About St. Monica & St. James

St. Monica & St. James is in the heart of D.C.'s historic Capitol Hill neighborhood.

We are under the pastoral care of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. We seek to worship God and proclaim Jesus Christ's love through our traditions, our diversity and inclusiveness, our individual and collective ministries, and throughout the world. We are proud of our heritage as an Anglo-Catholic parish, where we trust that centering our spiritual life on worshiping Christ through the Eucharist, praying prayers that give voice to a faith that is both ancient and modern, and discerning how to devote our God-given gifts to the work of social justice enables us to see the Incarnate Word alive and active in the 21st century. 

 

We come from many walks of life. Our congregation consists of families and individuals; young and old; city dwellers and suburbanites; white people and people of color; people of all sexual and gender identities. All of God's children are accepted and loved at St. Monica and St. James. We take pride in both our diversity as a congregation and our oneness in the Holy Spirit.  

Our diverse backgrounds remind us to make no peace with oppression, but to see God's image in everyone we meet. We are committed to compassion and equality, always remembering our baptismal promise to “strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.”  Our Mass binds us to God and to one another. Our spiritual community constantly seeks new ways to deepen worship and liturgy and to invoke its power for transforming lives in our individual actions, collective ministries, and worldwide engagement.

We strive to continue the Gospel's call to love others as God first loved us.