessible to everyone. (Covid policies for onsite attendees are below).

• ​​​​Automated Closed Captions will be available for all participants (on Zoom and in-person).

• ​​​​Physical space: This event will take place in our Parlor, which does not have a ground-level entrance. Our primary entrance is up a flight of stairs. If you would like to attend this event but need it to be held in a different space, please indicate so on your registration. ​​On the basement level, we have a single-user, all-gender bathroom with wall-mounted handrails and ample space for chairs and/or aides. We are not a scent-free space but tend to be low-scent.

​Attending onsite at BHFH (Covid policy and directions)

​​​All MIDWEEK practices are offered on Zoom and in-person at Beacon Hill Friends House. Here is the information you need if you choose to attend onsite. All registrants will also be sent the Zoom link.

• ​​​​Covid policies: All in-person attendees are required to wear a mask while inside. Masks will be available for those who forget them.

  • ​If you are feeling under the weather, please opt to attend on Zoom rather than onsite. You can make that choice on the day of the event and simply hop on the Zoom link!

• ​​​​Getting to BHFH: Use the address "8 Chestnut St., Boston, MA, 02108" for navigation. We recommend taking public transit to get here: We are a short walk from every transit line in Boston. If you choose to drive in, paid street parking is available on Charles Street (and on Beacon Street before 6 pm). We also have parking passes available for $9 to the Boston Common Garage.

​About Beacon Hill Friends House

​​Beacon Hill Friends House is a Quaker Center for Learning and Action in downtown Boston, MA. Founded in 1957, its mission is "to embody the Quaker principles of faith, simplicity, integrity, community, and social responsibility in order to nurture and call forth the Light in all of us." BHFH lives into its mission by:

• ​​Providing a center where Friends and others can meet, worship, and learn

• ​​Advancing and fostering the principles of the Religious Society of Friends

• ​​Offering opportunities for leadership development, personal deepening, and collective action

• ​​Maintaining a diverse, intentional, residential community guided by Friends principles