Saint John's Cathedral
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Before Colorado became a state or even a territory, before the City of Denver was incorporated, our congregation was founded during the Colorado gold rush as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness. Today, Saint John's remains a vibrant congregation rooted in our history. We are the Cathedral Church of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. As a Cathedral, Saint John's is the seat of the Bishop of Colorado. The Cathedral is also a church for the City of Denver, a home for Episcopalians throughout the state, a leading congregation of the Episcopal Church and an active participant in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Throughout Saint John's history, its leaders and members have been advocates for Denver's marginalized, through supporting the creation of such agencies as the St. Francis Center, Metro Caring and the United Way, and working for civil rights. Fifty people who formerly experienced homelessness are now permanently housed at Saint Francis Apartments at Cathedral Square. Faith in Action oversees agency grants, plans educational events, and organizes service opportunities. Saint John's serves as a host site for the Women's Homeless Initiative on Monday nights and spearheads a variety of food-access ministries, including Cathedral Cooperative Gardeners.
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HUNGER-RELIEF MINISTRY
The Saint John’s hunger-relief ministry comprises a dozen parishioner-volunteers who work collaboratively across a range of growing-and-sharing gardens. Volunteers deliver about a thousand pounds of fresh produce each year to community partner Metro Caring, which offers supportive services, promotes self-sufficiency, and offers exit from poverty and hunger. For more information, contact our Cathedral Administrator (georgie@sjcathedral.org) or our Dean (richard@sjcatehdral.org).
HOUSING MINISTRY
The Housing Ministry at Saint John’s Cathedral seeks to provide housing for people struggling with homelessness, recognizing that we serve a God who became homeless to be with us—who was born into a family who had no shelter.
Out of this understanding and in response to Denver’s many homeless individuals, parishioners have collaborated with local faith communities, the Women’s Homeless Initiative, Capitol Hill United Ministries (CHUM), the Saint Francis Center, and Habitat for Humanity. To achieve these goals, this ministry has two arms: the Women’s Homeless Initiative.
The Women’s Homeless Initiative (WHI) has, for the past three years, offered overnight refuge to homeless women. This partnership among faith communities, WHI, and CHUM provides shelter for twenty women, 365 days out of the year. As a Monday night host site, Saint John’s Cathedral shelters women on alternating months. This overnight- housing mission has transformed the lives of the guests and of the lay volunteers.
The Saint Francis Apartments at Cathedral Square opened on our campus in 2018. These apartments gave about fifty people the ability to move off the streets of Denver. The apartment complex is overseen by a licensed clinical social worker who is employed by the Saint Francis Center in Denver. These apartments also provide beautiful views of downtown and the Rocky Mountains. For more information, contact our Cathedral Administrator (georgie@sjcathedral.org) or our Dean (richard@sjcatehdral.org).
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Colorado Fire Response
Episcopal Relief & Development partnered with The Episcopal Church in Colorado to provide relief after the massive wildfires over the summer displaced thousands of people and damaged much of the infrastructure.
1350 North Washington Street
Denver, CO 80203
United States
