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We gather for worship and conversation every Wednesday @5:15pm in the MIT Chapel. After worship we eat dinner together, usually a home cooked meal served in the dining room in W11. For more information, contact the Rev. Andrew Heisen. (See contact information below.)

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Martin Luther: Reformer, Visionary, Comment Troll

I hope that you have more or less recovered from all of the mid-semester work and gotten some time to enjoy the lovely weather this weekend. Isn’t it amazing that we have already covered half of the new things we’ll learn this term?

We will have our service of Word and Eucharist at 5:15 tomorrow (I know, I’m late with this message) in the Main Dining Room of W11. Super postulant Isaac will be preaching in honor of Reformation [Worship]day. If you don’t think Martin Luther is fun, you obviously missed Isaac’s Facebook post. You are also invited to come and share how everything is going at the dinner afterwards in the Community Room of W11 around 6:30. We may not be going all out with lots of different “wurst” to celebrate Reformation Day, but the meal will still be delicious.

Isaac has also invited us to join the Crossing in their celebration of All Saints’ Day this Thursday at 6 PM. Worship will be on the steps of the St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, right by the Park Street T stop. Come dressed as your favorite saint, past, present, or future. If you need a refresher on a selection of past saints that the Church has officially recognized, you can get information on 32 of them from Lent Madness. However, don’t let the official canon of holy women and holy men limit your choice. Creativity is always a part of the Crossing’s worship.

Support Our Ministry

We are grateful for the support of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the New England Synod of the ELCA. We also rely on alumni and friends for a great deal of our funding. Do you want to help provide spiritual formation, a strong community, and healthy meals to students at MIT?

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Lutheran Chaplaincy at MIT.

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Episcopal Chaplaincy at MIT.

Lutheran Chaplin

Rev. Andrew C. Heisen
617-999-9796
heisen@mit.edu

Pastor Andrew Heisen (he/him) has been serving as the Lutheran (ELCA) chaplain at MIT since 2019. He grew up in New York and New England, spending six summers working on staff at Calumet Lutheran Camp in Ossippee, NH. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating with degrees in music composition and computer sciennce. This led to four years of working in Johnson & Johnson’s IT “Advanced Technology Research” division and two years as a bartender before attending the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and then Andover Newton Theological School, from which he received a Master’s Degree in Divinity. Before becoming a chaplain at MIT, Pastor Heisen served for seven years as pastor in Shrewsbury, MA, where he now lives with his wife and two children. His interests include ecumenical and interfaith cooperation, creativity in fostering communities of faith, teaching, spiritual discernment, music, and social justice.

Episcopal Chaplain

Rev. Kevin Vetiac
kvet246@mit.edu

Kevin Vetiac (he/they) is a Boston native with years of ministerial and higher education experience. Kevin graduated from the Boston University School of Theology with a Master of Divinity degree. Recently ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Kevin has a big heart for ecumenical ministry and college chaplaincy. Kevin also has a deep love for music and served as the Music Director of The Crossing at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Downtown Boston for six years. Kevin also served as the Cathedral Administrator for three years. Kevin is thrilled to join the Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT and looks forward to continuing the work of creating inclusive and liberating Christian spaces for college students.