‘God is in the house’: Christ Church Cathedral remixing Mass with hip-hop

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Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford has English-language Masses with no music, Masses with choral music and Spanish-language Masses with a live band. On Sept. 15, a fourth option is being added to the mix: hip-hop Masses.

In this Episcopalian congregation, "God is in the house. ... You down with us and we down with you cause you got the back of every and each.”

That passage, and all the other liturgical passages in the Mass, will be taken from “The Hip Hop Prayer Book: The Remix,” published in 2006 by Timothy Holder, an Episcopal faith leader in the Bronx.

The Very Rev. Miguelina Howell, the cathedral’s dean, will preside at the Mass, reading Holder’s liturgy. Her husband, Daniel Howell, and Hartford rapper and spoken-word performer Oktober Brown will do the musical portion of the service, accompanied by DJ Michelle Brown. The Rev. Rebekah Hatch of St. Alban’s in Simsbury will deliver the sermon, which will focus on inclusion.

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