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Main Phone Line
617.262.4567

Staff Listing

Mailing Address
Starlight Ministries
2 San Juan Street
PO Box 180245
Boston MA 02118-0994
USA

Fax
617.437.9706

Office Hours
Starlight Staff Hours: Monday - Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM
Drop-In Hours: Noon to 3 PM, Mondays and Thursdays

The office is closed every day for prayer from 11:45-12:15. We do this to acknowledge our reliance on God to guide us and provide for us.

Directions

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Our office is located in the South End, near the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and the Blackstone Elementary School.

By Car

From the north:
Take I-93 through the city and follow the signs for Mass. Ave/Roxbury. At the lights, turn right onto Mass. Avenue. Go under the Boston Medical Center aerial pedestrian walkway, cross Harrison Avenue, and then turn right onto Washington Street. Go several blocks to the very large Cathedral of the Holy Cross. At the traffic light at the Cathedral, turn left onto West Dedham Street. Go one block to the stop sign, and turn left onto Shawmut Avenue. Go one short block and turn right onto San Juan Street. Turn into the first driveway on your right and park on the right in one of the spaces designated for Emmanuel Gospel Center. Go around to the front of the building, to 2 San Juan Street.

From the south:
Take I-93 (Southeast Expressway) to Exit 18 at Mass. Ave/Roxbury. When you take the Mass Ave exit, continue straight through the intersection, following the Mass Ave signs until you come to the intersection at Mass Ave. Turn right onto Mass. Ave. Go under the Boston Medical Center pedestrian walkway, cross Harrison Avenue, and then turn right onto Washington Street. Go several blocks to the very large Cathedral of the Holy Cross. At the traffic light at the Cathedral, turn left onto West Dedham Street. Go one block to the stop sign, and turn left onto Shawmut Avenue. Go one short block and turn right onto San Juan Street. Turn into the first driveway on your right and park on the right in one of the spaces designated for Emmanuel Gospel Center. Go around to the front of the building, to 2 San Juan Street.

From the west:
If you are coming via Route 9 eastbound, go through Brookline Village and then under the Jamaicaway overpass. Continue straight at the lights, onto Huntington Avenue. Go past the Museum of Fine Arts, Northeastern University, and Symphony Hall. Just past the aerial pedestrian walkway that connects the Prudential Center with Copley Place, bear right at the lights and merge onto Stuart Street. At the next set of lights, turn right onto Dartmouth Street. Continue with directions below.

If you are coming via the Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound, get off at the Prudential Center/Copley Square exit. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Stay straight to go onto Stuart Street. At the lights, turn right onto Dartmouth Street. Continue with the directions below.

Turn right onto Dartmouth Street. At the third set of lights, Dartmouth Street crosses Tremont Street, veers slightly left and becomes West Dedham Street. Continue along West Dedham Street for one block. At the stop sign, turn right onto Shawmut Avenue. Go one short block and turn right onto San Juan Street. Turn into the first driveway on your right and park on the right in one of the spaces designated for Emmanuel Gospel Center. Go around to the front of the building, to 2 San Juan Street.

By Public Transportation

We are about a 10-minute walk from Copley Square. You can take either the Orange Line to Back Bay Station or the Green Line to Copley. Walk up Dartmouth Street, away from Copley Square and into the South End. After several blocks, Dartmouth Street crosses Tremont Street, veers slightly left and changes its name to West Dedham Street. Walk one block up West Dedham Street to Shawmut Avenue. Turn right on Shawmut Avenue and walk one short block to San Juan Street. Turn right on San Juan Street, and we are the first building on the right.

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Starlight Ministries: serving the homeless and helping churches and individuals do the same; "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40 NIV