#  Photo Essay: 2024 Seasons of Light 

 





December 05, 2024

 

 

     ![Taylon E. Lancaster is a master of divinity candidate at HDS](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/taylon-sol-news-900.jpg?itok=MD2EQxBM) 

Taylon E. Lancaster, master of divinity candidate at HDS, participates in the lighting of the candles at the 2024 Seasons of Light service. / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva

 



 

Each year, the Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life invites the entire HDS community to Seasons of Light.

As the nights grow longer and the days shorter, this annual multireligious service honors the interplay of holy darkness and light in the world’s religious traditions, including choral and instrumental music, readings by HDS students, the ritual kindling of many flames, and communal prayers and songs.

Below is a selection of photos featuring members of the HDS community from the annual Seasons of Light service, held December 3, 2024.

To view a short video from Seasons of Light, please visit [HDS on TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@harvarddivinity).

   ![HDS Band](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/hds2/files/hds-band-sol-inline-750.jpg?itok=Eki5ir_6) 

 

HDS Band & JAM Collective members with Chris Hossfeld, HDS director of music and ritual / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva   ![Teddy Hickman-Maynard singing during the Seasons of Light service](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/hds2/files/teddy-sol-inline-750.jpg?itok=guXWfJ-L) 

 

Teddy Hickman-Maynard, Associate Dean for Ministry Studies, sings “Someday at Christmas.” / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva   ![HDS Choir performing during Seasons of Light](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/hds2/files/hds-choir-sol-inline-750.jpg?itok=Q7zIZEEL) 

 

HDS Choir performs "Dream in Blue," by Noor Noman, MRPL candidate and soloist. / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva   ![MTS candidate Maddison Tenney speaks during Seasons of Light](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/hds2/files/maddison-sol-inline-750.jpg?itok=DlNx43eG) 

 

MTS candidate Maddison Tenney delivers a reading from the traditions of Queer spiritualities. / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva   ![Kerry Maloney and Carl Thompson, MDiv candidate](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/hds2/files/maloney-sol-inline-750.jpg?itok=QbauOzhD) 

 

Kerry Maloney, chaplain and director of Religious and Spiritual Life at HDS, and MDiv candidate Carl Thompson / Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva   ![Seasons of Light program](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/hds2/files/program-image-inline.jpg?itok=0pagEfDx) 

 

Seasons of Light program from behind the drum kit of Amie Montemurro, member of the HDS band and senior communications officer, creative marketing and outreach.