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WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES
**ARCHITECTURAL QUOTES, METAPHORS**
1) "WITHOUT FAITH, WE ARE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE DARK"
--anonymous. Might be used coming out of a descrip.
of the Cathedral's beautiful, and very unusual
stained glass windows.
2) "THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IS A BLOSSOMING IN STONE SUBDUED BY THE INSATIABL
DEMAND OF HARMONY IN MAN. THE MOUNTAIN OF GRANITE BLOOMS INTO AN
ETERNAL FLOWER." --Emerson, Essays, First Series: History
3) Perhaps to follow something like: "AND JUST AS THIS GREAT BUILDING IS
BUILT WITH THE THRUST AND COUNTERTHRUST OF A STRONG FOUNDATION
=
how about "MAN (TOO) MUST BE ARCHED AND BUTTRESSED FROM WITHIN, ELSE TH
TEMPLE WAVERS TO THE DUST."
--last quote by Marcus Aurelius
4) "CHRISTIAN FAITH IS A GRAND CATHEDRAL, WITH DIVINELY PICTURED WINDOWS--
STANDING WITHOUT, YOU CAN SEE NO GLORY, NOR CAN IMAGINE ANY, BUT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES, ARCHITECTURAL, (cont. ')
STANDING WITHIN EVERY RAY OF LIGHT REVEALS A HARMONY OF UNSPEAKABLE
SPLENDORS."
--Nathaniel Hawthorne
(you might want to paraphrase the beginning into
just "faith" SO as to incorporate as many
American worshippers as possible, since this is
supposed to be a "national" cathedral open to
all faiths)
5) "FAITH GOES UP THE STAIRS THAT LOVE HAS MADE AND LOOKS OUT THE WINDOWS
WHICH HOPE HAS OPENED."
--Charles Haddon Spurgeon
6) "THE MASON ASKS BUT A NARROW SHELF TO SPRING HIS BRICK FROM; MAN REQUIR
ES ONLY AN INFINITELY NARROWER ONE TO SPRING HIS ARCH OF FAITH FROM. "
--Henry David Thoreau: Journal
7) "THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM--THEY ARE THE PILLARS OF
SOCIETY."
--Henrik Ibsen: Pillars of Society, act IV
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES, ARCHITECTURAL, (cont. ')
7.5) "I NEVER WEARY OF GREAT CHURCHES. IT IS MY FAVOURITE KIND OF MOUNTAIN
SCENERY. MANKIND WAS NEVER so HAPPILY INSPIRED AS WHEN IT MADE
A CATHEDRAL."
--Robert Louis Stevenson: An Island Voyage
7.6) "AND I SAY ALSO UNTO THEE, THAT THOU ART PETER, AND UPON THIS ROCK I
WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINS'
IT."
-New Testament: Matthew 16:18
**This is appropriate because the National Cathedra.
is officially the Cathedral of St. Paul and St.
Peter.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
**TEDDY ROOSEVELT QUOTES**
NOTE: IT WOULD BE NICE TO TRY TO INCORPORATE AT LEAST PART OF ONE OF THES
AS POTUS WILL BE SPEAKING AND LAYING THE FINAL STONE 83 YEARS TO
THE DAY AFTER T.R. LAID THE FIRST STONE.
35) "I DO NOT KNOW HOW PHILOSOPHERS MAY ULTIMATELY DEFINE RELIGION; BUT
FROM MICAH TO JAMES IT HAS BEEN DEFINED AS SERVICE TO ONE'S FELLOW
MEN RENDERED BY FOLLOWING THE GREAT RULE OF JUSTICE AND MERCY, OF
WISDOM AND RIGHEOUSNESS."
--T.R.: The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt,
compiled by Herman Hagerdorn, p. 87
36) "NO DEMOCRACY CAN AFFORD TO OVERLOOK THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF THE
ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL, THE TRULY RELIGIOUS, ELEMENT IN LIFE; AND IN
PRACTICE THE AVERAGE GOOD MAN GROWS CLEARLY TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AND
TO EXPRESS THE NEED IN CONCRETE FORM BY SAYING THAT NO COMMUNITY
CAN MAKE HEADWAY IF IT DOES NOT BOTH CONTAIN A CHURCH AND A SCHOOL.' "
--Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, p. 517
37) "THE RELIGIOUS MAN WHO IS MOST USEFUL IS NOT HE WHOSE SOLE CARE IS TO
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES, TEDDY ROOSEVELT (cont. ')
SAVE HIS OWN SOUL, BUT THE MAN WHOSE RELIGION BIDS HIM STRIVE T
ADVANCE DECENCY AND CLEAN LIVING AND TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
FOR HIS FELLOWS TO LIVE IN. "
--ibid., p. 517
38) "IN BUSINESS AND IN WORK, IF YOU LET CHRISTIANITY STOP AS YOU GO OUT O
THE CHURCH DOOR, THERE IS LITTLE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN YOU. YOU MUST BEHA
TO YOUR FELLOWMEN AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM BEHAVE TO YOU. YOU MUST HAV
PRIDE IN YOUR WORK IF YOU WOULD SUCCEED. A MAN SHOULD GET JUSTICE
FOR HIMSELF, BUT HE SHOULD ALSO DO JUSTICE TO OTHERS.' "
--ibid., p. 76
***MISCELLANEOUS RELIGIOUS QUOTES***
39) "ON THE WHOLE, MORE PEOPLE ARE CHEATED BY BELIEVING NOTHING THAN BY
BELIEVING TOO MUCH. "
--P.T. Barnum
40) RE: FAITH AND LEADERSHIP
"SKEPTICISM HAS NOT FOUNDED EMPIRES, ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES, OR CHANGE
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES, MISC. (cont. ')
THE WORLD'S HEART. THE GREAT DOERS OF HISTORY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
MEN OF FAITH."
--Edwin Hubbell Chapin
41) HOW ABOUT PRES SAYING: "AND LOOKING AT THIS MARVEL OF BEAUTY AND
AMERICAN INGENUITY, I MUST THANK THE CREATOR FOR ALL I SEE, AND IN
THE WORDS OF EMERSON, 'ALL I HAVE SEEN TEACHES ME TO TRUST THE CREATOR
FOR ALL I HAVE NOT SEEN.'
42) "A SIMPLE, CHILDLIKE FAITH IN A DIVINE FRIEND SOLVES ALL THE PROBLEMS
THAT COME TO US BY LAND OR SEA."
-Hellen Keller
NOTE: SHE IS BURIED IN THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
43) "A LITTLE FAITH WILL BRING YOUR SOUL TO HEAVEN, BUT A LOT OF FAITH WIL
BRING HEAVEN TO YOUR SOUL."
--Dwight L. Moody
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
QUOTES, MISC. (cont.')
44) NEXT TO THE TOMB OF WOODROW WILSON, WHO IS BURIED IN THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL, ONE CAN READ THE LAST PUBLISHED WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT
ON THE WALL TO THE LEFT OF HIS SARCOPHAGUS:
"THE SUM OF THE WHOLE MATTER IS THIS, THAT OUR CIVILIZATION CANNOT
SURVIVE MATERIALLY UNLESS IT BE REDEEMED SPIRITUALLY. IT CAN BE SAVED
ONLY BY BECOMING PERMEATED WITH THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST AND BEING MADE
FREE AND HAPPY BY THE PRACTICES WHICH SPRING OUT OF THAT SPIRIT."
--Churches of the Presidents in Washington, p. 125
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES
1) IN HIS JAN. 22 '89 PROCLAMATION FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND THANKS-
GIVING, POTUS TURNS TO WASHINGTON:
"
IT IS FITTING TO RECALL OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHO
BELIEVED IN OUR COUNTRY'S DIVINE DESTINY. HE SAID, 'NO PEOPLE CAN BE
BOUND TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADORE THE INVISIBLE HAND, WHICH CONDUCTS THE
AFFAIRS OF MEN, MROE THAN THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
2) ALSO FROM SAME PROCLAMATION: "WE CELEBRATE AMERICA AS 'ONE NATION UNDER
GOD. "
3) MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GAVE HIS LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS, JUST THREE DAYS
BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED, FROM THE CANTERBURY PULPIT OF THE WASHINGTO
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. SOME EXERPTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
"A GREAT REVOLUTION IS TAKING PLACE IN THE WORLD TODAY. IN A SENSE IT IS
A TRIPLE REVOLUTION A TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
A REVOLUTION IN
WEAPONRY. A HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION, WITH THE FREEDOM EXPLOSION THAT IS
TAKING PLACE ALL OVER THE WORLD
"
"THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE IS GEOGRAPHICALLY ONE. THE CHALLENGE THAT
WE FACE TODAY IS TO MAKE IT ONE IN TERMS OF BROTHERHOOD
II
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
QUOTES, (cont. ')
"WE MUST COME TO SEE THAT HUMAN PROGRESS NEVER ROLLS IN ON THE
WHEELS OF INEVITABILITY. IT COMES THROUGH THE TIRELESS EFFORTS AND
THE PERSISTENT WORK OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO BE
CO-WORKERS WITH GOD
"
"
ANYONE WHO FEELS THAT WAR CAN SOLVE THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACING
MANKIND IS SLEEPING THROUGH A REVOLUTION
"
4) BISHOP JOHN T. WALKER, WHO DIED LAST SEPTEMBER, AND WAS A FRIEND OF
THE PRESIDENT'S, GAVE A SERMON AT THE TREATY OF PARIS SERVICE IN
SEPTEMBER, 7 YEARS AGO. SOME EXERPTS FOLLOW:
"ANNIVERSARIES OF EVENTS LIKE BIRTHDAYS ARE CAUSES FOR CELEBRATION,
BUT NOT ONLY CELEBRATION. THEY ARE TIMES OF REMEMBERING AND
REFLECTING
"
"IT IS CLEAR I BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST FOR WILLIAM PENN AND HIS FOLLOW-
ERS, PENNSYLVANIA, THE HOLY EXPERIMENT, WOULD BE AS ISAIAH HAS
WRITTEN- THE MOUNTAIN OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TO WHICH ALL NATIONS
FLOW AND (TO WHICH) MANY PEOPLE COME."
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
HISTORY
1) THE IDEA FOR A NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IS AS OLD AS WASHINGTON ITSELF. WHEN
IN 1791 CONGRESS SELECTED THE SITE TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED
STATES, PRES. WASHINGTON COMMISSIONED MAJOR PIERRE L'ENFANT TO DESIGN,
AN OVERALL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. INCLUDED IN L'ENFANT
PLANS WAS A CHURCH, "INTENDED FOR NATIONAL PURPOSES, SUCH AS PUBLIC
PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. AND ASSIGNED TO THE
SPECIAL USE OF NO PARTICULAR SECT OR DENOMINATION, BUT EQUALLY OPEN TO
ALL."
2) BECAUSE OF THE STRONG LINE DRAWN BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE, THE CHURCH
AS PLANNED BY L'ENFANT WAS NEVER BUILT. IN 1893, HOWEVER, THE CONGRESS
CHARTERED THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION AND EMPOWERED
IT TO BUILD A CATHEDRAL AND ESTABLISH SCHOOLS "FOR THE PROMOTION OF
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATION AND CHARITY." PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON
SIGNED THE CHARTER, REGARDED AS THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF THE CATHEDRAL.
3) UNDER THE TIRELESS LEADERSHIP OF THE FIRST EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF WASHING-
TON, THE REVEREND DR. HENRY YATES SATTERLEE, MONEY WAS FOUND TO PURCHAS
57 ACRES ON ALBAN HILL, NOW CALLED MOUNT ST. ALBAN. SATTERLEE ENVISION-
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
HISTORY, (cont.' ')
ED THE CATHEDRAL AS: SPIRITUAL HOME TO WHICH MEN OF EVERY CLASS,
RICH AND POOR, STATESMAN, TRADESMAN AND LABORER, MAY COME WITHOUT MONE!
AND WITHOUT PRICE, WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IT IS THEIR FATHER'S
HOUSE."
4) GOTHIC WAS DECIDED UPON AS THE CATHEDRAL'S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, AND
SATTERLEE RECRUITED BRITISH GOTHICIST GEORGE FREDERICK BODLEY AND
HENRY VAUGHAN OF BOSTON AS ARCHITECTS.
5) ON SEPT. 29, 1907, THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID. PRESIDENT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON SPOKE TO THE CROWD OF THOUSANDS.
THE STONE ITSELF CAME FROM A FIELD NEAR BETHLEHEM AND WAS INSET INTO A
LARGER PIECE OF AMERICAN GRANITE. ON IT WAS THE INSCRIPTION: "THE WORD
WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US." (ST. JOHN 1:14). BISHOP SATTERLEE
USED THE SILVER TROWEL AND THE WOODEN MALLET THAT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
HAD USED WHEN THE CORNERSTONE OF THE U.S. CAPITOL WAS LAID IN 1793.
ROOSEVELT WISHED THE BISHOP AND HIS ASSOCIATES "GOD-SPEED IN THE WORK
BEGUN THIS DAY."
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
HISTORY (cont. ')
6) AMONG MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS ARE THE STONES FROM THE
MARBLE QUARRIES OF SOLOMON OUTSIDE JERUSALEM SENT TO WASHINGTON IN
1901 TO BE MADE INTO THE JERUSALEM, OR HIGH, ALTAR. FROM THE BELL
HARRY TOWER OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL IN ENGLAND CAME STONES WHICH WERE
MADE INTO THE CANTERBURY PULPIT.
7) SOME STONEMASONS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE SPENT MOST OF THEIR
WORKING LIVES ON MOUNT SAINT ALBAN, PRACTICING TECHNIQUES PERFECTED I
THE MIDDLE AGES AND MADE EASIER ONLY IN PART BY THE INTRODUCTION OF
MECHANICAL CRANES AND PNEUMATIC TOOLS. EVEN IN THE YEARS AFTER WWI
HORSES WERE USED TO HAUL DIRT AWAY. AND HUMAN MUSCLE WAS THE PRIMARY
SOURCE OF ENERGY USED TO DIG THE FOUNDATIONS, POUR CONCRETE,
AND GIVE FORM TO THE GREAT MASONRY ARCHES OF THE CRYPTS AND CHAPELS.
THE CATHEDRAL HAS MOURNED SOME OF THEM; ONE MASTER STONECUTTER FELL T
HIS DEATH FROM A HIGH SCAFFOLD IN THE NAVE IN 1955.
8) BY OCTOBER 1972, THE CATHEDRAL NAVE WAS ENCLOSED AS THE NORTH AND
SOUTH WALLS MET AT THE WEST FACADE. THE COMPLETED NAVE WAS DEDICATED
IN '76 IN A SERIES OF CEREMONIES ATTENDED BY THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (FORD, I BELIEVE), THE ARCHBISHOP
OF CANTERBURY AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER WORSHIPPERS.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
HISTORY (cont.' ')
9) SEPTEMBER 29 IS THE FEAST DAY OF ST. MICHAEL, THE PATRON OF POLICEMEN,
SWORDSMEN, HAT-MAKERS, MARINERS, GROCERS, AND THE SICK. ACCORDING TO
THE LATE BISHOP WALKER: "FOR MANY YEARS WE HAVE CELEBRATED ST. MICHAEL
AND ALL ANGELS DAY AS THE CATHEDRAL' BIRTHDAY.'
ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY OF DAYS: "IT WAS TRADITIONAL TO EAT GOOSE
AT THIS TIME, AN OLD SAYING INSISTING THAT 'IF YOU EAT GOOSE ON MICHAEL
MAS DAY, YOU NEVER WANT MONEY ALL THE YEAR ROUND. (p.76)
**IF WE NEED TO BRING UP THE BUDGET, LET'S SUGGEST THAT ALL THE DEMOC-
RATS IN CONGRESS GO HOME TO A GOOSE SUPPER THAT NIGHT.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONNECTION
FROM REMARKS AT LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE:
1) "I BELIEVE SO IMPLICITLY IN THE GOOD THAT WILL BE DONE BY AND THROUGH
THIS CATHEDRAL."
--T.R.
suggests POTUS saying: "I BELIEVE, AS DID PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
IN THE GOOD THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL BE DONE THROUGH THIS CATHEDRAL."
2) "THERE IS MUCH EVIL; THERE IS MUCH GOOD, TOO; AND ONE OF THE GOOD THING:
IS THAT MORE AND MORE WE MUST REALIZE THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS
A REAL, CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AMONG MEN OF DIFFERENT CREEDS, AND THAT
THE REAL FIELD FOR RIVALRY AMONG AND BETWEEN THE CREEDS COMES IN THE
RIVALRY OF THE ENDEAVOR TO SEE WHICH CAN RENDER BEST SERVICE TO MANKIN]
WHICH CAN DO THE WORK OF THE LORD BEST BY DOING HIS WORK FOR THE PEOPLI
BEST."
3) DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE INCLUDED ALOI
WITH T.R., CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, CABINET OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THE BISHOP OF LONDON, AND 70 OF THE 104 BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCI
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
THE BUSH CONNECTION
ALTHOUGH PRESIDENTS SINCE HARRISON HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL, PRESIDENT BUSH IS PERHAPS THE MOST INVOLVED, AND CERTAINLY HAS
THE MOST PERSONAL TIES OF ANY PRESIDENT TO THIS CATHEDRAL.
1) THE BUSH CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL AT ST. ALBANS WHEN THE BUSHES WERE
IN WASHINGTON PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENCY. THE BUSH GRANDCHILDREN WERE
BAPTIZED IN THE CATHEDRAL. THE BUSHES HAVE WORSHIPPED AT THE CATHEDRA
ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS, AND ALSO WORSHIP THERE PRIVATELY FROM TIME TO TIM
--conversation with Provost Perry
2) WHEN BUSH WAS V.P., BARBARA READ THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS STORY. SHE HAS
ALSO OPENED THE CATHEDRAL'S FLOWER MART. SHE WAS ALSO IN THE CATHEDRA
PULPIT WHEN SHE SPOKE AT--THE FUNERAL OF THE WIFE OF THE LATE SENATOR
CLAUDE PEPPER. --ibid.
3) "WORSHIP IS BASIC TO MY OWN LIFE. OUR FAMILY HAS ENDEAVORED TO UPHOLD
OUR FAITH BY PARTICIPATION IN THE LIFE OF OUR CHURCH. I AM PARTICULARL
PLEASED THAT THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL WILL END
ON A NOTE OF ASKING GOD'S GUIDANCE ON THE NEW BEGINNING WHICH OPENS
BEFORE US."
-- (then V.P.) Bush in open letter to the Clergy
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
BUSH CONNECTION, (cont. ')
6) IN GREETINGS TO THE COLLEGE OF PREACHERS GATHERED AT THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL, BUSH SAID: "OUR GREAT REPUBLIC WAS BUILT UPON THE ROCK OF
RELIGIOUS FAITH. IT WAS A FIRM BELIEF IN OUR CREATOR THAT INSPIRED
THE FOUNDING FATHERS TO AFFIRM THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF EVERY
INDIVIDUAL, AND IT WAS COURAGEOUS MISSIONARIES WHO HELPED LEAD TEH Wi
TO THE TAMING OF THE FRONTEIR."
(note: I'm not sure if these remarks were delivere
1.
in person, or in a letter)
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
PEOPLE THERE IN 1907
1) ON SEPT. 29, 1907, LITTLE ELSIE MONTGOMERY (NOW ELSIE BROWN) AND HER
SISTER WERE TAKEN BY THEIR MOTHER TO SEE THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION
STONE OF WHAT WOULD BECOME THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. ELSIE
REMEMBERS THAT IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY TO HER. SHE LIVED IN
GEORGETOWN, SO TO GO TO MOUNT ST. ALBAN, THEY HAD TO RIDE UP BY
STREETCAR. SHE REMEMBERS THE WHITE CLOUDS AND LOVELY MUSIC ON THAT DA
AND REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THAT ON THAT SPOT A BEAUTIFUL
CATHEDRAL WOULD BE BUILT.
SHE REMEMBERS HEARING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH THERE
WERE NO AMPLIFIERS IN THOSE DAYS, AND SHE COULD SEE HIM AS HE WAS
ON A RAISED PLATFORM. HER MOTHER WAS VERY PROUD TO BE THERE AND
WAS WONT TO REMIND HER CHILDREN THAT THEY WERE THERE AT THE LAYING OF
THE FOUNDATION STONE.
MRS. BROWN WAS AN ARMY WIFE, HER HUSBAND WAS AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY,
AND HER SON, WHO WILL ACCOMPANY HER TO THE EVENT, IS A FOUR-STAR
GENERAL.
2) TAYLOR EIKER WAS 12 YEARS OLD BACK IN 1907 WHEN HIS BOYS' CHOIR SANG
AT
THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL.
HE MAY BE UNABLER ATTEND THE SATURDAY EVENT.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
1907 PEOPLE, (cont. ')
AMONG THE MANY CHOIRS PRESENT FOR THE CEREMONY, HIS WAS THE CHOIR OF
ST. STEVEN'S CHURCH. THE MUSIC WAS PLAYED BY THE BELLS IN THE TOWER
OF ST. ALBAN'S CHURCH. "YOU CAN'T PLAY BELLS I LIKE YOU PLAY AN ORGAN,"
MR. EIKER REMEMBERS, "SO WE COULDN'T MARCH IN A NORMAL FASHION, WE
HAD TO MARCH IN A HALTED STEP, LIKE THE WEDDING MARCH. HE REMEMBERS
WEARING HIS CASSOCK AND COTTER.
ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE THE ACTUAL LAYING OF THE
FOUNDATION STONE, HE REMEMBERS THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED TH
BEAUTIFUL, MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRAL THAT SPRUNG FROM THIS GROUND.
IN THE SAME YEAR, 1907, HE WAS CONFIRMED BY BISHOP SATTERLEE, WHO WAS
SO INVOLVED WITH THE CHOICE OF CHURCH GROUND, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE
ACTUAL BUILDING.
MR. EIKER ALSO HAS WONDERFUL STORIES ABOUT THE LAMP LIGHTERS AND THE
SWAMPS OF THE AREA IN THOSE TIMES.
HE REMEMBERS THE BUS THAT TOOK THE CHOIR BOYS TO THE CEREMONY: IT WAS
A HORSE DRAWN STREETCAR, WITH TWO ROWS OF SEATS. TWO LITTLE BOYS
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
1907 PEOPLE, (cont. ')
DIDN'T HAVE A SEAT SO THEY SAT IN BACK WITH THEIR FEET HANGING OUT OF
THE BACK OF THE BUS. ALL OF A SUDDEN A BUNCH OF DOGS STARTED RUNNING
AFTER THEM, NIPPING AT THEIR LEGS. THE BOYS PULLED THEIR LEGS IN so
FAST THAT THEY WENT ROLLING DOWN THE AISLE OF THE BUS.
3) RUTH OLIPHANT WAS 15 WHEN SHE ATTENDED THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STON
BACK IN 1907. SHE SAYS SHE HAS FEW MEMORIES OF THAT EVENT, BUT DOES
REMEMBER THAT SHE WAS TAKEN ALONG WITH SOME OF HER SCHOOLMATES BY
MRS. BARBARA WALKER, WHO WAS THE HEADMISTRESS OF THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
SHE ATTENDED. SHE REMEMBERS THAT ROOSEVELT'S DAUGHTER ETHEL WAS THERE,
BECAUSE ETHEL ATTENDED THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL ALSO, BUT ETHEL WAS OLDER
THAN RUTH.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
ARTICLES
1) "CONSTRUCTION, WHICH BEGAN IN 1907, WAS HALTED DURING THE TWO WORLD
WARS WORK ON THE CHOIR BEGAN IN 1921, THE YEAR THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
WAS COMPLETED FOR THREE DAYS IN NOVEMBER 1982, WHEN THE VIETNAM
MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED, THE 57,939 NAMES LISTED ON IT WERE READ IN THE
WAR MEMORIAL CHAPEL DURING THE DAY AND IN BETHLEHEM CHAPEL AT NIGHT."
--A.P., 7/16/90
2) "IF THAT (83 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION) SEEMS LIKE FOOT-DRAGGING, IT AMOUNTS
TO SLAP-DASH CONSTRUCTION COMPARED TO GERMANY'S VAST AND BROODING
CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE, COMMENCED IN 1248 AND COMPLETED JUST 632 YEARS
LATER, IN 1880.." --Washington Post, 5/11/90
3) "ONE CAN IMAGINE IT: THE SUN EARLY ON A CLEAR MORNING STRIKING THE
GOLDEN CROWN OF CHRIST IN MAJESTY, TWICE LIFE-SIZE IN THE LANCET WINDOW
CENTERED HIGH IN THE APSE OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. THE MARVEL
WOULD LAST BUT A MINUTE OR so, BUT THE CROWN WOULD SHINE WITH PRETER-
NATURAL BRILLIANCE FOR THAT SPELLBINDING MOMENT
A CUSTODIAN, PREPAR-
ING TO CLEAN THE SANCTUARY'S PATTERNED MARBLE FLOOR, OR PERHAPS TO
POLISH A HEAVY WOODEN FINIAL OR THE FABULOUS CARVED ARMRESTS OF THE
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
ARTICLES (cont. ')
CHOIR PEWS--SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, THE MAG
AND THEIR CAMELS, THE INFANT MOSES DISCOVERED AMONG THE BULRUSHES--
WOULD BE THE SOLITARY WITNESS TO THE STARTLING, LIFE-AFFIRMING
SPECTACLE OF LIGHT BEING PLAYED OUT ABOVE THE SANCTUARY
SUCH
RELEVATORY SIGHTS, EACH UNIQUE, ARE REPEATED IN CADENCE UNTIL THE LAST
ORANGE EMBER OF THE FABLED WEST ROSE WINDOW, PROMISING DAWN, FLICKERS
OUT WHEN DAY IS DONE
--Washington Post, 4/15/90
4) "SUCH IS THE POWER OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, THE COMBINATION OF SOARING
STONE WITH COLOR AND LIGHT, THAT, ONCE INSIDE THE TOWERING NAVE,
ANYONE CAN BE TAKEN UNAWARE IN ITS WAY THIS BUILDING IS AS AUTHENTIC
A PIECE OF NEW WORLD ARCHITECTURE AS THE GREAT SEARS TOWER IN CHICAGO,
AND EVERY BIT AS ASTONISHING
"
--ibid.
5) "IT WAS A 'WONDERFULLY NAIVE' MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE ANGLICAN
CHURCH, AS CHARACTERIZED BY PROVOST PERRY, 'A POINT OF TIME WHEN
ANGLICANS THOUGHT THAT IN A HUNDRED YEARS OR so THERE WOULD BE ONE
CHURCH--THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OF COURSE. NAIVE OR NOT, THE SENTIMENT
HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CATHEDRAL'S SENSE OF ITSELF AS A HOUSE OF
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
ARTICLES, (cont.' )
PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE AND AS A SORT OF INTERFAITH
NATIONAL SHRINE."
--ibid. (referring to the Cathedral's beginnings)
6)
A PARTIAL LIST OF NON-EPISCOPAL USERS: LUTHERANS, THE POLISH NATIONA
CHURCH, THE GREEK AND SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND TWO SYNAGOGUES,
INCLUDING TEMPLE SINAI OF WASHINGTON, WHICH UTILIZED THE CATHEDRAL FOF
A DOZEN YEARS WHILE AWAITING THE COMPLETION OF ITS OWN BUILDING. WITH
THE HELP OF THE EGYPTIAN EMBASSY, A COURAGEOUS ISLAMIC MUEZZIN WAS FOU
FOR THE SERVICE MEMORIALIZING ANWAR SADAT IN 1981. 'IT WAS TOUGH,
PERRY RECALLS. 'THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS WERE AT THE HEIGHT OF
THEIR POWER.
--ibid.
7) "HERE, AS ELSEWHERE, THE BALANCE FAVORS THE ARMATURE ITSELF--THE
DRAMATIC FLYING BUTRESSES ON THE OUTSIDE, THE MASS OF THE TOWERS, THE
PEAKS OF THE ROOFS, AND ON THE INSIDE THE CLUSTERED COLUMNS SOARING TO
FANLIKE COMPLETION IN THE RIBBED VAULTS ABOVE. BUT IT IS A SPLENDID
BALANCE--EACH WORK OF ART, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR HOW HIGH, CONTRIBUTE
SOMETHING TO THE ICONOGRAPHICAL AND TEXTURAL RICHNESS OF THE WHOLE.
FOR INSTANCE, EACH RIB INTERSECTION IN THE CEILINGS OF THE NAVE AND TH
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
ARTICLES, (cont.' ')
CHOIR IS MARKED BY A DEEPLY AND BEAUTIFULLY
CARVED BOSS--THERE ARE MORE BOSSES IN WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATEDRAL THA
IN ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD "
--ibid.
8) (LeCOMPTE'S) WEST ROSE WINDOW, AN ABSTRACTION BASED UPON THE THEME
OF CREATING, SPRINKLED WITH FACETED GLASS TO CATCH THE SETTING SUN, IS
THE CATHEDRAL'S MOST FITTING JEWEL. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE CENTURY'S
TRIUMPHANT WORKS OF ART."
--ibid.
9) "ON (SEPT. 29) PRESIDENT BUSH IS EXPECTED TO BE ON HAND AS THE FINAL
FOUR-FOOT-TALL CARVED STONE IS RAISED 235 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND TO THE
TOP OF THE SOUTH TOWER THE CATHEDRAL IS EPISCOPAL, THE CHRISTIAN
DENOMINATION THAT HAS BEEN THE FAITH OF MORE PRESIDENTS THAN ANY
OTHER. WASHINGTON, MADISON, MONROE, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, TYLER,
TAYLOR, PIERCE, CHESTER A. ARTHUR, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, GERALD
R. FORD AND RONALD REAGAN WERE EPISCOPALIANS, AS IS PRESIDENT BUSH."
--N.Y.T. 1/14/90
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
ARTICLES, (cont. ')
10) "BISHOP JOHN THOMAS WALKER WAS LARGELY CREDITED WITH GETTING
CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY AGAIN, BUT HE WILL NOT SEE THE COMPLETION.
AFTER 13 YEARS AS BISHOP, HE DIED LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 64, A FEW
DAYS AFTER TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY AND ON THE VERY AFTERNOON THE LAST
GRAND FINIAL, OR DECORATIVE, STONE WAS RAISED TO A PINNACLE ON THE
CATHEDRAL'S ST. PETER TOWER."
--ibid.
11) "THE CREATING, A THREE-PART SCULPTURE BY FREDERICK HART, WAS CARVED BY
PALUMBO OVER THE THREE DOORWAYS OF THE CATHEDRAL'S MAIN ENTRANCE. HAR
IS FAMOUS FOR HIS STATUE OF THE THREE SOLDIERS AT THE VIETNAM
MEMORIAL."
--Washington Post, 9/15/90
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
CATHEDRAL COLOR
1) "THE CATHEDRAL AT RHEIMS, FRANCE, TOOK 2½ CENTURIES TO BUILD. EXETER
IN ENGLAND, TOOK 99 YEARS. THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL WILL HAVE TAKEN
83
"
-John Chancellor, The Cathedral of St. Peter and
St. Paul
2) "GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IS WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED 'ORDERED FREEDOM.
--ibid.
3) "95 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT IS A 4 FT. WIDE RELIEF
OF A MODERN FAMILY SINGING PRAISES TO THE LORD. SOME OF IT IS FUNNY.
THE FACES OF NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS ARE CARVED ON ONE OF THE FLYING BUTTR-
ESSES. THE CHURCH MOUSE AND THE CHURCH CAT ARE CARVED IN THE NORTH
TRANSEPT. ONE COLUMN IN THE CHURCH IS TOPPED BY TWO SMALL, CARVED
FIGURES; THEY ARE ARCHITECTS. ONE IS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD IN PERPLEX=
ITY, WHILE THE OTHER RAISES A FINGER TO SAY, 'I HAVE FOUND THE
SOLUTION!' THERE IS GLORIOUS WOODCARVING IN THE CATHEDRAL. AN ARMREST
ON A PEW DEPICTS NOAH'S ARK ON A BOILING SEA." --ibid.
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CATHEDRAL COLOR (cont.')
4) "ALTHOUGH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL IS CLASSICLY GOTHIC, IT IS
EMPHATICALLY AN AMERICAN CHURCH. EVIDENCE OF THIS IS EVERYWHERE. A
MOSAIC OF 50 STATE SEALS IS SET IN THE FLOOR INSIDE THE WEST ENTRANCE.
WITH THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CENTER. IN THE NAVE
THE WASHINGTON BAY HONORS THE FIRST PRESIDENT. THE FOLGER BAY CELEB-
RATES SYMBOLS OF AMERICA: THE EAGLE, BISON, WILD TURKEYS--AND EXPLORER
LEWIS AND CLARK." --ibid.
5) "THERE IS A BAY HONORING THE MEMORY OF GENERALS ROBERT E. LEE AND
STONEWALL JACKSON. THE OAK SCREENS IN THE WAR MEMORIAL CHAPEL WERE
GIVEN BY THE U.S. MARINES IN ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL
KNEELERS, EACH DEDICATED TO SOMEONE PROMINENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY:
HERMAN MELVILLE, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, ROBERT FULTON, HARRIET TUBMAN,
JOHN F. KENNEDY. AN AMERICAN CHURCH. A NATIONAL CHURCH. A PLACE FOR A
NATION TO MOURN ITS FALLEN AND PRAISE ITS LIVING."
6) THERE WILL BE PRESENT ON SEPT. 29 SEVERAL, PERHAPS AS MANY AS 10, PERSON
WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE 1907 LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE. THEIR AGES
RANGE FROM 86 TO 98. WITH THE PRESIDENT'S INTEREST IN THE ELDERLY, HE
MAY WISH TO REFER TO THEIR PRESENCE.
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CATHEDRAL COLOR (cont.')
7) "NOT FAR AWAY (FROM DEWEY'S TOMB) IS THE TOMB OF A BRAVE AND YOUNG
AMERICAN SOLDIER, CHARLES BURTON. CHARLES WAS A CHOIRBOY, THEN A
MARINE. HE WAS KILLED AT FARAWAY BLOODY IWO JIMA." "
--Churches of the Presidents in Washington
8) THE SPACE WINDOW IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE WITH CATHEDRAL VISITORS. IT
DEPICTS SPACE, AND SPACE FLIGHT. IT DISPLAYS A PIECE OF MOON ROCK
BROUGHT BACK TO THE CATHEDRAL BY THE APOLLO XI ASTRONAUTS IN '74.
ON THE CEILING NEARBY IS A ROUND BOSS, TYING TOGETHER THE STRUCTURAL
RIBBING, ON WHICH MAN'S FIRST STEPS TRACED ON THE MOON ARE DEPICTED.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
NOTES FROM MY VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL
1) CLEAN LINES, DEFINITE SHADOWS VAULTED CEILINGS. COLUMNS OF STONE,
BOUND TOGETHER, RISING TO SPRING ACROSS A VAULTED ROOF.
2) NO STRUCTURAL STEEL IN THE COLUMNS, BUILT WITH THE THRUST AND COUNTE]
THRUST TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE STANDING. BUILT IN THE OLD MEDIEVAL
TRADITION.
3) THE TOMB OF PRESIDENT WILSON BEARS THE SEALS OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS
HE HEADED: PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, AND THE U.S.
4) ON NATIONAL HOLIDAYS, THE CATHEDRAL IS FULL OF THE PEALS OF RINGING
BELLS, AS IT WILL BE ON THE DEDICATION.
5) THE NORTH ROSE WINDOW: THE LAST CREATION, THE LAST JUDGEMENT.
6) REV. TUTU, BILLY GRAHAM, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING ARE AMONG THOSE WHO
HAVE SPOKEN FROM THE CANTERBURY PULPIT.
7) IN THE CHILDREN'S CHAPEL, EVERYTHING IS DONE TO A CHILD'S SCALE.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
NOTES FROM MY VISIT (cont. ')
8) AT THE JERUSALEM ALTAR, THE STEPS ARE FROM MT. SINAI. THE CREAMY COLORED
LIMESTONE OF THE ALTAR WAS BROUGHT FROM FRANCE TO CONTRAST WITH THE
WHITER INDIANA VARIETY.
9) THE FLEMISH TAPESTRIES IN ST. MARY'S CHAPEL ARE ALMOST 400 YEARS OLD,
THEY TELL THE TALE OF DAVID AND GOLIATH.
10) THE BETHLEHEM CHAPEL, WHERE THE FUNERAL FOR PRES. WILSON WAS HELD IN '2'
11) REMINDERS OF GREAT AMERICANS PUNCTUATE THIS CATHEDRAL AT EVERY TURN.
:
12) SWIRLING SCULPTURE, SYMMETRY OF OLD AND NEW.
13) HELLEN KELLER IS BURIED WITH HER TWO TEACHERS.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
FACTS
1) WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IS DESIGNED IN 14TH CENT. ENGLISH GOTHIC
STYLE. WHILE A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTS CONTRIBUTED TO ITS DESIGN, PHILIP
HUBERT FROHMAN IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ARCHITECT OF THE CATHEDRAL.
2) THE IDEA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL CATHEDRAL COMES FROM PIERRE
L'ENFANT'S 1791 PLANS FOR THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, WHICH INCLUDES A
PROPOSED "GREAT CHURCH FOR NATIONAL PURPOSES."
3) A NATIONAL CHURCH: THE CATHEDRAL SEEKS TO SERVE THE WHOLE COUNTRY BY
PROVIDING A PLACE IN WHICH EVENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE ARE CELEBRATED,
SUCH AS THE NATIONAL SERVICE OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING THAT CONCLUDED
THE INNAUGURAL CEREMONIES FOR PRESIDENT BUSH, AND IN WHICH THE NATION'S
CONCERNS ARE EXPRESSED, SUCH AS THE RECENT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE
VICTIMS OF THE REPRESSIVE VIOLENCE IN CHINA.
4) THE CATHEDRAL IS THE CHIEF MISSION CHURCH OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF
WASHINGTON. IT SERVES AS BOTH THE SEAT OF THE BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL
DIOCESE OF WASHINGTON AND THE SEAT OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA.
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FACTS, (cont. ')
5) A "HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE": MOST OF THE SPECIAL SERVICES HELD
AT THE CATHEDRAL INVOLVE INTERFAITH PARTICIPATION. IN ADDITION, PEOPI
OF ALL DENOMINATIONS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO VISIT AND WORSHIP
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
6) THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING MATERIAL OF THE CATHEDRAL IS INDIANA LIMESTONE,
CHOSEN BECAUSE IT IS SUPERIOR FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND CARVING.
7) MANY PROMINENT AMERICANS ARE BURIED IN THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, INCLUDIN
WOODROW WILSON, ADMIRAL DEWEY, AND HELLEN KELLER.
8) THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED HIS LAST SUNDAY SERMON
FROM THE CANTERBURY PULPIT.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DEDICATION
NOTES FROM WALK-THRU
1) POTUS ARRIVES AT WNC AT 12:00 NOON, HE DOESN'T SPEAK TILL 12:31. HE IS
PRECEDED BY BISHOP HAINES (WELCOMING REMARKS AND PRAYERS), PROVOST
PERRY (READING OF INVITATORY), REV. CAROLE CRUMLEY (PRAYERS), REV.
CLARK LOBENSTINE (OLD TESTAMENT), MOST REV. WILLIAM G. CURLIN (NEW
TESTAMENT), REV. KWASI A. THORNELL (READS PSALM), REV. PERRY (LEADS
PRAYERS), "AMERICA" PLAYED BY U.S. MARINE CORPS BAND, BISHOP BROWNING
(INTRODUCES POTUS).
2) AFTER POTUS SPEAKS, FINAL STONE IS LIFTED, BISHOP HAINES DELIVERS PRAYERS
BISHOP BROWNING DEDICATES PINNACLE AND DELIVERS BENEDICTION. POTUS
DEPARTS.
3) BARBARA BUSH WILL ALSO ATTEND, THOUGH SHE IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR REMARKS.
4) THERE WILL BE 700 PEOPLE SEATED WITH 8-10,000 STANDING.
5) POTUS WILL BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL, WITH HIS BACK TO THE
CATHEDRAL, FACING WISCONSIN AVE. THE PODIUM IS BETWEEN THE STEPS AND
THE DRIVE. RIGHT ABOVE HIM IS THE PORTAL TYMPANUM AND STATUE OF ADAM
BY THE SCULPTOR FREDERICK HART. BEHIND HIM TO HIS LEFT IS A STATUE OF
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WALK-THRU NOTES, (cont. ')
PAUL, BEHIND HIM TO HIS RIGHT IS A STATUE OF PETER. THE MARINE
CORPS BAND WILL ALSO BE TO HIS RIGHT. HIGH ABOVE HIM IS A HUGE
ROSE WINDOW. THE FINAL STONE WILL BE TO HIS LEFT, AND IT WILL BE
RAISED TO BE PLACED ATOP ST. PAUL'S TOWER TO HIS LEFT AND BEHIND HIM
ST. ALBAN'S WHERE HIS CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL WILL BE TO HIS LEFT,
IN FRONT OF HIM. IN FRONT OF HIM: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE DRIVE
AND ON THE LAWN, SOME UNDER TREES.
6) RAIN PLAN: THE CEREMONY WILL PROCEED INSIDE WHERE 3600 PEOPLE CAN BE
ACCOMODATED. POTUS WILL SPEAK FROM THE CANTERBURY PULPIT, WHICH HE
HAS SPOKEN FROM BEFORE.
7) THOUGHTS EVOKED AS I WALKED THROUGH CATHEDRAL: "SOMLEMNITY OF WORSHIP,"
"ARCHED SPLENDOR," "WINDOWS MELTING LIGHT INTO VIBRANT HUES OF RED,
BLUE, GREEN, AND GOLD, AND BATHING THE COLUMNS IN THEIR WAKE."
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QUOTES, ON CHURCHES (cont.')
31) AFTER NOTING SOME OF THE PROMINENT AMERICAN FIGURES BURIED IN THE
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, HOW ABOUT:
"THE CHURCH IS NOT A GALLERY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF EMINENT CHRISTIANS
BUT A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF IMPERFECT ONES."
--Henry Ward Beecher
32) "A CHURCH TO ME IS THE SYMBOL OF FAITH IN THE LIFE ETERNAL; IT TYPI-
FIES DECENCY, KINDLINESS AND FAIR DEALING; IT OFFERS COMFORT TO THE
SORROWING. WITH THE GOLDEN RULE IT WOULD MAKE NEIGHBORS OF US ALL.
--Edgar Guest
33) "BLESS ALL THE CHURCHES, AND BLESSED BE GOD, WHO, IN THIS OUR GREAT
TRIAL, GIVETH US THE CHURCHES."
--Abraham Lincoln
34) THIS QUOTE MIGHT BE HELPFUL, NOT AS PART OF THE SPEECH, BUT AS A
"CONTINGENCY QUOTE" IF THE PRES. IS INTERRUPTED BY ANY DISTURBANCE;
A BABY CRYING, A DEMONSTRATOR, A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, A PLANE FLYING
"A SPARROW FLUTTERING ABOUT THE CHURCH IS AN ANTAGONIST WHICH THE
MOST PROFOUND THEOLOGIAN IN EUROPE IS WHOLLY UNABLE TO OVERCOME."
--Sydney Smith
(QUOTE COULD BE ADAPTED)
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
September 28, 2:45 p.m.
CATHEDRAL
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FINAL STONE LAYING AT NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Saturday, September 29, 1990 12 noon
Thank you, Bishop Browning. A special thanks to Bishop
Haines; 11 and a warm welcome to all of you out there, in this
splendid scene of bright unity across these gorgeous grounds --
the clergy and other interfaith leaders; 11 members of this
great Washington National Cathedral; 11 representatives of our
government and other countries; the men and women who have
worked on this magnificent structure; 11 and all our friends.
Barbara and I feel so privileged to be with you on this day of
ecumenical thanksgiving. 11
There's one man who has gone before us, yet who is in so
many of our hearts today -- the late Episcopal Bishop of
Washington, John Walker. Like many of you here, I treasured his
friendship, and I valued his counsel. 11 Were he still with us,
this stone setting would be the culmination of his life's work -
- and his life's dream. But tomorrow, on the first anniversary
of his death the very first service will be held in the completed
Cathedral. I'd like to dedicate these remarks to his memory.
What an extraordinary moment this is. 11 Eighty-three years
ago this day, this hour, our predecessors here laid a
cornerstone. Now, eight decades later, we look at Mount St.
Alban and say -- here, we have built our church. III
Not just a church: a house of prayer for a nation built
upon the rock of religious faith. A nation we celebrate as "one,
2
under God". A nation whose founding President, George
Washington, said: "no people can be bound to acknowledge and
adore the invisible hand -- which conducts the affairs of men --
more than the people of the United States."
And so we have constructed here this symbol of our nation's
spiritual life, overlooking the center of our nation's secular
life. A symbol which combines the permanence of stone and of God
-- both of which will outlast men ... and memories. III
A symbol that carries with it a constant reminder of our
moral obligations. 11 You know, whenever I look up at this hill
and see the Cathedral keeping watch over us, I feel the challenge
reaffirmed. Woodrow Wilson's last public words -- inscribed here
on the wall next to his tomb -- say it best: "Our civilization
cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
To do that, we must govern by the imperatives of a strong
moral compass. 11 A compass based on the kind of purity of
vision and values that inspired our early founders. 11
A
compass that would lead us to enter this building through its
oldest door, "The Way of Peace." 11 And a compass oriented to
the words of St. Paul, who gazes down from my left: "And now
abideth faith, hope and love, these three; 11 but the greatest
of these is love. " 111
Our personal family compass has for many years led us here
for public and private worship. We were neighbors when we lived
in the Vice President's residence. Before that, our children
went to school at St. Albans; and I was a board member at NCS.
3
Canon Martin baptized one of our grandchildren here. And
Barbara's even read the Christmas story. 11
One of the high points of our Inaugural weekend was the
prayer service here -- part of a National Day of Prayer across
the country. I want to take a moment to say goodbye to Provost
Charles Perry, who so beautifully organized that service, and
who's leaving tomorrow after a dozen years of devoted work.
III
I'd like to share with you some thoughts on why we find this
Cathedral so moving. 11 To begin with -- there is profound
meaning in the physical beauty. The devout say that they can see
here the invisible hand of God in the visible handiwork of man.
11 All can see, in this astonishing place of stone and light, a
massive 300-million pound mountain of Indiana limestone created
as an act of worship. III
I want my grandchildren to come here. I want them to feel
reassured that there will always be comfort here in the presence
of God. 11 I want them to delight in the colors and sounds --
from the tapestries and mosaics to the fine old hymns. 11
And I want them to know a very special way of understanding
this wondrous place -- studying the brilliant stained-glass
windows. 11 From where we now stand, the rose window high above
seems black and formless. But when we enter, and see it backlit
by the sun, it dazzles in astonishing splendor. And it reminds
us that -- without faith, we too are but stained-glass windows in
the dark. III
But the magnificent story of this place is human, as well as
4
spiritual. Just as stained glass tracery binds all pieces
together into one, and gives the fragile beauty of the window its
strength -- so have the contributions of thousands of people
bound together by a common purpose given this Cathedral its
strength. 11
The greatness of this masterpiece comes from the loving --
and sometimes lifelong -- dedication of the finest craftsmen.
For some it has been a multi-generational work: son following
son following son throughout the birth of this house of worship.
Many of these workers are now gone. 11 For their memorial
-- look around you. III
But most of the gifts that made this great American dream a
reality -- gifts of funds, work, love, spirit, and prayer -- were
from the people who are its congregation: the millions across
America. They caught the exhilaration of the dream that seized
those who envisioned this Cathedral -- yet who didn't live to
see it a reality.
Men like Pierre L'Enfant, whose 1791 plan for Washington
included "a great church for national purposes." or Henry
Satterlee, this city's first Episcopal Bishop, who yearned for a
place "forever open and free." And the members of Congress who
voted the 1893 charter of foundation. III
There are some here who share that dream in a unique way.
They were also here 83 years ago today, for the laying of the
cornerstone -- and they remember sunlight shining through the
rain while 10,000 watched and cheered.
5
For instance, Elsie Brown is 90 now but was seven when her
mother took her to the event. Ninety-five-year-old Taylor
Eiker (EYE-curr) was twelve when he donned his cassock to sing in
the boys' choir that noon. 11 And Ruth Oliphant, (OLL-ee-font)
now 98, walked over with her other 15-year-old Cathedral School
classmates.
It was a very American ceremony. President Teddy Roosevelt
spoke, and Bishop Satterlee tapped the stone with the gavel which
George Washington had used to set the cornerstone of the U.S.
Capitol.
That was only right for a Cathedral whose style is 14th
century Gothic and yet also very much American. A Cathedral
that's not just about faith but which is also about a nation and
its people. 11
A Cathedral where mosaics of the Great Seal of the United
States and the state seals are set into the floors. Where
bays honor Washington, Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E.
Lee. 11 Where you can find an eagle, a bison, even a stained-
glass codfish. 11 Where needlepoint memorials are to Herman
Melville, Alexander Graham Bell, Harriet Tubman and John
Fitzgerald Kennedy. 11 Where lie the graves of President Wilson,
Admiral George Dewey, and Helen Keller.
Where the mesmerizing stained-glass Space Window encloses a
moon rock given by astronaut Michael Collins, who went to school
on these grounds at St. Albans.
And where an unexpected shaft of sun can leave a stunning
6
memory -- the statue of George Washington, strong and solid and
earthbound -- suddenly dappled by the brilliance of stained glass
light. III
It's a place where the history of the Cathedral and of the
country have been interwoven. 11
When we need to grieve -- we come here. We held funerals
for Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, and Vice-President
Humphrey. The burial of President Wilson. A memorial service
for Winston Churchill. 11
When we want to understand -- we come here. Over a three-
day period at the dedication of the Vietnam Memorial, the names
of 57,939 lost Americans were read in chapels. Other times, we
listened to Bishop Tutu, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King. 11
When we want to celebrate -- we come here. When the
hostages were freed from our Embassy in Iran, there was a service
of Thanksgiving. Later, a National Prayer Service for the 50th
Presidential Inauguration. And bells peal out on national
holidays. 11
When we want to express our concern -- we come here. To
hold a memorial for victims of the American Embassy bombing in
Beirut. A service of reflection on the 40th anniversary of
Hiroshima. And, even now, prayers for our brave young servicemen
and women in the harsh, distant deserts. III
And so today, we prepare to raise that final 1,008-pound
Grand Finial (FIN-ee-uhl) to its spot on one of the Great
Pinnacles of St Paul's Tower. The last step in an eight-decade-
7
long journey. III
Now that our national treasure is complete, how will it fit
into our lives? III
I would love to see the entire country discover this
Cathedral as America's resource, refuge, and reminder. Somewhere
to strengthen the nation's heart. 11 We should consecrate this
place in the words of Isaiah: "For mine house shall be called a
house of prayer for all people." 11 All people. All America.
And we should come here to pledge ourselves to the work
Martin Luther King envisioned from the splendid Canterbury pulpit
in his last sermon, three days before he died. He said: "We
will bring about a new day of justice and brotherhood and peace.
And on that day, morning stars will sing together, and the sons
of God will shout for joy.' " III
For eight decades the dream of a completed Cathedral
dominated this hill. Now, Dr. King's words should become our new
vision. III
Eighty-three years ago on this spot, President Teddy
Roosevelt said: "God speed the work begun this noon." 11 Today
I say: "God speed the work completed this noon and the new
work yet to begin." 111
God bless all of you -- this magnificent Cathedral -- and
our great country.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
9-28-90
WASHINGTON
90 SEP 27 PM
September 27, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
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FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
SUBJECT:
FINAL STONE LAYING AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
I.
SUMMARY
On Saturday, September 29, 1990, at noon, you will take part
in the Final Stone Laying Ceremony at the Washington National
Cathedral. You will speak at approximately 12:30, half-way
through the ceremony.
The event will be held outdoors. Nearly 700 special guests
will be seated in front; 8-10,000 others are expected to stand.
You will be speaking with your back to the main entrance. Many
dignitaries from various faiths will be joined by representatives
of government and other local and national organizations. You
will be greeted by, and sit with, Bishops Browning and Haines,
and Provost Perry.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (12 minutes) discuss the Cathedral's role in
the historical, contemporary and spiritual life of the United
States. They also include references to your family's personal
relationship with the Cathedral.
(Hinchliffe/Grossman)
September 27, 7:15 p.m.
CATHEDRAL
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FINAL STONE LAYING AT NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Saturday, September 29, 1990 12 noon
Thank you, Bishop Browning. Bishop Haines, and all of you:
so many bishops; members of this great Washington National Cathe-
dral; interfaith leaders; representatives of our government and
other countries; the men and women who have worked on this magni-
ficent structure; and all our friends -- Barbara and I feel so
privileged to be with you on this day of ecumenical thanksgiving.
But there's one man who has gone before us, yet who is in so
many of our hearts today. My friend, the late Episcopal Bishop
Lihe Many A you we, I Heaseved his Increating I
valued
of Washington, John Walker Were he still with us, this stone
tiis counse
setting would be the culmination of his life's work -- and his
life's dream. But he passed away last year. Tomorrow, on the
first anniversary of his death, the first service will be held in
I'd like to
there
the completed Cathedral. I X dedicate my remarks to his memory. 111
What an extraordinary moment this is. Eighty-three years
ago this day, this hour, our predecessors here laid a
cornerstone. Now, eight decades later, we look at Mount St.
Alban and say --- upon this rock, we have built our church.
11
Not just a church: a house of prayer for a nation built
upon the rock of religious faith. A nation we celebrate as "one,
under God". A nation whose founding President George Washington
said: "no people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the
invisible hand --- which conducts the affairs of men -- more than
the people of the United States."
And so we have constructed here this symbol of our nation's
2
spiritual life, overlooking the center of our nation's secular
life. A symbol which combines the permanence of stone and of God
-- both of which will outlast men and memories. III
A symbol that carries with it a constant reminder of our mo-
ral obligations. You know, whenever I look up at this hill and
see the Cathedral keeping watch over us, I feel the challenge
reaffirmed. Woodrow Wilson's last public words -- inscribed here
on the wall next to his tomb -- say it best: "Our civilization
cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
To do that, we must govern by the imperatives of a strong
moral compass. A compass based on the kind of purity of vision
and values that inspired our early founders. A compass that
would lead us to enter this building through its oldest door,
"The Way of Peace." And a compass oriented to the words of St.
Paul, who gazes down from my left: "And now abideth faith, hope
and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 11
family
us
My own personal, compass has for many years led me here for
public and private worship -- with my immediate family and with
the family that is my country. We were neighbors when we lived
Before that
in the Vice President's residence. Our children went to school
and I was a board member A NC
at St. Albans, A headwaster Canon Martin, baptized one
of our grandchildren here. And Barbara's even read the Christmas
story. 11 One of the high points of our Inaugural weekend was
the prayer service here -- part of a National Day of Prayer
across the country. I want to take a moment to say goodbye to
Provost Charles Perry who so beautifully organized that service,
and who's leaving tomorrow after a dozen years of devoted work. 11
3
I'd like to share with you some thoughts on why we find this
Cathedral so moving. To begin with, there is profound meaning in
the physical beauty. The devout say they can see here the invis-
ible hand of God in the visible handiwork of man. All can see in
this astonishing place of stone and light a massive 300-million
pound mountain of Indiana limestone created as an act of worship.
I love taking my grandchildren here. We've sat in the North
Transept for the Children's Christmas Eve service. Other times,
we've just explored its incredible richness, because I want them
like,it
to come to know this as a place of deep beauty -- both physical
it
But
and spiritual.
IV want us grandchuldres to cove him.
I want them to feel reassured that there will always be com-
Trying
to
fort here in the regularity of the stonework design and in the
short
presence of God. 11 I want them to delight in the colors and
sounds -- from the tapestries and mosaics to the fine old hymns.
11 To lose themselves in wonder of the sculpture, that is itself
a kind of frozen music. 11 TO wander freely and experience the
searing sweep of vision and heart, III
And I want them to know a very special way of understanding
this wondrous place: studying the brilliant stained-glass win-
dows. From where we stand, the rose window high above seems black
and formless. But when you enter and see it backlit by the sun,
it dazzles in astonishing splendor. And it reminds us that --
without faith, we too are but stained-glass windows in the dark.
But the magnificent story of this place is a human, as well as
a spiritual, one. Just as stained glass tracery binds all pieces
together into one, and gives the fragile beauty of the window its
4
strength - SQ have the contributions of thousands of people bound
together by a common purpose given this Cathedral its strength. 11
The greatness of this masterpiece comes from the loving --
and sometimes lifelong -- dedication of the finest craftsmen.
For some it has been a multi-generational work: son following
son following son throughout the birth of this house of worship.
In the inspired work of these men we can read the dreams that
unite craftsmen of 1907 with craftsmen of today. I was told even
the statues which are too high ever to be seen are still perfect
in each detail: their sculptor's gift of devotion. Many of these
workers are now gone. For their memorial, look around you.
But most of the gifts that made this great American dream a
reality -- funds, work, love, spirit, and prayer -- were from the
people who are its congregation: the millions across America.
They caught the exhilaration of the dream that seized those who
envisioned this Cathedral; yet who didn't live to see it a
reality. Men like Pierre L'Enfant, whose 1791 plan for Washing-
ton included "a great church for national purposes." or Henry
Satterlee, this city's first Episcopal Bishop, who yearned for a
place "forever open and free." " And the members of Congress who
voted the 1893 charter of foundation.
There are some here who share that dream in a unique way.
They were also here 83 years ago today, for the laying of the
cornerstone and they remember sunlight shining through the
rain while 10,000 watched and cheered. For instance, Elsie Brown
is 90 now but was 7 when her mother took her to the ceremony.
95-year-old Taylor Eiker was 12 when he donned his cassock to
5
sing in the boys' choir that noon. Ruth Oliphant, now 98, walked
over with her other 15-year-old Cathedral School classmates.
It was a very American ceremony. President Teddy Roosevelt
spoke and Bishop Satterlee tapped the stone with the gavel George
Washington had used to set the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
That was only right for a Cathedral whose style is 14th cen-
tury Gothic and yet also very much American. A Cathedral that's
not just about faith but which is also about a nation and its
people. A Cathedral where mosaics of the Great Seal of the Uni-
ted States and the state seals are set into the floors. Where
bays honor Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Where
you can find an eagle, a bison, even a stained-glass codfish.
Where needlepoint memorials are to Herman Melville, Alexander
Graham Bell, Harriet Tubman and John Kennedy. Where lie the
graves of President Wilson, Adm. George Dewey, Helen Keller.
Where the mesmerizing stained-glass Space Window encloses a
moon rock given by astronaut Michael Collins, who went to school
on these grounds at St. Albans. And where an unexpected shaft of
sun can leave a stunning memory -- the statue of George
Washington, strong and solid and earthbound -- suddenly dappled
by the brilliance of stained glass light.
It's a place where the history of the Cathedral and of the
country have been interwoven.
When we need to grieve -- we come here. We held funerals
for Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and Vice-President Humphrey.
Yesi
The burial of President Wilson. A memorial service for Churchill.
When we want to understand -- we come here. Over a three-
6
day period at the dedication of the Vietnam Memorial, the names
of 57,939 lost Americans were read in chapels. Other times, we
listened to Bishop Tutu, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King. 11
When we want to celebrate -- we come here. When the hostages
were freed from our Embassy in Iran there was a Thanksgiving ser-
vice. Later, a National Prayer Service for the 50th presidential
Inauguration. And bells peal out on national holidays. 11
When we want to express our concern -- we come here. To
hold a memorial service for victims of the American Embassy
bombing in Beirut. A service of reflection on the 40th
anniversary of Hiroshima. And even now, prayers for our brave
young servicemen and women in the harsh, distant deserts. 11
And so today we prepare to raise that final 1,008-pound Grand
Finial to its spot on one of the Great Pinnacles of St Paul's
Tower. The last step in an 8 decade-long journey. Now that our
national treasure is complete, how will it fit into our lives?
I would love to see the entire country discover this as
America's resource, refuge, and reminder. A place to strengthen
the nation's heart. We should consecrate this place in the words
of Isaiah: "For mine house shall be called a house of prayer for
all people." All people. All America. III
And we should come here to pledge ourselves to the work Martin
Luther King envisioned from the splendid Canterbury pulpit in his
last sermon, 3 days before he died: "We will bring about a new
day of justice and brotherhood and peace. And that day morning
stars will sing together and the sons of God will shout for joy."
For 8 decades the dream of a completed Cathedral dominated
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this hilly Now Dr. King's words should become our new vision.
83 years ago on this spot, President Teddy Roosevelt said:
"God speed the work begun this noon." Today I say: "God speed
the work completed this noon ... and the new work yet to begin."
God bless all of you -- this magnificent Cathedral -- and
our great country.
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Commemorative issue
What does it mean for a building to be consecrated?
After more than a century of visioning, and eighty-
three years of construction, the final action that will
complete this portion of the Cathedral's life, and
move it into the next, is the Cathedral's consecration
on Sunday morning September 30.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church de-
fines consecration as "the separation of a thing or
person for Divine service." It differs from a blessing
or dedication in that consecration is held to be an ir-
revocable act: "the building can never be secularized."
Loosely translated, it means that in the eyes of the
church this Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St.
Paul will never become merely a great hall for con-
certs, or a space to make movies in. It will always be,
now and forever, for as long as stone stands upon
stone, a place set apart and dedicated to accomplish-
ing the works of God.
To paraphrase the words of a baptism service:
"You are marked as Christ's own, forever."
The striking element is the irrevocability of the
thing. From our usual human standpoint, almost
everything can be taken back
revoked. Oh, we
can make promises, and we can commit ourselves
and strive to live up to those promises. But if need
be, most things in life, short of death, appear to be
revocable.
Comment
The difference with a consecration, as with a bap-
tism, is that we are dealing with something more than
a human commitment. We are marking apart for, and
believing in, God's action. And God will not let go.
CONSECRATION
There is something about what is at work in this
place that is more than human hearts and hands. Yes,
they were the vehicle, but almost the quintessential
experience of the Cathedral is that "something
greater" than oneself is at work here.
Christianity has proclaimed that reality for nearly
twenty centuries now: the assertion that while the lo-
cus of action is the world of human experience, the
actor premier is the Lord of History himself. Not a
colloquial cover-name for the collective of human ac-
tion, but a real, genuine "other."
That is what the word Holy means - "other."
And the act of consecration, which designates things
as holy, is specifically about this "otherness."
To cut-to-the-chase, as they say in the movies, the
consecration of Washington National Cathedral makes
specific our belief that God has, is, and will be using
the complex of this Cathedral to do His work, regard-
less. Regardless of how well or how poorly we work
at it; regardless of whether or not we remain faithful
to the task.
Will it matter what we do and how we do it? Of
course. Conscious cooperation with God in His action
has always helped move and smooth things along.
And the active collaboration of humanity with the
Creator has been a hallmark of Christian theology
since St. Paul first clarified that our call was to be
"co-workers with God in Christ."
But the affirmation of the consecration is our trust
and our hope that no matter what, God will use what
we have offered and set apart, for the coming of His
kingdom on earth as in heaven. And that our labor
will never be in vain, in the Lord.
Thanks be to God for the gift. And for His cathedral.
LEONARD FREEMAN
cathedral age
FALL ISSUE 1990 VOLUME LXV, NUMBER THREE
Editor LEONARD FREEMAN Assistant Editors DAN STONE, SUSAN RANSDELL
Art Director HUBERT LECKIE Production Supervisor SUSAN LEHMANN Photographer MORTON BROFFMAN
Production Assistance JEAN GRIGSBY, STARR PEARSON-FLOYD, ELLEN PERKINS
2 A Cathedral for Washington and the Nation Marjorie Hyer
6 Cathedral Ambassadors Nancy S. Montgomery
10 A Great Church for National Purposes Dan Stone
15 The Greeting of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907
16 Passing the Flame
19 The Music of the Cathedral J₀ and Wayne Dirksen
24 What the Cathedral Says: The Iconography and Symbolism Richard Feller
28 The Year of Consecration in Review Leonard Freeman
31 Cathedral Builders: Twenty Years on the Hill with Charles A. Perry Lindsay J. Hardin
34 Cathedral Builders: In on the Beginning, In at the End Leonard Freeman
36 Cathedral Builders: Behind the Scenes
39 A Letter from Nancy Ignatius
40 Planned Giving Carla Rosati
41 Forum
Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution Martin Luther King
And The King of Glory Shall Come In Francis Sayre, Jr.
The Lord is Risen Henry Yates Satterlee
The Reign of God John T. Walker
46 Gift Opportunities
48 Videotapes, Films & Slides
COVER: photo by Robert C. Lautman, August 1990.
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Washington National Cathedral, one of the most prominent features of the Washington cityscape.
A
CATHEDRAL FOR WAS
by MARJORIE HYER
relevance to the sweaty, muscular Christianity of the
Sixties and Seventies. The churches' resources, I be-
"If you've nothing better to do tomorrow, you might
lieved, were better spent on meeting human need
look in on the open house at the Cathedral for a cou-
than in piling stone on stone for the gratification of
ple hours. I think you'd enjoy it."
an elite few.
The comment from my colleague at The Washington
I suppose the reason I still remember that conversa-
Post came late on a Friday afternoon as we wrapped
tion all these years is that my judgment of cathe-
up one week's work and made tentative plans for the
drals-at least of the one I was to become very well
next.
acquainted with-would prove SO totally, smashingly
I still remember my reply. "To tell the truth, I
wrong. I soon learned that while this Cathedral may
don't have much use for cathedrals," I said.
stand apart physically on a hilltop removed from the
The year was 1972. I had just begun work as reli-
hubbub of life, it was and is deeply involved in the
gion writer for the Post, and I perceived as the cut-
critical issues of our time-local, national, and inter-
ting edge the news of religion in such issues as the
national. In the seventeen years I wrote about reli-
churches' involvement in civil rights, the Vietnam
gion for The Washington Post, the only institution that
war, the struggle for freedom and justice in Africa,
generated more stories for me than the Cathedral was
Latin America, on Indian reservations of the South-
the Vatican.
west and Harlem's slums. Except as repositories of
I quickly learned to value the Cathedral's high
history and art, cathedrals seemed to me to have little
standards in art, architecture, music, liturgy, and
2
HINGTON
&
THE
NATION
scholarship. Whatever the Washington Cathedral did,
would be the majestic swells from the organ, the
from funeral to flower show, it did it well.
crisply robed choristers in stately procession followed
Far from being the proverbial ivory tower, the Cathe-
by the clergy in the splendor of Cathedral vestments,
dral seemed to be a crossroads of history, taking its
the light streaming through the magnificent win-
agenda as much from the daily headlines as the Book
dows-all so appropriate to the occasion.
of Common Prayer. Presidents came there, and
But when great tragedy struck, Westminster Abbey
kings. At the Cathedral I covered the Queen of Eng-
became the local parish church ministering to a
land, Prince Charles (I was impressed at how well he
stricken people. When Iranian mobs broke into the
read the lesson), Nobel Laureate Archbishop Des-
United States embassy in Tehran in 1979, taking cap-
mond Tutu, musicians, scientists, scholars, theologi-
tive diplomatic and other American personnel, an an-
ans and, of course, church men and women without
guished President Jimmy Carter, more than 1,000 of-
number.
ficials from the Department of State and the families
The Cathedral was splendid in its "Westminster
of the hostages gathered at the Cathedral November
Abbey" mode, conducting funerals or memorials for
15 for an interfaith prayer service. There were other,
national leaders: President Harry S. Truman, Vice
more intimate prayer services in the months to come,
President Hubert Humphrey, Ambassador Averill
and as the hostage crisis dragged on, the Cathedral
Harriman. Outside would be the procession of sleek
arranged simple hourly prayers throughout the day.
black limousines delivering Supreme Court justices,
The Cathedral also responded with special services
Cabinet members, members of Congress. Inside
to the series of murders of black children in Atlanta,
3
the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat,
the 1982 slaughter of hundreds of Palestinian refu-
gees in camps in Lebanon, the shocking and unex-
pected death of Pope John I little more than a month
after his elevation- - to name a few.
Nooks & Crannies
My love affair with the Cathedral developed gradu-
ally. With every assignment, every event I covered
there, and sometimes when I was just passing by, I
tried to squeeze out a few minutes to explore another
nook or cranny, to check out the changing colors of
the west rose window in different light. I got to know
the place well enough to guide out-of-town guests,
for whom I prescribed the Cathedral as a must on
their sightseeing list.
Presidents and kings have come to the
Once, on such a run, we encountered scaffolding
Cathedral from earliest days. Here Pres-
inside the nave before one of the windows. "We're
ident Franklin Roosevelt with son,
James, and Bishop Freeman, 1933.
getting ready to install the moon rock," a workman
explained. I had known that artist Rodney Winfield
had designed the space window to feature a fragment
of rock picked up by Apollo astronauts. The artifact,
the only piece of moon rock NASA made available to
a non-governmental party, had remained in the vault
when the window went in because it was feared that
construction scaffolding outside the Cathedral at the
time might make pilfering the rock too tempting.
I made certain to be on hand when the rock was to
be installed. "Want to hold it?" Dean Francis Sayre
asked as we waited for the workmen to make the fi-
nal preparations. I put out my hand and into it he
placed a dark gray silver dollar-size disk that until re-
cently had been resting on the Sea of Tranquility for
the past three and a half billion years.
As Timely As Headlines
Cathedral programs were as timely as the morning
headlines. Over the years I covered seminars on
President Jimmy Carter in prayer during 1979 Cathedral service for
bioethics, Northern Ireland, southern Africa, the
Americans held hostage in Iran.
Middle East, ministry to persons with AIDS. While
Ronald Reagan was still denouncing the "Evil Em-
pire," the Cathedral and its College of Preachers
hosted a delegation of religious leaders from the So-
viet Union. Later, when detente did set in, the Ca-
thedral was the site of continuous prayer vigils for
peace by both Soviet and American Christians during
both visits to Washington by Soviet Premier Mikhail
Gorbachev.
The Reagans and Bushes at an Inaugural Prayer Service.
A sliver of the moon: an American artifact is examined by Dean Sayre
before permanent placement in the Cathedral's Space Window.
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Turmoil
The Cathedral did not escape the turmoil over the
changing role of women in church. In March 1976, I
wrote a story about an experimental non-sexist liturgy
celebrated in the St. Joseph chapel. In it Sue Rich,
then president of Episcopal Church Women, modi-
fied the Lord's Prayer to, "Our Creator in Heaven,
hallowed be your name
and changed the bless-
ing to "in the name of the Mother, Daughter and
Holy Ghost.' Pretty tame stuff by today's standards,
but my story of the event was picked up by the news
service and reprinted in England, where it kicked up
a lively row, judging by the mail I received.
There was always something going on at the Ca-
thedral worthy of note in the newspaper. My prob-
lem, in fact, was to keep the Cathedral from domi-
nating my columns and still keep readers informed of
the highlights. One day a press release announced
the installation of a statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
The civil rights leader had preached from the Cathe-
dral pulpit shortly before his murder in Memphis in
Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Cathedral pulpit.
1967. I arranged for a photograph of the statue and
Plaster model for sculptor James Earl Reid's statue.
when it arrived, tossed it onto the desk of the nor-
mally unflappable black woman who was then my ed-
itor. She took one look and gasped. "My God," she
said as she saw the familiar features of the black mar-
tyr chiseled in the Cathedral's trademark white lime-
stone. "He's white!"
In a city that is more than 70 percent black, I al-
ways made it a point as I visited churches to check
out the racial composition of the congregation. I
noted that there were always some blacks in Cathe-
dral congregations, even though church-going blacks
The changing role of women. Elizabeth Wiesner distributes communion
during first service of ordination for women at the Cathedral.
Programs as timely as the morning news. (Left to right) James H. Webb,
Jr., David A. Martin, Joseph C. Zinglerle, and Bishop John T. Walker
during conference: "The Vietnam War-Unfinished Business."
REE
An involved Cathedral. Bishop and Dean John T. Walker, speaking at
anti-apartheid rally at the South African Embassy, 1985.
in Washington are overwhelmingly Baptist. But when
John Walker was installed as diocesan bishop in 1977,
African-Americans turned out in unprecedented num-
bers. It was a glittering occasion with all the banners,
choirs, ritual, music, and ceremony that the Cathe-
dral does so well. His sermon, pledging to devote his
ministry to problems of the whole community , was
punctuated with "Amens" and shouts of "Right on!"
The Bishop's Autograph
When the two-hour service ended, I went outside to
the reception, hoping to get a quote or two from the
1907
1990
newly installed bishop when he appeared. Nearly an
hour passed and no bishop. With my deadline ap-
proaching, I headed back to see what had detained
him. There he was on the South Steps, resplendent
in his robes and miter, surrounded by clamoring
youngsters, happily signing autographs. Signing auto-
graphs! A bishop!
The National Cathedral Association
CATHEDI
The Cathedral's "Westminster Abbey" mode. State funeral for President
by NANCY S. MONTGOMERY
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In a culture dominated by adulation for sports and
BISHOP HENRY YATES SATTERLEE, the first
entertainment stars, it struck me that the scene gave
bishop of Washington, was a man of rare vision, a
new meaning to the term "role model." But then
man "seized by the dream" of creating in the na-
John Walker consistently gave new meaning to con-
tion's capital a great Gothic Cathedral. From the be-
temporary Christian life and ministry before his tragic
ginning, however, he knew he alone could not ac-
death last September.
complish this task. He knew also that the members
of the newly formed Diocese of Washington, while
House for All
strongly supportive, were occupied in establishing
Bishop Walker insisted that the Cathedral live up to
their own identity as a diocese.
its billing as "a house or prayer for all people." Ro-
Widely known and well-traveled, Bishop Satterlee
man Catholic prelates and clergy of many denomina-
had many prominent friends in the Episcopal Church
tions regularly spoke from the Cathedral pulpit. On
and it was to them he turned, asking them to be not
special occasions, the circle was widened to include
only his friends but friends of the new National Ca-
Jewish rabbis and representatives of Islam and
thedral. From these original committees in New
Buddhism as well. In 1978, the bishop invited lead-
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago ano
ers from all these groups to a meeting in the Cathe-
San Francisco came the organization which has sup-
dral library. Out of their discussions came the Inter-
ported the Cathedral for almost one hundred years,
faith Conference, a confederation of many religious
the National Cathedral Association. Today, the NCA
leaders who could speak with a single moral and ethi-
membership includes those of many different reli-
cal voice on community problems. It remains a me-
gious traditions and backgrounds.
morial to the kind of leadership Bishop Walker
Building a True Cathedral
brought to the Cathedral.
As a true Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St. Pe-
MARJORIE HYER was religion editor of the Washington Post for
ter and St. Paul-Washington National Cathedral's
seventeen years.
ecclesiastical name-has no members. It is a "House
6
The National Cathedral Association gathers in its newly completed NCA auditorium.
AL AMBASSADORS
Mrs. Herbert Hoover places first stone in the Woman's (North Transept)
Porch, April, 1931.
of Prayer for all People, forever free and open.' Yet
in a special sense it does have members, twenty
thousand, who can be found in every state and
abroad.
The NCA has never turned away from the chal-
lenges involved in building the Cathedral and in tell-
ing its story nationwide. By 1918, the NCA had raised
$284,786, an amazing amount when one compares
the 1918 dollar with that of our own time. And this
was only the beginning.
In 1933 the NCA was incorporated under the laws
of the District of Columbia so that it could receive
gifts and bequests in a legal and approved manner.
The organization, based primarily in cities, became a
formal entity with officers and a board of directors.
The first NCA president, William R. Castle, was one
of the incorporators, together with Corcoran Thom
and the dean of the Cathedral, The Very Reverend
George C. F. Bratenahl.
Excellence to the Glory of God
At the same time that NCA Regional Chairmen and
their committees were raising money for construction
and fine arts, they were also contributing to worship
and program. Their vision was that of the Cathedral's
7
leaders, that the Cathedral should be used to the
glory of God and that the same standards of excel-
lence which obtained in the physical fabric of the
building should hold true for music, preaching, lit-
urgy and educational work.
There is strong evidence of the NCA's balanced in-
terest in all areas of the Cathedral's growth, its wit-
ness and its mission. When one considers what the
organization has given as a whole, not counting the
thousands of individual gifts, the range and quantity
is impressive indeed.
The North Porch (the Women's Porch begun in
1931), the National Cathedral Association bay with its
exquisite Bossanyi window, the west narthex marble
floor incorporating seals of all the states, the Pilgrim
Observation Gallery, the NCA auditorium and the
Mary Mann DuBose, first woman president of the National Cathedral
NCA pinnacle on the southwest tower-and this is by
Association, with Dean Francis Sayre, Jr., 1968.
no means a complete list-demonstrate the organiza-
tion's dedication to completing the Cathedral.
Chairmen and members, understanding fully that
what they were about was not simply to create a work
of art, have also raised funds for such projects as the
College of Church Musicians. During its exciting
five-year life the college trained organists and choir-
masters of talent and commitment, many of whom
now serve in churches and Cathedrals around the
country. Even though the college is no longer operat-
ing, the income from its endowment has been used
to fund the highly successful organ fellows program
through which gifted young organists come to the
Cathedral for a year to gain training and experience
in all aspects of church music.
Creative Communicating
When the Cathedral was preparing for the major
thrust to completion, the nca raised the funds nec-
essary for the production of a motion picture which
was widely used in fund raising and in telling the
Cathedral's story around the country. The NCA has
been creative in its use of audio-visual materials from
programs which can be shared throughout the coun-
the days of the old hand-tinted glass slides to the
try. Over the years regions have turned to Cathedral
new field of video, using each new development in
experts to speak on architecture, fine arts, and the
communications for the various audiences it is at-
ethical, political and environmental issues of the day.
tempting to reach.
The NCA has consistently sought and found the
From the era of ladies' teas and bridge luncheons,
leadership it needed. Presidents, officers and trustees
when dedicated and serious-minded society matrons
have represented the diversity of membership while
prevailed upon their friends to support the Cathedral,
lending the strength of their names to the organiza-
to today's wider outreach, NCA chairmen have consis-
tion. Statesmen, bankers, government officials, physi-
tently shown imagination and determination in their
cians, art experts and others have given their talents
work.
and their dedication without stinting. Mary Mann
DuBose was the first woman president. Elected in
Imagination and Determination
1964, she brought wit, wisdom, enormous vitality and
In 1961, the Michigan nca brought the Cathedral's
great warmth to the position.
Choir of Men and Boys to Detroit for a special con-
The Future of the NCA
cert at the Episcopal Church's General Convention-
the first time the choir had sung outside Washington.
In 1984 a long-range planning committee, headed by
This year the Washington state NCA in Seattle re-cre-
Nancy Ignatius, NCA president 1986-1990, began
ated a Cathedral program based on the life of abbess,
studying the future of the NCA, attempting to define
poet and musician Hildegard of Bingen. The success
its post-completion role in the life of the Cathedral.
of this event, which drew over five hundred people
According to Mrs. Ignatius, the regions have begun
from surrounding states and Alaska, has provided im-
serious consideration of what they hope to achieve in
petus both for the Cathedral and the regions to create
the next decade and enthusiasm is high.
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dral, involve the priest-on-duty in discussion and
include lectures on stained glass, stone carving and
other works of art, emphasizing their religious signifi-
cance. The Pilgrimage Tours, with time for prayer
and meditation, appeal to people of many denomina-
tions. Choral Evensong in the Cathedral, with the
Choir of Men and Boys singing, is for many, an un-
forgettable experience.
When you visit Washington National Cathedral,
look about you. The NCA'S mark is everywhere.
From the delicate needlepoint cushions to entire sec-
tions of the structure, the women and men of the
NCA have, corporately and individually, helped to
create what you see. Now, with the structure for
which they have labored complete, the NCA officers
NCA President Huntington Harris passes the keys of authority to his suc-
and members take on the new challenge of helping
cessor, U.S. Senator Stuart Symington (left).
to utilize this sacred space to the glory of God. They
will continue to bring in thousands of new members
to join in the work. And they will never tire of telling
the story of the "miracle in Washington" which is the
Washington National Cathedral.
(Author's Note: I am grateful to Nancy Ignatius for her splendid
overview of the National Cathedral Association which was printed in
Cathedral Age magazine in 1983. If you wish a more detailed history
of the NCA, up to 1983, reprints may be ordered from the NCA office.)
NANCY S. MONTGOMERY was associated with the Cathedral
from 1961 to 1986. During that time she served as editor of
Cathedral Age and Communications Director. She has written
extensively on the Cathedral and its programs both for
Cathedral publications and others.
Presidents of the National Cathedral Association
1934 The Honorable William R. Castle Jr.
NCA leaders Margot Semler (left)
1939 Walter B. Clarkson
and Nancy Ignatius (right) dis-
cuss future goals with consultant
1947 Joseph C. Grew
Edie Seashore.
1950 The Honorable William R. Castle Jr.
1953 Orme Wilson
To enable the new work to go forward, the NCA
1956 David E. Finley
by-laws have been re-drawn-a two-year project un-
1959 Rear Admiral Neill Phillips
dertaken by Virginia Glover, president 1983-1986.
1962 The Honorable Hugh S. Cumming Jr.
While bringing the NCA into conformity with new
1965 The Honorable James J. Wadsworth
District of Columbia regulations, the present by-laws
1968 Mary Mann DuBose (Mrs. W. Jasper DuBose)
allow for the election of retired as well as active re-
1971 Huntington Harris
gional chairmen to the Board of Trustees, thus mak-
1974 The Honorable Stuart Symington
1977 David Acheson
ing use of their expertise on the national level.
The Washington committee of the NCA is unique
1983 Virginia Glover (Mrs. Charles C. Glover III)
in that it exists within the shadow of the Cathedral
1983 Dr. John W. McTigue
and is called on to serve both Cathedral and associa-
1986 Nancy Ignatius (Mrs. Paul Ignatius)
1990 The Honorable Robert S. Smith
tion in many different ways. Members act as hosts for
the annual meeting; many of them are volunteer do-
NCA Executives
cents for Cathedral visitors; they take part in the an-
1924 Edwin N. Lewis
nual Flower Mart in May (many are members as well
of All Hallows Guild, the sponsoring organization);
1940 Alfred G. Stoughton
and they welcome delegations from other regions dur-
1949 Tommie Thompson (Mrs. Frederick Thompson)
ing their visits.
1953 Evelyn Keegan (Mrs. Kevin Keegan)
1958 Mary Zabriskie (Mrs. Alexander Zabriskie)
Pilgrimage Tours
1960 Jillian Poole (Mrs. Richard Poole)
An extension of this activity is a new program of Pil-
1964 Lee A. Carty (Mrs. Winthrop Carty)
grimage Tours. Religiously oriented, these tours re-
1974 Margot S. Semler (Mrs. Ralph Semler)
volve around the daily worship services of the Cathe-
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An early hand-tinted drawing of the proposed Cathedral. Note baptistry building, upper left, that was never built.
A Great Church For National I
by DAN STONE
"Godspeed the work begun this noon,' declares President Theodore Roo-
W
sevelt at the laying of the Cathedral's foundation stone on September 29,
hen President Theodore Roosevelt declared
1907.
"Godspeed the work begun this noon," at the laying
of Washington National Cathedral's foundation stone
on September 29, 1907, he was referring to a dream
that had begun more than one hundred years be-
fore-and that would take another eighty-three years
to fulfill.
In 1791, when Congress selected Washington to be
the capital of the United States, President George
Washington commissioned Major Pierre L'Enfant to
design an overall plan for the future seat of govern-
ment. Included in L'Enfant's plan was a church, "in-
tended for national purposes, such as public prayer,
thanksgiving, funeral orations, etc. and assigned to
the special use of no particular Sect or denomination,
but equally open to all."
There was early support for the idea of a cathedral
in Washington, but no real movement until the late
1800s. On January 6, 1893, Congress granted a
charter to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Founda-
tion of the District of Columbia, empowering it to es-
tablish a cathedral and institutions of higher learning.
Signed by President Benjamin Harrison, this charter
was the birth certificate of Washington National
Cathedral.
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An overview of the construction site. From early hand-tinted photo.
irposes A History of Washington National Cathedral
The first Board of Trustees, or Chapter, was
in World War I. However, in 1921, the building ef-
elected, and the following spring, the new Diocese of
fort resumed, headed by architect Philip Hubert
Washington held its initial convention. After his con-
Frohman and under the leadership of the third
secration in 1896, the first bishop of Washington, Dr.
bishop of Washington, James Edward Freeman.
Henry Yates Satterlee, managed to secure on Mount
The choir, begun in 1922 and completed ten years
Saint Alban the most commanding spot in the entire
later, marked the beginning of the third phase of Ca-
Washington area.
thedral construction. By 1928, work had gone so well
The Word Made Flesh
that in October, President Calvin Coolidge came to
open the General Convention of the Episcopal
A crowd of ten thousand gathered for the laying of
Church at the Cathedral. A service was held on the
the foundation stone on September 29, 1907. The
main level even though it was open to the sky.
stone itself came from a field near Bethlehem and
The stock market crash of 1929 and the subse-
was inset into a larger piece of American granite. On
quent Great Depression slowed construction but did
it was the inscription: "The Word was made flesh,
not stop it. Bishop Freeman was able to raise enough
and dwelt among us" (John 1:14).
money to keep building and to offer jobs to men who
With the laying of the Cathedral foundation stone,
might otherwise have been on the bread line. The
fifty-seven grassy, tree-shaded acres became home to
north porch, begun in 1930, was completed in 1942,
the longest-running construction site in the nation's
just as the nation entered World War II. Construction
capital. When Bethlehem Chapel opened for services
was halted from 1942 to 1948.
in 1912, it was designated as a memorial for Bishop
In 1951, Francis B. Sayre, Jr., grandson of Presi-
Satterlee, who had died in 1908.
dent Woodrow Wilson, was named dean of the Ca-
In the early years of World War I, the apse and
thedral. After the war, construction resumed, and
sanctuary of the Cathedral took shape. Construction
work began on the nave and the south transept. Al-
was halted in 1919 due to the country's involvement
though Bishop Freeman had broken ground for this
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transept in 1930, it was not completed until 1962. In
Bishop James Freeman talks with the Cathedral's construction and ar-
1964, the 301-foot central tower was dedicated-the
chitectural crews. From early glass slide.
only tower in the world to contain both church bells
Earliest known photo of the completed apse.
and a carillon.
By October 1972, the Cathedral nave was enclosed
as the north and south walls met at the west facade.
The completed nave was dedicated in 1976 in a se-
ries of ceremonies attended by the Queen of Eng-
land, the President of the United States, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and thousands of other
worshippers.
A New Vision
Construction stopped again in 1977 due to a shortage
of funds. When Dean Sayre retired in 1978, Bishop
John T. Walker succeeded him as the new dean of
the Cathedral. In 1980, under Bishop Walker and
Provost Charles A. Perry's leadership, work resumed
on a pay-as-you-go basis. The Pilgrim Observation
Gallery was completed and opened to the public in
May 1982, and on April 5, 1983, the final phase of
Early photo of Founding Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee's sarcophagus.
Now rests behind Bethlehem Chapel altar.
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Mid-1960s saw completion of the great central tower. Photo: Stewart Brothers.
The apse tracery under construction. From early
hand-tinted glass slide.
A Cathedral for the nation. Statues of George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln flank main doors.
A gathering place for the nation and the world. Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey presiding at the memorial service for India's Prime Min-
ister Shashtri, 1966.
construction began with the setting of the first stone
for the west towers.
The first black Episcopal bishop of Washington,
Bishop Walker also was responsible for involving the
Cathedral on a more personal level with the Washing-
ton community. He enriched the Cathedral's ministry
by attracting black and women priests to the diocese,
and he broadened the scope of the Cathedral's out-
reach by addressing issues such as drug abuse, AIDS,
FREE MASON FIRST CITIZEN CHURGIMAN
racism and sexism. He died after heart surgery on
September 30, 1989, just as Cathedral leaders were
celebrating the beginning of the final year of
DO
construction.
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are Helen Keller, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and
Admiral George Dewey. Funeral services for Presi-
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Inaugural
prayers for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George
Bush were offered here. Martin Luther King, Jr.
preached his last Sunday sermon in the Cathedral's
Canterbury pulpit a few days before he was
assassinated.
Washington National Cathedral has opened its
doors to people of all faiths as they have gathered to
worship and pray, to mourn the passing of world
leaders, and to confront the pressing moral and social
issues of the twentieth century. More than 600,000
people visit or attend services at the Cathedral during
the year. Cathedral-sponsored programs and confer-
ences address topics ranging from twelfth-century
mysticism to twentieth-century environmentalism.
And it remains a place for spiritual reflection on the
important events shaping the world, as during prayer
vigils for the American hostages in Iran and most re-
cently, the Soviet-American summits.
The setting of the last stone on September 29,
1990, marks the realization of a dream and the culmi-
nation of years of tireless effort by scores of clergy
and craftsmen, artists and administrators, builders and
The all-but-completed Cathedral awaits its final stone, August 1990.
benefactors. Through their labors, after more than
Photo: John Wrigley.
three quarters of a century, Washington National Ca-
thedral stands as the great symbol of the religious
Fulfilling a Dream
heritage and foundation of this nation, and the con-
Since the first services were held in the Bethlehem
tinuing fulfillment of a purpose first, and perhaps
Chapel in 1912, the Cathedral has served as a house
best, expressed by Bishop Satterlee himself:
"
of worship not only for the Washington community,
a house of prayer for all people means a spir-
but for the entire nation and some of its most influ-
itual home to which men of every class, rich and
ential public figures.
poor, statesman, tradesman, and laborer, may come
President Woodrow Wilson is buried here-the
without money and without price, with the conscious-
only president buried in the District of Columbia-as
ness that it is their common Father's house."
Provost Charles Perry and the Rev. Billy Graham during inaugural services for President Ronald Reagan, 1980.
The procession for the laying of the Cathedral's first stone, September 29, 1907.
The Greeting of President Theodore Roosevelt
September 29, 1907
upon the occasion of
the laying of the Foundation Stone
Bishop Satterlee, and you, my friends and fellow
text that they shall be judged by their fruits. More
countrymen, and you, our guests: I have but one
and more we have grown to realize that the worth of
word of greeting to you today and to wish you God-
the professions of the men of any creed must largely
speed in the work begun this noon. The salutation is
be determined by the conduct of the men making
to be delivered by our guest, the Bishop of London,
those professions; that conduct is the touchstone by
who has a right to speak to us because he has shown
which we must test their character and their services.
in his life that he treats high office as high office
While there is much that is evil in the times, I
should alone be treated, either in Church or State,
want to call your attention to the fact that it was a
and above all, in a democracy such as ours-simply as
good many centuries ago that the Latin hymn was
giving a chance to render service. If office is accepted
composed, which said that the world is very evil and
by any man for its own sake and because of the
that the times were growing late. The times are evil;
honor it is felt to confer, he accepts it to his own
that is, there is much that is evil in them. It would
harm and to the infinite harm of those whom he
be to our shame and discredit if we failed to recog-
ought to serve. Its sole value comes in the State, but
nize that evil; if we wrapped ourselves in the mantle
above all its sole value comes in the Church, if it is
of a foolish optimism and failed to war with heart and
seized by the man who holds it as giving the chance
strength against the evil. It would be equally to our
to do yet more useful work for the people whom he
discredit if we sank back in sullen pessimism and de-
serves. I greet you here, Bishop Ingram, because you
clined to strive for good because we feared the
have used your office in the aid of mankind; and be-
strength of evil. There is much evil; there is much
cause while you have served all, you have realized
good, too; and one of the good things is that more
that the greatest need of service was for those to
and more we must realize that there is such a thing
whom least has been given in this world.
as a real, Christian fellowship among men of different
I believe so implicitly in the good that will be done
creeds, and that the real field for rivalry among and
by and through this Cathedral, Bishop Satterlee, be-
between the creeds comes in the rivalry of the en-
cause I know that you and those with you, the peo-
deavor to see which can render best service to man-
ple of your Church, the people of your kindred
kind, which can do the work of the Lord best by
Churches, to one of which I belong, are growing
doing His work for the people best.
more and more to realize that they must show by
I thank you for giving me a chance to say this word
their lives how well they appreciate the truth of the
of greeting today.
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Passing The Tame
EDITOR'S NOTE: One hundred and thirty years of Cathedral ex-
of the tradition" sat with the Chapter to pass along what they felt
perience come together in the persons of Canons Charles Martin,
should be known by those who would come after them. The fol-
R. Wayne Dirksen and Richard T. Feller. As the completion and
lowing is excerpted from those lengthy conversations.
consecration of the Cathedral came into view, these three "bearers
FELLER
form]. Especially in these latter years of greatly
The first tradition that I think we have here, and it's
heightened political and social and religious aware-
one that I inherited-and it's been SO strong-is a
ness. Mark uses the word "nations" when quoting
tradition of excellence. Excellence in architecture,
this, and how mightily inclusive of our native Ameri-
excellence in art, excellence in liturgy, music, confer-
cans it would be if we used that word. It would also
ences, whatever we do. That's a tradition that I think
be powerfully specific in identifying the present con-
should be carried on. It was handed to me with great
stituency of the Anglican Communion.
seriousness, and I would like to recommend that in
Luke has Jesus saying to those who sold in the
whatever is done that tradition be carried on. Satter-
Temple, "My house shall be called a house of
lee said, "To do a thing perfectly and to do it to
prayer, but you have made it into a den of robbers."
God" (or some words to that effect), and that's what
By this Jesus meant, I think, not just money chan-
we try to carry on.
gers, but robbers of faith and despoilers of spirit, and
MARTIN
despoilers of the vision.
Is this perhaps a prophetic warning for the Cathe-
The first thing for us all is to have a vision which is
dral? And for all churches? It seems to be a broad and
large, demanding and exacting, ever expanding, and
maybe eternal warning. What is to be avoided? The
ever related to the real, ever-changing world.
despoiling of God's house. If it becomes corrupted, it
Bishop Satterlee came here and saw a great Cathe-
will be taken notice of.
dral which would hold high, in the capital of the na-
A house that is built on a hill cannot be hid, and
tion, the values of the nation and the values of the
"in my Father's house are many mansions." There
church. To see what he did in this then-southern
are all sorts of spaces that are in this building. This
town and to have Congress pass a resolution creating
house is The House. God's House. "I am Alpha and
a national cathedral would today be impossible!
Omega," claims the house. It is the prophecy in
But the bishop had a vision and held to it. For ex-
stone. This house will not reinforce rhetoric nor toler-
ample, in picking the current location for the Cathe-
ate the artificial or pretentious, the unlovely or unlov-
dral-the Chapter as a whole was completely against
ing. None of those will His house tolerate.
it because it was so far out in the country that they
thought nobody would possibly come to it. Remem-
MARTIN
ber these were the days of horses and buggies. But
In terms of "a house of prayer for all people," the
the bishop chose the greatest location the Cathedral
Cathedral has made, through its leaders, an effort to
could have in this city or perhaps in any city; the
bring together religious faith which has carried on
highest spot overlooking the Capitol and the city as a
through the years and rendered a real service.
whole. And he stuck to it. They had the vision and
The fact that it is such a house for all brings an
the commitment to hold to it.
enormous number of visitors to the Cathedral. You
DIRKSEN
have people of all faiths coming and going away im-
Isaiah begins Chapter 56 with "Thus says the Lord.
pressed with that which is built.
Keep justice and do righteousness for my salvation
As to the building of this Cathedral: it wasn't any
will come and my deliverance will be revealed.
"
easy decision to make a decision on the nature of the
Then he goes on to say for all who believe in Him,
architecture. Gothic is great architecture, but during
His promise is to bring to His holy mountain all who
the liturgical revival they were attempting to bring in
keep the Sabbath and hold fast the covenant, and to
corporate worship and saying "the altar way up there
make them joyful and to accept their gifts at His al-
is remote from the congregation and doesn't have any
tar. And then the Lord reveals the name of His
meaning. You ought to rethink and redesign the
house when He says, "For my house shall be a house
whole doggone Cathedral and get your altar out in
of prayer for all peoples."
the center of people where they can join in and
The earlier builders adopted this as the motto-
participate!"
dared use it to describe the Cathedral Church of St.
It was seriously considered. Bishop Dun brought it
Peter and St. Paul, but used "people" singular in-
before the Chapter and the Building Committee, and
stead of "peoples." I've thought a lot about this, and
it was rejected. But on the other hand it brought
I think it's too bad [that they chose the singular
about the placement of the Sunday morning altar to
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where it presently is-out in the Crossing.
fering to God. The preaching is carefully prepared
Magnificent as the Cathedral building is, it must,
and faithful to the Word. This has been consistently
from my point of view, be used creatively and imagi-
so since its beginning.
natively in its worship.
This is provided for the faithful of all denomina-
DIRKSEN
tions, not only on Sunday but during the week.
Worship in the Cathedral is distinguished most by its
Nothing we do now permits a dissembling for popular
quality. Much prayerful thought and concentrated at-
appeal, for to do so would despoil the offering pre-
tention to well-prepared detail is given to it. It is
sented. What the Cathedral's larger mission requires,
faithful to our book. In the preparation and selection
however, is yet to be met: regular opportunity for the
of music it is faithful to a long tradition, while
traditions of other worshippers to be offered by those
equally promoting the best that new creators are of-
who would and could make the best of offerings, not
Three voices of Cathedral history: Canons R. Wayne Dirksen, Richard T. Feller and Charles Martin.
the occasional, but as a part of the weekly rota of
and if you put it in the framework of what we are
services.
taught by God's great promise to us as exemplified in
Not to be crowded in among other services, and
the building, then that will be the mission of the
thereby diminished in comparisons of attendance or
Cathedral.
attention paid, but a rota developed and staffed for
the Cathedral, and with the financial and liturgical
MARTIN
support of the Cathedral. It should not replace what
This is a national cathedral that can speak of the val-
we do well. Rather it would enhance and broaden our
ues which it stands for to the nation as a whole, to
whole offering to Him in His house for all the believ-
the people in government, to the authorities that are
ing and all the faithful-foreigners as well as us.
here, and to all of the varied life that is in the capital
It is not a parish mission we would supplant; but
and the nation.
that is where it would have to begin. I would like to
A tension which has been real, is [the Cathedral's]
see that all, who in any parish have a special offering
relation to the diocese as a whole. It is a cathedral of
of prayer and praise to make in their tradition, find a
the diocese. The Cathedral has done much imagina-
place and a time set aside regularly to make it in the
tively in trying to bring together and to lessen that
Cathedral. The Cathedral's mission is to promote the
tension. Yes, the Cathedral must be ever seeking to
Word.
minister to the diocese of Washington, but to the
ever changing world which is its diocese as well.
FELLER
I was for twenty-seven years a headmaster of a
We need to continue as a true cathedral, not as a par-
school on these grounds. There are enormous re-
ish church. To make it a true cathedral, and I believe
sources here in the schools which the Cathedral must
we may be the only true cathedral in America, I urge
nurture, and for which it must be grateful. First,
that we continue it as a true cathedral, without Ca-
there are roughly 1200-1500 students, and their
thedral membership. The truth is that the National
parents.
Cathedral Association are the members of this
Then, there are several thousand alumni who have
Cathedral.
been nurtured in the life of the Cathedral, and
And we need a continuation of our tradition of
among them some of the leaders of the nation. That
strong lay leadership. Lay leadership was started in
richness must be nourished, recognized and brought
this Cathedral by Charles Carroll Glover in the 1890s.
into the total life of the Cathedral.
Through his leadership other strong leaders were en-
This is the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. St.
dorsed and it has continued. This Cathedral has
Peter was an impetuous cuss, he often failed to exer-
never been dominated by the ecclesiastics as many
cise good judgment-at a critical moment, when Our
churches and cathedrals are.
Lord was being crucified, he denied him, he didn't
And along with that goes the tradition of integrity;
have the courage. He also often made judgments
especially integrity with regard to large gifts. There is
which were obviously not too wise, yet he did have a
no doubt that there are at least two kinds of donors
remarkable position among the apostles and still
who come to us. There are the donors who wish to
does. He had a depth of commitment, he had an un-
return to God something that was given to them.
derstanding of the Teacher's view of life, that ulti-
The other kind of donors are those who come and
mately enabled him to give his life, both physically
want to give a gift for their own enhancement and for
and in the work he did, and in martyrdom. I believe
their own name. What I'm recommending, is to be
that we don't ask enough of each other. We ask too
careful of the second type of donor. Don't take a
little of each other rather than too much.
large gift and sell your soul for it. Don't take a gift
St. Paul, ye gods, he was to the right of good Sen-
with too many strings attached.
ator Helms in his presentations! Then he saw the
DIRKSEN
weakness of his point of view, his understanding, and
he was converted.
Mission-how many committees have studied the
mission of this Cathedral? I cannot begin to tell you.
I've always distrusted a little bit people who are
What is the Cathedral's mission in this age? Promo-
converted and who change radically from one position
to another, but I read 13th Corinthians-and what
tion. Promotion of religion, promotion of education,
promotion of charity, of loving kindness, of attention,
understanding this man had, what gifts he had. What
I'm saying is that St. Peter and St. Paul were human
of compassion.
Many other institutions or organizations are like the
beings, and with a new bishop-well he will be hu-
man and have weaknesses and it will be our responsi-
Cathedral when you come down to it. Colleges, uni-
versities, think-tanks. All of them can do this confer-
bility as Chapter to have understanding, sympathy,
ence type of thing, but none of them can do it with
and to help him to hold up his hands, and above all
what is carried in the tenor, in the tone, in the name
to have imagination to be able to see the opportuni-
ties here.
of that stone bible. None of them can do it amidst all
A cathedral lifted high on a hill in the capital of
of that eternity and glorious history that surrounds us
what is still the "greatest nation in the world. Here is
and moves us and frames us.
Our mission is right there. It is all of those things.
an opportunity and a responsibility.
It is the broadest mission you can possibly make. If
you make it authentically, and you do it perfectly,
Excerpted from transcripts by LEONARD FREEMAN
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R. Wayne Dirksen, third organist-choirmaster of the Cathedral, conducting.
Making a Joyful Noise
THE MUSIC OF THE CATHEDRAL
by JO and WAYNE DIRKSEN
The first music of the Cathedral was the singing of a choir
of many Washington churches, and it processed and
walking on a hill toward a beginning. The choir was there
sang at noon on September 29, 1907. That day was
to be a part of the laying of a foundation stone. They were
the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, and among
there to celebrate and partake of a commitment, and the
Michael's band would have been the angels who sang
people sang of hope for the future and belief in God.
"Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his peo-
In 1901 the Peace Cross was placed on the hillside
ple on earth," as noted in the gospels. Also included
just east of St. Alban's Church. Thereafter, every
in his angel band would have been those spoken of
"good weather" Sunday afternoon in a natural hollow
in Genesis, ascending and descending Jacob's dream
called the amphitheater, just below the church,
ladder, and also those angels who sang for joy at the
prayer services were held. United States Marine Band
creation of the earth, as told in the story of Job. We
members played and the people sang hymns. Ser-
should add to Michael's band other noisy but invisi-
mons spoke of the hope for a great church to be built
ble artists who always show up for feasts and par-
on the hill someday. National Cathedral School for
ties-the many singers; dancers, lute, harp, and tim-
Girls had been founded, and its (Phoebe) Hearst Hall
brel players that the psalm writers mention as being
built (1900) for the classes already underway. The
present on celebratory occasions.
Harriet Lane-Johnston Building (1904) was next to
On that day, the Laying of the Foundation Stone,
rise and house the choir school, later to become Saint
the congregation of several thousand and the whole
Albans School for Boys.
United States Marine Band were undoubtedly aug-
That choir singing the first Cathedral music num-
mented, if not completely overwhelmed by a multi-
bered several hundred. It was the combined singers
tude of heavenly music makers, all joining in highest
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praise to God's glory.
When the deep ribs of the Cathedral were formed and
while the foundations were dug with horses and steam shov-
els, people sang hymns of praise. Music was there when the
strong arms of the buttresses were raised, and the great Al-
leluia inscribed on the apse of the Cathedral.
We speak not of large congregations standing ranks
deep around the dusty-in-the-heat, mired-in-the-rain
excavation, serenading the toiling workmen each day
as they poured hundreds of thousands of cubic yards
of concrete. No, the people weren't singing those
hymns every day-just on Sundays, in their good
clothes, and in their parish churches. We are speak-
ing here of the distant, mystical reverberations of the
angel's songs, anticipating their arising, singing, danc-
ing and playing place of new celebrations-an acous-
tic home on earth, a house of praise and prayer for all
people. They were ever on watch close by, partici-
pating throughout the decades of building. We refer
to their work as "providence." There are numberless
examples of their input in the history of the Cathe-
dral project.
Music is woven into the Cathedral, into the stones of its
fabric as well as its worship. Someone once said of a Ca-
thedral that it was "frozen music. Indeed, you can almost
"hear" the delicacy of the tracery, the soaring of the arches,
the powerful theme of the west facade.
This is quite true, but because it is never "heard"
by everyone in the same time and key, it is pretty
hard to just "pitch" in and get with it all at once.
The music which we associate with the Cathedral is
carefully chosen, rehearsed, and performed. Once the
Bethlehem Chapel was opened in 1912, and an organ
was installed, and the excellent Edgar "Daddy"
Priest, who was already the Organist and Master of
the Choir, moved in with his singers trained in the
When the deep ribs of the Cathedral were formed, music was there.
four-century-old Anglican tradition of church music,
things began to change. The al fresco music of the
first decades was not unworthy, but it must have
been ad hoc because of weather, changing Marine
Band musicians, rotating clergy assignments, few out-
of-door "refreshment" facilities, and no sound sys-
tem. No wonder they depended a good bit on "angel
band" reinforcements and faintly heard reverberations
for the larger inspiration.
We can well imagine that many breathed a vast
sigh of refreshing peace and relief when they first
heard the music of Wesley and Stanford, and Byrd
and Bach, and Elgar and Tallis in Bethlehem Chapel.
And when they sang the familiar old hymns in that
Edgar "Daddy"
resonant, intimate and beautifully arched place, with
Priest, first organist
and choirmaster of
the English stained glass glowing at the matins or
the Cathedral.
evensong hour, undoubtedly they felt the joyful reas-
surance of being closest to the angels and the heav-
enly city, exactly as we feel today, singing those
same hymns in the finished Cathedral.
Ah yes, they knew, just as we know, why Cathe-
Dr. Paul Calla-
dral music in kind and quality and space stirs
way, second Cathe-
thoughts and spirits to vibrate with angelic songs. It
dral organist-choir-
has the delicacy of tracery, the soaring of arches, the
master, with
reverberations of unseen instruments and angel sing-
Princess Margaret
ers all about. Finally, it has two great powers: the
of England.
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power to instill a mystical quietude with searching in-
aged new music of many gifted young composers, but
timacy, or the power to overwhelm and shake with
he played and conducted all of my Cathedral music
emotion: the gamut between the Incarnation and the
with enthusiasm, great skill and love. He encouraged
Resurrection.
and embraced my talent, thereby enriching our work
The great Cathedral music tradition of a gifted and
and the Cathedral. Most occasions for which I com-
well-trained choir of men and boys providing the li-
posed were joyful, and the music was inspirited by,
turgical music for all principal Sunday services and
and offered to "God's Glory alone"- - A Soli Dei Glo-
several week-day services was established in Wash-
ria, as Johann Sebastian Bach wrote at the end of every
ington's new Cathedral. by Daddy Priest. It remains
one of his hundreds of compositions. That phrase de-
strong and foremost in our music today because Paul
fines the offering of every gift made to the Cathe-
Callaway succeeded him in 1939, and I joined Paul in
dral-all the gifts of substance, of talent, or of de-
1942. We were to work together for the next thirty-
voted service. To do a thing perfectly and for God
four years, training choir boys and men, playing and
has been the sole aim of many who helped to build
conducting music for thousands of services, as well as
the Cathedral.
for hundreds of other events both in and outside the
Voice had to be given more space for the transepts were
Cathedral. We worked with many other musicians in
full. But the nave had to be filled. More human voices
Washington and beyond. We were a team. Our tal-
were needed; the choral society broadened the reach of the
ents were complementary; we sensed each other intu-
music, pushing toward the west wall. Orchestras had to be
itively and compared notes often, and our objectives
there to augment and expand the music. The rising arches
were never in doubt. When Paul retired in 1977, I
of the nave silently demanded that the Cathedral music
continued with the able assistance of Douglas Major,
should be as unforgettable as the "frozen music" of the
and in 1988 the strong tradition of the Cathedral mu-
flying buttresses
And the organ had to grow with the
sic was passed on with satisfaction. He is now the
building.
fourth Organist and Choirmaster.
The greatest single influence on Cathedral music
As the Cathedral grew, the music grew. Hymns, chants,
over the years has been the building process itself-
anthems, the sounds people want to hear, the sound of
the slow growing of the space and beauty.
themselves singing and the choir singing. The music that
The Great Organ built by Ernest M. Skinner and
composers had given them. The great old hymns everyone
installed in 1938 was considered to be a crowning
knew, the exciting anthems not everyone knew, the music of
achievement of American organ building. It was su-
the old churchman Bach, the lovely and new music of young
perbly voiced to fill the length and breadth of the
composers.
one-hundred-and-fifty-foot long Great Choir, side
Over the ensuing years this "young composer" was
chapels, and the north transept. It had seventy-eight
to write over two hundred anthems, hymns, psalm
hundred pipes. In 1957 the console (keyboards and
chants, arrangements, two oratorios, and brassy fan-
control center of the organ) had worn out completely,
fares for Bishops to enter and walk by. Paul encour-
and the Cathedral was just at the beginning of the
Groups from around the world sing at the Cathedral year-round. Here the Howard University Choir.
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The Cathedral Choral Society is a rich part of the Cathedral's artistic offering.
first large expansion of space since 1928-the south
"sound" the completed Cathedral from east to west
transept and additional height and two more bays of
and north to south; to design and build the new con-
the Nave. It was time to begin planning the organ for
sole that would control the future, finished instru-
the future.
ment; and to lay out the time frame to propose,
The job that was before us was to envision and
fund, plan, and complete such a project. All of that
specify the organ that would someday be needed to
was to be accomplished by Cathedral people, under
Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, with Assistant Organist Robert Lehman.
Douglas Major, fourth-and current-
organist-choirmaster of Washington Na-
tional Cathedral.
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Cathedral management. A consortium was formed
that lasted for thirty-three years. Some members were
on the staff, some chief advisors, technicians, and
others of special abilities were attached for the space
of time needed to see particular work improved upon
or new work added. The whole grand scheme was
completed just this past year-forty years from the
time it was conceived.
The organ is, in this year of the Cathedral's com-
pletion and consecration, an instrument of unequalled
integrity of design and artistic intention. It is not a
new organ, a reproduction or a restoration. It is a non
pareil of the organ building art. It is not the work of a
company or a committee, or an individual. It is the
long work of a continuing and changing consortium
whose uniquely gifted members accept the excellent
work of those before them, and enlarge and create
upon that foundation, knowing it to be worthy of
their finest efforts.
In that observation may lie a key to understanding
sound Cathedral ministry: that which has been well-
conceived, understood, realized, and constructive in
Music "born of the occasions.' Cathedral folk Eucharist began in 1960.
the past, is most worthy of credible, considered, and
valuable change for the future. Think of a Cathedral
The music also spills out of the hearts and through
and its work as "a refiner's fire." It is not particularly
the voices and fingers of thousands of young people
useful as a space laboratory, nor an archaeological dig.
in visiting choirs from all over America who come to
In 1962-64 as the Gloria in Excelsis tower grew, the
sing preludes, and visiting organists and instrumental-
addition of the fifty-three-bell Kibbey Carillon and
ists to play recitals. The students in our own schools
the ten-bell ring above it increased the making of
were singing spiritual songs in their chapel services
music in both dimension and kind. The ringing of
here before the Foundation Stone was laid, and have
the peal changes could be heard for a couple of miles
continued to do so ever since.
downwind, and the melodies of the carillon could be
The Cathedral music has washed like great healing
the softest of sounds or the most jubilant. To the
seas over the aroused emotions of storms of people
evenings outside on practice nights was added a
who came to the Cathedral during the sixties and
whole new range of chiming and pealing music that
seventies. In sorrow and outrage they protested injus-
charmed and intrigued the ears and raised the spirits
tice and decried war. On those occasions all of the
of those on the drives and lawns below.
Cathedral resonance sounded, and the music of the
In 1942 a small choral society was founded by Paul
people was a part of it; and all of the bells and organs
to sing the greater religious masterworks by the giants
were heard, along with the guitars and folk singers
among composers. The masses and oratorios of Bach,
who sang songs not in the Anglican tradition. But
Handel, Monteverdi, Mozart, Beethoven, and many
that was of no matter, for the Cathedral's invisible,
others were heard year after year, with symphony or-
spiritual music makers picked up easily on the strains
chestras and the finest soloists participating. A new
and caused the people to sing and clap, and then join
cultural space was filled in the Cathedral, but it
hands and sway back and forth, intoning a great
spread throughout the community as the Cathedral
hymn of conscience and impressive resolution. And
Choral Society grew in size and importance.
the massive stone columns "moved," and the "frozen
And so, as the growing building demanded more
silence" melted into waves of the angelic music
music-making facility, so it was added generously,
which seemed to presage once more, "Peace to his
wisely, and in good proportion.
people on earth." And it was music in the Cathedral,
The music of the Cathedral was never created to be a
concluding with that great last song of the Bach Mass
"mission" to the city of Washington. It was always an im-
in B minor- Dona nobis pacem." Grant us thy peace.
mediate expression of worship, carefully rehearsed, shaped
The music of the Cathedral has been born of the occa-
and crafted, but ever spontaneous and reflective of the
sions-human occasions. People rejoicing, mourning,
needs of everyone who heard it. Yet, without intention, a
inspirited, laughing. Responsive to the human need for
grace and a pattern formed in the city of Washington.
harmony and spiritual refreshment, its music fills the Ca-
The font of music at the Cathedral irrigated the city
thedral with warmth and ever expands the fabric beyond its
for the seedlings that would become the Washington
parameters. It is one of the dimensions of the Cathedral
Opera Society, the Choral Arts Society, and the fine,
that is as fleeting and hard to capture as a prayer. It is
flourishing singing groups that gladden singers and
none the less real for its seeming fragility, any more than
listeners all around the town. The music flowed out
human life is less real because its tenure is brief.
of the transepts to summer concerts. It played for
Music and cathedrals can never be "frozen." Love
dancers in the crossing and carilloned and pealed
of God and song are too much in the human heart to
from the Gloria in Excelsis tower.
be static.
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The Cathedral story begins with the "Creation." Here Sculptor Frederick Hart with model for the Creation tympanum.
What the Cathedral Says
THE ICONOGRAPHY AND SYMBOLISM OF THE COMPLETED CATHEDRAL
by RICHARD T. FELLER
A
Ithough the leaders of Washington National Ca-
(pointed areas above the doorways) symbolizing the
thedral followed the ancient tradition of building it
creation of mankind, the visible, and the invisible
from east to west, its iconographic scheme begins at
universe. It includes the trumeau (canopied niche be-
the west facade and reaches its culmination in the
tween doors) figures of Adam in the center and Peter
sanctuary in the east. The iconography begins with
and Paul, the Cathedral's patron saints, each in a
the west portal sculpture of the three tympanums
tower portal. The lovely bronze gates amplify this
creation symbolism.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Iconography is the technical name for the
Emerging in the nave from under the west bal-
overall schema for the symbolic story that the artistic elements of
a church or cathedral are meant to tell. Washington National
cony, the Lincoln Bay on the north, and Washington
Cathedral's art-its windows, statuary, carvings, etc. - has been
Bay on the south are visibly dedicated to two of the
created through the years to tell a story, and to convey a series of
greatest American presidents. Aisles extending east
interrelated messages. The following article shares the iconography
from each of them until they intersect the transepts
of this Cathedral.
are filled with memorial bays to many distinguished
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American families who have been a part of the raising
of this Cathedral. In these bays are statues of saints
of many Christian nations, and corbels carved as like-
nesses of renowned modern Christians exemplify the
carrying of the gospel to many peoples.
Commandments & Creeds
Over the west balcony, the high vaulting bosses at
the intersection of the vaulting ribs graphically dram-
atize the Ten Commandments received by Moses.
They are a prelude to those of the first bay of the
nave, where begins the great credal statements of our
faith. These credal statements, drawn from the his-
toric Apostles and Nicene Creeds, one in each bay,
march eastward through the nave and great crossing
and are complete over the high altar with the state-
ment, "I BELIEVE IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO
COME."
High vaulting bosses at West End tell the story of Moses and the Ten
The Woodrow Wilson Bay.
Commandments.
The large four-lancet clerestory (top level) windows
Christ in Majesty, the centerpiece.
of the nave portray events in the Old Testament his-
tory of the Hebrew nation until the two nave cleres-
tory windows nearest the great crossing that depict
the conversions of the mighty saints, Peter and Paul.
The nave aisle window, at the level below the cleres-
tory, portray figures throughout Christian history who
have expressed their Christian faith through their
life's work. Stone carvings on faces of the nave outer
aisle bays depict Old Testament scenes on the north
and encounters from the Book of Acts on the south
side.
A detail of wood
carving, telling the
story of the three
wise men.
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The Cathedral's West Rose Window, by stained-glass artisan Ronald LeCompte.
Rose Windows
In the west wall above the nave balcony is the mag-
nificent Creation rose window expressing in darting
shafts of light the creation of this earth and all that is
therein. Its predecessors were the north rose window
depicting the Last Judgment and the Church Trium-
phant of the future in the south transept rose. The
six clerestory windows of the south transept signify
the great streams of Christianity that hopefully will
one day become the Church Triumphant.
Canterbury Pulpit
The centerpiece at the intersection of the cruciform-
shaped Cathedral is the Canterbury Pulpit, con-
structed of stones from Canterbury Cathedral recall-
ing the history of translation of the Bible into the
English language. Mounting the steps into the great
choir, the worshiper passes beneath the richly orna-
mented rood screen and above it, the rood beam with
its crucifixion carvings under the soffit stone arch
carvings of the nine orders of angels.
The Chapels
The east aisle of the south transept is the setting of
the War Memorial chapel as a tribute to those who
paid the supreme sacrifice for our nation, and cen-
tered around Christ whose death was the supreme
sacrifice for the sins of all mankind. Adjacent to it is
the Children's Chapel in miniature scale devoted to
children with scenes from the life of Jesus as he min-
istered to children. Its counterpart on the north side
is the chapel devoted to symbolism of the third per-
Detail from the Canterbury pulpit.
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son of the Trinity and known as the Chapel of the
High above the high
Holy Spirit.
altar, Credal boss.
In the crypt of the Cathedral the three chapels are
symbolic of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus.
His birth is again recalled in the tympanum carving
of the north transept entrance. Parallel to it, the
carved tympanum of the deeply recessed south tran-
sept depicts Jesus among his disciples for the Last
Supper and, beneath it, His Resurrection appearance
on the road to Emmaus.
There being no traditional "Virgin chapel'' to the
east of the high altar reredos in this Cathedral, the
north choir aisle features a chapel devoted to the
Jerusalem. Above and behind the high altar is a richly
symbolism of Mary, Mother of Jesus. The chapel in
carved stone reredos with a seated Christ in majesty
the south choir aisle contains sculpture portraying the
as its centerpiece. Around this Majestus are nearly
beloved disciple Saint John. In traditional religious
one-hundred statues of all manner of persons who in
art, Mary is on the left and John to the right at the
the history of the church, have met the six biblical
foot of the cross.
tests.
The Sanctuary: Christ in Majesty
The architectural carvings in the apse are all sym-
bolic of the ancient hymn, Te Deum ("We Praise
Passing through the choir the worshiper approaches
Thee O God"). From the emerging Adam in the cen-
the sanctuary altar railing with depictions of the disci-
ter west portal trumeau to the Majestus of the great
ples and their symbols. Inside the sanctuary is the
reredos above the high altar, an iconographic theme
Glastonbury bishop's throne for the Bishop of Wash-
is carried forward that fulfills the inscription embed-
ington. Before it is the Compass Rose, symbol of the
ded in the 1907 foundation stone, "THE WORD WAS
Anglican Communion. Ascending the steps to the
MADE FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US."
high altar, the priest stands on stones brought from
Mount Sinai where the Ten Commandments were
As Canon Clerk of the Works, RICHARD T. FELLER has been
given to Moses. The high altar itself is erected of
deeply involved in the execution of the Cathedral's iconographic
stones from the ancient quarries outside the walls of
story, working with artists and artisans for nearly four decades.
The Cathedral, from West to East, proclaims: "The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. "
TheYearofConsecrationinReview
by LEONARD FREEMAN
THE SLOW ASCENT OF A GRAND FINIAL STONE, to the
top of the Phillips Memorial Great Pinnacle on the
Cathedral's northwest (St. Peter) tower, on Saturday,
September 30, 1989, marked the beginning of a year-
long series of events to celebrate the completion and
consecration of Washington National Cathedral. It
was a symbol of construction completed, and of a
building rising to its heights; moreover, the ceremony
marked the effort and sacrifice borne for nearly a cen-
tury for the vision of such a "great church for national
purposes" to come into existence.
The movement of the stone provided an echo of
what would be-the placement of the Cathedral's
very last stone on September 29, 1990 on the Na-
tional Cathedral Association Great Pinnacle atop the
southwest (St. Paul) tower. But it also marked the
passing of one who had labored for more than a dec-
ade to see the dream become a reality. Within mo-
ments of the ascent, word came to the assembled
crowd that Bishop and Dean John T. Walker was
dead. Said Provost Charles Perry: "He wanted to
celebrate where we had come from to where we are
now
And I hope that this year of celebration will
be, in fact, a year of dedication, celebration and con-
secration in his memory and to his honor."
Bishop Walker
The vision of Bishop Walker, and of those who had
labored before him and with him, was that the Ca-
thedral would be more than simply a monument, a
great Gothic edifice. That it would truly be a church
of God, a house of prayer for all people, "a great
The passing of Bishop John T. Walker at year's opening shocked the
church for national purposes." In the spirit of that vi-
Cathedral family.
sion the events of the year marked milestones of both
building completion and of program and mission fo-
lighted the Cathedral's roots in the Episcopal and An-
cus. The five themes of the consecration year were:
glican traditions. During October 1989, the 200th an-
Thanksgiving, Stewardship, Learning, Compassion,
niversary of the American Book of Common Prayer
and a Celebration of Heritage.
and the 100th anniversary of the Episcopal Church's
United Thank Offering were honored with special
What's in a Name
services and events, including an exhibition in the
The "national focus" was exemplified in the decision
Cathedral's Rare Book Library featuring first editions
made even before the year's start, to combine the
of the Book of Common Prayer.
previously used forms Washington Cathedral and Na-
In April 1990 Archbishop of Canterbury Robert
tional Cathedral, and to adopt the name Washington
A.K. Runcie preached to the assembled North Amer-
National Cathedral for popular usage. The intention
ican (Anglican) Cathedral Deans, and dedicated a
was to mark both the Cathedral within its location as
Compass Rose, symbol of the sixty-four-million-mem-
a great house of prayer in and for the community of
ber Anglican Communion, in the Cathedral's altar
Washington, and its service as a consciously raised up
pavement floor. Earlier, in February, Dean John
symbol of the deepest religious roots and heritage of
Simpson of the mother church of the Anglican Com-
the nation as a whole.
munion, Canterbury Cathedral, presented a silver
chalice to the Cathedral as a symbol of the common
Celebrations of Heritage
ministry and mission of the two centers of the faith.
The theme of Celebrating Our Heritage was evident
And in mid-September 1990, just two weeks before
in a series of opening services and events which high-
the final consecration, the assembled bishops of the
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Episcopal Church USA gathered to worship in a spe-
Festival; an American Guild of Carillonneurs confer-
cial celebration of the Cathedral's Episcopal heritage.
ence; the tenth annual Interfaith Conference Con-
cert; and the Sursum Corda ("Lift up your hearts")
Compassion, Stewardship, Learning
musicale evening during the final consecration
The cathedral's ministry to raise up issues of impor-
weekend.
tance and to contribute to the common good were
Flower Mart 1990 focused on the American heri-
evident throughout the year in a carefully planned
tage, bringing together foods and crafts and entertain-
series of programs. From a "Women and Power"
ment representing of the whole country, with First
conference on the roles and power of women in our
Lady Barbara Bush, and television personality Willard
world, to explorations of the relation between the
Scott.
new physics and the biblical tradition in "Heavenly
The Episcopal Diocese of Washington celebrated
News: Scientific and Biblical Concepts of the Uni-
the Cathedral's role as "chief mission church of the
verse," to a call for a new partnership between the
diocese," dedicating the spacious West Portal Court
faith and conservation communities in a springtime
in memory of Bishop John Walker, and topping off
"Festival of Creation," the Cathedral used its visibil-
its contribution of the diocesan pinnacle with a grand
ity and integrity as a platform for clarifying and rally-
finial honoring Bishop William Creighton.
ing public thought.
Similarly, special occasions of worship and prayer
Public Participants
spoke to topics and human concerns as diverse as:
Numerous public figures participated in the year's ac-
AIDS, crime and drugs in the capital city, the
tivities, from President and Mrs. Bush, to His Royal
church's ministry to higher education, the ministry of
Highness Prince Philip, Astronauts Michael Collins
those who serve as police, fire and safety profession-
and Frederick Gregory, Archbishops of Canterbury
als, the Bush-Gorbachev summit meetings, and the
Robert A.K. Runcie and Donald Coggan (retired),
public servants and service of the city of Washington.
the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA
A week-long program of prayer and study focused on
Edmond Browning, theologians Jurgen Moltmann
the spiritual journey through the life and work of
and Walter Bruggeman, scientist Owen Gingerich,
Evelyn Underhill.
environmental leaders Jessica Mathews and William
With a Voice of Praise
K. Reilly, the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Washington, and the Episcopal Church's House of
Numerous occasions of thanksgiving dotted the year,
Bishops and gathered Cathedral Deans.
with praise through music taking a high profile.
Special appreciation of those who contributed to
Amongst these were: a concert of Music for Royal
the building of this edifice was expressed in a warmly
Occasions by the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys;
received Cathedral Builders series featuring presenta-
a special presentation of Haydn's "Creation" by the
tions about and by many of those whose inspiration,
Cathedral Choral Society in conjunction with the
artistic genius, and hard work have become so amply
"Festival of Creation" and the dedication of the west
visible. And artists Rowan LeCompte, Frederick Hart
facade; the world premiere of Leo Sowerby's "La
and Ulrich Henn were present for the dedication of
Corona" by the Choral Arts Society of Washington; a
the Creation Facade.
"Great Organists" master recital series in February/
The schools and colleges of the Cathedral Founda-
March 1990, as well as the offerings of the Summer
tion each participated. An Ascension Day "celebra-
The "Festival of Creation" focused on ecological and religious cooperation.
benefied
the Rouse
Hoppy
creator and the Christ. The great Christmas service
was once more televised nationwide. Two separate
PBS specials, one on the Cathedral itself, another an
offering of music, were initiated during the Consecra-
tion Year. Numerous articles-some in-depth, many
on specific aspects of the Cathedral's ministry-ap-
peared in the press, both religious and secular. New
brochures and books, retellings or completions of pre-
vious texts about the Cathedral, were published.
New videos were begun to tell the story in a new
way.
The More Things Change
In one sense the Year of Consecration was a very spe-
cial year-a spectacular display of Washington Na-
tional Cathedral's many gifts and possibilities. In an-
Heavenly News: theologian Walter Bruggeman (center) and scientist
Owen Gingerich (right) explore theories of creation with Canon
other sense it was really a very typical year; for what
Hamilton.
occurred was consistent with, and an extension of,
the life and commitments and program the Cathedral
tion of learning" brought together the students and
has been involved in almost since its birth.
faculties of St. Albans, Beauvoir, and National Cathe-
A house of prayer for all, a great church for na-
dral School. The College of Preachers held a Fall
tional purposes, a diocesan Cathedral, an institution
1989 weekend of events focusing on its ministry from
of learning, proclamation, worship and ministry. All
the Close, and the College of the Laity presented a
the changes were rung during the Year of Consecra-
special summer 1990 conference on "The Moral and
tion. It was an echo and a foretaste, of what has been
Spiritual Dimensions of Work" for business and com-
and what will be.
munity leaders, educators, and others concerned with
the spirituality of work.
Communicating
Consecration Year Materials
The Cathedral's ability to reach out, as almost a mass
media of its own, was also evident during the year.
Included in this special issue of Cathedral Age is an in-
Visitor numbers reached new highs, with more than
sert featuring products created to commemorate the
5,000 touring the building on some days and being
consecration and completion of Washington National
Cathedral. Several additional commemorative products
exposed to its implicit and explicit messages of the
will be available through the Museum Shop as well as
those highlighted in the insert.
A video, based on the multi-image slide presenta-
tion produced for the September 27th Recognition
Dinner, is an overview of the history, creation and vi-
sion realized in Washington National Cathedral. It will
be available during the Consecration Weekend.
Later in the fall a special Consecration Year video
will be available featuring landmarks of the Year of
Consecration, culminating with extensive coverage of
the special weekend including the laying of the last
stone and the consecration service.
Also available later this fall will be the premier issue
of Cathedral Papers. The cathedral is host to a number
of prominent people who provide conference lectures,
sermons or other communication. Through the Cathe-
dral Papers series, we hope to provide an opportunity
to bring the Cathedral beyond its walls by publishing
portions of these noted programs so the reader may
share in the thoughts and hopes these papers contain.
The first two volumes will present highlights of the
January 1990 "Heavenly News" conference on scien-
tific and biblical conceptions of the universe with
Owen Gingerich and Walter Bruggeman, and the
"Festival of Creation" presentations by Prince Philip,
Jurgen Moltmann, Jessica Mathews and William K.
Reilly.
Please call the Museum Shop at (202) 537-6267
for ordering information on any of the above.
Diocesan pinnacle and dedication of Walker West Portal Court.
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cathedral builders
Twenty years on the Hill:
An Interview with Charles Austin Perry
by LINDSAY J. HARDIN
THE VERY REV. CHARLES A. PERRY, provost of
the Cathedral since 1978, will become president and
dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific
(CDSP) on October 26, 1990. Perry leaves Washing-
ton National Cathedral for seminary life after almost
twenty years of service on the hill, including eight
years as executive officer of the Episcopal Diocese of
Washington.
As the Cathedral's principal preacher and iconogra-
pher, Charles Perry has overseen all aspects of Cathe-
dral life, including worship, program, and finance.
Under his leadership, the Cathedral's $10 million
dollar bank debt was paid off, and the construction
completed.
Many outreach programs have also been added, in-
cluding the Volunteer Service Community, which re-
cruits college-age young people to work under Cathe-
dral auspices in social agencies in Washington, and
the school outreach program, which brings thousands
of city and suburban school children to the Cathedral
for education experiences.
Provost Charles Austin Perry.
Perry is regarded widely as a teacher of laity and
clergy, presenting regular courses on biblical interpre-
The second thing is that, along with the Cathedral
tation at the College of Preachers and for the Na-
construction, we've been able to substantially in-
tional Cathedral Association.
crease our programmatic outreach. In 1983, we made
Charles and Mrs. Perry, the former Clara Joy Jones
what I consider to be a highly moral and courageous
who has been an active participant in the life of the
decision: to work toward completion of the Cathedral
Cathedral in her own right, will move to their new
while simultaneously increasing the budget and com-
home near San Francisco Bay shortly after Charles'
mitment for mission and ministry, including worship,
last service at the Cathedral, the Consecration on
program, music, and outreach.
September 30, 1990. They will take with them the
The third thing is that we wanted to recover and
warm wishes of their many friends and colleagues
restore a strong sense on the part of volunteers and
staff of a commitment to this Cathedral and its mis-
who wish them Godspeed.
sion. For example, in those days there were only
LINDSAY HARDIN: After twenty years on Mount
7000 members of the National Cathedral Association.
St. Alban, what would you list as your greatest
There's 20,500 today. We've added 10,000 people to
accomplishments?
the Cathedral Age mailing list in the the last year.
CHARLES A. PERRY: Well, the first and most ob-
Those are major additions to our family.
vious would be the completion of the Cathedral. In
LH: If you could look ahead; what would you like
1978, when I became provost, neither John Walker
the Cathedral to be doing twenty years from now?
nor I saw the completion of the Cathedral happening
CAP: I'd like to see the Cathedral be an adult edu-
in any short time span. The Cathedral was $11 mil-
cation center for the Episcopal Church. The Episco-
lion in debt, the staff had been cut by one third, the
pal Church has not always done a good job of raising
operating budget was in extreme deficit, and the an-
the theological I.Q. and sophistication of its other-
nual interest on the construction debt was $945,000.
wise highly educated community. And we have the
It was a general state of demoralization. Since then,
chance in this place to provide educational opportuni-
we've been able to make significant progress: we're
ties across the board.
out of debt, we' re well-staffed, and our morale is high.
My greatest disappointment is that we never got
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Second, we have been able to be much more re-
sponsive to national and international needs. That's
been a long tradition of the Cathedral, but we have
been more intensive and intentional about it. For ex-
ample, the whole building up of the relationships
with the churches in the Soviet Union, our relation-
ship with churches in South Africa, and involvement
with moments of national tragedy, such as the Teh-
ran hostage crisis or the KAL airplane disaster.
The Cathedral has always had some involvement
with national events, but it had been principally fu-
nerals. We now celebrate new beginnings as well,
such as our presidential inaugural services. We take
the initiative when there's a need. I think we're in a
position now that the world sees this as our mission.
LH: In the Episcopal Church, we're often embar-
Provost Charles Perry with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
rassed about talking about money, even on the local
O'Connor during bicentennial celebration of constitution at Cathedral.
parish level. What have you learned here about rais-
into that as the Cathedral community. I did myself in
ing funds that would be helpful for the church at large?
terms of teaching courses. But we never said, "That's
CAP: It's an old learning. It's nothing new. And that
our job and that's going to really be central.' And I
is that Christians need to share their assets and in-
think there's a wonderful opportunity there.
come with others. The more they have, the more
Second, this Cathedral is by its very nature an
they need to share it. The problems of greed and av-
evangelical tool. It's a place where the semi-churched
arice and idolatry are endemic in our culture. It's a
and the unchurched drift in. I think there are lots of
matter of the highest moral issue, therefore, that the
people, single and married, who want and need a rich
church confront its people with their need to give
and sustained liturgical life and want to serve their
their money away.
neighbors in Christ, but who do not feel that they
I have found in general that the people I've asked
need all of the other things that are offered and are
have been extremely open-spirited. Even when
involved in the life of the parish.
they've said no, they have been very very positive.
The Cathedral offers an alternate model, not only
So the adage that people have a need to give and
for bringing people into the life of the church, but for
you're offering them opportunities still works. And
sustaining that life as well. And that is, in part, what
that's what you're doing.
being the chief mission church of the diocese means.
The other side of the learning is getting turned
So the priorities need to be education and evangel-
down. We clergy like to be approved of. We like to
ism, but without apology. And we shouldn't be em-
be liked. And we don't like to be turned down. Be-
barrassed about that. It's really curious that 20 per-
cause of that, we've often refused to risk being
cent of the new volunteers indicate no church
turned down. This has to do with recruiting people to
preference, no denominational affiliation.
well,
do tasks in church; it has also to do with raising money.
what an evangelical opportunity. We don't have to
We frequently don't ask the strongest, busiest,
make them into Episcopalians, but perhaps we can
most confident person-in part, because we're afraid
help them grow as Christians.
we'll be rejected. I've learned here, with the help of
LH: Much has happened in terms of program devel-
the development staff, to ask for the best and the
opment here in recent years. What do you feel most
most. In the last six weeks, we've asked some ex-
strongly about in terms of program?
tremely busy people to take major responsibilities.
CAP: Two things-the first of which is our outreach
They can only say no. And if they do, they rarely say
program, including the whole Volunteer Service
no in a mean spirit. Sometimes, when they do say
Community and the children's educational program.
no, we ask them to help us find someone else, and
they do.
We have tens of thousands of school children coming
through here. We used to treat them as little adults
LH: When you first came here, one of the pieces was
and gave them a junior version of the tour. Now we
to bring the Cathedral and the diocese closer. What is
have something that reaches into the public schools
your sense of that now?
and sends people out to the schools. We're particu-
CAP: I think there's an ebb and flow in the work
larly proud of our relationship with the District of Co-
with the diocese.
lumbia school children. Their budget provides for no
There is a necessary tension between the great
field trips, so the Cathedral pays for buses for them
church for national purposes and the chief mission
to come. And we're in touch with a whole new cadre
church of the diocese. We can't be all of one. We
of volunteers: young, fully employed, many men as
have to be some of both. The question is how. In
well as women. What do they want? They want to be
general, the parish leadership is very proud that their
associated with the Cathedral, but they also want to
Cathedral is out there representing them in the
help out with the community.
world. At the same time, they're saying, "what did
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you do for us last week?"
The tension is necessary and appropriate and
shouldn't disappear. If it disappeared, it would only
be because one or the other prevailed and we lost
Charles Perry: An Appreciation
sight of one goal.
I would think that my successor, the next dean,
Charles Perry leaves the Cathedral immediately after
has to be content with the fact that there will be Ca-
the Consecration Service on September 30. With his
thedral volunteers and staff saying, "Why are we
beloved sailboat hitched to his car, he and Joy drive
doing this or that parochial thing?" and there will be
to California. Seven days later or thereabouts, he
parishes saying, "Why is it so national-why aren't
takes over as president and dean of the Church Di-
you using your resources and energy closer to home?"
vinity School of the Pacific.
It's a real tightrope, but I think it's inevitable.
Twelve years ago Bishop Walker, in his wisdom,
LH: Let's talk for a minute about your future job:
asked Perry to become provost of the Cathedral. He
the challenges and the goals.
accepted. Not a little responsibility-construction
CAP: Well, I love theological education. I have tried
stopped, a huge debt, staff reduced and troubled,
to teach one or two courses every year in the last five
program uncertain and limited. What has happened is
or six years. I've taught three week-long courses at
apparent to all of us-the Cathedral completed, the
the College of Preachers. I've done some summer in-
debt removed, a largely increased but balanced
stitutes, and I've done Lenten and Advent courses
budget, a professional staff of creative and dedicated
with lay people. Even though there wasn't time, I've
people recruiting and directing a huge group of vol-
done it because I love to teach.
unteers in an ever developing program. Remarkable!
I believe that CDSP is a place of enormous prom-
While the Kingdom has not arrived, not a little
ise, and a multiple challenge. I think they have a
must be done for the Cathedral to witness more ef-
fine faculty. When I was there in 1984 for a semester,
fectively to the God so concerned about the poor,
I wrote a book and it was a very supportive
healing the sick and bringing peace to all peoples.
environment.
Still, God must rejoice and in his own way look down
I'm not going to a place I have no idea about;
and say, "Not too bad." Certainly, we with our lim-
rather, I'm returning to a place for which I have a
ited understandings can say: "Charles Perry, you
high regard. CDSP has made a commitment that it
have done a remarkable job and we are grateful, very
wants to do more ministry education for church lead-
grateful. We give thanks to you and for you to Him
ership, both clergy and lay, throughout Province
for whom we all seek to witness, the Teacher, our
VIII, which stretches from Washington state to south-
Lord."
ern California and east. The challenge of doing that
May you have fun doing that which you love so
will be very exciting.
much and do so well-teaching. Incidentally, do
straighten out that ever-changing, ever-moving place
LH: You're going to step out of here after a tremen-
called California while you seek to send forth clerics
dous day, a day that you've worked a long time to
who have something of your ability.
see, and you'r going right to this very challenging
God bless you and Joy. We shall miss you.
job. How does that feel?
CAP: I think that September 28, 29 and 30 will be
CANON CHARLES MARTIN
difficult. I suspect the great joy of the completion
and celebration will overwhelm the departure. Then,
when Joy and I start packing the books, I will realize
that in fact, I'm leaving.
I've been on this hill for twenty years this coming
January. I came here to work with Bishop Creighton
volunteers and staff by including them in the life of
our house.
on January 1, 1971. And in those twenty years, I've
seen my children married, and my grandchildren
Joy has seen this as a real ministry. As a result of
born. All four of our parents have died in that same
her hospitality, many people feel that their work and
time, my mother just this past February. So there
contributions have been appreciated.
have been some real rites of passage in those twenty
She has also been very deeply involved in the
years. But that also is an indication of time to go.
school education program: creating the systems used
And it will be difficult. It will be difficult leaving
here, teaching the docents and others how to work
the people here, the staff, the volunteers, and it will
with children, and helping schoolchildren to feel wel-
come at the Cathedral.
be difficult being 3000 miles from all our grandchil-
dren and our children.
LH: Any regrets?
LH: Your wife, Joy, has had her own special ministry
CAP: I have one major regret, and that's that Bishop
here.
Walker is not living to share these September days.
He put a lot on the line for that. Part of me says,
CAP: That's absolutely right. We have tried, much
because I am a believer, that he is sharing this time.
to her effort, through the use of Bratenahl House, to
But I wish he was here physically. He looked forward
show appreciation for the thousands of friends and
to this day with great eagerness.
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eathedralbuilders
In on the Beginning,
In at the End
EDITOR'S NOTE: Washington National Cathedral has been
blessed with many magnificent friends. Each of the three persons
profiled in this section-Virginia Glover, Mrs. John Campbell
Virginia Glover, with angel carved in her likeness.
White, and Dr. Thomas McKnew-represent within themselves a
living connection between the beginnings and the completion of the
we first started getting some pinnacles up there, and
Cathedral. In a way each was "In on the Beginning, In at the End.'
I was driving up 34th Street. I almost drove into the
St. Albans athletic field, I got so excited!"
Her work has has put her in a unique position, as
MRS. CHARLES C. GLOVER, III
well, to appreciate the possibilities and challenges
that face a completed Washington National Cathe-
dral. "I do not think we will ever be able to do all
When Virginia (Ginnie) Glover accepted Bishop John
the things that could or should be done here, because
Walker's invitation to join the Chapter of Washington
I do not think we will ever be able to afford it all.
Cathedral in 1978, some part of her knew that it
But, when we put our minds to it, wonderful things
would be a significant commitment. "I am not a per-
are done here and can be done.
son who just sits and twiddles my thumbs when I get
"There are people all over the country who look to
on a Board. I suddenly find myself deeply involved
us to provide some kind of religious inspiration
in whatever I'm doing."
It is much harder to know what's going on in your
As Washington National Cathedral comes to com-
own backyard sometimes
but we need to be
pletion, almost no one can cite more direct involve-
helping the [Washington] community as well."
ment than Ginnie Glover who, as head of the Chap-
ter development committee since 1986, worked to
raise the funds that finally would enable the pay-as-
MRS JOHN CAMPBELL WHITE
you-go construction to come to its eighty-three-year
fruition. And it is altogether fitting that Ginnie repre-
sents a connection to the Cathedral's earliest mo-
One of the last Great Pinnacles to be placed on the
ments through her family by marriage, the Glovers.
Cathedral in this Consecration Year was given in
Glover family ties to the Cathedral date to the
memory of Ambassador Henry White by Mrs. John
mists of Cathedral pre-history. Even before the 1891
Campbell (Elizabeth) White, fulfilling her personal
meeting to organize the Protestant Episcopal Cathe-
desire that "since he was in on the beginning, he
dral Foundation in the Lafayette Square home of
should be in at the end." Henry White, a close
Charles Carroll Glover across from the White House,
friend of Charles Carroll Glover, served on the Build-
there was already a one-hundred-year-old "Glover
ing Committee from 1917 until his death in 1927;
connection." Glover's ancestor Charles, from Carroll
over the years he and other members of the White
County, Maryland, had been the roommate of Pierre
family supported the Cathedral and its vision through
L'Enfant whose inclusion of "a great church for na-
thick years and thin. Family monies set aside for the
tional purposes" in the original plans for the city of
great west rose window, for example, were allowed to
Washington would become recognized as the first ar-
Mrs. John Campbell White watches placement of White finial
ticulation of a vision for a national Cathedral. A por-
named in honor of Ambassador Henry White.
trait of Charles Glover by L'Enfant is still a treasured
family possession.
While Ginnie's late husband, Charles Carroll
Glover III, had been active at the Cathedral, her own
participation grew out of a long commitment to vol-
untary service, including her chairing the Board of
Trustees at Smith College. In 1980 she was elected
president of the National Cathedral Association,
which she still serves as a trustee. Her love for the
Cathedral and its work is enormous.
"It is such an inspirational building. I mean, it
really just puts your heart in your mouth every time
you drive by it or walk in front of it, or around it,
you feel the presence of God
[I remember] when
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be used for general construction during the Depres-
sion. The Henry White pinnacle, a White Bay in the
Cathedral nave, and an angel in the south portal tym-
panum are among their contributions.
As Bishop John Walker put it in 1980: "Three gen-
erations of [the White] family have continued in di-
plomacy and in several callings to serve our country,
exemplifying the highest traditions of our religious
and national life.
All have been a continuing part
of that fabric of belief uplifting this Cathedral
Church."
A life-long Episcopalian, and active in the church
on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Elizabeth White's own
connections to the Cathedral date to the 1920s when
she suggested the idea of hostesses for the then-
fledgling Cathedral, the precursor of today's purple-
hatted docents who make visitors feel so welcome.
Thomas McKnew with Bishop Walker at setting of last gargoyle, 1987.
She remembers with a grin one of her earliest visits
were the three children of its then-cleric, the Rever-
to the Cathedral. "I was standing with Mr. White
end Alfred Harding. Harding would eventually be-
and Dean Bratenahl in the choir when they were still
come a canon of the Cathedral and second bishop of
working on it-there was a roof overhead, but I don't
the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
remember any end-and Margaret, my daughter who
As a young man, prior to World War I, Tom Mc-
was five at the time, suddenly disappeared. A little
Knew served as time keeper with the George A.
later she came down smiling all over, saying 'I've
Fuller Company, the general contractor in charge of
been up the mouse staircase,' which was the staircase
building the Cathedral. After demobilization from
up to the organ loft."
military service, he became the Fuller Company's
Elizabeth White was taken with a love of architec-
first on-site Cathedral superintendent and served in
ture and cathedrals on a trip to Europe at age twelve,
that capacity from 1922 until 1925. In 1932, Tom
and so part of what she likes most about this Cathe-
McKnew's world moved from construction to publish-
dral is "the architecture, both inside and out. I think
ing as he began a career with the National Geo-
that's what brings people, that and the music. But, it
graphic Society that would eventually see him rise to
is the actual building that I find so uplifting."
become the chairman of its Board of Trustees.
At the same time her sense of what the Cathedral
Throughout the years Tom McKnew supported,
has been and is meant to be focuses around its iden-
stayed in touch with, and followed with personal in-
tity as a house of prayer for all, and its national
terest the movement upward of the Cathedral on the
scope. "It can be so many things but principally it
hill.
must be a place of worship
It is a center. When-
In 1965 he accepted the appointment of Dean
ever anything goes wrong it is the place people come
Sayre to serve on the Cathedral's Building Commit-
to. I think it is very important to have a place where
tee where he served with discernment and distinction
we can all come. I think it is wonderful to see all the
until 1979, when the bishop introduced a new system
busloads of tourists from everywhere; and it's also
of four-year rotations for committee assignments.
wonderful the way we can have people from all over
He witnessed the setting of the first piece of vault-
the country preaching here and the choirs singing
ing infill in 1916 above the Jerusalem altar, and the
here. It spreads the idea that we are one church all
setting of the last piece of nave infill stone near the
over the country and not just our own little parish."
west rose window in 1975. He was present when the
Cathedral's final gargoyle was put into its place in
1988.
DR. THOMAS W. McKNEW
Bishop Satterlee was overheard to say at the laying
of the foundation stone on September 29, 1907, that
no one there would live to see the Cathedral com-
Thomas Wilson McKnew was an eleven-year-old boy
pleted. Blessedly he was incorrect. While it is true
in the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church when he
took part in the service of the laying of the founda-
that only a few share that distinction, Thomas Mc-
tion stone for Washington National Cathedral in
Knew was one of those living links between those
1907. He recalls the occasion with great affection.
fortunate persons who saw the first stone set in place,
"It's so nice to be able to say: 'I was there at the
and those who will witness the setting of the last
beginning."
stone on September 29, 1990. Not only was he there
Almost from its beginning, Tom McKnew's life
at the beginning, but he was also one of Washington
seemed interwoven with the life of the Cathedral.
Cathedral's closest friends throughout these eighty-
three years.
His singing talent developed further under the Ca-
thedral's first organist and choir master, Edgar Priest.
[Thomas McKnew died at age 94 on August 24, 1990.]
And, as his childhood home was across the street
by LEONARD FREEMAN, with contributions by RICHARD FELLER
from the rectory for St. Paul's Church, his playmates
and SUZY MINK
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caihdralbuilders
BEHIND THE SCENES
Cathedral builders include not only architects, stonemasons and benefactors, but'also those members of
the Cathedral staff who make sure the institution runs smoothly on a day-to-day basis. Here is a glimpse
of some of the hardworking Cathedral builders around the Close.
Finance and Accounting Office: (left to right) Minh Tam Do Tran, Ann McKinney, Alisa Whitehead, Wanda Bracey, Kenneth Woodle (seated),
Jane Vogel, Richard Meehan, Joann Lee, Deborah Khan, Nga DuThinh.
1990
Deanery Staff: (left to right) Roberta Edwards, Katherine Gardella,
Boo Bailey, Stephen Lott.
Administrative Support Staff: (left to right) Ellen Perkins, Jean
Moorman, Ruby Robertson, Betty Geisler, Starr Pearson-Floyd,
Marjorie Pawlisz.
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Arrangements and Music Office: (left to right)
Electricians: Gregory Addison (seated) and
Engineers: Eric Tompkins, Steven
Virginia Kilgour, Jennifer Faircloth, Robert W. Lehman. Ricky Pence.
Barnett, Milan Alger, Warren Davis.
Carpenters: John Drew (left) and Michael Underwood.
Horticulturists: Maureen Collins (left) and Peter McLachlan.
Grounds Crew: (left to right) Benito Cruz, Manuel Romero, David Copeland, Allan Lawrence, Juan Melendez, Israel Nieves, Alca Hooker,
Edgar Rendon.
Security Officers: (left to right) Robert L. Smith, David Gzechowski,
Joanne Cline.
wills
1011
OI
Switchboard Operators: Jane Fredlund (left) and Ruth Carter.
Sextons: Eric Davis (left) and David Hawkins.
The Print Shop: (left to right) Thomas Olin, Ronald Daire, Somnuk
Sithibandith.
Cleaners: Ernestine Marrow (left) and Mary Taylor.
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a letter from
Nancy Ignatius
servation Gallery, NCA buttress and pinnacle. Now
Nancy Ignatius.
the Cathedral is moving into a new phase where the
emphasis will be on furthering its ministries and mis-
sions and programs. How can the NCA help define
Dear Members of the NCA:
and assist the Cathedral in its expanded role in the
diocese, the community, and the nation? And equally
As I write this, my last communication to you as NCA
important, how can we participate in the preserving
president, I find myself reflecting on the challenges
of this marvelous structure that we have all helped to
build?
and delights of the last four years. These are years in
which our membership continued to grow and in
These questions, and others, were discussed at the
which strong expressions of support and love for the
trustees meeting in May. Considerable interest was
Cathedral have come from so many of you. I think
expressed in new programs both at the Cathedral and
especially of our regional chairmen, who have worked
out in the regions. We had scheduled our trustees'
so hard to bring the good news of the Cathedral to
meeting to coincide with a conference on Caring for
members and friends throughout the country, and
Creation at the Cathedral, at which Prince Philip and
who have helped us with our job of completing the
several noted environmentalists spoke, and many
work begun so many years ago.
trustees expressed an interest in seeing similar or
Wonderful and amazing things have happened to
other programs focused on our responsibility for pre-
our Cathedral building in these last four years. The
serving our environment. Many other programs were
two west towers have been raised, angels, animals
discussed as well, and will be the subject of future
and gargoyles have been set in place, the great west
reports.
facade with its creation sculptures and its stunning
Our May meeting also gave us the opportunity to
bronze gates has been completed. Now grass and
honor two dear friends of the Cathedral and the
trees and some low stone walls have replaced con-
NCA-Canon Richard Feller, Clerk of the Works, and
struction shacks and hard hat areas, and a whole new
Sandy Hynson, head of the Altar Guild-both of
view of the Cathedral begins to open to our eyes.
whom will be retiring after the consecration of the
The last stone-the finial atop the NCA pinnacle-
Cathedral at the end of September. Each was pre-
will be set in place September 29th, bringing to a
sented with a beautiful stone carving, fashioned by
close an extraordinary adventure encompassing much
our master carver and Oscar-winner, Vince Palumbo.
of this century, in which a Gothic Cathedral, using
Not only are Sandy Hynson and Dick Feller leav-
old construction methods, was built in modern times.
ing us this fall, but other changes will be taking place
It is a marvelous achievement and one in which the
as well. As you are well aware, Provost Perry will be
NCA has participated and takes justifiable pride.
leaving as well. During my association with the NCA I
Over the past several months I have been meeting
have been deeply grateful for his leadership and close
with NCA members to talk about the future of the
involvement with our organization. We all wish him
NCA now that the Cathedral is complete. In the past
Godspeed; we will miss him.
we have helped raise money for stones and for special
We will have a new slate of officers, to be voted on
building projects such as the North Porch, the
at the September trustees meeting. Nominated for
narthex floor, the NCA Bay window, the Pilgrim Ob-
office are:
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President:
P
lanned
Mr. Robert S. Smith, Washington, DC
Vice Presidents:
Mrs. Mark Anschutz, Alexandria, VA
Derrick A. Humphries, Esq., Washington, DC
Giving
Mr. Kenneth W. Whitney, Lancaster, PA
Secretary:
Mrs. Donald C. J. Gray, Potomac, MD
For Regional Chairman Trustees:
Mr. Philip B. Hallen, Pittsburgh, PA
Mrs. Nina Thompson, Chestnut Hill, MA
by CARLA ROSATI
For Trustees at Large:
John Kasson Had a Dream.
Mr. George Holmes, Washington, DC
Dr. John W. McTigue, Washington, DC
as did Randall Evans, Elisabeth Houghton, Samuel
Mrs. John T. Walker, Washington, DC
Kauffmann and Carolyn Wright. They all shared the
We also welcome four new Regional Chairmen:
dream of that "great church for national purposes" which
Janey T. Coombes, Wyoming
George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned two
Lois E. Hall, Wyoming
centuries ago. These Cathedral friends knew they would
Mary Gray, Connecticut
not see the completion of the Cathedral in their lifetime.
Diana B. Sanderson, SW Florida
Yet, their dream of a magnificent Gothic edifice on
Mount Saint Alban prompted them to include a bequest
The NCA will be in good hands as it moves into
to the Cathedral in their wills. As we celebrate the com-
this exciting and challenging new period. I hope to
pletion of Washington National Cathedral, let us remem-
continue to work with you and with the new board
ber these people, among hundreds of friends, whose gen-
and regional chairmen in the future. Thank you all
erosity made possible this moment:
for your enthusiasm and support; it has been a privi-
Samuel Kauffmann's bequest in 1906 gave the
lege serving as your president.
NANCY IGNATIUS
"Moses the Lawgiver" window to the Cathedral. Mr.
Kauffman was president of the Washington Star, as well as
president of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
NCA Adopts Preservation Project for 1991
Elisabeth Houghton, a member of the family which
In anticipation of the setting of the last stone, and rec-
founded Corning Glass, was a well-known proponent of
ognizing the need for the preservation of the Washing-
volunteerism in this country. Her bequest made possible
ton National Cathedral (parts of which are already 83
the construction of half of the Cathedral's west cloister.
years old); at their May meeting the trustees adopted a
After her death in 1974, her family's gifts created the Ca-
resolution in support of the Cathedral's preservation
thedral's Volunteer Center, named in Miss Houghton's
activities for 1991. They set a goal of $100,000 to be
memory.
raised by September, 1991. All NCA members will
Randall Evans and Carolyn Wright were brother
have the opportunity to participate in this project.
and sister, lifelong residents of Washington, and educa-
tors. Carolyn taught English at Dunbar High School and
Howard University, and Randall served as principal of
1990, the celebration.
Cardozo High School. After their deaths in the 1980s,
both of their wills directed that their property be sold,
and the proceeds given to the building of the Cathedral.
John Kasson was a diplomat, and one of the original
group of Cathedral founders, who met in the home of
Charles C. Glover in 1891 to plan for the construction of
a cathedral church on Mount Saint Alban. When he died
in 1910, the Cathedral was barely begun. Kasson's vision
was so prescient, however, that he left the greater part of
his fortune to the upkeep and maintenance of the Cathe-
dral, a generous gift which benefits Cathedral life every
day.
These bequests are outstanding examples of the way
friends of Washington National Cathedral can give a per-
manent expression of their commitment to the Cathedral.
Construction is completed, but the work of the Cathedral
will continue, now and in the years to come. Bequests to
the endowment for the Cathedral's life and ministry will
help to continue the dream which Samuel Kauffmann,
Elisabeth Houghton, Randall Evans, Carolyn Wright, and
John Kasson all shared.
strous octopus, poverty spreads its
nagging, prehensile tentacles into
hamlets and villages all over our
FORUM
world. Two-thirds of the people of
the world go to bed hungry at night.
They are ill-housed, they are ill-nour-
ished, and they are shabbily clad. I
have seen it in Latin America; I have
seen it in Africa, I have seen this pov-
erty in Asia.
This is America's opportunity to
help bridge the gulf between the
Remaining Awake Through a
haves and the have-nots. The ques-
tion is whether America will do it.
Great Revolution
There is nothing new about poverty.
What is new is that we now have the
Excerpts from a sermon preached by DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. on
techniques and the resources to get
Sunday March 31, 1968
rid of poverty. The real question is
whether we have the will.
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Sunday March 31,
from the pulpit of Washington Cathedral.
1968-just three days before he was to be
The following is excerpted from that ser-
An Alternative to War and Bloodshed
assassinated-Martin Luther King Jr. de-
mon. The headings are added by the
One other challenge that we face is
livered his final public Sunday sermon
editor.
simply that we must find an alterna-
tive to war and bloodshed. Anyone
A great revolution is taking place in
it we must honestly admit certain
who feels
that war can solve the
the world today. In a sense it is a tri-
things and get rid of certain myths
social problems facing mankind is
ple revolution
a technological rev-
that have constantly been dissemi-
sleeping through a revolution.
olution, with the impact of automation
nated all over our nation.
Mankind must put an end to war; or
and cybernation
a revolution in
war will put an end to mankind. And
weaponry, with the emergence of
Destructive Myths
the best way to start is to put an end
atomic and nuclear weapons of warfare
One is the myth of time. It is the no-
to war in Vietnam, because if it con-
a human rights revolution, with
tion that only time can solve the prob-
tinues, we will inevitably come to the
the freedom explosion that is taking
lem of racial injustice
There is
point of confronting China which
place all over the world.
an answer to that myth. It is that time
could lead the whole world to nuclear
Yes, we do live in a period where
is neutral. It can be used either con-
annihilation.
changes are taking place and there is
structively or destructively.
We
still the voice crying through the vista
must come to see that human progress
of time saying, "Behold, I make all
never rolls in on the wheels of inevita-
things new, former things are passed
bility. It comes through the tireless
away.
And I would like to deal
efforts and the persistent work of ded-
with the challenges that we face today
icated individuals who are willing to
as a result of this triple revolution
be co-workers with God. And without
this hard work, time itself becomes an
The Challenges
ally of the primitive forces of social
First, we are challenged to develop a
stagnation. So we must help time, and
world perspective. No individual can
realize that the time is always ripe to
live alone, no nation can live alone,
do right.
and anyone who feels that he can live
Another myth that still gets around
alone is sleeping through a revolution.
is a kind of over-reliance on the
The world in which we live is geo-
boot-strap philosophy.
they say
graphically one. The challenge that
the Negro must lift himself by his
we face today is to make it one in
own boot-straps.
terms of brotherhood
They never stop to realize that no
Secondly, we are challenged to
other ethnic group has been a slave on
Martin Luther King.
eradicate the last vestiges of racial in-
American soil.
that the nation
justice from our nation. I must say
made the black man's color a stigma.
It is no longer a choice, my friends,
this morning that racial injustice is
We must come to see that the roots
between violence and non-violence. It
still the black man's burden and the
of racism are very deep in our coun-
is either non-violence or non-existence.
white man's shame.
try, and there must be something posi-
And the alternative to disarmament-
We must face the sad fact that at
tive and massive in order to get rid of
the alternative to a greater suspension
11:00 on Sunday morning, when we
all the effects of racism and the trage-
of nuclear tests
to strengthening
stand to sing "In Christ there is no
dies of racial injustice.
the United Nations and thereby dis-
East or West," we stand in the most
arming the whole world-may well be
segregated hour of America.
Poverty-America's Opportunity
a civilization plunged into the abyss of
The hour has come for everybody,
There is another thing closely related
annihilation. And our earthly habitat
for all institutions of the public sector
to racism
another challenge. We
would be transformed into an inferno
and the private sector, to work to get
are challenged to rid our nation and
that even the mind of Dante could
rid of racism. And now if we are to do
the world of poverty. Like a mon-
not imagine.
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Leadership
spiritual, "We ain't goin' study war no
II
more.'
This is why I felt the need of raising
But God is more than mystery. He is
This is the challenge facing modern
miracle too!
my voice against that war and working
man.
wherever I can to arouse the con-
That each small sparrow should
Thank God for John, who-centu-
science of our nation on it.
Ulti-
count-
ries ago out on a lonely, obscure is-
That out of "darkness on the face
mately a genuine leader is not a
land called Patmos-caught vision of a
searcher for consensus, but a molder
of the deep" should come the perfect
new Jerusalem descending out of
of consensus.
symmetry of a billion pieces of
heaven from God, who heard a voice
creation-
On some positions, cowardice asks
saying, "Behold, I make all things
the question, is it expedient? And
That you and I are intimately en-
new-former things are passed away."
then expedience comes along and asks
twined with galaxies far away by years
God grant that we will be partici-
the question, is it politic? Vanity asks
of light, and also with the petal of a
pants in this newness and this magnif-
the question, is it popular? Con-
single buttercup!
icent development. If we will but do
What vast miracle could ordain the
science asks the question, is it right?
it, we will bring about a new day of
There comes a time when one must
universal order where each of us may
justice and brotherhood and peace.
take the position that it is neither safe
find our niche, marvelling at the di-
And that day the morning stars will
nor politic nor popular, but he must
vine intelligence that gives it meaning
sing together and the sons of God will
and matter?
do it because conscience tells him it is
shout for joy.
right. I believe today that there is a
The hymns of Jewish worship were
need for all people of good will to
songs of this miracle-and that is why
©1968 by Martin Luther King, Jr. Reprint
we cherish the Psalms in the window
come with a massive act of conscience
permission through Joan Daves, 21 West
and say in the words of the old Negro
26th Street, New York, NY 10010.
that is dedicated this morning. There
is a primitive joy in all those timbrels
and tambourines and lutes and trum-
pets that used to liven the worship of
And the King of Glory Shall Come In
the ancient temple-and now go
dancing in wonderful procession across
A sermon preached by DEAN EMERITUS FRANCIS B. SAYRE JR.
the bottom of all four lancets of the
October 3, 1982 at the dedication of the Psalms window
window there. How do they manage
to keep in tune with each other? How
How we all rejoice to see that glory
who broods upon the universe, even
do players in any orchestra come to a
gradually filling the nave of this hand-
as he kindles the tiny spark of life in
common rhythm? Or singers in a choir
hewn and oh-so-lovingly wrought
you or me. Fie upon a world that
lift together their single harmony?
church!
vainly pretends to know this secret
Surely it is the miracle of a universe
Glory of light!
might through and through and
that is made to hang together, just as
Glory of darkness!
through! And aims to package him un-
we are made to understand one an-
Glory of infinite mystery!
der some pious label of human devis-
other, and meant to join mightily in
ing and wield the apocalyptic power
the praise of God. Would that man-
Window by window the radiant pres-
of the Almighty himself for the little
kind might remember this great fabric
ence of God is made to glow in the
ends of man, of nations, of churches
of our unity and heed the harmonies
hearts of every pilgrim who wanders
or of societies of any kind. The ser-
that bind him to the infinite and are
to this place. Here the fenestration is
ried ranks of traceried windows in this
the ground of his life, his soul, his
not the clear glass of a university, nor
beautiful Cathedral are meant to be
peace!
yet the transparent panes of a familiar
the rainbow veil that surrounds a
home where knowledge passes unob-
lovely oasis where our mysterious God
III
structed between the world and you.
may deign to dwell-and our lives
But, rather, here is the subtler lan-
How then is this God of mystery and
may grow one little moment more by
guage of faith, beneath and beyond
miracle made known to us? How
this fresh glimpse of him.
the simpler prose of reason: color in
comes in that King of Glory through
all her inexhaustible combinations;
Dean Francis Sayre, Jr.
those golden gates that we see in the
and shapes, like spider webs of leaded
rosette at the top? Well, that's what
patterns, by their sheer variety setting
stained glass windows like these are
you free from the confinement of the
meant to disclose.
regular; and behind it all, the moving
First, of course, there has to be
sun or moody cloud projecting that
some human life, brushed already
changing kaleidoscope of glory that
with God's love, which bursts to share
shines upon the stone 'round about,
that radiance with his fellows upon
and strangely moves our hearts within.
the Earth. Today that would be Hugh
Windows such as these tell the
Adams, who gave this window, that
story-not of saints gone by, but of
all of you-and many more to come-
God's breath, vibrant and alive, whis-
might discern with him the silent elo-
pering to each longing soul.
quence of the Holy One.
Here is found the language of mys-
And then there must be an artist
tery, for that is what God is to us who
who paints with light and color, and
as yet may behold him only "through
must calculate the miracle of illumina-
a glass darkly." The more he is re-
tion, of perspective-and even of an-
vealed to you, the greater remains un-
gles too-so that we may perceive the
plumbed the depth of that vast spirit
mystery transcending. Rowan Le-
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Compte, who has done all the upper
That means we have to seek him,
ourselves-these festering little egos
windows of this nave, including yon
sacrifice our lives to him, work to be
so naughtily pampered by the easy
glorious rose, is the humble spirit who
holy, do something about our religion,
life of our society-we raised our-
ever yearns that his hand may some-
lest if it be not all, it become nothing.
selves instead to the King whose
how trace the invisible images first
So there, in that second lancet from
glory is the brightness of the loving
limned by the hand of God.
the right, is a person consumed with
But finally, if the witness is to be
prayer: burning, yearning, beseeching
unveiled at last, there has to be an
God to send that "still small voice"
enabler. How many splendid visions
that is the tuning-fork of the soul.
How shall our native passion
have been hidden forever for want of
What in our time shall be the instru-
for union with God be
the kind of unswerving and unselfish
ment of spiritual nourishment? How
shall our native passion for union with
satisfied?
God be satisfied? It is plain that
The message is this: Unless
churches are doing a pretty poor job
of nourishing lives these days. Plainer
mystery that enfolds us all. Else are
there be penitence in our
still nations are far from being the
we but clods, without life. "Lift up
midst-such as is hardly seen
good shepherd by green pastures and
your heads, O ye gates! And be ye
in our day-there can be no
still waters that they pretend to be.
lifted up, ye everlasting doors." Let
survival.
Who, then, will open once more the
us, then, lift up our lives with glad-
gates of love to millions suffering so
ness, to behold the King.
grievous starvation of the spirit? It is
And SO at last, in the final lancet on
the yearning prayer of every man, for
the left is Thanksgiving-the great
devotion that makes them come true.
without love, we shrivel.
amen to the fruits of Earth and bless-
This is what Richard Feller has
Nevertheless, be of good cheer,
ing of Heaven, which wells up in a
brought to this Cathedral as Clerk of
says the Psalmist in the next aperture
man's soul when at last he is at peace
the Works for twenty-nine years. He,
of our window. For here is seen a
with God-and therefore with all of
too, has spied the distant majesty, and
woman praising God in her dance,
God's children too, on the face of the
striven with unremitting tact to blend
even as does the window itself in its
Earth.
the many disciplines that bring the
artist's joy-or my own daughter for
"Pause, you wayfarer of conti-
Glory very close in this exquisite
that matter who happens to be a
nents," cries this brimming glass.
sanctuary.
dancer too, on Broadway. The woman
"Pause when you come to this singu-
I think you'll all agree that more
is "singing a new song," rendering to
lar abode, where is hid both the mira-
often than not the glory of God is dis-
her maker the wondrous miracle he
cle and mystery of the Almighty-and
covered through the loving faithful-
made in her. Oh, how much healthier
let his glory shine in your heart, and
ness of his children. So it is in the
might we be if instead of lifting up
be thankful."
case of these three.
But let us look again at the window
itself, for there is a message there,
writ in its design, which was also the
The Lord is Risen
message of the Psalmist to his con-
temporaries of the Old Testament,
A sermon by BISHOP HENRY YATES SATTERLEE delivered Easter 1907
who, like us, were hunting for the
in The Little Sanctuary
foundation of God. What says the
glowing witness of this fragmented,
"The Lord is Risen" said the Apos-
acle of the Resurrection as an histori-
shattered age, when we must seek
tles and others, one to another, and in
cal fact, should be more carefully but-
anew the roots of meaning and sur-
these few words was announced to the
tressed by historic proof of every kind
vival? What truth is lifted here upon
world the greatest event of all human
than any other event in human
everlasting doors?
history.
history.
First is the mirror of blackness.
Long before that day Christ Him-
In the first place, Christ for three
There in the right-hand lancet see
self had foretold that He would give
years had trained his own discipies as
that figure of darkness, bearing his
to the world this convincing sign of
His witnesses, to be absolutely truth-
chains, but not bound by them. Soli-
His divine mission and so it has
ful, and the Gospels themselves, in
tude of sorrow, anguish of sin! Sure,
proved. This miracle supports all the
which there is no note or comment,
Lord, it is us-massacring one an-
other supernatural events of Christ's
show how careful they were.
other-poisoning the air we breathe-
life recorded in the Gospels. If this
In consequence, after He was cruci-
annihilating the heritage of children.
miracle is true, then no objection can
fied these true men could not believe.
Black sinners are we. But yet are we
be used against His supernatural
They doubted all kinds of doubts.
not forever damned-the chains are
birth, His healing of the sick, the
They anticipated in these doubts all
not fastened. For there remains the
cleansing of the lepers, giving sight to
the objections that have ever been
mystery of God's love, the miracle that
the blind, raising the dead and His as-
made against the Resurrection until
we may be forgiven, even this. "Com-
cension into heaven.
they had the fullest proof of the real-
fort ye, comfort ye, my people," saith
The scientific tone of thought at
ity of the fact.
your God. The message is this: Un-
the present time is strongly opposed
In the second place, we have the
less there be penitence in our midst-
to the belief in miracles of any kind
proof of the documents. Few realize
such as is hardly seen in our day-
whatsoever, but if Christ's Resurrec-
that the Epistles were written long
there can be no survival. But if we
tion is true, this greater miracle carries
before the Gospels themselves. Four
shall be humble before our God, we
all lesser miracles of the Gospel with
of these Epistles are acknowledged
will be forgiven.
it, and God has provided that the mir-
even by the most searching critics to
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epistles breathed a spirit of joy that
had no Sabbatarian associations what-
sounded a note of the triumph of the
ever, the Lord's day, from the very
Christian religion, which would never
first, (see Acts XX 7), was the one
have been possible, had the Gospel
day of the week when they met to-
story ended with the sadness and
gether for the "Breaking of Bread,"
gloom of the Crucifixion on Calvary.
and to help and encourage one an-
But perhaps to us the most practical
other in serving Him. And three cen-
proof of all lies in the observance of
turies after, it was not on account of
the day of Christ's Resurrection, that
the Jewish Sabbath, of which Con-
is the first day of the week, as the day
stantine the first Christian emperor
which Christians most loved. We
knew little or nothing, but simply be-
know how intensely was the observ-
cause of the universal desire that
ance of the seventh day, among the
slaves and household servants might
Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee.
Jews of Christ's time. Sunday was to
attend these meetings on the Lord's
be genuine documents, written within
them, as well as to Greeks, Romans,
Day, that he published a law pro-
thirty years after the Resurrection.
and all other nationalities, a purely
claiming that no work was to be done
They were written not to Jews, but to
secular day in which all kinds of secu-
on the Lord's Day throughout the Ro-
Greeks, Romans, and people of other
lar work was done; and yet, so pro-
man Empire.
nationalities, who all accepted the ris-
foundly impressed were the Christians
Taking all these facts together and
ing from the dead of this young
of New Testament times and the first
the many others which we have not
Asiatic Jew, Jesus of Nazareth, as an
three centuries, by the fact of Christ's
time to mention, we can safely repeat,
historic fact, of whose truth they have
Resurrection that while among the
that no other event of past human his-
become as thoroughly convinced as
Jewish Christians it became a greater
tory is supported by such overwhelm-
St. Paul himself.
day even than the Jewish Sabbath it-
ing and convincing proof as the Resur-
More than that everyone of these
self, among Gentile Christians, who
rection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
The Reign of God
bering and reflecting we were there.
We were there at the birth of Jesus;
A sermon preached by BISHOP JOHN T. WALKER at the Treaty of Paris
we were there at his crucifixion; we
were there at his Resurrection, partici-
Service on September 28, 1983.
pating not merely observing. Like-
In one sense I am certain that that
wise, we were there at the Declara-
day in September 1783 when the
tion of Independence, at the signing
Treaty of Paris was signed could not
of the Treaty of Paris and at the ratifi-
have been more wonderful than this
cation of the Constitution that made
day in 1983 made glorious by your
the dream reality-we were there.
presence here to celebrate with us.
Let us for a moment reflect on the
We are gathered here today to cele-
meaning of America, the dream born
brate the two-hundredth anniversary
in 1776 and brought to practical and
of the signing of the Treaty of Paris-
dramatic reality in the ratification of
that treaty which formally ended the
the Constitution and the establish-
American Revolution and provided a
ment of a new and unique govern-
period of peace during which time the
ment. There are many who in search-
new American nation could draft its
ing for the American dream go back
Constitution and set in place its new
only as far as the melting pot. They
government.
suppose it was the earliest hope of
During the past year, in many
those who came to these shores: they
places and in many institutions at
suppose that it was the thing wished
home and abroad, attention has been
for.
given to the content and meaning of
Bishop John T. Walker.
The fact is, however, that the melt-
the Treaty of Paris. It is, therefore,
ing pot idea came about much later,
not my purpose to review the negotia-
member as a school boy in Detroit
perhaps spawned by those who out of
tions nor to look into the treaty itself.
that on George Washington's or Abra-
their experience were skeptical of hu-
I wish rather to look at the America in
ham Lincoln's birthday we recalled
man ability to accomplish what the
whose creation it assisted and to ex-
specific events in their lives both as
dream demanded.
plore briefly whether or not succeed-
boys and as men. And while we could
The dream, you see, was rooted in
ing generations have honored the res-
not easily identify with them as men,
some very basic Christian ideas. It has
olutions of that new nation.
for we were merely boys, there arose
been held by some historians that the
Anniversaries of events like birth-
within us a strong desire to fulfill the
idea of America grows out of the Bi-
days are causes for celebration, but
dream of liberty and equality to which
ble, out of the ideas of the sainted
not only celebration. They are times
those men's lives were SO thoroughly
Thomas More as written in his book
of remembering and reflecting. Not,
committed. Later as I became increas-
Utopia published circa 1536 and out
however, remembering or reflecting in
ingly aware of religion and its impact
of the Quaker belief as espoused by
the passive sense of nostalgia but
on the American dream, I also became
William Penn, the founder of the col-
rather remembering in a very active
aware that in celebrating the great
ony of Pennsylvania.
way-almost as if we were there. I re-
events of Christianity, in our remem-
The image of peace for him was
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that great-grandfather of all of the im-
erty with order. In some sense these
It has endured. It endured through
ages of peace written in the book of
historians argue that all of America's
carpetbaggers, Jim Crow and the Ku
Isaiah in which he claims that the lion
history from the preamble and Consti-
Klux Klan, all of whom conspired to-
will lie down with the lamb. The
tution and onward can best be under-
gether to kill the dream. It has en-
hope of William Penn seemed to be
stood in the light of that effort to bal-
dured. Standing with Lincoln were
that of establishing a truly Christian
ance liberty and order. The question
the great men and women of both
community in which men of all reli-
today might be asked To what ex-
gions, out of all nations and races,
tent have we succeeded in accom-
might live together in harmony and
plishing that goal?
peace. Nor was he so naive as to be-
From time to time we hear it said
What people in history have
lieve that this would happen simply
that the Constitutional Convention
set out with so grand a design
because he willed it to happen. It
deferred the dream and that in setting
and struggled so profoundly to
would require hard work and careful
up a Federal system we killed that
planning. He laid out his colony to be
part of the dream that called for racial
make it come to reality?
a model for America and one which
diversity, equality and justice for
would avoid the traps of both the Brit-
some people. Certainly, with the con-
ish and European nations.
tinuation of slavery and beyond the
races with Booker T. Washington,
Civil War the establishment of dis-
Frederick Douglass, and into our cen-
criminatory laws, equality and justice
tury, with Franklin Roosevelt, the
We were there at the
would for many never be realized.
members of the Supreme Court,
Declaration of Independence,
But the final verdict is not in yet.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman,
The extraordinary reach and aspiration
at the signing of the Treaty of
Sojourner Truth, Thurgood Marshall,
of the Constitution and its preamble
John Kennedy and the thousands
Paris and at the ratification
was and remains a goal toward whose
upon thousands of ordinary men and
of the Constitution that made
fulfillment every generation of Ameri-
women who have claimed the dream
cans strives.
the dream reality-we were
and clung to it, who have raised their
"In order to form a more perfect
there.
voices, have voted and died for that
union-establish justice, insure do-
dream. Because of them, because of
mestic tranquility, provide for the
us all it has endured and continues to
common defense, promote the general
endure.
The dream was to provide the op-
welfare and secure the blessings of
In recent history Martin Luther
portunity for economic well-being, to
liberty to ourselves and our posterity
provide freedom of thought and wor-
King, Jr. took the dream and dressed
do ordain."
ship, to make possible good relations
it in perhaps the greatest poetry since
What people in history have set out
with one's neighbors, and to abolish
Isaiah and awakened in us again the
with SO grand a design and struggled
violence and war from society. This
same sense of urgency and the same
so profoundly to make it come to real-
was to be done not by men who all
sense of the possible.
ity? In every generation we have
looked alike, spoke the same language
The Treaty of Paris accomplished
found men and women giving fresh
or even worshipped God in the same
far more than its negotiators antici-
life and new meaning to its words, ex-
way. Diversity was at the heart of the
pated. By the years of peace which it
panding the definition of our posterity
dream.
made possible, by the recognition of
SO that at last we embrace the diver-
To put it another way-it is clear I
American independence by England,
sity that William Penn sought in his
believe that at least for William Penn
it provided a time in which the high-
colony. Abraham Lincoln would re-
and his followers, Pennsylvania, the
est hopes of a people could be placed
mind us at Gettysburg that-
in the foundation stone of the nation.
Holy Experiment, would be as Isaiah
has written-
From that beginning a nation was
The mountain of the House of the
born committed to a dream of liberty
Lord to which all nations flow and (to
In recent history Martin
and peace, of equality and justice and
which) many people come.
Luther King, Jr. took the
to the ineradicable compassion for
those who suffer.
This is a dream worthy of the finest
dream and dressed it in
I pray and we pray that this day we
effort that men and women can give
it. And it came as close to realization
perhaps the greatest poetry
will renew our commitment to that
since Isaiah and awakened in
dream, conceived by William Penn
in Pennsylvania as it has ever come in
and by men and women even before
the history of mankind. After the
us again the same sense of
Treaty of Paris, the drafters and sign-
him, supported by the peace of Paris,
urgency and the same sense of
upheld by the founding fathers and
ers of the Constitution had to grapple
with the hard realities of thirteen colo-
the possible.
died for by thousands of men and
women in this nation and the world
nies: negotiate the interests of what
ever since. Ours is a great task but we
would become small states and large
shall pray and we believe that God
states, and overcome regional con-
"Fourscore and seven years ago our
cerns and local loyalties not unlike
shall give us strength to accomplish
fathers brought forth on this continent
that task.
those of so-called Third World nations
a new nation conceived in liberty and
today, who have to overcome tribal
dedicated to the proposition that all
differences as they seek to build a
men are created equal. Now we are
"Our fathers' God, to thee.
more democratic world. They had, in
engaged in a great civil war, testing
Author of liberty, to thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
the words of two great American his-
whether that nation or any nation SO
With freedom's holy light:
torians (Henry Steel Commager and
conceived and SO dedicated can long
Protect us by thy might, Great God, our
Samuel Eliot Morrison) to balance lib-
endure."
King." AMEN.
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Gift Opportunities at
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Your Church in the Nation's Capital
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ASSOCIATION
THE CATHEDRAL FUND
Be a part of your Nation's Cathedral
The daily life of Washington Cathedral is supported by contri-
butions. to the Cathedral (Annual) Fund. Gifts meet the cost of
through membership in the National Cathe-
daily operations and keep the doors open to the thousands of
dral Association. Join today, or give a gift of
worshippers and visitors who enter.
membership. Benefits include Cathedral Age,
discounts in the Cathedral shops, on audio-
$1,000
$250
$50
visual programs and for the special events;
and best of all, the knowledge that you are
$500
$100
$25
contributing to the ministry and mission of
your Cathedral in the nation's capital in this
extraordinary year of its completion.
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address
Contributing: $50
Family: $25
city/state/zip
Active: $20
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return to: The Cathedral Fund, Washington National Cathedral, Wis-
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THE LIFE OF THE CATHEDRAL
Please make your check payable to the National Cathedral Association
Your gift is welcome to help support many aspects of the life of
and return to: National Cathedral Association, Washington National Ca-
Washington National Cathedral, including:
thedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, NW, Washington, D.C.
the music program during the year (a gift of any size).
20016-5098. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent provided
the educational program during the year (a gift of any size).
by law.
the social outreach program during the year (a gift of any
size).
ALL HALLOWS GUILD
hymnals (at $15 each).
All Hallows Guild members help to maintain the landscaping of
prayer books (at $10 each).
the Cathedral close, including the Bishop's Garden, the Wood-
land Path and the Oak Grove. Members receive Cathedral Age
My/our gift of $
is enclosed or will be paid as follows:
and a discount on purchases at the Cathedral shops.
Annual Membership $20
name
name
address
address
city/state/zip
city/state/zip
Please make your check payable to All Hallows Guild and return to: All
Please make your check payable to Washington National Cathedral and
Hallows Guild, Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, NW, Washing-
return to: Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and Massachusetts
ton, D.C. 20016-5098. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent
Avenues, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016-5098. All contributions to the
allowed by law.
Cathedral are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
Preserving Washington National Cathedral
Now that Washington National Cathedral has been completed,
it is vital that this magnificent structure be preserved, so that
visitors and worshippers, now and in the future, will have the
opportunity to look at the light shining from the stained glass
windows on the stone piers, or to view the delightful carvings of
animals, angels and gargoyles.
Gargoyle
I/we support the preservation of Washington National Cathedral
Angel: full
with a gift of:
1 week: $2,500
3 hours: $210
ADOPT AN ANGEL, AN ANIMAL,
2 days: $1,000
2 hours: $140
A GARGOYLE
1 day:
$
550
1 hour: $ 70
While the construction of Washington National Cathedral has
½ day: $ 275
½ hour: $ 35
been completed, there are still hand-carved stones on the West
My/our gift of $
is enclosed or will be paid as
Towers of St. Peter and St. Paul available as gifts. Gifts will be
follows:
applied to the Preservation Fund of the Cathedral.
I/we wish to give:
Gargoyle: $15,000*
Four-crocket stone: $3,500
name
Angel: full gablet termination:
Dentil stone: $2,000
$6,000*
Single-crocket stone:
address
Angel: partial gablet termination:
$1,500
city/state/zip
$5,000*
Animal: $5,000*
This gift is:
in memory of
*specific choices available
in honor of
My gift of $
is enclosed or will be paid as
in thanksgiving for
follows:
Please credit this gift to the National Cathedral Association
Preservation Project.
Please send information about the National Cathedral Association
Preservation Project.
Please record this gift in Washington National Cathedral's Book of
Remembrance.
name
Please make your check payable to Washington National Cathedral and
address
return this form to: Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and
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contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
This gift is:
in memory of
ENDOWMENT GIFTS
in honor of
in thanksgiving for
The endowment of Washington National Cathedral forms an
invisible bulwark behind the visible carved stone and stained
glass, helping to ensure that the Cathedral's doors remain open
Please record this gift in Washington National Cathedral's Book of
Remembrance.
in welcome and that its ministry of peace and reconciliation en-
dures. Cathedral friends have the opportunity to make either
permanent endowment gifts or ten-year annuity endowment
Please make your check payable to the Washington National Cathedral
gifts, and to honor or memorialize a family member or friend.
and return this form to: Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin and
There are many endowment gifts available, including:
Massachusetts Avenues, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016-5098. All
contributions to Washington National Cathedral are tax deductible to
Permanently endow your annual giving to the Cathedral: 25 times or
the extent allowed by law.
more your current annual gift(s).
Endow needlepoint within the Cathedral for ten years: $25,000.
Permanently endow a Sunday service: $25,000.
Endow an issue of Cathedral Age for ten years: $300,000.
Permanently endow sheet music for the Cathedral Choir of Men and
Boys: $65,000.
Please send a full list of endowment gift opportunities to:
Animal
Angel: partial
name
address
city/state/zip
Four-crocket stone
Dentil stone
Single-crocket
stone
Cathedral Programs
VIDEOTAPES, FILMS & SLIDES
Washington Cathedral is brought to you with
Bishop Tutu, "for God calls on you.
to
SLIDE LECTURES
programs on films, slides and videotape. Spon-
work for peace because we work for justice."
sored by the National Cathedral Association and
Newly Revised
created by the Communications Office, these
NEW VIDEOS
A Washington Cathedral Christmas (43 slides)
programs are suitable for people of all ages and
A totally revised script tells the story of how the
Please indicate videotape type (VHS or Beta).
birth of the Christ Child is celebrated at
denominations. Members of the National Ca-
thedral Association benefit from lower rental
"Welcome to Washington Cathedral"
Washington Cathedral. Builds from preparation
fees on most of the programs listed here.
(11 minutes) A videotape version of the widely
through the great festal celebration.
regarded four-projector slide program that visi-
tors to the cathedral view in the NCA audito-
"Welcome to Washington National
Reservation for a program should be made at
rium. Provides an overview of the cathedral
Cathedral.' (58 Slides) Provides an overview of
least six weeks in advance. Place make check
payable to "Washington Cathedral."
both in terms of physical structure and program-
the cathedral both in terms of physical structure
matic mission. Perfect for a discussion starter.
and programmatic mission.
Rental Fees (all programs)
NCA members-$12 plus return postage
The 1987 "Christmas at the National
"A Child's Visit to Washington Cathedral"
Non-members-$15 plus return postage
Cathedral" telecast
(not for kids only!) (31 slides) A fast and enter-
(1 hour) The full program of the 1987 Christ-
taining trip through the cathedral. Excellent
photography, a good, quick introduction for
A Note For Program Planners
mas Morning Eucharist as telecast by Allbritton
child and adult alike.
Videotapes are best suited for viewing by small
communications. Includes Bishop Walker's ser-
groups (10-20 persons). They can be used with
mon ("The Displaced Person"), Provost Perry
"Washington's National Cathedral" (70 Slides)
any regular television set connected to a VHS or
celebrating, and Christmas anthems and carols
Gothic cathedral's tell stories without the use of
Beta video-tape recorder.
by the cathedral's 40-voice Choir of Men and
words. The set is a look at American history as
Boys under the direction of Canon R. Wayne
Slide Programs are suited for any size audi-
presented in the art and activities at Washing-
Dirksen and accompanied by Douglas Major on
ton Cathedral.
ence. The cathedral slide programs are pack-
the organ.
aged for use with carousel-type projectors. Each
The Architecture of Washington Cathedral
comes with a script to read. Some include an
FILMS 16mm
"The Architecture of Washington Cathedral"
audio-cassette of music.
"A House of Prayer for All People"
(67 slides) A study of the history and building
Films are best suited for a large audience (more
(28 Minutes) (Released fall 1984) This film is a
methods of the cathedral. A slide set of special
than 20 persons). The cathedral films can be
year-long look at Washington Cathedral. From
interest to lovers of architecture, engineering or
used with any 16mm film projector and a view-
Christmas Eve to Easter and Open House Day
church art.
ing screen.
to Flower Mart, the film captures in brilliant
Flowers at Washington Cathedral
color and sound the art, services, music and
VIDEOTAPES
"Altar Arrangements" (54 Slides) A survey of
worship that are Washington Cathedral. Music
Please specify VHS or Beta
the many different types of altar arrangements
of the Cathedral Choir of Boys and Men, inter-
used by Washington Cathedral for the different
"A Year of Reconciliation"
views with cathedral clergy, staff and artists ex-
church seasons.
(28 minutes) An overview of the cathedral's
press the life and mission of Washington Cathe-
seventy-fifth anniversary with scenes of special
dral (Also available in Video format).
"Altar Mechanics" (68 Slides) This set de-
services, dedications and other events of. this
"Christmas at Washington Cathedral"
scribes the mechanics behind the Washington
historic year, 1982.
(25 Minutes) Christmas is the time for festivi-
Cathedral altar arrangements. Explains, step-by-
ties, colorful poinsettias and joyful music. This
step, how some of the gorgeous fruit and floral
"In Common Cause"
film shows the Christmas Eve pageant and
arrangements are created.
(28 minutes) Highlights of the historic January
Christmas service a Washington Cathedral-one
1983 meeting at Washington Cathedral between
a fun-filled spectacle with clowns and the Magi
The Gardens of Washington Cathedral
Lutherans and Episcopalians to affirm mutually
"A Year on the Cathedral Close" (140 Slides)
for children and families, the other a traditional
held faith. Included is a discussion with Lu-
This set shows the seasonal beauty of the ca-
service that proclaims the birth of our Lord.
theran and Episcopal bishops.
thedral grounds. Stunning close-up detail of
"The Stonecarvers"
flowers and shrubs. Developed by All Hallows
"How Can We Remain Unmoved?"
(28 Minutes) This award winning documentary
Guild.
(29 Minutes) Bishop Desmond M. P. Tutu's
film produced by Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wag-
December 1984 sermon at Washington Cathe-
ner presents the stonecarvers of Washington Ca-
"The Gardens of Washington Cathedral" (107
dral. Bishop Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Laureate for
thedral. The work of the stone carvers, highly
slides) A colorful look at the cathedral gardens
Peace, talks about the responsibility of the
skilled artisans practicing a traditional craft that
in different seasons of the year.
church in up holding basic Christian principles
is centuries old, is explored in the film as the
that are at odds with political institutions such
carvers demonstrate their work (Also available
The Needlepoint of Washington Cathedral
apartheid. "We cannot remain unmoved, "says
in Video format).
"Cathedral Needlepoint" (56 Slides) A selec-
tion of the needlepoint kneelers, rugs and cush-
ions in the cathedral along with descriptions of
the history and symbolism behind these works
ORDER FORM FOR SLIDES, FILMS, VIDEOS
of art.
Mail to:
The Sculpture and Carving at Washington Cathedral
Name (please print)
Communications Office
"Cathedral Zoo" (79 Slides) An entertaining
survey of the animals, both real and mythical,
Washington Cathedral
group or organization
into the stone, wood carving, wrought iron,
Mount Saint Alban
stained glass and needlepoint of the cathedral.
Washington, D.C.
address
The Stained Glass Windows of Washington Cathedral
20016
"Jewels of Light" (124 Slides) Brilliant slides
city
state
zip
of stained glass windows
I wish to reserve video tape #
in VHS Beta
bring the glory of the cathedral to life. The text
includes a short history of stained glass-making.
I wish to reserve
Visual Exposition of the Biblical Story-developed by
Provost Charles A. Perry
for
"From Creation to Redemption" (103 slides)
day
month
year
A visual exposition of the biblical story through
for
the art and iconography of the cathedral. From
day
month
year
creation, through Noah, Abraham, Moses, the
Psalms, Jeremiah, Isaiah to Jesus and the New
Enclosed is $
rental fee.
Testament narrative. Excellent biblical sum-
(Please make checks payable to Washington Cathedral)
mary for study or confirmation class.
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Cathedral is now complete, taking nearly a century to build.
Over the years many artisans and craftsmen were called upon to
help in building George Washington's dream. This collection of gifts
which we are proud to present, reflect their diversity of skills and talents.
On the cover, left to right:
Notecards (notshown). Featuring
Commemorative Tie. With motif of the
transparent stained glass window
last finial to be placed on the
reproductions.
Cathedral. 100% silk. Specify navy, red
C set of 6, 24.00
or burgundy background.
Ironworks Jewelry. Designs inspired
3" width. 40.00
from ironworks created by the studio of
Gargoyles and Grotesques. Soft and
Samuel Yellin. Sterling silver.
squishy, safe for ages 2 and up.
D Door pull earring, specify pierced or
18.00 each
screw-back, 1", 35.00
Celebration 1990. To celebrate the
E Door pull brooch, with loop for
completion of the Cathedral anywhere
chain, 1 1/2", 42.00
you go.
F Door pull stick pin, 2", 18.50
Canvas tote 20"x15 1/2", 5" gussett, 21.00
G Hinge bar pin, 2 1/2", 25.00
Mug, 4", 10.00
H Hinge bracelet (not shown),
Suncatcher, 6.95 each
adjustable, 68.00
Cathedral Print by renown illustrator
I Leaf ring, adjustable, 85.00
David Macauley to celebrate the
Lace Ornament. From a carving on the
completion of the Cathedral. Signed
south transept of the Cathedral
150.00 Color Poster. 12.50
Battersea Box is hand enameled in
National Address Garden Book
The
depicting the flight into Egypt
J 2 1/2", 4.00
"
England especially for us. The
Memo Boxes. Filled with paper and
Cathedral is depicted on the top and
pencil, lids depicting needlepoint from
under the lid description reads "To
Bethlehem Chapel. Plastic, 4 1/4"x3
Commemorate the Completion of
3/4". Set of 2, Mary's Rose (shown) and
Washington Cathedral 1990".
Akbar the Camel
1/2" 198.00
K 7.50
Cathedral Model. To punch out and
Lambeth Quadrilateral Medal. Taken
build your own Cathedral or send one
from a boss in the North Porch,
#
to a friend. Set of two with envelopes,
symbolizing the Anglican communion.
8.50
L Silver plate, 1 1/2", 22.00
Finial Christmas Ornament
Angel Bar Pin, from the Bethlehem
commemorates the completion of the
Chapel reredos. Plated pewter.
Cathedral. Brass
M 2", 20.00
1/4" 10.00
Cathedral Crosses. Taken from the
Scarves. Architectural elements to
West Towers and South Crypt Aisle.
commemorate the completion of the
N Dogwood cross, 1 1/4", 25.00
Cathedral, silk, 52" long. Specify grey
o West Towers cross, 1 1/4", 25.00
or purple border, 28.00
Canterbury Cross. Found in
On this page:
Ressurection Chapel, hand wrought,
Recordings in the Cathedral.
sterling silver.
A
Masterfully recorded with the latest
P 1/2", 77.00
technology to capture the superior
Sterling Christmas Ornaments.
accoustics of the Cathedral. Please
Designs taken from Cathedral Chapels.
specify record, cassette or CD.
Q Star, 2", ornament, 40.00,
AA Marches. Favorite marches on the
brooch, 43.75
Great Organ, featuring Douglas Major,
R Three Crowns, 2 1/2", ornament,
8.98 CD, 17.50
40.00, brooch, 43.50
also available:
S Lambs, 2", ornament, 42.00
BB Noel. Christmas music featuring
T Madonna and Child, 2", ornament
the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys,
42.00, brooch, 44.50
12.00 CD, 20.00
U Angel (not shown), 2 1/2",
CC Empire Brass Quintet. A Bach
ornament, 40.00, brooch, 44.50
Festival, with Douglas Major at the
Trinity Cross Pendant. An adaptation
Cathedral organ
of the bronze cross atop the Cathedral
14.00 CD, 25.00
Apse. 1 1/2" on an 18" chain.
DD Handel's Messiah. Featuring the
V Sterling or vermeil, 20.00, 14k, 88.00
Cathedral Choral Society, 2 record set.
Rose Window Pendant. Inspired by the
21.98, CD 36.00
West Rose, hand enameled in France,
EE Bach in the Cathedral. Preludes
5/8" on a 24" chain
and Fugues on the Great Organ.
W 18k, 200.00
8.98, CD 17.50
Needlepoint Boxes. Pettipoint florals
FF Festival Music. Organ selections
on satin lined boxes.
from the seasons of the church year.
Y Dogwood, 4", 12.50
8.98, CD 17.50
Glastonbury Thorn (not shown),
Address Book. Featuring the Cathedral
4"x3", 10.50
Gardens, 26 color photographs.
Gargoyles Pads and Pens. Three
A 12.95
pads and three pens featuring gargoyles
Cathedral Notecards (not shown). An
of the Cathedral.
Z 10.95
assortment of 24 cards and envelopes, at
least 6 different cards in each set.
B 9.95
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Suncatchers. In assorted colors, handmade with a
Cathedral Book. Featuring the photographs of
Brass Trivet echoes the design of the North Rose
new design introduced each year. Specify 1990,
Robert Llewellyn, introduction by John Chancellor.
Window. Polished and lacquered, with rubber tipped
Butterfly, Thistle, Dove or Angel.
LL 18", 38.00
legs. 3" diameter.
GG 6.95 each, set of 5, 32.00
Cathedral Glass. This sugar and creamer set are
QQ 35.00
Cathedral Gardens Calendar. Format allows a
hand-blown from formulas used in the stained glass
Stone Carvers Apron in 100% cotton
1/2" X 1/4" note space for each day.
windows. Specify cobalt blue or emerald green.
RR Child, 12.95, Adult, 18.75
HH 12"x9", 7.00
MM 3 1/2", 31.50
Hand Carved Stone. From Cathedral stone carver
Cathedral Garden Plates and Bowl. Six plates and
Stained Glass Ornament. Reminiscent of the West
Wayne Ferree.
a bowl, featuring herbs and flowers found in the
Rose Window, this hand-blown ornament is created
SS Grotesque mask, 500.00
Cathedral's gardens. Wild Rose and Mint,
using original stained glass colors.
TT Book ends, 400.00
Nasturtium and Rosemary, are shown. Also
NN 12.00
available, Mallow and Borage, Chives and Hyssop,
Child's Bowl and Cup (cup is not shown). Is
Marygold and Chamomile, or Bergamot and
Your satisfaction is guaranteed. If for any reason
brightly decorated with drawings telling the story of
Oregano. A bouquet of flowers form the design on
you are unsatisfied, simply return the item(s) to
Noah's Ark. Dishwasher safe porcelain.
the serving bowl. Porcelain, Dishwaher safe.
OO Cup, 2 1/2" high, Bowl, 7 1/2" diameter, 16.50
us for a prompt refund of your purchase price.
II Plates, 7 3/4" diameter, each 10.00
Proceeds directly support the Cathedral.
Candlestick, of gleaming brass owes its shape to the
JJ Bowl, 8" diameter, 25.00
stylized motifs or "crockets" that decorate the towers
KK Coasters, set of 6, 24.00
of the Cathedral.
PP 3 1/2", 24.00
Washington National Cathedral Museum Shop
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Charleston
Solana Beach
Susan B.B. Moody
Joan A. Redman
UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA 257
COLORADO 141
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. John MacReadie Barr
Mrs. Burton A. Smead, Jr.
MINNESOTA 171
Columbia
NCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES-1989-90
Englewood
Chairman Emerita
SOUTH DAKOTA 29
CONNECTICUT 432
Mrs. Harold E. Blodgett
Ray L. Loftesness
Vice Presidents
Mrs. Thomas J. Gray
Mrs. David W. Haskin
Sioux Falls
Guilford
Mendota Heights
Mrs. James H. Davis III, Charleston, WV
CENTRAL TENNESSEE 56
Mrs. S. Russell Mink, Jr.
MISSISSIPPI 106
Nevin Kuhl, Washington, DC
Litchfield
Mrs. Leila Clark Wynn
EASTERN TENNESSEE 92
Mrs. Evelyn McConnell, Middleburg, VA
DELAWARE 272
Greenville
Mrs. John B. Long
Louisville
Mrs. David E. Varner, Bethesda, MD
Mrs. Roger B. Gordon
EASTERN MISSOURI 247
Mrs. Richard Hoffman
Secretary
Mrs. James A. Long
WESTERN TENNESSEE 43
Wilmington
Mrs. Eugene Wilkey
Mrs. John Webb
Mrs. John T. Walker, Washington, DC
St. Louis
Memphis
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3962
Treasurer
Mrs. Donald C. J. Gray
WESTERN MISSOURI 98
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS 134
Potomac, MD
Mrs. Robert Mueller
Mrs. William L. Yost, III
Christian Hohenlohe, Washington, DC
CENTRAL FLORIDA 158
Mission Hills, KS
Dallas
DELEGATES FROM THE CATHEDRAL
Mrs. Norman E. Hollands
Dr. Virginia Glandon
NORTHWEST TEXAS 25
Deland
Shawnee Mission, KS
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS 275
CHAPTER
NORTH FLORIDA 94
MONTANA 53
Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton
Derrick A. Humphries, Washington, DC
Mrs. Emmet Ferguson, Jr.
Mrs. Arch M. Hewitt
Houston
Mrs. Henry Meigs, Louisville, KY
Jacksonville
Helena
WEST TEXAS 98
The Very Rev. Charles A. Perry, Provost
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA 213
Mrs. Helen Tyler Johnson
UTAH 13
Mrs. David Karcher
Missoula
VERMONT 71
CHAIRMAN, WASHINGTON COMMITTEE
Miami
NEBRASKA 39
Mrs. Colin P. Lindberg
Mrs. Donald C. J. Gray, Potomac, MD
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 311
NEVADA 15
Burlington
Chairman Emerita
REGIONAL CHAIRMEN
NEW HAMPSHIRE 187
CENTRAL VIRGINIA 249
Mrs. Mason Trupp
Mrs. Mead Hartwell
Mr. Granville Munson
Mrs. Thomas Houghton, Houston, TX
Mrs. David L. Sanderson
New London
Richmond
Mrs. J. Thomas Grayston, Seattle, WA
Tampa
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 173
NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA 1715
Mrs. Alan L. Hyde, Gates Mills, OH
EAST GEORGIA 87
Mrs. A. J. Dolan
Mr. Rollin L. Huntington
The Rev. Elijah B. White, III, Hamilton, VA
Mrs. Lansing B. Lee, Jr.
Madison
Alexandria
Augusta
Mrs. Arthur H. Laun, Jr., Cedar Grove, WI
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY 300
NORTHERN VIRGINIA 260
WEST GEORGIA 248
Kenneth W. Whitney, Lancaster, PA
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilson, Jr.
The Rev. Elijah B. White, III
Mrs. Bradley Hale
Cherry Hill
Hamilton
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Mrs. Roy R. Unkefer
Atlanta
CENTRAL NEW YORK 152
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA 400
Mrs. Mark Anschutz, Alexandria, VA
Mrs. Albert M. D. Cassel
Chairman Emerita
CENTRAL GULF COAST 42
Syracuse
Mrs. W. Emmett Kyle
Clement Conger, Alexandria, VA
Richard W. Overbey
David L. Dodson, Durham, NC
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 120
Mrs. William F. Bernart
Mobile
Gen. and Mrs. John D. Conley
Nassawadox
Mrs. Charles C. Glover, III, Washington, DC
HAWAII 75
Hampton Bays
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Drewry
Mrs. Robert B. Hollister, Cincinnati, OH
Paulie K. Jennings
Honolulu
NORTHEAST NEW YORK 148
Hampton
Philip N. Israel, Jr., Washington, DC
Chairman Emerita
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA 190
IDAHO 20
Mrs. James C. Arthur
Mrs. Freeborn G. Jewett, McLean, VA
Mrs. Erastus Corning, II
Mrs. Henry Reents
Mrs. Francis P. Coward
Mrs. Robert E. Marshall
The Very Rev. Elton O. Smith, Buffalo, NY
Boise
Rensselaerville
Lynchburg
The Hon. Robert S. Smith, Washington, DC
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 300
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK 192
EASTERN WASHINGTON 17
Mrs. William Sholten
ADVISORS
Highland Park
Mrs. Stanley D. Scott
Mrs. Richard Coombs
New York
Dennis R. Murphy
Mrs. David W. Barrow, Milwaukee, WI
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS 27
Spokane
WEST CENTRAL NEW YORK 116
Donald C. McVay, Pittsburgh, PA
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 67
Mrs. Clem W. Knight
WESTERN WASHINGTON 171
Mrs. H. Duke Shackelford, Jones, LA
Thomas L. Burroughs
East Rochester
Col. Leroy P. Collins, Jr.
Mrs. Alexander L. Wiener, Grosse Pointe, MI
Collinsville
Mercer Island
WESTERN NEW YORK 183
Charles B. Wheeler, II, Bethesda, MD
NORTHERN INDIANA 67
Mrs. Oscar Acer
WEST VIRGINIA 218
R. Wyatt Mick, Jr.
Williamsville
Mrs. James Hornor Davis, III
Mrs. Helen P. Wright, Bethesda, MD
Mishawaka
White Sulphur Springs
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA 299
TRUSTEES EMERITI
SOUTHERN INDIANA 145
WISCONSIN 256
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 88
Charles W. Kindermann
Mrs. Robert R. Barrow
Mrs. Wm. Rogers Herod, New York, NY
Mrs. John Franklin Hitt
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Mrs. W. Emmett Kyle, Virginia Beach, VA
Washington
IOWA 67
WYOMING 37
Mrs. Houghton Metcalf, Exeter, RI
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 71
Mrs. Rame Coombes
EASTERN KANSAS 113
Mrs. John Veach
James H. Stebbins, New York, NY
Mrs. Robert S. Mueller
Cheyenne
Black Mountain
Lois E. Hall
Mrs. H. Holton Wood, Dedham, MA
Mission Hills
NORTH DAKOTA 18
Sheridan
Dr. Virginia Glandon
James E. Mackay
Shawnee Mission
OVERSEAS 129
Fargo
The Rev. Earl W. Haase
WESTERN KANSAS 15
NORTHERN OHIO 324
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mrs. Joe Stucky
Mrs. Alan L. Hyde
Pretty Prairie
Total NCA members as of
Gates Mills
July 6, 1990: 20,503
CONSECRATION!
EVENTS
Celebrating
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
the Completion
SEPTEMBER 27-30
THURSDAY 27
of Washington
7:00 p.m.
CELEBRATION DINNER in recognition
of cathedral friends at the Omni
Shoreham hotel, Washington, DC
National
FRIDAY 28
7:30 a.m.
Holy Eucharist
10:00 a.m.
ANNUAL MEETING of National
Cathedral Association followed by
Cathedral
luncheon in the Bishop's Garden*
3:00 p.m.
TEA IN THE GARDEN for All Hallows
Guild members
4:00 p.m.
Festival Evensong in Recognition of and
Thanksgiving for Founders, Benefactors,
Artists, Builders, Cathedral Staff &
Volunteers and Dedication of the Henry
White Great Pinnacle, Dean Emeritus
Francis B. Sayre, preacher *
5:00-8:30 p.m.
Full Peal Attempt by the Washington
Ringing Society
SATURDAY 29 - Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
11:00 a.m.
Carillon, Band Prelude
12:00 noon
A Celebration of the Completion: an
ecumenical thanksgiving for the
completion of "a great church for
national purposes," Setting of the Last
Stone and dedication of the National
Cathedral Association Great Pinnacle
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Full Peal Attempt by the Washington
Ringing Society
8:00 p.m.
Sursum Corda: A Musical Thanksgiving
and Dedication of the "Angel Band"
Sculptures on the eve of the
consecration*
SUNDAY 30 - Pentecost XVII
11:00 a.m.
Consecration of the Cathedral Church
of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, "a house of
prayer for all people," Festival Eucharist
Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning,
celebrant *
1:00-4:00 p.m. Full Peal Attempt by the Washington
Ringing Society
Ticketed event, limited seating