Religion<\/a> is something that can have a meaningful impact on those who practice it. Religion is able to turn strangers into friends, encourage new perspectives, and give life more meaning and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAbout 57% of Massachusetts residents are religious. This puts Massachusetts at just over 8% higher than the average percentage of religious residents in the country. However, despite Massachusetts being higher than the national average when it comes to religious residents, the city of Cambridge surpasses both in religious concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambridge, Massachusetts has a religious rate of over 62%. The two top religions found in Cambridge are Catholicism and Judaism. Between these two religions, Cambridge, Massachusetts is able to add a flare of conservatism in their state and city which is so predominantly conservative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catholicism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Catholic Church has over 15 meetinghouses in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area and strives each day to help spread God\u2019s love to everyone. The Catholic doctrine centers around the reality of God and his awareness of us. They teach about the ministry of Christ and the lessons he left for us to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They also focus their teachings on the doctrine of Salvation and the immortality of our souls. Catholic worship services are every Sunday and are 45 minutes-1 hour long. The Catholic church has a strong influence in this area, with over 50% of individuals identifying themselves as part of the Catholic church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judaism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nJudaism is the second most popular religion in the Cambridge area, making up almost 2% of the remaining religious population. Outside of the Catholic church, there are roughly 11 other religions that are very evenly dispersed throughout Cambridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 20 meetinghouses across the Cambridge area, there is no shortage of places to meet and worship. Jewish meeting houses are called Synagogues. Jews are able to go to a Synagogue to worship any day they please. However, most attend on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings for a worship service. Worship services include holy prayers and the readings of additional holy prayers and scriptures. All are welcome to enter the Synagogue and seek peace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just outside of Boston, Massachusetts is another city full of just as much history and charm. On the other side of the Charles River is the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":9778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9779,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9775\/revisions\/9779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suggestedbylocals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}