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4 A Personal Connection 18 The Gospel 30 The Lee-Jackson Windows Dean-elect Randy Hollerith According to Vader Task Force Report the rt. rev. mariann edgar budde kevin eckstrom 36 A Place of Worship, 6 An Even Greater Love 20 Spotlight on Scholars Welcome and Witness Homily for First Lady Nancy Reagan kevin eckstrom the rev. canon jan naylor cope the rev. stuart a. kenworthy 23 In a Van Down 38 Focus 9 Second Sundays News from the Cathedral by the River 10 A “Bold & Powerful mikah meyer 44 Passages Witness” “Contract Let for North Transept” 24 Onward! To Phase 2 A look at the history and wisdom Interview with Presiding Bishop Earthquake Restoration Update in the Cathedral Age archives Michael Curry james w. shepherd 16 Faith over Fear 28 One Final Choosing Unity over Extremism rabbi m. bruce lustig Standing Ovation The Musical Legacy of J. Reilly Lewis margaret shannon

Restoring the nation’s cathedral to its original glory, one stone at a time, is an honor and a privilege. Thank you for above crane and scaffolding in place at the north transept for the opportunity. phase 2a earthquake restoration work photo c. winterbottom on the cover families enjoying a lightshow in the nave during www.lortonstone.com february’s seeing deeper week of programs photo d. thomas summer 2016 CATHEDRAL AGE contributors

Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde is the Cathedral Age is the official publication of Washington spiritual leader of 40,500 Episcopalians in 89 con- National Cathedral. gregations and 20 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves the very rev. randolph marshall hollerith dean as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries Cathedral Age is produced by the Communications of the Cathedral and the three Cathedral schools. Department of Washington National Cathedral: The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, Cathedral kevin eckstrom chief communications officer provost, oversees the Cathedral’s development mimi m. mcnamara creative director department; assists in identifying, cultivating, danielle thomas creative & design manager and soliciting major donors; and works closely sunny betts communications coordinator with Cathedral leadership on its strategic vision, matt echave director of video production ministry and mission.

Kevin Eckstrom is chief communications officer for cathedral chapter John G. Donoghue, chair; The Rev. the Cathedral. His principal portfolio includes all Martha J. Horne, vice-chair; Virginia C. Mars, secretary; internal and external Cathedral communications, Maxmillian Angerholzer III; John D. (Jack) Barker; The Rt. Rev. including the award-winning Cathedral Age Frederick Houk Borsch, Ph.D.; The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of Washington; Dr. Ana Caskin; Brooke B. magazine, advertising, video, and photography, Coburn; Timothy C. Coughlin; Robert B. Coutts; Andrew C. and media relations. Florance; Patrick W. Gross; The Rev. Dr. Michele Hagans; David J. Kautter; Gwendolyn King; Dr. Steven Knapp; Raymond C. The Rev. Stuart Kenworthy recently retired as Marvin; Hollis McLoughlin; The Hon. Thomas Pickering; The Cathedral vicar, and previously served as the Hon. Margaret Richardson; Barry Rogstad; Rafael Suarez, Jr.; David F. Webb; The Rev. Dr. James P. Wind; Dorothy Woodcock rector of Christ Church Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (1991–2014). He also served as a chaplain in the Army National Guard (1994–2007), including a To Subscribe to Cathedral Age Cathedral Age is a benefit of nca membership. For information deployment to Iraq (2005–2006). on membership, email [email protected]. James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED, is the Cathedral’s Postmaster director of preservation and facilities. His work Send subscription orders, change of address, and other circulation correspondence to Cathedral Age c/o Records focuses on leading the institution’s efforts to Department, Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin repair all earthquake damage, upgrade critical Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016-5098. infrastructure systems, and preserve the fabric of Copyright ©2016 Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation the buildings on the Cathedral Close. issn 0008-7874. Cathedral Age is published by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, 3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW, guest contributors Washington, DC 20016-5098. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, DC. Editorial comments should be addressed to Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig is senior rabbi at The Editor, Cathedral Age, Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Washington Hebrew Congregation, where he has Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016-5098. Telephone (202) 537-6200. served for more than 25 years. Along with the daily responsibilities of leading a large congregation, Cathedral Age is a member of the Associated Church Press and Episcopal Communicators. Rabbi Lustig has held leadership roles in the local and national Jewish communities. Washington National Cathedral is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. It receives no direct funding from the government Mikah Meyer is a former member of the Cathedral or any national church for operations. Choir, currently embarking on a three-year journey to visit all 412 sites in the National Park System.

(FSC mark placed by printer) Margaret Shannon is a frequent contributor to Cathedral Age, as well as an Alto I and program annotator for the Cathedral Choral Society. opposite the rev. canon jan naylor cope asperging riders and motorcycles (and everything else in sight) at this year’s “blessing of the bikes.” photo d. thomas

2 cathedral age summer 2016 3 a personal DEAN-ELECT RANDY HOLLERITH connection by the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington

It is my pleasure to be among the first to his life here at the Cathedral. There’s a introduce you to our next Cathedral dean, family tie as well: his great grandmother the Very Rev. Randy Hollerith. was present on September 29, 1907 as President Theodore Roosevelt helped lay For the last 16 years, Randy was the the foundation stone. rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va., where he earned a We’re thrilled that the newest generations national reputation for innovation in of Holleriths will be returning to the institution­ building, team leadership and Close. Randy’s wife, Melissa, is also an justice ministry in the city and beyond. Episcopal priest and most recently served Those who know him best universally as chaplain and chair of the religion describe him as faithful, energetic, department at St. Christopher’s School in humble and strong. That is the same Richmond. Both Randy and Melissa share impression we’ve developed as we’ve a deep commitment to Episcopal schools, gotten to know him better. and they are eager to engage with our schools on the Cathedral Close. Randy describes himself as “a team builder at heart.” At St. James’ and You’ll learn more about Randy and his beyond, Randy has demonstrated his vision for the Cathedral in the next commitment to building strong teams, issue ofCathedral Age. Thank you for strong institutions and a strong collective the privilege of serving as interim dean. witness to the Gospel of Christ. I look forward to many years of close, collaborative ministry with our new dean, Randy shares our commitment to social and all of you. justice and community engagement. He has led St. James’ in the work of racial reconciliation, forging lasting ties in the Richmond community. He has a record of successful fundraising campaigns that will Randy Hollerith’s installation as serve us well, and a pastor’s heart that is, the 11th dean of Washington in his words, “centered on being faithful National Cathedral is scheduled for to Christ and Christ’s work in the world.” Sunday, October 23, at 4 pm. It will Randy has a personal connection to the be streamed live from cathedral.org Cathedral. He grew up in Alexandria, Va., and from our YouTube channel at and would often visit to watch the stone youtube.com/wncathedral masons at work. He describes having one of the first spiritual experiences of

opposite the very rev. randy hollerith and the rev. canon jan naylor cope at the cathedral’s fundraising breakfast june 17, 2016 photo d. thomas

4 cathedral age summer 2016 5 an even greater

by the Rev. Stuart A. loveKenworthy

Following the death of former First Lady Nancy Reagan The great 20th-century rabbi, Abraham Joshua Heschel, you where to place them all: before the living God who Nancy knew of this. She knew it because she lived it. In on March 6 at age 94, the Rev. Stuart Kenworthy, the was once asked, “What is the most important thing that gave Nancy life from the first, and who now receives it November 2014 I was invited to meet Mrs. Reagan at her Cathedral’s vicar, presided at her funeral at the Ronald a religious person can do?” His answer was given in one back again. home. There were four of us. Mrs. Reagan, and two of her Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., and dear friends, Robert Higdon and Peggy Noonan. We entered word: “Remember.” Who is this God? This is the One who raised up Israel out offered the following homily. her bedroom where Mrs. Reagan, dressed comfortably, and That is precisely what we do this day. This is what we do of bondage in Egypt, fulfilling ancient promises, and who with a quiet elegance, was partly reclined upon her bed. We God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day as religious people every time we gather. We hear again raised up Jesus from the dead into Resurrection life. were there over an hour. I mostly listened as the three of our sister, Nancy. We thank you for giving her to us, her and again the stories of encountering God, ancient and The God in whose presence we gather this day, and to them told stories from the White House years and beyond, family and friends, to know and to love as a companion cherished: stories that point to God as ineffable mystery, whom we commend the life and soul of Nancy, is a God of some dramatic, some hilarious, and others that caused us to on our earthly pilgrimage. Give us faith to see in death yet still revealed to our fragile and mortal humanity. We justice who wants to lift up the poor, the vulnerable, and fall into a companionable silence. the gate of eternal life, so that in quiet confidence we may remember God’s saving love for the human race and all on the margins of life: a God of love, who wants you continue our course on earth, until, by your call, we are Turning to all the photographs on her bedside table, I family. And in that act of remembering, the God of life, to know that in every circumstance of life, that you are reunited with those who have gone before. Amen. asked about several of them. And one by one she looked and giver of every good gift, is present to us. beloved, precious, sacred, just because you are you. This is at them and spoke of places and events over long years. Today, we are exactly where we ought to be: standing with In these moments that I speak to you, it is really for one a God who loves fiercely, who traffics in life and death, and Finally, I picked up the one closest to her. It was worn and this family, and one another, before the mystery of life and purpose: to gather all the remembrances that you have is encountered in every dimension of life—beautiful, and creased, overrunning its slightly weathered simple plastic death, saying our prayers, and farewell, to Nancy Davis just heard, those that you carry in your hearts, those of complex. frame. “What about this one, Mrs. Reagan?” She held it in Reagan. the people of our nation, and the world, and to remind 6 cathedral age summer 2016 7 silence. Then turning to had acted: a cosmos- me she said, “This one is altering explosion of my favorite.” The photo Divine light and life was of President Reagan, was released—surging who had begun his at God’s command, descent into Alzheimer’s. breaking the three day He, too, was mostly canopy of silence. There, reclined. The angle of Jesus rises from death to the photo was of their new life, and all creation profiles. Nancy was rises with him. In a newly hovering just above him, beheld radiance that is their faces very near one without analogy, in the another, nose to nose, Risen Christ, death is eyes to eyes. defeated—vanquished— forever. It showed a deep and tender intimacy, even God raised Jesus that through the fog of his illness. you and I might share in his Resurrection. Of all the photos, this was her favorite. She kept looking at It is true we are raised with him, as is Nancy, who now it, seemingly transported to another place. stands on another shore, and in a greater light, with that multitude of saints that no mortal can number. I said, “Mrs. Reagan, that’s a picture of you, living out the promises of your marriage in fidelity, and love.” After a brief In a last visit with Mrs. Reagan, I asked at the end to be alone second silence she said, “Yes . . . it is,” and handed it back to be with her. We spoke for a few moments, and then we prayed: Sundays placed on the table—nearest to her. giving thanks for life, for the loves that God had brought to us, and for strength and grace in the days ahead. Poet Henry van Dyke has written: Now we all read things. I have made a life out of trying to Time is too slow for those who wait, As part of its commitment to convene important conversations on civic life, the Cathedral this year launched its read human hearts. In those last moments with Nancy she Too swift for those who fear, “Second Sundays” series on the second Sunday of each month, featuring well-known speakers and preachers was at peace, as if she were already leaning into heaven. Too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, who analyzed the intersection of faith and public life. And now, she has fallen asleep, and awakened in the heart But for those who love, time is eternity. of God. Now she knows intimately of what the 17th-century This year’s guests included author and scholar Diana Butler Bass on her new book, Grounded: Finding God in the Nancy Reagan glimpsed that truth. She and her beloved Anglican priest and poet John Donne wrote in these World—A Spiritual Revolution; acclaimed public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director Ronnie shared a great love, a very great love that is closing words. of the Equal Justice Initiative on the inherent injustices in the criminal justice system; best-selling author and legendary—and could instruct us all. And now she knows, public theologian Jim Wallis, who discussed his newest book, America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the that eternity is about so much more that time—for it is about and the Bridge to a New America; the Rev. Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership and former household and gate of heaven to enter into that gate and fulfillment—and completion: and, so important for Nancy, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals, a leading voice for Creation Care and environmental dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor reunion, as she is joined with her beloved Ronnie. protection; Tina Tchen, chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, who discussed the White House summit on dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one “The United State of Women”; and Alan Chambers, former president of the ex-gay group Exodus International and So lastly, as we give thanks for the life of Nancy Reagan, I equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; author of My Exodus: From Fear to Grace. want to speak of an even greater love. no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity; in the It is one we know as Christians in the life, death, and habitation of thy glory and dominion, world without end. The Second Sundays series will return in the fall with the Rev. Shaun Casey, special representative for religion Resurrection of Jesus Christ—climaxing at that first Easter. Amen. and global affairs at the U.S. Department of State; public radio talkshow host Diane Rehm, New York Times columnist David Brooks and others. Each Gospel tells of it differently, ironically, undergirding Nancy, dear Nancy, may you gaze upon our Lord, face to face. their veracity, and providing a stereoscopic view of a truth, May angels surround you, and saints welcome you in peace. unparalleled in all of literature, and life. The events of Holy And may your heart and soul now ring out in joy, to the Week leading to Jesus’ death sent his closest disciples living God in whose presence you are held forever. Amen. The Second Sundays series is archived on the Cathedral’s into fearful hiding and finally brought strong women to his tomb in the dark of that first Easter dawn. There, God previous cathedral vicar rev. stuart kenworthy gives the website at cathedral.org/secondsundays homily at the funeral for former first lady nancy reagan on march 11, 2016. photo f. brown/getty images above bryan stephenson and the rev. canon kelly brown douglas, february 14. photo e. long above mrs. reagan at the national cathedral for president ronald reagan’s funeral, june 2004. photo d. marks 8 cathedral age summer 2016 9 A ‘BOLD & POWERFUL WITNESS’ an interview with presiding bishop michael b. curry

Since 1940, Washington National Cathedral has been the official seat of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in addition to the seat of the Bishop of Washington. Last November, the Most. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop in a festival Eucharist that highlighted the depth and breadth of the church’s worship life. Bishop Curry returned to celebrate the life and legacy of Absalom Jones, the church’s first African-American priest, in February, and again in March to help lead the Good Friday liturgy. On October 23, he will preach at the installation of Dean- elect Randy Hollerith. He sat down with Cathedral Age to talk about his vision for the Cathedral and the role he hopes it will play during his nine-year term in office. Some portions have been edited for length and clarity

you’ve been several times, but what are some of That message is important; this Cathedral embodies it, it your earliest memories of the cathedral? proclaims it; and my hope and prayer for that day was that that liturgy in this space might actually send the signal to the I was very much aware of this place; it’s hard not to be aware Episcopal Church and the wider world that that’s who we are, of it. It is probably the single most all identifiable icon of the that’s who we strive to be, that’s where our Lord Jesus Christ Episcopal Church both in terms of the wider culture but also for has called us to be. This building, this sacred space, almost many Episcopalians. What I remember is, as a priest in Baltimore boldly declares that to this country and the world. and as a bishop in North Carolina, bringing kids here for the Acolyte Festival; that was just an enormous joy for kids to be When presidents come into this place, that message­—a house able to participate in this grand space and have some sense of prayer for all people—is proclaimed. When people take tours that maybe I am part of something larger and greater than just in this place, when national serviced are held, when the country myself and maybe that’s something actually is God. That’s an focuses on this place, that message—a house of prayer for all object lesson that words don’t convey. people—gets proclaimed. It’s a bold and powerful witness. looking back to your installation here last This Cathedral matters, and the work that this Cathedral does november, can you tell us what that moment really matters. It matters because this Cathedral is committed like for you? to being a house of prayer for all people. Just that phrase is transformative not only for this Cathedral, not only for the My deep prayer for that day was that the liturgy is this remarkable Episcopal Church, not only for this our country but for the world. space would really be able to send a message to the church and beyond the church. I know that there’s great pride, and Dr. Martin Luther King once said that we shall either learn to appropriately so, in the Cathedral being a house of prayer for all live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools. people. I believe we must be a church of prayer for all people, not The choice is ours, chaos or community, and we must choose just for us alone but to help this world be a space for all people. community. Jesus of Nazareth has taught us and shown us the

right bishop curry knocks at the great bronze gates as part of his installation as presiding bishop, november 2015 photo d. thomas 10 cathedral age summer 2016 11 way to become genuine human community, to become the How many people come here just as tourists or pilgrims? For human family of God. And that, my friends, is the hope of the them to get the message that this is a house of prayer for all world. people—and that we really do mean that!—and we do that Our job is to bear This Cathedral is part of that mission. This Cathedral is part of because we are followers of Jesus of Nazareth; to be able to do that work of God. This Cathedral is part of what I like to call the slowly quietly and gently share that message, that’s evangelism! witness to what God is Jesus movement, a movement of people committed to following Now, what people and God do with that is their business. That’s “ the teachings of the spirit of Jesus of Nazareth in helping us all between them. We’re not in the outcomes business, but we are doing in our midst . . . to change and transform this world from the nightmare it often is in the sharing the message business. into the dream that God intends for us all. The nation knows that this Cathedral is here. This may be one you’ve talked about the cathedral’s role in this of our great evangelical points of departure as the Episcopal culture, both the legacy we carry forward Church, and I can envision of building on that and doing and the difference we hope to make for evangelism the Episcopal way. Then we could get those words, future generations. what do you see for the evangelism and Episcopalian, together because we’re about the cathedral in our nation today, both within the business of sharing some really good news, and this Cathedral episcopal church and beyond? can help make that happen. One of the contributions that we as a church and as people of looking a little broader: in this pluralistic faith can make is to help bear witness to the values that have culture that isn’t always a particularly been embedded in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Those christian culture, what role do you see for the values have currency not only in the church but I think in the cathedral in an ecumenical or interfaith sense? world. The principles that Christ stood for then we stand for now The Cathedral has done a lot of that work in terms of bringing in the church. together people of different faiths, of different convictions to If you look at Jesus’ teachings about love, they really do try to have common discourse and relationship. That work must move us beyond self-centeredness to a kind of search for the continue, and the Cathedral has modeled how we can learn to common good and well-being of the other. We need that kind of live together in our variety and in our differences. There’s much value-based understanding in our public discourse, in our public that we share, there’s much where we differ. But to be able and political life, in our economic life, both as a nation and as to have civil discourse about that—in a value-based way, in a a global community. The Cathedral could help to lift up those respectful way, and in a way that models how we can do that in values and lift up public discourse around those values. the public sphere and in the political sphere—the Cathedral can model that. This Cathedral been spoken of as a great church for national purposes, to bear witness in the nation to some of the values It’s going to be critical that we embody the common good in that are foundational to this country, calling us back to those this country; that’s going to be be critical for us. Our democracy values in helping us live them out in the public. The Cathedral requires it, it cannot function without it, and this Cathedral can can do that. It’s been a place that has given voice to those help this democracy live authentically into his true self. values, but it’s also been a place of conversation and dialogue you’ve talked a lot about racial reconciliation and discussion around issues of public concern based around being a top priority for you and the wider the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. That’s important work. church. what role can this cathedral play in we talk a lot around here about this being a the larger discussion? house of prayer for all people. but what else The Cathedral, because of its intrinsic visibility, can take a That’s would you like to see this place be “...for all leading role in partnership with others in helping the racial people”? how would you fill in that blank? conversation and relationships to grow and deepen. I’m convinced that part of what must happen for us as as a country Two words in the English language that are not often spoken of is that we’ve got to build bridges between communities and in the same sentence are Episcopalian and evangelism. And yet between people. Passing legislation is critical, don’t get me this can be a place where the good news of God in Jesus Christ wrong, but legislation and law can regulate behavior but it exciting actually gets shared, where the teachings of Jesus get shared cannot change hearts. We must have a fundamental change of in ways that are authentic to us as Episcopalians, in ways that heart, all of our hearts, in order for us to forward in engaging our are not intrusive or violating people’s humanity, or denigrating racial divisions. anybody or anything else, but in ways that are genuinely loving and in the spirit of Jesus of Nazareth. top bishop curry presided at the cathedral’s 2016 great easter vigil. stuff.” photo d. thomas

12 cathedral age summer 2016 13 when mere ordinary words cannot give voice to some of the deepest stuff that’s within us, the prayers, and the singing and “The church isn’t just a the sight of this sacred place have helped to lift us beyond what we find ourselves in. church, it isn’t just a building. After 9/11, it did that. At funerals and in moments of solemn engagement where we must all face death, it has helped us face It’s a . . . solemn reminder it and face it courageously with a profound hope beyond the grave. In moments of rejoicing and celebration it it can lift us up, that God has not given up on and I believe that we is the Episcopal Church have a wonderful opportunity to really bear witness to this good news of Jesus. us, and God has not given If I didn’t believe this stuff, I wouldn’t be sitting here. This God thing is for real, and I believe that if we as the Episcopal Church up on this world. And if God come together and partner with each other, we can help to bear witness and proclaim the good news in some ways that can be has not given up then we transformative for so many and transformative for our culture and I believe for our world. This Cathedral is a major player in won’t give up. THAT’S WHAT helping to make that happen. the cathedral, as you know, doesn’t THIS CATHEDRAL IS, and receive any support from the national episcopal church or the federal that matters ultimately.” government. why is this place worthy of our support and monetary gifts? Let me tell you a story. When I was a young priest at St. James’ Jesus. And friends, that’s an important witness because I don’t Church in Baltimore, in a desperately poor neighborhood that think the world always hears of Christianity that looks like Jesus. struggled with high crime and high teen pregnancy rates, we I’ve got a theory about Pope Francis. What’s fascinated me is deeply engaged the community, especially with children and how he’s captivated and captured the imagination of much of young people. In the mid-90s, there was a thunderstorm and the Remember what Jesus told Nicodemus: Brother, you must be in partnership with the community, deeply entrenched and the world. I’ve asked myself what he’s done that’s unique. But steeple of the church was struck by lightning and there was a born again. I’m talking about conversion, a change of heart. in relationship with this community here in with our national he’s just done what you would expect a Christian to really do, major fire. The whole neighborhood came out—this was hard- That’s what’s going to transform our racial landscape into community and the international community, out of those and that’s news. Which tells you something. He’s human and core inner-city Baltimore—and there were people weeping and something beautiful and hopeful for us all. A Cathedral, a partnerships and relationships with others who share common fallible like the rest of us, but he’s very real, and something afraid that that church would take the insurance money and leave. religious institution, can do that. That’s something government convictions about transforming our racial landscape —that is about him says it looks a little bit like something Jesus would can’t intrinsically do, that’s something that’s our business. how the Cathedral’s mission will grow. Not siloed on its own, but I realized then that the church isn’t just a church, it isn’t just a do—the way he cares about people, it reminds us of Jesus. building. It’s a reminder God has not given up on us. And that’s America is socially segregated, that’s the reality. The church can in relationship and partnership. The Wall Street Journal had a front-page photo of him on what this Cathedral is. It is a solemn reminder that God has not become a place where the social segregation is overcome by us We need to model the values we hope for, and that could be Maundy Thursday, washing the feet of refugees, some of them given up on us, and God has not given up on this world. And if coming together to worship the common God who has created transformative both for us as the Episcopal Church all but also Muslim, some of them Christian. And he called them his brothers God has not given up then we won’t give up. That’s what this us all, and being together in fellowship, in relationship, that is for others. We will not transform the racial landscape on our and sisters. That’s front page news for the Wall Street Journal, Cathedral is, and that matters ultimately. actually changing the landscape. This Cathedral can do that. own. But together—black, white, red, yellow, brown, Anglo and and it’s news because sometimes the world doesn’t always hear in a church that is overwhelming white, sitting Latino and Asian and Native—together we can. In the work of looking 25 years down the road, where would of Christianity that actually looks like Jesus, and he’s helped us here in northwest d.c., does the cathedral have doing that, we can actually participate in the transformation. you like to see this cathedral and its mission to recover that. a specific role in that conversation, as the That’s the hope. Theologian Karl Barth talked about bearing for your grandchildren? It would be my hope that the ministry of this Cathedral would establishment church in a minority world? witness to the truth that has changed your life. That’s what this I see this Cathedral as a place of authentic and genuine worship help us as an Episcopal Church not only to recover it for Cathedral can to, to bear witness. We don’t have to control the Dr. Martin Luther King, in probably 1966 or 1967, said our of Almighty God and as a place where were the good news of ourselves but also for the wider culture. My hope, when all is outcome—that’s God’s business—but our job is to bear witness loyalties must move beyond the sectional to the ecumenical. Jesus is really proclaimed and lived all. It’s a place that can help said and done and the roll is called up yonder, is that when to what God is doing in our midst. That’s exciting stuff. He wasn’t just talking about Baptists or Methodists or whatever, to do evangelism the Episcopal way, a place that embodies and is people hear the word “Episcopal”—one, that they’d be able to but our loyalties, our relationships, must move beyond our you’ve committed to an ongoing relationship participating in the work of of of racial reconciliation. If this place spell it—they think about that Jesus who was love. And if that sectional loyalties that come with us either by family or by where with us, and we’re excited about that. why is is helping to do that, following the way of Jesus, then we will happens, we will have done our job. we live. We must move beyond that to ecumenical loyalties and this cathedral important in your life, in your be modeling a way of being Christian that looks something like relationships. ministry opposite bishop curry preached at the cathedral’s 2016 great Bishop Curry will preach at the installation of Dean The Cathedral can’t function on its own; it must do so in This is a sacred place. It is a sacred place for country, for our easter vigil. photo d. thomas relationship with others who are engaged in this work. It is church. In moments of of deep agony and sorrow and pain, Randy Hollerith on Sunday, October 23, at 4 pm. Watch from our homepage or our YouTube channel.

14 cathedral age summer 2016 15 faith % over 5 choosing unity over extremism FEAR by Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig

On December 20, 2015, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde convened a Faith Over Fear pilgrimage to make a stand against Nor will we allow fear mongers to oppress those among us. The refugees we have welcomed have given us the Theory religious bigotry and in solidarity with immigrants. The Cathedral was joined by various Muslim groups; the Most Rev. Donald Not one of us will be registered because of our faith: not of Relativity (Albert Einstein), Google (Sergey Brin), Intel Wuerl, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington; and Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig of Washington Hebrew Congregation. Muslim, Christian, or Sikh; not Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Jain, or (Andrew Grove), and Yahoo (Jerry Yang). Opening our Zoroastrian. To single out one of us is to denigrate all of us. shores brought us Joseph Pulitzer, the journalist; I.M. Pei, the Rabbi Lustig spoke the following in front of the Cathedral as more than 200 pilgrims made the journey from the synagogue architect; and Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court justice. to the Cathedral to the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. Our common ancestor, Abraham the sojourner, opened Without welcoming the stranger, we would have neither a his tent to the stranger and so will we. Moses led a nation “White Christmas” nor “God Bless America,” for we would We gather this day, a mixed multitude of race, creed and gender. We are young, and into exile. No less than 36 times does the Torah command, have shunned Irving Berlin and the opportunity to bring his we are old. We are rich, and we are poor. We are the dignity of difference. We are “Remember that you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” gifts to bear in America. Remember to welcome the stranger, America. Yet, common to each one of us is a shared heritage that rejects bigotry, I am a first-generation American. I am the child of a for you were a stranger in the land of Egypt. which has no tolerance for intolerance, for we are people who choose faith over fear. Holocaust survivor. My mother, at age 9, was told to wear a We believe in faith, not fear. I lift my lamp so that we may We will not let hate enter our hearts; we will not build walls on our borders. Nor we yellow star on her clothes so she could be recognized as the see, from sea to shining sea, America—the beautiful will allow politics to divide us, for as it is written on the Statue of Liberty, it is upon our stranger, even though her family had lived in her hometown America—the land where strangers are welcomed with hearts: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free in Germany for more than 400 years. She was lucky. She open arms and open hearts. . . . I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” was given refuge here in America, and I was given life. Every refugee is grateful, and we should be grateful to them as At the fire of our faith, let courage be kindled that we may Today, we lift the lamp of liberty. We will heed the biblical injunction to welcome the well. There are over 100,000 foreign-born men and women live as we pray. So that, unashamed, we may transmit stranger and not oppress the stranger among us. We will not close our borders to the who serve in our armed forces this very day defending our to generations to come an America better than ours; an war-torn refugees of Syria. We will not shun them. Rather, we will welcome them. homeland. America of love, dignity, and hope for the stranger in all of us! Hear our prayer, oh God! Amen. top rabbi bruce lustig praised america’s legacy of immigration in front of the cathedral above pilgrims gathered at the islamic center of washington, as part of the faith over fear pilgrimage walk on dec. 20. left rabbi lustig, cardinal wuerl d.c., to denounce both terrorism and religious bigotry on dec. and bishop budde lead more than 200 people on the faith over fear pilgrimage. photos k. 20. photo k. eckstrom 16 cathedral age eckstrom summer 2016 17 According to Vader by Kevin Eckstrom

“Preach the Gospel,” St. Francis of Assisi famously said. I suddenly felt like the amphibious Admiral Ackbar from the “Use words when necessary.” movie as things fell apart: “Prepare to retreat!” I’m not exactly sure this is what he had in mind. I ended my several stints outside the Uptown passing out my stack of cards, and we got several hundred people to There I was, standing outside the Uptown Theater in register for the gargoyle tower climb. But it got me thinking: Cleveland Park, dressed in a Darth Vader costume, What exactly was the point? practically tripping over myself in a pair of black boots, three sizes too big, that I borrowed from the Cathedral Police. It Ostensibly, the Vader outreach was about raising awareness was frigid on this December night, yet I was roasting inside about the Cathedral, using Darth Vader as the catnip to my polyester suit. My fingers were numb, and the Vader draw them in. We wanted to introduce the Cathedral to an helmet was fogging up, making it hard to see who was unconventional audience and have a little fun. We wanted standing three feet in front of me. people to think of the Cathedral in a new way. I worked my way down the line of ticket-holders getting To put it one way, we wanted to bring the Cathedral to the ready for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, giving each people, not the other way around. person a three-by-three-inch card featuring an image of And that, ultimately, is what the Gospel is all about. It’s what the Cathedral’s Darth Vader grotesque and a line from the this Cathedral should be all about. original Star Wars film: “I find your lack of faith disturbing . . .” On the back side of the card was a blurb about the Vader Preaching the Gospel—with or without words—is tricky gargoyle and information about how to win a free gargoyle stuff. We face suspicion, questions and skeptics. The tower climb that allows Star Wars fans to see Lord Vader conditions we find ourselves in can be as uncomfortable up-close and personal. as a polyester Darth Vader suit. We may be too timid to embrace our own message. Being good Episcopalians, we But because people couldn’t hear me through the hard never want to offend. plastic mask, and I could barely see them in front of me, words were pointless. I was, as St. Francis would say, Yet as Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says in these pages, trying to preach without words. I could only point to the we have very good news indeed to share. This Cathedral, card, nod my head yes or no at questions, and hope they he says, “may be one of our great evangelical points of got the message. departure as the Episcopal Church. . . . We’re about the business of sharing some really good news.” He challenges The first few people said some variation of “Cool!” and us to engage in evangelism in ways that are “authentic to us asked to take a selfie. But when some movie-goers as Episcopalians.” inspected the card close-up, they saw those words—“lack of faith”—and assumed I was some sort of fundamentalist Taking this good news to the masses isn’t always easy street preacher damning them all to hell. They smiled —never has been, never will be. Bishop Curry reminds us politely, turned away and pocketed the cards. that “we’re not in the outcomes business, but we are in the sharing the message business.” Our call, simply, is to be out Back at the Cathedral, we had talked about what message with and among God’s people. We are called to bring that the cards should carry, and decided against “We find your good news to the ends of the earth, perhaps starting with lack of faith disturbing . . .” It didn’t feel very Episcopal, or the movie theater down the street. The one thing we know reflective of the Cathedral’s promise to be a house of prayer is that when we go to the people, God goes with us. for all people. We thought most Star Wars fans would get the joke, but knew it might be a risk. And that’s as true today as it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Needless to say, this wasn’t going exactly as planned. opposite darth vader explores the cathedral I decided to turn the cards over and focus on the history of photo d. thomas the gargoyle, not the “lack of faith” message on the front. That seemed to work better, but it wasn’t immediately clear that I, or the cards, had any connection to the Cathedral.

18 cathedral age summer 2016 19 SPOTLIGHT on Scholars by Kevin Eckstrom

“It wasn’t just about passing the test, but the WHOLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.”

Jimmy Murillo was a shy retiring high school freshman students each year from D.C. public high schools, the Cathedral Scholar Values Throughout the academic year, the program takes when he first caught the eye of Michael Snipes, the program offers academic enrichment, college prep and When new students enter the Cathedral Scholars Program, they are Scholars to visit college campuses and grow chairman of the advisory board for the Cathedral Scholars lifetime mentorships to promising students from some of challenged to embody these values: together through team-building exercises. All along, Program. Born in Houston but raised largely in El Salvador, the District’s most challenging neighborhoods. the 45 students in the program remain under the A SCHOLAR REPRESENTS INTEGRITY. Scholars recognize that integrity Jimmy’s English was poor, his home life was unstable and careful watch of Joseph Peralta, who joined the “If we are called to be partners with God in the mission is central to earning the trust, respect and support of one’s peers. his future uncertain. “I moved around a lot,” he said. “I Cathedral in 2015 as the program’s director. of the Gospel, we also have to be partners with the Integrity encompasses the highest regard for honesty, civility, justice didn’t really have a place that I’d call home.” community,” said the Right Rev. Nathan Baxter, the and fairness. “What we try to do is make a ripple effect, that the Now, Murillo is 23 and a college graduate, headed to former Cathedral dean (1991–2003) who conceived of the change in these students’ lives can then make a A SCHOLAR REPRESENTS HUMILITY. A Scholar does not regard him Oakland, Calif., as a volunteer corps member to spend program with leaders in D.C. Public Schools as well as St. change in their communities,” Peralta said. “We’re or herself more highly than others. Regardless of a person’s level of the next year working in a legal aid clinic. During his four Albans School. helping them learn how to become leaders, how to success, he or she always looks beyond oneself to appreciate the years at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, make a difference in their communities.” Starting in the middle of their freshman year, the Cathedral inherent value of others. Murillo was guided by the Cathedral Scholars Program Scholars spend their first summers in internships across For some Scholars like Murillo, that starts with and championed by members of the Cathedral A SCHOLAR REPRESENTS RESPECT. A Scholar respects individual the Cathedral. Their second summer is spent on engaging one-on-one relationships. Harvey Bale joined the congregation as he navigated his young life without the differences, experiences and fosters diversity. He or she promotes social justice and advocacy, and the third summer is Cathedral congregation in 2008 after a career as support system that most people take for granted. tolerance, inclusion and empowerment for people from a variety of devoted to applying for college. Summer mornings are an economist in Europe. When Johnson needed backgrounds. “I remember watching him at one point, and in the devoted to academic classes on English, math, science a few “guardian angels” to work with Murillo, Bale beginning he never smiled. Now he just beams,” said and SAT prep at St. Albans School on the Cathedral Close. A SCHOLAR REPRESENTS LEADERSHIP. A Scholar influences others immediately signed up, starting with Saturday Patty Johnson, who retired as the Cathedral’s canon to take positive action toward productive change. Scholars commit to morning tutoring sessions at the Cleveland Park After the SAT prep sessions, Scholars see their scores rise missioner last year, and worked with Murillo in the thoughtful and responsible leadership, which promotes the other core Library. When they started, Bale said Murillo’s an average of 200 points. program. “He has this sense of affirmation and confidence values of the Cathedral Scholar Program. English proficiency was about a 3 or 4 on a scale of “These exams, they expect you to have a prior that we want each scholar to have when they graduate.” A SCHOLAR REPRESENT SERVICE. A Scholar exercises the talents 1 to 10. Now, he says it’s about a 9. By the time he knowledge, but in the D.C. Public Schools, it was basically graduated in 2012, Murillo was in the top 10 of his Now approaching its 20th year, the Cathedral Scholars he or she has been given to provide service to his or her peers and that you have to do this on your own,” Murillo said. “It class. Program counts more than 230 alumni and a stunning 100 community. Cathedral Scholars are prepared to work constructively to wasn’t just about passing the test, but the whole learning percent college acceptance rate. Working with 15 new improve the lives of others at all times. Murillo received a full-tuition scholarship to Iowa’s experience.” above a new class of rising sophomores from d.c. public schools was inducted Grinnell College through the Posse Foundation, above cathedral scholars alumnus jimmy murillo photo d. into the cathedral scholars program on june 10 photo d. thomas 20 cathedral age thomas summer 2016 21 in a van down by the river

by Mikah Meyer

saving for my retirement in high-school to someone who realized that retirement isn't guaranteed. Even 50 isn't guaranteed. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. So I needed to make today everything I wanted it to be. It's the reason I continued with the road trip I had been planning for months before his death, even though its launch date ended up being only 10 days after his funeral. It was on that road trip, and the successive ones I've taken annually for the past 12 years to honor that experience, that I not only learned the healing power of travel, but also the need to chase one’s dreams while they are still alive. So at age 25, on an annual road trip which had become my longest yet (260 days and 16,400 miles) I made a vow to myself: To do everything in my power to I live in a white windowless van . . . down by the river. take one year which since 1989 has matched more than 7,000 deserving It’s not just the students, but also their families, said As any parent would dream for their 30-year-old son, my new off every five students with $932 million in scholarships. On campus, he Snipes, the advisory board chair. At the induction home is lampooned in popular culture and by Chris Farley on years and live held several unglamorous work-study jobs to help pay the ceremony for each new class of rising sophomores, Saturday Night Live. the retirement bills. Members of the Cathedral family chipped in to get Snipes challenges the parents and guardians to make But I don’t live next to rivers only. It's also lakeshores, my father Murillo set up for life on campus with a laptop, overcoat sure homework is completed, college applications are grasslands, and mountains. never got to and transportation. submitted and the Scholars take full part in the program. enjoy. To turn I'm spending the next three years—from the centennial of the every fifth “Man, college is expensive!” Murillo said with a laugh. “We tell them right up front that if we work together, we National Park Service in 2016 to the centennial of the National can pretty much ensure that your child is going to enroll year of my annual road trips into something "epic," something Peralta describes the program as one of the Cathedral’s Parks Conservation Association in 2019—experiencing all of you'd normally save for retirement. most effective ways to build bridges with the city it calls at a college or university somewhere in this country,” America's national parks. said Snipes, a retired superintendent in the D.C. Public That way, if I die at age 58, I will have at least experienced home. It’s not mere charity, but a way of impacting lives It’s not just the 59 national "Parks" you're probably thinking and taking the Cathedral into the community in real and Schools. a little bit of the "things I'll do someday" when I still had a of, like Grand Canyon, Yosemite or Acadia. Over the next someday to do them. tangible ways. The next step, Peralta and Snipes said, is expanding three years, I’ll be visiting all 412 sites in the National Park “Many of the Scholars come from Wards 7 and 8, and the program to keep better tabs on the students as they System: every monument, seashore, battlefield and more. As much as it hurt me to leave my Cathedral family to live in navigate the four years of college. That means visiting a 72-square-foot van with my boyfriend, I hope my journey they’ve never been to this side of the river, much less the When I finish, I'll be the youngest person to have Cathedral,” Bale said. “It exposes them to another kind of the Scholars on campus, making sure they’re ready to inspires others to live their dreams while they still can. graduate within four years and prepping them for life as a experienced all 412 sites, along with the only person to ever world. It changes the lives of 15 students every year, and To not wait for retirement to go on that trip of a lifetime college graduate. do so in one continuous trip. there’s a huge multiplier effect. that you've been dreaming of. “These young people who are provided this tremendous I'm hoping my journey will inspire other young and LGBT people “Foundations don’t want to know what you’re doing to fix To take time with loved ones and make memories to last opportunity would not, many of them, have this prospect to visit the national parks—two demographic groups that the stained glass windows or leaks; they want to know what National Park Service historically has struggled to reach. a lifetime, however long that lifetime is. you’re doing in the community.” in their lives otherwise,” Snipes said. “When they graduate, when you see a success story like Jimmy’s, you It wasn't easy quitting my jobs for this journey. I've enjoyed And to not give up on that idea which might seem crazy Baxter, now the retired bishop of Central Pennsylvania, feel like we’ve really done some good work here.” singing as a “Gentleman of the Choir” at the Cathedral for the to others. described a kind of cross-pollination effect, where the above cathedral scholars alumnus jimmy murillo works with past four years. But with every note and service, I knew I was Even if that means living in a van down by the river. Scholars can provide an example of academic success current scholars during summer programming at st. albans saving for this goal to begin at age 30. to their peers, which in turn results in better schools and, school photo d. thomas You can follow Mikah’s cross-country roadtrip at hopefully, stronger communities. And I chose 30 for a very specific reason. www.TBCMikah.com. Mikah is also available to sing at When I was 19, my father, a Lutheran minister, lost his battle churches along the way; you can visit the "Contact" page with cancer at age 58. It took me from someone who started on his website and send him pertinent location details.

22 cathedral age photos courtesy of m. meyer summer 2016 23 ON WAR D TO PHASE 2! by James W. Shepherd

Approaching the five-year anniversary of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that caused more than $34 million in damage to the Cathedral in 2011, construction crews began work this spring on Phase 2 of the repairs—the first step in a multi-year and multi-phased effort that will likely cost more than $23 million to complete. Working with our engineering (Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc.) and construction team (Lorton Stone llc and Safway Services llc), the Cathedral broke the remaining repair work into nine sub-phases that can be executed as funding becomes available. The Phase 1 work, completed last spring, focused on the Cathedral’s interior and on structural repairs to the flying buttresses behind the high altar that were destabilized when the quake struck on August 23, 2011. The many components of the Phase 2 work will address the remaining 87 percent of the Cathedral’s exterior repairs, from restoring damaged stonework to repairing and reinforcing the four grand pinnacles high atop the central tower. The Cathedral continues to speak from the earthquake, pointing to where the most urgent repairs are needed. In 2015, a 300-pound portion of a 450-pound pinnacle fell from the north transept and landed on the roof directly above the dean’s office and in the adjoining garth garden. Engineers concluded that the falling stone likely had been cracked during the earthquake and had Keep up-to-date on the latest news become even more unstable during subsequent winter on the earthquake restoration work, freeze/thaw cycles. watch videos and make a gift to help us reach our goal of $22 million to opposite & above cathedral stone mason joe alonso complete the earthquake restoration. supervises the removal of damaged finial stones from Visit cathedral.org/earthquake the north transept as phase 2 work got underway in april. photos c. winterbottom

24 cathedral age summer 2016 25 Last April, a giant mobile crane with a telescoping 200- foot boom arrived to lift several pinnacle pieces, ranging in weight form to 300 to 2,500 pounds from high above the north transept. Down on the ground and high above on the scaffolding, crews drilled a series of three-inch holes into the core of the pinnacles and inserted 26-foot stainless steel rods to provide reinforcement. The arched stones (or voussoirs) at the undersides of the flyers of the two engaged buttresses along the north transept façade were secured with stainless steel pins. Most of this stone had not been touched since it was installed in the 1930s, so mortar joints were raked out and repointed as well. This $1.2 million phase is critical in preparing the building to perform more successfully in the event of another earthquake. It is also essential to ensure that the Cathedral can continue to serve out its mission for many years to come. As part of the Phase 2a work, the Cathedral chose to introduce some cutting-edge technology to the stone PHASE 2 OUTLINED replacement process. Working with the Easy Stone Center 1 in nearby Vienna, Va., technicians used new scanning and PHASE 1 - FLYING BUTTRESSES (COMPLETE) digital carving technologies to replicate severely damaged PHASE 2F - SOUTH TRANSEPT 1 f Repair engaged buttresses, severely damaged grand stone pieces that were then used as part of the repair work. PHASE 2A - NORTH TRANSEPT FAÇADE (COMPLETED) pinnacles and damaged smaller pinnacles on the south The use of this carving method not only reduces costs but a Repair the engaged buttresses and pinnacles on the façade transept façade. estimated cost $4.7 million also significantly cuts down on the labor hours and schedule g of the north transept, enabling removal of scaffold protection at the entry to the Cathedral’s Administration Building. This for completing the repairs. What used to take weeks of PHASE 2G - GREAT CHOIR SOUTH work will be completed by summer 2016. estimated cost g Repair engaged buttresses and pinnacles; clean and repoint man hours to shape out a pinnacle now takes the push of a i $1.2 million masonry. estimated cost $2.5 million button and a 12-hour shift by a robotic carving machine. a c h f PHASE 2B - WEST TOWERS PHASE 2H - CENTRAL TOWER Using a damaged pinnacle as a starting point, engineers h b Repair miscellaneous pinnacle damage at the tops of the two Recarve portions of the four central tower grand pinnacles three-dimensionally scanned the damaged stone elements. west towers. estimated cost $350,000 and restore remainder of center tower secondary The scan was then “cleaned up,” refined and prepared for PHASE 2C - NORTH TRANSEPT BUTTRESSES pinnacles in order to remove very visible stabilization use by a 15-ton computer-guided robotic carving device c Repair and reinforce the engaged buttresses and pinnacles scaffold. estimated cost $3.3 million to shape a replica in stone. The end product of the robotic on the north transept not covered by the work in Phase PHASE 2I - GARTH carving was a pinnacle that was 75 percent complete. The 2a. estimated cost $1.6 million i Repair and reinforce engaged buttresses and Cathedral’s in-house stone carvers applied the finishing d e PHASE 2D - NORTH NAVE pinnacles around garth garden so that it can be touches, ensuring that every replacement stone was unique d Repair all engaged buttresses and pinnacles along the north reopened. estimated cost $3.6 million and heavily influenced by the human hand as are all other nave. estimated cost $3 million stones at the Cathedral. PHASE 2E - SOUTH NAVE ESTIMATED REMAINING COSTS $22 MILLION When all the work is completed, the Cathedral’s north b b e Repair all engaged buttresses and pinnacles along the south transept and the entrance to the Administration Building will nave. estimated cost $2.9 million no longer be shrouded in protecting scaffolding that has been in place since days after the earthquake. opposite a 15-ton robotic carving machine at easy stone center in vienna, va., rough-cuts a replacement pinnacle for the cathedral. above crews gently guide a crane in removing finials that were damaged in the earthquake atop the north transept photos c. winterbottom 26 cathedral age summer 2016 27 ONE final STANDING OVATION

The Musical Legacy of J. Reilly Lewis • 1944–2016 • by Margaret Shannon

J. Reilly Lewis was headed for a medical career when a extended “Reilly Diaspora”— hundreds of musicians who signature gesture of her mentor. Singers spontaneously raised their Brahms motet intervened. have performed under his baton. own scores in poignant silence. Unable to complete his first dissection in a college biology “We have lost a true maestro and friend,” said the Rt. Rev. On June 16, a crowd of more than 1,300 filled the nave for Lewis’s class, he walked instead into nearby woods to free the frog Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of funeral, officiated by the Right Rev. Nathan Baxter, a former Cathedral stuffed in his pocket. Washington and the Cathedral’s interim dean. “Countless dean. Two of Lewis’s longtime musical associates, Scott Dettra and musicians have known the gift of Reilly’s guiding hand and “On the way back,” he once Todd Fickley, shared duties as organists and conductors of the unfailing support. Untold thousands have been blessed by recalled, “I went by the Cathedral Choral Society and Washington Bach Consort. his artistry and generous spirit.” college chapel, where I heard In his tribute, Douglas Wheeler, president emeritus of the Washington the choir singing a Brahms Lewis began his musical career at age 8 when he joined Performing Arts Society, recounted the standing ovations he and Lewis motet. I had my religious the Cathedral’s junior boy choir and studied organ under received during their longtime collaborations. longtime organist and choirmaster Richard Wayne Dirksen. experience. I decided to “Imagine,” he said, “Reilly standing before you now, after these He attended Oberlin College Conservatory and gave his turn to music full-time. I was magnificent tribute performances by his beloved singers. I ask the first organ recital at the Cathedral in 1965. He went on amazed I had considered audience to now rise—to your feet!—and join me in giving Reilly one to earn a master’s and doctor of musical arts degree in anything else.” final standing ovation to show his family how much we love him.” organ performance at the Juilliard School, and later was a An internationally renowned Fulbright scholar in Germany. For nearly three minutes, sustained applause filled the magnificent organist, harpsichordist sacred spaces Lewis knew and loved so intimately. and a widely recognized Lewis conducted his first concert with the Cathedral Bach expert, Lewis was founder and artistic director of Choral Society in 1985, and went on to direct more “I believe in the power of music to create community—to touch, to heal, the Washington Bach Consort and, since 1985, music than 250 performances at the Cathedral, the John F. and to transform,” he once said. “I’ve seen people with the most diverse director of the Cathedral Choral Society, the Cathedral’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center backgrounds come together in one place and be touched by the hand resident symphonic chorus. Like Bach himself, he was a and elsewhere. He led the chorus in nine of its current of God through the inspiration—the genius—of Bach or Brahms or Verdi church musician at heart. He served 45 years as organist recordings, and was busy preparing for the organization’s or Mozart. That power to bring people together is not restricted to and choirmaster of Clarendon United Methodist Church in 2016/17 season—its 75th anniversary year—at the time of music, but music is my language.” Arlington, Va. his death. opposite top j. reilly lewis acknowledging crowd at a performance by the cathedral choral society. photo p. jones On June 9, after practicing for an upcoming organ recital Four days after his death, more than 600 singers came opposite inset young j. reillylweis at the cathedral organ. photo courtesy and a drive in his beloved 1968 mint-green Jaguar to the Cathedral for a hymn sing led by his early music lewis family convertible, Lewis died from sudden cardiac arrest at age associate, Gisèle Becker. She invited singers to join her in left j. reilly lewis conducting the cathedral choral society. photo d. lassell above j. reilly lewis was a friend and mentor to countless singers in the 71. He is survived by his wife, Beth, his daughter Lauren “Dona Nobis Pacem,” the final movement of Bach’s Mass cathedral choral society. photo p. jones Currie Lewis, stepdaughter Laura Beth Sullivan and the in B Minor. At its last note, she held aloft Bach’s score, the

28 cathedral age summer 2016 29 summary

After the Charleston prayer meeting massacre in June, 2015, and in the context of increasing national scrutiny around the physical legacy of racial oppression found in monuments and memorials throughout the United States, then-Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral called for the removal of stained glass windows memorializing Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson that contained images of the Confederate battle flag. In response, the Chapter formed a task force to make recommendations for a way forward for the Cathedral to address the issues raised by the windows. In developing its recommendations, the task force has researched, examined, prayed, and questioned, with enlightenment and challenge, and sometimes discomfort. The task force is unanimous in its decision that the windows provide a catalyst for honest THE LEE-JACKSON WINDOWS discussions about race and the legacy of slavery and for addressing the uncomfortable and too-often avoided issues of race in America. Moreover, the TASK FORCE REPORT windows serve as a profound witness to the Cathedral’s own complex history in relationship to race. The windows serve as a visual reminder that Lee and Jackson fought to preserve a way of life that kept African Americans enslaved. They also provide an opportunity for the Cathedral to explore different stories; to have those honest discussions; to address those uncomfortable issues; and to examine the Cathedral’s On June 10, the Cathedral Chapter unananimously voted to remove two images of the Confederate complex history relating to race. battle flag from stained glass windows that honor Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. That action came after a five-member Task Force submitted its own unanimous report and recommendations on the windows. The Task Force included the Hon. Margaret “Peggy” Richardson, vhapter member and chair of the Facilities & Fine Arts Committee; the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, the Cathedral’s canon theologian; Eric L. Motley, executive vice president of the Aspen Institute; Chase W. Rynd, chapter member and executive director of the National Building Museum; and the Rev. James P. Wind, chapter member and former president of the Alban Institute. Their report is outlined on the following pages.

photos of lee and jackson windows k. cobb

30 cathedral age summer 2016 31 the task force report

background recommendations for a way forward for the Cathedral. As children of God we must take this opportunity to address A young white man walked into the Wednesday night questions of racial injustice in the history of this Cathedral prayer service at historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist and the Church and to come as close as we can to healing Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, the racial divisions in this community in a way that is a true and was welcomed with warmth and with gladness. As the reflection of God’s justice, mercy and love. meeting in that sacred space closed with prayer, he executed nine people—including the minister—with words that made it the work of the task force clear that he hated them because of their blackness, and for The task force has five members, each of whom has come that reason alone. to our deliberations in the spirit of openness and candor. In the wake of this undeniably racist horror, photos of the The full task force held seven meetings, supplemented Confederate battle flag were found on the killer’s website, by additional research and consideration by members a discovery that seemed to reinforce the long-held beliefs between meetings. After much prayerful deliberation, the of many Americans, particularly African Americans, that the task force has come to the understanding that before any Confederate battle flag serves as a symbol of racial hatred. final decision can be made about whether the windows should be removed or remain, there are initial questions In the context of increasing national scrutiny about the to be addressed: Questions such as: what stories do physical legacy of racial oppression in monuments and those windows tell? Do they present opportunities to tell memorials throughout the United States, many venerable another story—a story of God’s liberation of an oppressed recommendations American institutions have begun to examine their own people? Do the windows present that opportunity if they are histories, buildings, programs, practices, customs, and removed? By contrast, what opportunities are presented if traditions. They are taking a fresh look at the ways in which the windows remain? What became apparent was that the they have become accustomed to living with symbols and windows could become a platform for discussions about The task force recommends: other metaphors of their institutions that have connections race and the legacy of slavery in America and that they to slavery, the slave trade, American racial oppression, and 1.) That the windows remain at this time—their presence itself to writing a new narrative of racial justice within provide an opening for wrestling with the uncomfortable and “Jim Crow,” the set of laws passed after the end of the Civil provides an opportunity for the Cathedral to engage the Cathedral, and joining similar efforts within the too often avoided issues of race in America. a rigorous process to tell more truthful and inclusive Episcopal Church and the nation at large; and, War to destroy Reconstruction statutes and that sought to stories about this country’s often conflicted national and restore the indicia of slavery and what those symbols might Stained glass windows tell a story or a series of stories. The • In partnerships with other institutions equally ecclesiastical past relating to racial justice. At the end of rightly or wrongly imply concerning their present relationship Lee-Jackson windows are clear on their message of saluting committed to racial justice. this process, the Chapter should decide how the Lee- to racial justice. heroism. Yet, they also present an opportunity to tell additional stories of the lives oppressed by the institutions Lee and Jackson windows will live or not in the Cathedral; Although the task force is not recommending a set washington national cathedral: a fresh look time frame for a final decision about how the windows Jackson fought to preserve. 2.) That the Chapter immediately establish a process To walk into Washington National Cathedral, as millions have should live in the Cathedral, we strongly urge the The task force acknowledges the difficulty of discussing to engage Chapter members, Cathedral staff, as well done over decades, is to be inspired and awe-struck by its Chapter to require quarterly reporting by the Dean that race. The truths of America’s racial past are uncomfortable as the broader Cathedral community, in the honest majesty and simultaneously by its warmth and grace. Thus these recommendations are being carried out. We also to uncover and discuss. After Reconstruction, state and local discussions about race and the legacy of slavery that many were taken by surprise when then Dean Gary Hall of the strongly urge that the Chapter revisit the issue of how laws were enacted to enforce racial segregation. Those “Jim the windows represent, and the alternative narratives Cathedral drew attention to the images of the Confederate the windows live in the Cathedral no later than two Crow” laws would last at least a century after Emancipation. that those windows reflect; battle flag in stained glass windows memorializing years from the date of this report. Many of those laws were still in effect when the Lee-Jackson 3.) That Chapter members commit to leading Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” The task force recognizes that these recommendations windows were installed in 1953. the Cathedral staff and the broader Cathedral Jackson. Many people were unaware of the presence of are being made at a time of financial constraints in the community in a long-term commitment to carry out the the windows and their images of the Confederate battle When the National Archives commemorated the centennial life of the Cathedral. Therefore, we strongly encourage recommendation in paragraph 2; and flag. Although acknowledging Lee and Jackson as “men of the Civil War from 1961-1965, slavery, emancipation, the Chapter and Cathedral staff to work together to of courage and valor,” the dean also recognized that they African-American troops, or the Freedmen’s Bureau were 4.) That the Cathedral engage: find the necessary funding and to partner with other fought to uphold “a nation founded on slavery” and under a not mentioned in any materials or in any program or exhibit. • In an audit of its current fabric to discern stories that organizations with similar interests to make these flag that “many across America equate with racism, bigotry Whether due to discomfort or not, the result was the same; are or are not being told relating to America’s and the recommendations a reality, thereby recognizing the and hatred.” In the spirit of examining “our own [the Church’s] the full history of a people and of a country was not told. Church’s racial legacy; priority of writing a new narrative concerning racial participation in systemic and cultural racism,” he called for the Furthermore, the failure to explore the complex history of the justice in the Cathedral community. Cathedral’s story in relation to race in the presence of the • In programming designed to tell more accurate stories Lee-Jackson stained glass windows to be removed. Lee-Jackson windows can foster a Cathedral community that relating to the Lee-Jackson windows; and commit The dean’s call triggered a broad range of reactions can be seen as “unwelcoming” for many, especially African from the Cathedral community and beyond. In response, Americans. the Cathedral Chapter formed this task force to make

32 cathedral age summer 2016 33 The massacre in Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, most visible Christian institutions in the United States, the along with on-going racial unrest, has become the prism Cathedral has a significant role to play in this regard. through which many in America are examining, yet again, the theological mandate America’s gravest sin—slavery and its enduring legacy. It prompted the dean to open this worship community and this Theologian Daniel Day Williams noted that, “God’s justice venerable institution to examine its own iconography and is manifest in [God] working to put down the unrighteous, ask how it can confront the legacy of slavery, hatred and expose idols, show mercy, and achieve reconciliation in a racism for the sake of justice in today’s world. new order which expresses [human beings’] dignity as the bearer of the divine image.” In other words, God’s justice The task force has researched, examined, prayed, asked means a restoration of the sacred dignity of all people. It with discomfort and enlightenment and challenge, and means healing the breach of sin that is injustice. Liberation has concluded that the windows are a catalyst to address theologian Gustavo Gutierrez points out, “All injustice is a theological and historical issues. Those windows can be breach with God.” Healing this breach means nothing other viewed in the context of narratives they unearth: stories than freedom from the web of sin that is the injustice of the of slaves and slavery and how slavery was not merely legacy of slavery in this country. countenanced by society at-large, it was blessed and sustained by the Anglican/Episcopal Church and sanctioned This is a critical and decisive moment in our nation’s history by the Church at-large. Slavery helped the Church grow that has potentially far-reaching impact. It is a time where— and prosper. Inevitably, that initial prosperity nourishes the through chaos and crisis—God is fully present, disrupting Church today. things as they are to provide a new way of being in the world, being with one another, and even a new way of being . The Cathedral’s own history is implicated in the legacy of with God. The discussion that has surrounded the Lee- It can’t come from a place of apology slavery. In his call to remove the Lee-Jackson windows, the Jackson windows has made this “a time when conditions “ dean stated that the intent was not to “rewrite the past but to are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action” for the tell the past honestly.” If the nation and the Church are ever Cathedral community. or white guilt or white fragility. We to move toward racial reconciliation and a more just society, then they must confront the truth of their past. As one of the have to do more. It’s not enough just to be an ally, I WANT TO BE A conclusion CO-CONSPIRATOR OF JUSTICE. It’s not enough to just show up at a —The Rev. Amy Stapleton, team leader for organizational accountability at the General protest. I have to walk with, to stand Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church, speaking at a July 17 Cathedral forum on “What the White Church with, to be with, my black and brown Must Do.” Other panelists included Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Canon Theologian Kelly brothers and sisters time and time Brown Douglas, Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and the Rev. Delman Coates of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md. The task force views our recommendations as the “unfinished business” of the Chapter and the Cathedral and time again. And be willing to community. The Cathedral family is being called upon to see that there is a new way of being with God The panel, which drew 600 people to the nave and with one another. We must live into this challenge by refusing to be content until God’s justice is made put myself at risk, giving up power and more than 1,200 online, was the first in a real. This task force’s recommendations are offered as but a first step in what we envision as a renewed series of conversations recommended by the commitment to social and racial justice on the part of the Cathedral to meet the needs of our time and and privilege, and be led by and Lee-Jackson Windows task force. our community. We hope that this overdue self-examination may set in motion a new urgency for fairness, Watch the conversation, and learn more about equity, and love within our community, our nation, and our faith. standing with the people who are the Cathedral’s racial justice initiatives, at Respectfully submitted, www.cathedral.org/racialjustice Kelly Brown Douglas • Eric L. Motley • Margaret Milner Richardson • Chase W. Rynd • James P. Wind experiencing the pain.” photos k. allen

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We want to thank you Delaware and the New York chapter of the Rev. Randy Hollerith, and shared her Worship, for your faithful and Daughters of the American Revolution this vision and mission for the Cathedral in generous support, spring for day-long experiences. the years ahead. “We know it belongs to God, it belongs to the ages, it belongs to which resulted in a cathedral founders society luncheon strong finish to our 2016 all people. But, in this moment, in this time, Welcome fiscal year ending on This annual spring event honors the more we are its stewards, and we are the ones June 30. The Cathedral than 300 people who have advised us who are privileged every day to almost relies on you and nearly 20,000 other that they have included the Cathedral take for granted the grandeur of this place, & Witness friends from across the country to provide in their estate plans. Nearly 50 of these as if it will always be here. But to whom nearly half of our operating revenue. supporters attended the luncheon in much is given, friends, much is expected.” Bratenahl House for fellowship and to hear friends of music As you may know, the Cathedral Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde share her receives no funds for operations from the experiences as interim dean. In thanking One event this spring culminated a year- by the Rev. Canon government or any national church body. CFS members for their commitment, long effort to bring together friends of So, we are incredibly blessed to have Bishop Mariann reminded everyone that the chorister program. Volunteers Barry Jan Naylor Cope supporters from all parts of our nation to while people in the 20th century had the Rogstad and Paul Horvath and Canon ensure that our vital mission and ministry vision and made the sacrifice to build the Michael McCarthy noted the importance can continue and grow. Cathedral, we in the 21st century have the of financially supporting the music Your partnership with the Cathedral helps responsibility to ensure its legacy and its program and the central role that music enable everything highlighted in this issue financial stability for generations to come. plays in the Cathedral’s mission and of Cathedral Age. It also contributes to the If you have included the Cathedral in your ministry. ongoing and daily work of the Cathedral: estate planning, or would like to discuss In the coming months, outreach will doing so, please call Marilyn Kochan at • Welcoming 270,000 visitors annually continue to grow and build this group of (800) 231-6491. and more than 1,000 worshipers on volunteers, advocates and supporters. If an average Sunday grand spaces, unexpected revelations you are interested in supporting Cathedral music or are an alum of the chorister • Engaging critical issues of faith in Now in its third year, this fundraising program, please contact Debbie Dunn at public life in our “Second Sundays” breakfast brought together nearly 400 (202) 537-5786. series each month Cathedral friends in the nave for a one- • Collaborating with our new Presiding hour program. This attendance marks making a difference Bishop, Michael B. Curry, since his nearly 45 percent growth over last year! installation here last November Every life the Cathedral touches; every • Honoring our nation’s veterans with Judy Woodruff, co-anchor of PBS memory and story created here; every a “Blessing of the Bikes” on Memorial NewsHour, lifted up the importance of the chorister voice trained and nurtured Day weekend and programming around Cathedral in today’s world: “As we confront here—each depends on the vision of Veterans Day the questions about who we are, about a supporter. They are supporters like • Launching a new streamlined, mobile- what we believe, and the understanding the Hunter Family Foundation, whose friendly website loaded with large that we pray for at a time like this, we need generous gift helped underwrite the photographs today, more than ever, the convening Mozart Requiem performed on Palm power of this cathedral, the strength that Sunday; and the late Jesse Wilson, Keeping you informed about life at the it conveys, the welcome it provides. In a whose unrestricted estate bequest Cathedral is a privilege, and hearing about moment of confusion, it’s a place like this continues to help fund the Cathedral your experiences at the Cathedral and that can help bring us together to worship, programs in most need of support. your dreams for its future is inspiring. In to listen to each other, to listen to uplifting Gifts large and small all make a crucial recent months, Cathedral staff have visited music, to pray for the right answers. A supporters in Florida, Boston, Tennessee, difference, and the Cathedral thanks you place that welcomes the homeless and for your ongoing generosity. If you would Atlanta, North Carolina, Denver, and the powerful. . . . It calls out to all of us and New York City—as well as in the greater like to make an additional gift, discuss your reminds us of God’s presence and of what philanthropy, or learn more about how you Washington, D.C., area. Receptions in matters.” Palm Beach and Boston attracted long- can make a difference by partnering with judy woodruff, co-anchor of the pbs Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde welcomed us, please contact the Development Office newshour, was the keynote speaker at time partners and interested new friends, the cathedral’s annual fundraising and the Cathedral welcomed groups from and introduced our new dean, the Very at (202) 537-6200. breakfast photo d. marks 36 cathedral age summer 2016 37 [focus] news from the cathedral

“While we are not here to debate the right to bear arms, as is protected Staff Updates in the Second Amendment, we are united in our clarity that the Vanessa Andrews and racial justice, the creative arts, her ordination to the priesthood in 2006, joined the Cathedral interfaith events and the Second Sundays Duncan was a church musician, clinical country’s love affair with guns is in December 2015 series on faith and public life. Most psychologist for D.C. General Hospital deeply troubling to us and what that as senior director of recently in Minnesota, she helped lead and the D.C. Department of Mental Health says about us as a nation.” development, where the state’s successful 2012 for marriage Services and researcher for the Walter she is responsible for equality. In Washington, she co-founded Reed Army Institute of Research. —The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop providing direction the local chapter of Showing Up for of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, in Matt Echave the and strategic vision for all aspects of Racial Justice (SURJ), a national network convening nearly 400 people at the Cathedral Cathedral’s new last November to make a common witness the Cathedral’s development activities. organizing white people for racial justice director of video Andrews is no stranger to the Cathedral, as part of a multi-racial movement. She against gun violence and in favor of common- productions, has been sense gun regulation. Learn more at cathedral. having served first as the director of lives in the District with her wife, the Rev. filming services at the the National Cathedral Association Michele Morgan, priest in charge at St. org/initiative/gun-violence. Cathedral since 2007. photo sachs (NCA), and then taking on expanded Mark’s on Capitol Hill. He is responsible for all responsibilities for Annual Giving and The Rev. Dr. Kelly of the Cathedral’s videography, including Development Operations, from 2002 to Brown Douglas was its online worship archive at www. to the Cathedral. An active Cathedral and generating new revenue streams her focus is website architecture, design 2006. She returned to the Cathedral after installed last December youtube.com/wncathedral. A 2007 film volunteer, she most stepped in on short from space rentals. Rose comes to the and photography. Prior to the Cathedral, working in development at the National as the Cathedral’s school graduate of the College of Santa notice to help coordinate key elements Cathedral after 10 years at the Library of she worked in communications and Parks Conservation Association and the Canon Theologian. Fe, Echave has produced and directed of the June fundraising breakfast. From Congress, where he coordinated more photography at the George Washington National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is a professor of films of various genres but specializes in 1993 to 1998, she was a member of the than 1,000 events involving heads of University, and taught high school She holds a bachelor’s degree from religion at Goucher College in Baltimore documentary films. His interest in film- Cathedral’s Development team where state, foreign dignitaries, royal families, students media literacy and photography Vassar College and a MBA from Yale and is considered a leader in the field of making began at age 7 when taking family her responsibilities included managing political and military leaders, Supreme through AmeriCorps. She holds degrees School of Management. womanist theology, racial reconciliation trips to Alaska, Mexico, Cuba, and the the Cathedral’s Preservation Fund and Court justices, and celebrity talent of all from Indiana University and Georgetown The Rev. Andrew and sexuality and the black church. She American West. Friends of Music programs. Munske performing disciplines. He holds a BA University. has is a frequent host of the Cathedral’s graduated from Washington College. from Brandeis University, and a bronze “Andy” Barnett Giso Ghassemi medal from the 2010 IAU 24HR World New Chapter Members accepted the call to Second Sundays forum on faith in public joined the Cathedral Joan Nicolaysen, Championship as part of the U.S. Track The Cathedral Chapter welcomed five serve as associate for life, and also served on the Cathedral’s in June as director of the Cathedral’s and Field team. new members in July as John Donoghue worship and music. Well special task force on the Lee-Jackson finance, where she new chief financial assumed the chairmanship of the known to the Diocese windows. She holds degrees from is responsible for officer, is a chartered Joe Swimmer, the Cathedral’s governing body. of Washington as founding member of Denison University and Union Theological managing and directing global management Cathedral’s new the Theodicy Jazz Collective, Barnett Seminary. Her newest book, Stand Your financial operations accountant with major gifts officer, Dr. Ana Walker Caskin is a pediatrician brings a reputation for his innovative Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of and endowment funds. Ghassemi recently over 25 years of recently relocated to and associate director of community approach to Anglican worship. Barnett God, was released last year. returned to Washington after living experience. After graduating from Washington from San pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown has composed and played for cathedrals The Rev. Dr. Rosemarie for seven years in New Jersey, where Villanova University, she began her Francisco, where he University Hospital. Her father, the Right across the United States and Great Britain, “Rose” Duncan, the she worked with the Crohn’s & Colitis career in public accounting as an auditor was director of individual giving for the Rev. John T. Walker, served as Cathedral and Theodicy has a growing, enthusiastic Cathedral’s new canon Foundation of America and The Order focusing on nonprofit organizations, credit Center for Youth Wellness. A member dean and later bishop of Washington. following in Episcopal churches unions, small business accounting and of the State Bar of California, he also for worship, came to of St. Benedict of New Jersey (St. Mary Brooke B. Coburn, managing director nationwide. He is also an environmentalist individual tax preparation. After leaving worked in development for the California the Cathedral in May Abbey and Delbarton School). Ghassemi, and co-head of Carlyle Growth Partners and teacher, most recently serving at public accounting, she has served in the Bar Foundation and the University of 2016 after serving who graduated from Florida International and Carlyle Equity Opportunity Fund, Campbell Hall Episcopal School in Los top financial position for several nonprofit California, Berkeley Law School. He is an as an associate University in Miami, has extensive where he focuses principally on Angeles and at All Saints’ Episcopal organizations in Washington. She lives active Episcopalian and member of the rector of St. Columba’s Episcopal knowledge and experience in nonprofit investments in the education, technology, Church, Beverly Hills. in Rockville, Md., and is married with two Cherokee Nation, and holds degrees from Church in Washington for 11 years. schools, churches and foundations. She communications, media and business daughters and one grandson. Tufts University and Stanford Law School. Michelle Dibblee A native Washington with a long lives in Virginia with her husband and son. services sectors. Michelle Dibblee history of involvement in the Diocese Dan Rose joined the Danielle Thomas Erica Munske joined Gwendolyn King, formerly commissioner joined the Cathedral in of Washington, Rose is known as a Cathedral in 2015 as joined the Cathedral the Cathedral in August of the Social Security Administration under July as the director of gifted liturgist and pastor. She holds director of events communications staff in as senior manager for President George H.W. Bush, is president programs, where she bachelor, master and doctoral degrees management, where he April after several years donor engagement. A of Podium Prose, a Washington-based leads the Cathedral’s from Howard University and a master is focused on all events in the Department of native Washingtonian, speakers bureau and speechwriting civic and community of divinity and doctor of ministry from within the Cathedral Worship. As creative she is no stranger service. activity, including advocacy for veterans Virginia Theological Seminary. Before and design manager,

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Blessing of the Bikes On Memorial Day weekend, the Cathedral welcomed nearly 100 members of the Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., as well as members from many other chapters, for a Blessing of the Bikes. This is the second year this event has been held. photos r. sokol

Margaret “Peggy” Richardson, former former Secretary of the Navy, to help related to the design and construction commissioner of the Internal Revenue in assembling this cadre of visionary of the Cathedral are now housed at Service under President Bill Clinton, chairs leaders. This group will meet twice each the museum as part of its permanent the Chapter’s Facilities and Fine Arts year with Dean Hollerith to offer strategic collection. Committee. An attorney with extensive counsel and build relationships for the Cathedral’s mission and financial growth, The agreement, announced last background in tax, corporate and financial and increase the impact the Cathedral’s February, will make these materials, services issues, she also chaired the work does in our nation. never before seen by the public, more Chapter’s task force on the Lee-Jackson accessible to the hundreds of thousands researchers, and the general public. With Members of the Dean’s Council are windows. of people who visit the National Building this move, the National Building Museum invited to a three-year commitment and Barry K. Rogstad, former president of Museum every year. The Cathedral’s collections department will undertake to offer their personal and professional the American Business Conference and construction archive consists of the extensive task of processing, experience and relationships to help chief economist at Coopers & Lybrand, drawings that span from 1896 to 2007, digitizing, organizing and conserving sustain and enhance the Cathedral’s has also served on the boards of John as well as photographs and microfiche. each drawing for the future. work. Charter members include the Hopkins Medicine, the Armstrong Institute The collection documents the creative Hon. John H. Dalton, Barbara Allbritton, Included in the collection are sketches for Patient Safety and Quality, Suburban process of almost every facet of the Joseph S. Bracewell, Elinor K. Farquhar, on trace paper, correspondence with “I think it all depends on what you do with Hospital and Clark University. decorative arts that make the Cathedral the Hon. C. Boyden Gray, the Right Rev. contractors and craftsmen, iterative your wealth. If you’re prepared to share it, such a pilgrimage location for building renderings, design cartoons and Rafael “Ray” Suarez, Jr., a longtime Carolyn Tanner Irish, the Hon. Thomas F. if you use your talent as is called for in a arts enthusiasts. construction drawings for intricately journalist most recently of Al Jazeera McLarty III, Marcia Mayo, Sharon Percy productive, effective and generous way, and America and formerly of the PBS Rockefeller, Dr. Ford Rowan, Charles M. The Cathedral transferred the carved woodwork, hand-forged NewsHour and NPR, is serving as a liaison Royce, Dick Snowdon, and the Rev. Dr. collection primarily to ensure long ironwork, stone carving and stained if you practice charity—caritas—I don’t to the Diocese of Washington. Wesley S. Williams, Jr. For more informa- term stewardship of the documents, glass. The gift also includes the Philip see how wealth in and of itself would be a Hubert Frohman Architectural Drawings tion about the Dean’s Council, please while also making them more readily shame. It’s how you use it, what you do with Dean’s Council contact Canon Cope at (202) 537-6222. accessible and viewable by more Collection, which encompasses other projects around the country designed by it, and what purpose you give to your life During the past nine months, Cathedral people. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Cathedral’s principal architect, Philip Provost Jan Naylor Cope has worked Construction Archives the Cathedral moved the collection that really matters.” Hubert Frohman. diligently to recruit a high-level group As part of an innovative arrangement to a more secure, climate-controlled —Christine Lagarde, managing director of the of advisers and ambassadors to form location at a warehouse in Rockville, between the Cathedral and the above frohman, robb & little plan for the International Monetary Fund, responding to a the new Dean’s Council. Canon Cope National Building Museum, more than Md. However, it remained largely central tower dated november 14, 1961, was question from moderator Adi Ignatius about turned to the Hon. John Dalton, a 32,000 historic architectural drawings inaccessible to Cathedral staff, among those now housed at the national whether Christian faith is incompatible with vast longtime Cathedral worshiper and building museum. wealth, during the 2015 Paul and Nancy Ignatius Program at the Cathedral.

d. marks 40 cathedral age photo summer 2016 41 2016–2017 On August 21, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook concert season the eastern seaboard. at washington national cathedral It severely damaged the Cathedral’s fabric. Grand pinnacles rotated and came apart; flying buttresses cracked and separated.

These flying buttresses support the walls of the high altar and the great Schumann’s Piano Quintet choir, and were some of the first completed segments of the Cathedral. Wednesday, September 14, 7:30 pm featuring Diderot String Quartet During Phase I earthquake repairs, masons made core drills 22 feet deep— tickets $20–$40; students $10 from the exterior face of the flying buttress towers, through the buttress flyers, and into the exterior walls of the east end of the Cathedral—in National Veterans Day Concert order to reinforce the buttresses. From these core drills, the Cathedral’s Friday, November, 11, 7 pm own stone masons have hand crafted limited-edition founding stones. featuring the Washington National Cathedral Choir, the United States Marine Chamber Orchestra For a donation of $3,000 toward the Cathedral’s restoration efforts, you and guest artists will receive one of these founding stones. To learn more, please contact free passes available at the cathedral box office Joey Peyton at [email protected] or (202) 537-5768. Handel’s Messiah Friday 2nd December, 7.30 pm Saturday & Sunday December, 3 & 4, 4 pm featuring Washington National Cathedral Choir and Baroque Orchestra with soloists tickets $25–$95; students $10 Christmas with the King’s Singers Sunday, December 18, 5pm tickets $25–$95; students $10 host your event at the cathedral The Trumpet Shall Sound Saturday, February 4, 7:30 pm featuring PostClassical Ensemble and Washington National Cathedral Choir Washington National Cathedral offers tickets $25–$65; students $10 a variety of unique spaces for private Bach to the Future: events, weddings and other special The Legacy of the Fugue gatherings. Sunday, March 12, 7.30 pm featuring the Diderot String Quartet tickets $20–$40; students $10 J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass Sunday, April 9, 4 pm featuring the Washington National Cathedral Choir and Baroque Orchestra with soloists tickets $25–$95; students $10

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Contract Let for North Transept

As crews finished work on Phase a2 of earthquake repairs on the north transept, we thought we’d revisit the construction of the north transept from the archives of Cathedral Age, Mid-Summer 1930. Prior to the Phase 2a work to repair pinnacles and other stone damaged in the 2011 earthquake, much of the north transept had not been touched by human hands since its construction in the 1930s.

Signing of a con- If the 1932 objective tract involving is attained, the $1,147,000 for the Cathedral will erection of the be in a position entire north tran- to accommodate BEGAN IN 1907, sept, one of the congregations of arms of the great 3,500 persons. The cross-shaped Wash- completed edifice THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ington Cathedral is expected to seat being built under 7,500 or provide TOOk 83 yEARS TO COmpLETE. Episcopal auspices standing room for in Washington, was 27,000. announced yes- Construction is yOu CAN’T RuSH pERfECTION. WE GET IT. terday by George already well under Wharton Pepper, way on the transept, chairman of the as work undertaken Whatever the timeline, DAVIS has always believed National Executive last autumn under Committee. a temporary that when you combine skilled craftsmanship with Mr. Pepper said agreement is that provides for the covered in the new innovative problem solving and genuine passion, first half of a con- contract. The unit struction program is being built by the anything is possible. Can we get an amen? which it is hoped George A. Fuller will be completed Company, with by 1932. Funds for Frohman, Robb & the building of the Little of Boston and south transept, the Washington as the other arm of the architects. cruciform struc- Of fourteenth- ture, are still be to century Gothic obtained. Approxi- design, the north mately $1,000,000 is transept, like needed for this pur- other portions of davisconstruction.com pose. the Cathedral, is It is the aim of the of solid masonry #WeNeverStop Cathedral authorities to hold important services construction throughout. Approximately 125,000 on the main floor of the edifice during the nation- cubic feet of Indiana limestone will be used in its wide observance of the George Washington fabric. Bicentenary. It is planned to use the sanctuary, According to Mr. Pepper, the placement of the choir and transepts for this purpose. With the two above scaffold $1,147,000 contract­—the largest ever authorized transepts erected, the Cathedral will be about one- on the north by the Cathedral trustees—was made possible by a half completed, leaving the nave, central tower and transept, host of gifts from men, women and children living two west towers yet to be built. cathedral age, midsummer 1930 in all parts of the country. pages 94–96

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lives legends landscapes a pilgrimage to southern wales may 19–27, 2017

Join the Cathedral in a pilgrimage to southern Wales, seeking to deepen our spiritual roots in the sacred sites and contemplative practices that are our legacy from Celtic spirituality. Poetry and praise are the hallmarks of Welsh spirituality and the words of Welsh poets, from Taliesin to the Thomases (Dylan & R.S.) guide us as we journey together, listening for the word being written in our own hearts. Let us tell you more; email [email protected]

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