CATHEDR AL AGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL | SPRING 2012

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Contents

2 Comment 16 For the Ages 28 From the Pulpit The Perpetual Springtime of God All Hallows Guild at Work The Nature of Time dr. m. leigh harrison the rev. dr. francis h. wade the rt. rev. mariann edgar budde 4 FY2011 in Review 20 Faith in America Full Disclosure program year review and financial report An interview with former the rev. dr. francis h. wade First Lady Barbara Bush 8 Revelation at Hand reflections on faith in America from different 31 Roster of Angels How Faith Speaks religious backgrounds or perspectives gifts to support the restoration in an Era of Unrest of the Cathedral the rev. dr. francis h. wade 22 Sustaining Support A profile of Secretary John 12 Blessed Earth and Margaret Dalton The Love of Neighbor and the Care for Creation 24 Focus the rev. lyndon shakespeare News from the Cathedral and dr. matthew sleeth transitions, dean search, staff updates, new honorary canon, and programs

on the cover spring brings blooms to the weeping cherry trees on the cathedral close photo d. thomas above scaffolding for south transept restoration work photo c. stapert commentcommentThe Perpetual Springtime of God

Some 700 years ago, GeoΩrey Chaucer began one stretching of the Middle East, and the in our of the first great poems in the English language with own nation. All of these are before us, inviting our these words: contemplation as well as our energy. When April’s gentle rains have pierced the drought The message of spring is hard to miss at this time of March right to the root, and bathed each sprout of year, but in the Kingdom of God it is not seasonal. through every vein with liquid of such power The promise of God is newness every morning, a it brings forth the engendering of the flower— promise I have seen fulfilled over and over in the months I have been serving as interim dean. There on pilgrimage then folks desire to start. is an open and restive spirit at work among us that � brings about an eagerness for what comes next. This The Canterbury Tales spins its stories on the energy is a hard-working and hopeful place, with people that flows through every vestige of spring, from giving shape and voice to a multitude of visions reborn earth in the garden to reborn souls at Easter. for ministry and service. I see a solid platform of There is undoubtedly an annual life surge that allows expectation gathering around the new dean whose every form of promise to shine a little brighter, every name we do not yet know. I think people are looking shred of hope to bend toward the sun, every wintered for this person to embody the perpetual springtime of foot to long for the open road. That which we all can God, calling us to new heights, new understandings, feel and see at this time of year, around us and within and new ways to be the spiritual home for the us, is at the heart of this issue of Cathedral Age. nation, with creative ways to touch and be touched We look at the renewal sweeping through the by ministry. People in the o≈ces and the nave alike Cathedral in the form of Easter, Flower Mart, and are full of ideas and energy. Hundreds of volunteers the continuing restoration following last year’s and Cathedral Congregation members continue to earthquake. There is new life coming to us through serve and be enriched by God’s Spirit moving in and the generosity of so many of the Cathedral’s through this work. Urban, pastoral, and educational faithful—from the coins of children to a contribution ministries are acquiring the kind of depth that from our colleagues at Westminster Abbey. There will enable each of them to move beyond the local are new and fruitful partnerships with the National Washington community and feed the wider church— Trust for Historic Preservation and Blessed Earth. while countless visitors from across the country and All Hallows Guild’s role in nurturing our gardens, around the world are finding their way as pilgrims woods, and lawns—begun in the wisdom of Florence to this Cathedral, in search of wonder and a closer Bratenahl and continued to this day—is given due connection with God. honor in print, even as thousands give thanks for that Every vein is filling with God’s power. I hope you work with their eyes. Minds, hearts, and institutions join me in anticipating the flowers being engendered all have a “desire to start” in one way or another on here. long-imagined journeys. The pilgrimage impulse can be seen in the restlessness of our world economy, the the rev. dr. francis h. wade interim dean

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spring 2012 3 fy2011October 5 2011 Ignatius Program Joshua Bolten and Program Year David Axelrod dis- july 1, 2010–june 30, 2011 cussed restoring civility to public discourse in Cathedral Age looks back on “Governing across the programmatic and fiscal year Divide.” Bob Schieffer 2011, as part of Washington moderated. National Cathedral’s photo d. marks commitment to its donors and other supporters. The first major event in the program year was the third January 13 Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program on October 5, Human Rights 2010. Other special events Figures Honored included “A Prayer for Japan” Two new interior on April 11, 2011. This moving sculptures in honor of service featured Japanese Rosa Parks and Mother music, prayer offerings from Teresa were carved in several faiths, and remarks by the narthex. Ambassador Fujisaki. photo c. stapert The Cathedral also welcomed more than 4,300 NCA members in its relaunch—as well as hundreds of thousands of individuals attending worship services, tours, February concerts, and other programs. audiences continued 18 to grow as the Cathedral’s Jonathan Franzen online presence became more Jonathan Franzen, robust. New visitors made hailed as “great 60 percent of visits to the American novelist” . The Cathedral also on the cover of increased its social media Time magazine, visibility, notably on gave a reading at and . the Cathedral co- sponsored by the PEN/ facebook.com/wncathedral Faulkner Foundation. photo d. marks twitter.com/wncathedral

4 cathedral age program year review April 7 4,311 NCA members: Values & Diplomacy 3,151 were new Co-presented with the Aspen Institute, 21,569 people the Cathedral hosted supported the former Secretaries of State Colin Powell, Cathedral with Madeleine Albright, donations and James A. Baker, iii, in a discussion moderated by Walter 466,084 Isaacson. photo d. marks views of posts on April 11 Facebook Prayer for Japan 2,000 The Cathedral held a prayer service in the followers evening for victims, on Twitter families, and survivors of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and 11,770,221 tsunami. webpage views photo d. marks 175,295 attended worship services June 26 50,606 Faith Shared attended concerts Christian, Muslim, and programs and Jewish faith leaders read from their 363,107 respective sacred texts in a special interfaith visitors took prayer service as part approximately of a project of Interfaith Alliance and Human 7,000 tours Rights First to promote greater understanding 3,764 tour buses among faiths. photo e. graham brought 152,313 visitors for tours spring 2012 5 fy2011 financial report 2011 Fiscal Year operating revenues: $15.2 million july 1, 2010–june 30, 2011 concerts & programs other The Cathedral’s financial results for Fiscal Year 2011 were 7% 2% positive, continuing the progress seen in fy2010. tours Thanks to continued strong philanthropic support and careful 5% management of expenses, the Cathedral posted a gain from retail store operations of $395,000 in fy2011. Coupled with the receipt 5% of significant gifts to the permanent endowment and strong investment returns, the Cathedral’s net assets increased by $19.7 million overall. endowment draw Following are some key highlights to provide a better 16% understanding of the Cathedral’s revenue sources, how they are allocated, and how gifts given to the endowment are invested. annual giving 65%

operating revenues Operating revenue in fy2011 totaled $15.2 million. A total of $9.9 million came in the form of annual giving from donors. annual giving—a closer look: $9.9 million Another $2.5 million was the result of the planned use of earnings on the endowment. The Cathedral generated a combined $2.8 million from its earned income activities, congregation unrestricted including the retail store, tours, concerts, programs, special 10% bequests 20% services (such as weddings and funerals), and facility rentals.

A closer look at the $9.9 million total for annual giving reveals collection plate 5% that nearly 40 percent of that was the result of unrestricted or “general” giving from donors, both locally and nationally. visitors 4% Another quarter was gifts restricted by donors to support specific programs or the preservation and maintenance of the Cathedral. Other sources include congregation pledges, unrestricted bequests, gifts given in the collection plate, and program & preservation donations from tourists. 23%

general giving from local & national donors 38% Portions of this financial report were drawn from the Cathedral audit completed by an independent accounting firm. This report is presented for convenience and informational purposes only; and while reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the integrity of such information, they should not be relied on. Questions regarding this report should be referred to Andrew Hullinger, senior director for finance and administration, Washington National Cathedral: [email protected].

6 cathedral age fiscal year review operating expenses FY2011 operating expenses totaled $14.8 million. A total of $5.2 million was spent on programs: this figure includes the cost of worship, music, visitor programs, the congregation, and outreach. Plant costs—including utilities, grounds, facilities management, operating expenses: $14.8 million housekeeping, and masonry expenses associated with the preservation and maintenance of the Cathedral—totaled $2.9 million. General and administrative expenses were $3.6 million, plant maintenance covering the operations of administration, finance, strategic & operations 20% planning, human resources, security, and information technology. A total of $2.1 million was spent on fundraising; the development department operated at an efficient cost of 10¢ per dollar general & raised. Auxiliary operations, which include the cost of Cathedral administrative products sold in the retail store plus the Cathedral’s share of 25% the costs to operate the bus lane and parking garage, totaled $400,000. Finally, a total of $500,000 was spent on interest program servicing long-term debt incurred to build the bus lane and 35% parking garage. non-operating activity fundraising Non-operating income totaled $19.3 million for the year. The 14% Cathedral received $15.3 million in unrestricted bequests and restricted gifts (including a $7.0 million gift to the preservation debt auxiliary and maintenance endowment, and a $1.4 million gift to the operations 3% service & general endowment). Investment income (net of the planned other 3% endowment draw to support operations) was $8.0 million. The Cathedral used $2.3 million of restricted gifts and $2.0 million of unrestricted bequest income to support operations and recorded endowment funds: $66.2 million $1.2 million in non-operating expenses (primarily depreciation as of June 30, 2011 expenses, reflecting the aging of physical assets).

local real cash 3% endowment funds estate 7% domestic Endowment funds are crucial in providing current and future equity 32% inflation sustaining revenue to Washington National Cathedral. These hedging 11% funds comprise gifts given by donors with instructions to hold the principal in perpetuity, unrestricted gifts designated to the endowment by the Cathedral Chapter (governing board), and the accumulated earnings on these funds. flexible The endowment is managed by Cathedral and Protestant Episcopal capital 11% Cathedral Foundation staff in conjunction with the Investment Sub- committee of the Chapter Finance Committee. Additional guidance and strategic advice is provided by Prime Buchholz, an independent investment consultant. The endowment is invested in a diversified portfolio with a long-term perspective. fixed international income 18% equity 18% Investments are selected to meet annual spending requirements while ensuring long-term growth of the principal; spending is determined by averaging the year-end endowment balance from the trailing three fiscal years, and multiplying by a draw percentage approved annually by the Cathedral Chapter and Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation Board of Trustees. In fy2011, this draw rate was 5 percent.

spring 2012 7 hen the Irish poet William Butler Yeats looked at the war-ravaged Wworld of 1919, he described its confusion and anxiety in terms of a falcon whose circular flight had become so wide it could no longer hear its falconer. Yeats regretted that The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity His poem, The Second Coming, ends by wondering, What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? “Surely,” Yeats continued, “some revelation is at hand.” Few of us are blessed with Yeats’s poetic imagination, but all of us can feel the confusion and anxiety of our day as keenly as he felt it in his.

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8 cathedral age �eve l a ti o n How Faith Speaks in an Era of Unrest by Francis H. Wade

Our times are called “postmodern,” a no wonder that Time magazine’s 2011 as the message that binds all things, label remarkable for what it does not Person of the Year was “the Protester.” people, and experiences together. describe. All we know is that we used For reasons both good and bad, the These great stories are the meta- to be “modern”—but are no longer. Postmodern Age does not readily look narratives that help us to make sense What we actually are is unknown to the Church for wisdom as it sorts of the little ones we experience each to us, and the vague uneasiness of through its confusions and anxieties. day. that state is rapidly becoming more Hardly anyone would suggest that The framing power of Scripture, focused. People everywhere are faith has the answer for our age—or along with the 4,000 years of declaring their discomfort, outrage, even a series of specific proposals for human-divine interaction it rises and frustration while struggling our ills. But faith does have more than from and continues to illumine, is a against the assumptions that would a little to o�er during this time of resource not to be wasted in times render them helpless. The Arab discontent. like ours. Our faith will not address Spring sweeps long-established holding us accountable the constitutional questions about an dictators aside; Moscow feels the “individual mandate” in healthcare energy of popular uprising that has The enterprise of religion is literally or the policies of the Federal Reserve. been silent since the Bolsheviks of and historically about putting things Religion per se does not have solutions Yeats’s day; quaint European squares back together. The root word behind to the consequences of economic fill with anger at failing welfare states; religion is the same as that for ligament, shifts, nor will it be able to create voices are raised in in places a sinew that holds our body together. jobs and restore the housing market. as unlikely as China and Myanmar; Religion is literally the business Faith can, however, hold debaters, even al-Qaida, for all of its horror, of re-ligamenting and re-binding, protesters, voters, and decision-makers is largely motivated by resistance to which is why we speak so frequently accountable to the higher principles of globalization. of reconciliation, redemption, our humanity: those that have come And at home the Occupy and Tea forgiveness, and renewal—and why from consistent revelation. Faith can Party movements share almost we work so hard to make those real in provide perspective on where we have nothing but common frustration. Our people’s lives. Religion brings people come from, holding ever before us the unfolding presidential primaries reveal together in a wider sense as well. The vision of what we seek to become. us as more interested in voting against great stories of faith give us images of God, concepts of creation and While anger and frustration have than for people, ideas, or programs. a narrowing impact on vision, Pollsters tell us that up to two-thirds community, with messages of radical expectation in terms of generosity, focusing one’s energies on specific of Americans sense a strong divide people, events, and ideas, faith between rich and poor that may make compassion, and service. Christianity holds the sweeping account of Jesus’ has an opposite broadening e�ect. class a more dangerous flashpoint Loving our enemies cannot be left to than race, gender, or nationality. It is life, teaching, death, and resurrection above a protestor waves the egyptian flag during protests in tahrir square, cairo, january 2011 photo j. rashad (wikimedia commons) spring 2012 9 instinct, nor can caring for the poor times, would be a breach of common (Gen. 12:1). The faith journey from be expected to emerge naturally from consent and understanding that that day to this has involved leaving unfettered capitalism. In our great should give us great concern. the known and stepping into the story, stewardship of the earth was The faith community has the unknown, trusting in God’s guidance. made a human responsibility before perspective the great stories provide, The only thing clear in God’s the fall of man; but our sinfulness and we have the experience of living proposition is about what is being left has not negated the command or the by those stories in a way that would behind; the land God will show is as consequences of ignoring it: it has only benefit many of those who constitute unknown as the future. The Protester made reminding us more important. Time’s Person of the Year. The anger, is in a similar situation, with sharp While we concern ourselves with angst, and turmoil that the protester clarity about what is to be left and only protecting our borders, faith reminds embodies tend to drift on the surges of the vaguest of notions about what is us that God’s love, concern, and passion. Strong to be found compassion are not constrained by feelings about ahead. But our concepts of who is in or out. Some the bleakness of what connects speak of American exceptionalism as where we are and the known a measure of privilege, but in our great the wrongness past with the story it is clear that it is a measure of of where we unknown responsibility for those “to whom much are headed future is the has been given, much will be required” can topple presence of (Luke 12:48). Faith and faith’s story, governments God on the God and our living relationship with and capture journey from God, pull at the hard edges of human headlines, but one to the anger, frustration, and fear, seeking they are ill-suited other. to channel that which is headed for for crafting the People of faith bitterness, conflict, and vengeance future. The have learned toward mercy, grace, and peace. experience of to walk faith’s role faith can o�er through val- Societies ask their institutions to much to the leys of many hold certain values for the common protester. shadows: good. Our need for education has The tradition of death, despair, been largely given over to schools; the Abrahamic grief, and even our concerns for health and healing faiths of Judaism, the kind of are in the hands of the medical Christianity, confusion and anxiety that profession; the rule of law is tended and Islam began What do you think? by legislative bodies, police, and the with our spiritual character- courts; and national safety is entrusted ancestor’s What do you think? Share your reaction to ize our age. to the military. Religious institutions positive response this essay: To return to have been given the responsibility to God’s • What are the “Great Stories” or Scriptures the imagery of maintaining the meta-narratives invitation: to that guide your life? of Yeats, our that call forth our better selves and “Go from your • What lessons can we learn from those great stories help us to sort through the impulses, country and your whose views are different from ours? have trained fears, and hopes that make up our kindred and your Post your comments at facebook.com/ us to listen for experience of life. For society to forget father’s house to wncathedral or on Twitter: @WNCathedral. the falconer— to look to religion, or for religion to the land that I to hold and forfeit its responsibility in troubling will show you” be held by

10 cathedral age the unchanging center, even while we large thing—much too big to be held demonizing of others; the trivializing careen in ever-widening circles. It has by any one person, system, or creed. of genders, races, creeds, and aspira- been said that the good news of the The wide concept of mystery that tions: all work to keep our grasp of Gospel is summarized in Jesus’ greet- surrounds and permeates our every truth small and contentious. We can ing to the disciples as he came to them thought and understanding is one only hope that some time in the future through the storm-tossed waters of the expression of that fact. This person Time’s Person of the Year will be the Sea of Galilee: “Do not be afraid, it is may have a shard of truth; another has “Other,” because we will have begun I.” Knowing the nearness of God in a separate piece. One system of gover- to realize the importance of those who turmoil, hearing the Word of God in nance or economics may claim a large di�er from us. the clamor of discord, walking confi- or small bit of it, while a di�erent way That the world is full of tension and dently in shadows, letting the perfect has another claim. Almost all under- conflict is hardly news. That the Post- love of God modern Age is trying to cast out our face them without the ben- fear and the efit of a binding narrative, perfect pres- a source of guidance, or a ence of God broadening impulse is more guide us to than a little disconcerting. a land we do The collective purpose of not yet know: our religious institutions— these skills including cathedrals, are not born dioceses, congregations, of immediate schools, and programs—is necessity but to play the re-binding role, are rooted in to counter the narrowing the disciplines forces of anger with the of faith. Again broadening message of love, turning to to keep the great stories as Yeats’s power- a backdrop for history, to ful words, the be places of quiet where source of “con- the falconer’s voice can be viction” in the heard, to be a haven where best among us the bits and pieces of truth can grow out of can be shared. a living, moving relationship with God standings of God and life provide allowing us to counter the “passionate some kind of illumination, even if the No one knows what or even whether intensity” of the worst. separate adherents are reluctant to be some “rough beast slouches toward Bethlehem to be born,” in Yeats’s finding the truth illumined by one another. And God’s truth is of such a nature that greater memorable image. But we do know There is one more thing that people of truth only emerges when people put that, whatever comes, we are in the faith have to o�er the current scene. It their separate pieces together. If midst of God where truth is to be is an insight that we ourselves are par- our creeds and systems had physical found, divisions healed, and fear ban- ticularly prone to forget, as the many shapes, they would undoubtedly look ished. That knowledge and trust are failings of religion attest. In spite of like jigsaw pieces—each in need of the no small o�erings in the contentious our record, the great story we treasure others to make a whole picture. Our year of the protester. CA makes it clear that God’s truth is a tendency toward polarization; the

opposite “tea party” protest at the connecticut state capital, april 2009 photo s. ross (wikimedia commons) above city of london and metropolitan police keeping watch on the occupy london protests at st. paul’s cathedral, october 2011 n. cummings (wikimedia commons) photo spring 2012 11 Blessed Earth The Love of Neighbor the Care for Creation &

Washington National Cathedral’s director of “You shall love the Lord your God with all your program and ministry, the Rev. Lyndon Shakespeare, heart, and with all your soul, and with all your and Dr. Matthew Sleeth, executive director of Blessed strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor Earth, explore the biblical case for caring for God’s as yourself” (Luke 10:27). Eternal life is seeing love creation as interpreted in the parable of the Good at work in us and through us: not the warm fuzzy Samaritan. The Cathedral is partnering with Blessed feelings or positive emotions or even the niceties of Earth in the coming programmatic year to offer a religious piety, but the love that sets people free and series of programs focused on the importance of careful stewardship of the earth. Learn more at www. allows something new in the world. This is God’s nationalcathedral.org and www.blessedearth.org. love. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams notes that it is a love that deals “with the deepest None of Christ’s teachings oΩers better instruction tangles and knots of our situation, the love that was on how to care for all of God’s creation than the the essence of Jesus’ life and death and resurrection.” parable of the Good Samaritan. At first this might It is this love, the right kind of love for our fellow sound surprising, given that the parable doesn’t humans, which is the basis for keeping the earth as a speak specifically about the created order—let alone place that provides a secure home for all people. our part in creation care. But what it does address is the good samaritan how we are to act for the sake of love, and that lesson provides a basis for the way we live on this earth. The man in Luke’s Gospel follows his question by asking Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Christ tells of a In the Gospel of Luke, Christ is asked, point blank, Jewish man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” He replies,

12 cathedral age The Love of Neighbor the Care for Creation by Lyndon Shakespeare and Matthew Sleeth &

when he falls into the hands of robbers, who strip Christ closes the parable by asking who truly showed him, beat him, and go away, leaving him “half dead.” mercy to the mugged man. The scribe must answer, Jesus then tells of a from the mugged man’s “The Samaritan.” But the answer might also suggest own religious group who walks by yet oΩers no an instruction in how we can thrive as humans. assistance. The parable demonstrates a continuum of compas- A second religious man comes along, a Levite. He sion. It is also instructive in our thinking about sees the man, crosses to the other side of the road, how the right kind of love is the basis for our care of but also oΩers no help. all creation. Consider for a moment how the priest might represent those of us who refuse to take any Finally a Samaritan comes along, traveling on a responsibility for environmental problems. We donkey. He is from a wealthier socio-economic class, are faced with the consequences of generations of riding rather than walking. He is also a Samaritan, failure to cherish each other and the earth as we a group of people despised by the Jews (and vice could—so we close our eyes and walk on by. All of versa). But the Samaritan is moved by compassion. us have choices. For the priest, it seems as if fear and He gets oΩ his donkey and begins making bandages, greed have been given freedom to rule his heart and using his own oil and wine to help the man. He imagination. then puts the mugged man on his donkey and pays for care at an inn, the equivalent of a hospital in The second passerby, the Levite, is perhaps like most that day. Lastly he agrees to pick up the bill for any of us: he sees the problem and then says, “I should additional care. get back to Jerusalem and raise awareness. Maybe

panoramic national park photos from the library of congress top gateway to the yosemite (haines photo co.), c. 1915 bottom grand canyon of the colorado (west coast art co.), c. 1909 spring 2012 13 I’ll on the problem of highway muggings or What does this parable teach us about how we send a letter oΩ to the Roman centurion about beef- should approach environmental problems today? ing up patrols and installing better street lights.” • To have any lasting eΩect, our hearts must be Like the Levite, we see the hardship caused by moved by compassion, not fear. environmental problems, particularly for the poorest among us. We hear of devastation and desertifica- • We may have to use our own resources, or trust tion, of biological impoverishment and degradation, others enough to benefit from their resources. and are tempted to fall back in fear in the face of the • The way forward may be inconvenient magnitude of the problems. Perhaps we are tempted and expensive. to blame former generations or wait for someone else • We will have to accept the role of trust in to make the first move in the right direction. Our our engagement with others. hearts are moved to compassion, but we do little (if anything) to help. The problem seems too big, too • We will have to learn the depth of a overwhelming. We are paralyzed and so we do not Christ-shaped love. act. • Everyone is our neighbor, including people Only the Samaritan, the one who is least likely to across the globe and future generations. view the mugged man as his neighbor, takes action. All of these lessons apply directly to our environ- The Samaritan is like a portrait of commitment mental problems today; the most important lesson to the environment in which God has placed us. It of the Good Samaritan, however—the one that can is the recognition that we are called to be, and are separate us from the priest and Levite—is that we enabled to be, the place where God’s love for the must “get oΩ our donkey” before we can become world comes through. In the Samaritan’s unques- part of the solution. tioning impulse to care and restore, we are shown The future will not be saved by our good intentions. an icon of what it means to live out of trust in the It will be made better, or worse, only by our actions. delight and attention God finds in creation. We show our love for the Lord by loving our what is the solution? neighbors. Every time we buy anything, or take When we begin from the belief that God wants us any action, we should consider a number of ques- to enjoy and delight in the created world, our basic tions: Will this help me love God? Will this help attitude to the environment will not be the fear me love my neighbor? And finally, what would be a and blame of the priest and Levite in the parable healthy and sustainable relationship with this world, but rather hopeful patterns of thought and action, a relationship that would manifest both joy in and patterns that honor the goodness and needs of our respect for the earth? The answer will always lead us ailing earth. Creation care flows from Christ’s com- to right action. mand to love the world we inhabit as an outgrowth CA of the love we have for each other.

center right lodgepole pine seedlings growing after 1989 fire in yellowstone national park photo a. deutch, national park service panoramic national park photos from the library of congress far right “king giant” (giant sequoia), california (haines photo co.), c. 1915 bottom “fallen monarch” (giant sequoia), mariposa big tree grove (pacific photo co.), c. 1911

14 cathedral age Make a DiΩerence Try committing to at least three of the following actions below to help steward our Earth

• turn off lights, tv, and computer when leaving a room • pick up and throw away trash found on the ground • take a shorter shower • adjust the thermostat by three degrees • bike, walk, carpool, or use public transportation • change at least five lightbulbs to either compact fluorescent or led bulbs • consciously combine trips and errands • take the stairs instead of the elevator • hang clothes on a drying rack or clothesline instead of using a dryer • use cloth shopping bags • clean out closets and donate unused items • check car tire pressure to increase gas mileage • buy more local and organic produce

spring 2012 15 It is a garden of gardens, one of the most significant in the , a large plot often described as the “crown jewel” among Washington National Cathedral’s landscaped areas. All Hallows Guild, the volunteer organization that has stewarded all 59 acres of Cathedral grounds since 1916, derives inspiration and comfort from it—as do hundreds of thousands of individuals (gardeners and admirers alike) who visit each year. For them the Bishop’s Garden represents a quiet oasis of stability at the heart of the Cathedral Close.

The quiet was broken on September 7, 2011. The gardens had emerged practically unscathed from an unprecedented double-whammy just days earlier, when the edge of Hurricane Irene brushed the District of Columbia after the August 23 earthquake, rattling loose stonework on the central tower. EΩorts to stabilize the Cathedral were proceeding apace while engineers assessed the earthquake damage, and a huge crane had been brought on site to construct the enormous platform that still crowns the highest point in Washington, D.C. Suddenly, for reasons that investigators have yet to determine, the crane collapsed. Its cab flipped onto its back wheels, lifting the operator three stories high (he was not seriously hurt). Around 500 feet of heavy metal followed, abandoning a several-ton steel beam on the edge of the tower some 300 feet above . . . and hurtled to the ground. With a surprising stroke of luck, the crane fell almost entirely along South Road; a number of cars were crushed, but it avoided a direct collision with the Cathedral. It was immediately obvious, however, that the Bishop’s Garden and the nearby Gift Shop at the Herb Cottage had been damaged. No one knew just how severely. grim losses “My first worry was the Blue Atlas cedars (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’),” said Joe Luebke, “and it broke my heart that I couldn’t immediately check on them.” Since 2003, Luebke has been the director of horticulture and grounds on the

16 cathedral age All Hallows Guild at Work by M. Leigh Harrison

Cathedral Close. Planted in 1902 by Henry Yates damaged; and four opposite the Satterlee, the founding bishop of Washington, sturdy memorial benches, norman arch at Age s the south road the trees were brought over on steamship from snapped like matchsticks by the heavy entrance to the the Holy Land to represent “cedars of Lebanon.” crane, need to be replaced as well. bishop’s garden �or the was damaged Now 110 years old, they are irreplaceable—and a garden of gardens and the weeping Luebke still sounds relieved as he recounts cherry was learning that both were unharmed. But not every As the catalogue of damaged plants and structures destroyed by falling crane planting was so lucky. The trees destroyed by the shows, the Bishop’s Garden is no ordinary plot of earth. The project to beautify what was originally photo d. thomas crane’s collapse include a weeping cherry (Prunus this page hand- subhirtella ‘Pendula’), a Japanese scholar tree (Sophora a large mass of dirt displaced by excavation gained tinted vintage japonica), a southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), its earliest and most significant momentum under “magic lantern” the auspices of landscape designer Florence Brown glass slide an Irish yew (Taxus baccata), a large American showing the holly (Ilex opaca), and a California incense cedar Bratenahl, wife of Cathedral Dean George C. F. boxwoods and (Calocedrus decurrens). A crane pulley component Bratenahl. Mrs. Bratenahl worked with landscape the apse under architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., to lay out the construction said to weigh about a ton landed in a moss-lined photo cathedral pool: the goldfish were unharmed, despite a entire Close. Bratenahl and Olmsted envisioned archives mighty splash that festooned nearby branches with water-dwelling plants. Stonework was damaged, too, most impressively the Romanesque “pedestrian arch” carved from Caen limestone in the twentieth century, whose original high- medieval counterpart (a “wagon arch”) survives in a courtyard near the great cedars. The Herb Cottage, built circa 1904 as a “temporary” baptistry, lost one edge of its octagonal roof—as well as the huge fig Ficus( carica) that once grew before its walls. A much- loved bronze sculpture of a faun playing a pipe, Pan, was hit squarely on the head and is now being repaired. Covered over with dirt and mulch from a decimated tree, the entire small garden surrounding the Herb Cottage must be redesigned. Its hidden centerpiece, a sandstone mounting block from Alexandria, Va., where the first president once hitched his horse, was also

spring 2012 17 leading the charge One might think that the September 7 crane collapse would have been the final straw for All Hallows Guild, but nothing could be further from the truth. “We never despair,” says Carol Kelleher, her voice ringing with resolution. One of just a small handful of two-term Guild presidents, Kelleher currently helps to oversee one of the most ambitious garden-restoration plans in her organization’s 96-year history, returning the Bishop’s Garden to full glory as well as Florence Bratenahl’s original plan. The front lines of this eΩort, quite fittingly, are lines. “The borders are some of the most distinctive portions of the Bishop’s Garden,” Kelleher says. “We always hear compliments about the so-called ‘blue border’ to the south, made from both blue flowers and local bluestone. Perhaps my personal favorite is the wall the crane damaged, inlaid with some beautiful ‘Gospel plaques’ from the late Middle Ages—but we’ll attend to interior boxwood borders as well.” Some of the shrubs were crushed by snowfall, literally broken apart, as she explains. Others had simply lost crispness over time or had grown out of scale. Out of respect for the historic plantings and the idea of a medieval garden, these weren’t ever clipped into shape; and given their character, any change has required a above the wayside, or lot of consideration. The entire garden can now wheel cross, shown in receive a much-needed systemic upgrade. its original position at the expanse of greenery at the Cathedral’s foot to the east end of the rose recall a medieval cloister garden, with carefully Peggy Steuart, a long-time governance leader garden photo cathedral chosen plants and sculpture dispersed among archives at the Cathedral who has been at the center of separate “garden rooms.” Bratenahl and Olmsted Guild eΩorts for decades, conceived the plan when focused their eΩorts on historic stonework and surveying “tremendous” snow damage in 2010. only six major species of plant: oak, ivy, boxwood, “Then and there,” she says, “I knew we had to do holly, yew, and rose. Trucks rumbled up dirt roads, something major.” Three years later, she makes no more than ten miles per hour, bearing enor- clear how much research the garden restoration mous trees and other “unusual material” from has required. With the help of Cathedral Archivist remote Piedmont plantations. Some notable trans- Diane Ney and the Guild’s own meticulous plants were already hundreds of years old, each records, Steuart consulted the earliest plans as deemed to possess su≈cient “character” for place- well as a suite of aerial photographs and maps ment next to the Cathedral. that record how those plans developed. “With Keeping their eye on posterity, Bratenahl and the Guild there’s a great sense of institutional Olmsted had created a “garden for the ages.” history, regarding not merely the gardens but the Tended carefully by dedicated volunteers, it Cathedral and the schools,” Steuart says. “No flourished. But more recently, battered by time matter what changes on the Close, we’ve made and record heavy snows, much of what made it sure that the gardens are not forgotten. We take originally so striking had begun to disappear. great pride in that.”

18 cathedral age Working with landscape architect Michael shoulder, and you see the central tower; all the Vergason, who helped the restoration of Olmsted weight of that stone’s practically leaning over you. Woods and the All Hallows Amphitheater in The Guild’s plans will help to fix that.” 2005, the restoration planners have discovered The task of enacting those plans may seem that the grassy rectangle at the center of the monumental—they will take at least two years— Bishop’s Garden was formerly shaped like but that is no deterrent to the Guild. Repairs to the Cathedral’s nave. Over time, plantings the Herb Cottage began in March. The Bishop’s had encroached and obscured its echo of the Garden has resumed its schedule of tours as of Cathedral’s apse. Their plans entail making that mid-April. May brings Flower Mart—a festival that shape more apparent, moving the Prodigal Son to welcomes as many as 30,000 visitors to the Close a new location closer to Olmsted Woods and the in one weekend—and ongoing outreach about the famed “blue border,” and returning the wheel cross stewardship of uniquely significant gardens and to its former central location where the Prodigal grounds. Kelleher and Steuart both feel optimistic Son currently holds court. New transplants will about what they’ll be able to accomplish in a short replace fallen trees, and under-landscaped areas time, much like Florence Bratenahl herself. will be beautified as intended. “We like to look CA at the roots of things,” Steuart says proudly, “and this restoration project is returning our most beloved garden to its roots.” “There’s no great loss without some gain,” Kelleher agrees. “What happened with the crane only proves that. As the Cathedral building moves forward with restoration and preservation, we’ll ensure the future of its grounds.” the path ahead Luebke speaks with nothing but admiration for the restoration plan. “The members of All above left part of the crane landed in Hallows Guild are incredibly talented and “st. catherine’s pool” in the bishop’s garden, knowledgeable. They appreciate all the september 7, 2011 above right damage to the incense cedar and the subtleties that have been disrupted over roof of the herb cottage, september 7, 2011 time, and they’re motivated by a sense left pan statue (sculptor edith parsons) in of responsibility and service.” Among front of the herb cottage, shown before it was the subtleties he most remembers are damaged by the fallen crane alternations of light and shade as one photos j. luebke progressed through the various boxwood “rooms” of the garden. “It used to be that To learn more about the work of All entering the Bishop’s Garden felt like Hallows Guild and its garden restoration walking into another world,” he says. “It plan, visit www.allhallowsguild.org. still does, but some sense of enclosure has been lost. You enter and look over your

spring 2012 19 “I have great respect for people of other faiths who believe in a greater being and live a life that is based on kindness and generosity.”

what is your earliest memory of CtheA national cathedral? On my first visit to Washington, D.C., to visit Senator and Mrs. Prescott Bush— my beloved in-laws—they took us to visit the National Cathedral.

you’ve attended and participated Cin countlessA cathedral services and events over the years—from special memorials and dedications to inaugural services and even serving as honorary FAITH chair of flower mart. what is your most meaningful memory of a cathedral event or service you attended? All of the services and events at the Cathedral are impressive, and we have so many memories—some funny, some in moving. In Barbara Bush: A Memoir, I wrote about the time Prince Charles and Princess Diana came to Washington: AMERICA An Interview with former First Lady Barbara Bush

20 cathedral age The red coat and purple dress gave me what does the cathedral’s do you have favorite scriptural a good laugh later in the year. In May, CmissionA mean to you in serving as the CpassagesA or prayers to which you the archbishop of Canterbury visited spiritual home for the nation? often turn? Washington, and George and I attended The Cathedral serves as a place of The Beatitudes with an emphasis on a service in the Washington [National] worship for people of all faiths. In a more “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they Cathedral with His Royal Highness the selfish way, the Cathedral always served will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9) Prince of Wales. An unusual cold front as a constant reminder and comforter in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. had come through Washington, and I for our children. Our boys attended St. decided to wear that outfit one more Albans School, and during some of the how do you view the role of CA time before putting it away for the tumultuous times of the 1960s—including faith in politics and in american summer. As we were standing for the riots in Washington—the Cathedral was society? procession, young Prince Charles leaned their refuge. We are a country that in many ways was over to George and said, “Your wife, sir, is founded on faith, and faith plays a huge very appropriately dressed.” We turned what does your faith mean to role in our society. I hate when religion CA and looked, and there came the bishop you, and how would you say it has (not faith) is used as a divisive force in followed by 28 primates—all gowned in helped or even challenged you and politics. purple vestments with red over-robes. your family over the years?

The most moving memory is the service In so many ways my faith was tested as a christian, how do you CA at the Cathedral after 9/11. I found it very through the death of our second child, relate to americans of different comforting. It was a wonderful interfaith Robin. We saw her tormented little body religious backgrounds? service with many of the great religions release her soul to go to our heavenly I have great respect for people of other represented. Father. I often thought—and think—we faiths who believe in a greater being and are but an imitation of our Father. live a life that is based on kindness and generosity. There are many people who above 1985 inaugural prayer service live spiritual lives without realizing it. photo cathedral archives

spring 2012 21 a community of cathedral friends

sustaining support Leading by Example former secretary of the navy john and margaret dalton do “their part” for the cathedral

Sitting in his downtown Washington, the Cathedral Congregation when it D.C., office, the Hon. John H. Dalton was formed and are regular “front-row” has a view of the Old Post Office worshipers on Sundays. Pavilion. His office is filled with “We love to worship there,” said Mrs. memorabilia that reflect a life of Dalton. “We try to be as active as we public service at the highest level: can in different aspects of Cathedral framed letters from Presidents Gerald life. I volunteer at Friendship Place to Ford, , George H. W. help cook hot meals for the homeless Bush, , and George W. each week. No matter what activity Bush, all congratulating him on his we’re involved with, the Cathedral sixtieth birthday; photographs of just fills our lives with exactly what him with former heads of state; and we need.” a photograph of him and his wife, Margaret, with John Paul ii. But Secretary Dalton recalls the privilege the former Secretary of the Navy lights of being invited by Dean Nathan up the most when talking about Naval Baxter to guest preach at a Veterans Academy football. Navy Commander Day service in 1997 while he was in Leaving a Lasting Legacy in Chief football rings line his desk, gifts office. Less than 10 years later, he and from Navy’s athletic director from the Mrs. Dalton were invited by a friend Interested in doing “your part,” like the seven consecutive years Navy won. to attend the installation of Dean Sam Daltons? Take the opportunity right now A special helmet given to him by the Lloyd, and they were hooked. “We’ve to secure the Cathedral’s future. found it very meaningful to be part of team following this year’s Army/Navy You can ensure long-term viability by the Cathedral’s life,” Secretary Dalton game bears the number 70, in honor of including the Cathedral in your estate plans. said. He has since become increasingly his service as the seventieth Secretary Whether you choose a bequest or a life- involved with the worshiping of the Navy. income arrangement—or another creative community, serving as a Communion gift—inspiration and service are sure to The Daltons are also devoted minister and a lay reader. supporters of Washington National continue through your support. Cathedral. Secretary Dalton has served The Daltons have also expressed You don’t have to make these arrangements on the Cathedral Chapter since 2007, a love for the beautiful Cathedral building, whose preservation needs alone. To explore the options available, call and both he and Mrs. Dalton joined Marty Stiffler at (202) 537-5796 or email photo of secretary dalton d. marks [email protected] for further information.

22 cathedral age they powerfully recognize—especially following last year’s earthquake. As a result, they recently decided to complement their generous annual operating support with a Charitable Kids’ Gifts Gift Annuity that names the Cathedral Some of the most meaningful as beneficiary. “The Cathedral is restoration gifts to the a very special place, but it’s been Cathedral have come from through some challenging times in children. These include an recent years,” said Secretary Dalton. enormous—Cathedral-sized!— “Margaret and I want to do what get-well card from the students we can so that it continues to inspire of the National Cathedral others.” School for Girls; generous “We wanted to do our part to ensure donations from the students that the Cathedral continues with at Beauvoir, the Cathedral its entire mission,” emphasized elementary school; proceeds Mrs. Dalton. “The Cathedral is from the sale of artwork by such a wonderful place, not just to local children who “love the old Washington but also to the rest of the Cathedral”; and an imaginative country. Having no denominational replacement Rainbow Pinnacle, or federal funding means that it is courtesy of the children at incumbent upon all of us who love the St. John’s Episcopal Preschool Cathedral to support it.” of Georgetown. “We see the Cathedral serving, every day, as the spiritual home for the nation,” Secretary Dalton concluded. “It’s called upon to serve presidents at the beginning of their tenures and when they are laid to rest. I’m aware of the Cathedral’s presence at so many of the important moments in our nation’s history, continuing with the service following 9/11. We want to ensure the Cathedral is always able to be there for the American people in that way.” As for Navy football, Mrs. Dalton is equally as passionate as Secretary top beauvoir students present money they collected for cathedral restoration photo j. roth Dalton. “I’m a huge fan,” she admitted. center oversized “get well” card from ncs students “The Academy is just like the bottom students from st. john’s episcopal preschool Cathedral to us. If the doors are meet mason foreman joe alonso photo c. stapert open, we’re there.” bottom right sophie bruch (age 7) and isa levy (age 8) raised $35 for the restoration by selling their artwork

spring 2012 23 focus

Rev. James B. Magness, the Episcopal Church’s bishop suffragan for federal ministries, as Cathedral canon for the armed forces and federal ministries. The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys sang at the special service of Choral Evensong in the great choir. The position of bishop suffragan for federal ministries includes pastoral care and oversight for armed forces chaplains, military personnel, and their families—as well as oversight of Episcopal worship communities affiliated with military installations, federal hospitals, prisons, and correctional facilities. In his role as Cathedral canon, Magness works to strengthen the National Cathedral’s ministries to these important groups. Interim Dean, Search Prior to his 2010 consecration as Committee Named bishop suffragan for federal ministries, Just after the New Year, the Cathedral The search committee, chaired by Magness had served as canon for Chapter announced the formation of Alexander H. Platt and vice-chaired by mission and diocesan administration a committee charged with identifying longtime NCA leader Craig M. McKee, in the Diocese of Southern Virginia; and recommending the tenth Cathedral includes representatives from the interim rector of the 1,200-member dean; the Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade Cathedral Chapter, Foundation Board of Galilee Episcopal Church in Virginia would serve as part-time interim dean Trustees, the Diocese of Washington, Beach, Va.; and canon to the ordinary as that search moved forward. and the Episcopal Church. of the Diocese of Kentucky. Magness retired from the U.S. Navy in 2003 in Wade, who took up his position on The Cathedral’s self-study, analysis, and the rank of captain, having served as January 6, served from 1983 until subsequently adopted Strategic Plan command chaplain of U.S. Joint Forces retirement in 2005 as rector of St. informs the committee’s search for an Command as well as fleet chaplain for Alban’s Parish on the Cathedral “exemplary national leader.” Members the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Prior to Close. Throughout those years, and hope to call the new dean by the end of those assignments, he served 1997– since, he distinguished himself as a the year. 2000 on the Navy Chief of Chaplains’ guest preacher from the Canterbury staff as personnel manager of the Navy Pulpit. He is an adjunct professor at Events Chaplain Corps. Virginia Theological Seminary, where bishop magness installed as he earned both M.Div. and D.Min. cathedral canon degrees, and has also taught at General On January 10, 2012, the Most Rev. Theological Seminary in New York. His top left the rev. dr. francis h. wade (center) Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding sermons and writings, including the photo d. marks bishop of the Episcopal Church, joined book Transforming Scripture, have been top right presiding bishop katharine jefferts Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar schori joins bishop of washington marian edgar extensively anthologized and published. Budde for the installation of the Right budde to install the rt. rev. james b. magness as a cathedral canon photo r. schori

24 cathedral age news from the cathedral

Westminster Abbey

The National Cathedral recently received the encouragement of a generous gift from Westminster Abbey in London, an uniquely historic house of worship that most recently made headlines as the site of the “royal wedding.” The Abbey was founded in 960 by Benedictine monks, rebuilt in 1065 by mozart’s requiem The concert honored the fifteenth Edward the Confessor, and grandly remodeled anniversary of the establishment by Henry iii around Edward’s shrine. Almost On Saturday, March 10, more than of a girls chorister program at the every English coronation has taken place there 2,000 people filled the Cathedral Cathedral thanks to the generosity since 1066. nave to hear the Cathedral Choir of and foresight of Isabelle Scott, long Men and Girls perform a concert The Abbey today, which served as a great known to the girl choristers only as featuring Mozart’s enigmatic inspiration to the founders of Washington their “angel,” who died last fall at and beautiful Requiem Mass in D National Cathedral, seeks to be a place of the age of 69. minor (k. 626) under the baton of “welcome, wonder, and worship” for the country Canon Michael McCarthy. This king in our midst that it serves. Its gift to the Cathedral highlights the common bond between the two great large-scale work (Mozart’s last, The Cathedral held its annual left unfinished at his death) took houses of worship in light of their similar role, celebration of the life and ministry and it recognizes the need to preserve these up the second half of the program. of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, In its first half, the girls choir and irreplaceable buildings for the use of future Jr., in January. “King in Our Midst” generations. a number of its alumnæ who filled the nave with attendees who have since become professional brought children’s books or canned top left st. augustine roman gospel choir musicians performed favorite performs at the annual mlk celebration center left wpas items as the cost of admission, children of the gospel choir performs at the annual mlk pieces from their repertoire. and it was also webcast live from celebration top right the cathedral choir of men and www.nationalcathedral.org. girls performs mozart’s requiem photos d. marks westminster abbey photo chriso. (wikimediaspring 2012 commons) 25 focus

New Honorary Canon After its February 10 meeting, the Cathedral Chapter announced the Cathedral Association (nca) whose creative church members is another appointment of Eileen Yago as efforts helped to build the Cathedral. testament to their contributions to the honorary canon, a high distinction Yago has particularly distinguished life of the church,” Wade said. held by less than a handful of living herself as the foremost living expert Responding to the honor, Yago individuals. “There are few other on the Cathedral’s almost countless named “working with the extended people in the history of the Cathedral individual artistic holdings, as well as national family of volunteers, friends, who have given so many years of the building’s status as a major artistic donors, visitors, and worshipers—the service to the Cathedral in so many accomplishment in its own right. extraordinary gift of all who touch our different ways,” Interim Dean Frank Yago served early on as a Cathedral lives through this Cathedral church” as Wade said in the announcement. docent staff aide, and offered both a major motivation for her decades of Yago, with her husband John, first expertise and assistance as a volunteer service thus far on the Cathedral Close. became active in the life of the to the former Clerk of the Works office, “All who share in the ministry of the Cathedral in 1968. Among other the pilgrimage program, and the Herb Cathedral are particularly blessed to be significant leadership roles on the Cottage. She has also been director of involved in an institution that touches Cathedral staff and governing bodies, visitor programs and volunteer services the lives of countless people,” she Yago has chaired and otherwise on the Cathedral staff, in which role continued. “We are further blessed to served for many years on the she created and implemented the be stewards of a sacred place of great Fabric & Fine Arts committee for Outreach to Schools program to beauty. As we continue that shared the Cathedral, working tirelessly to D.C. Public Schools and initiated the work of stewardship, I will do my very promote greater awareness of the medieval workshop for visitors. In best to be worthy of this generous Cathedral as a national treasure as addition to the countless resource of gesture of recognition.” well as greater appreciation for its her time, Yago and her husband have Yago is to be installed as honorary ongoing preservation needs. She has also been generous benefactors to canon at a special service of Choral also been a dedicated leader as well the Cathedral since the 1970s. “Their Evensong on Wednesday, May 16. as long-term member of the National legacy as faithful Christians and

left honorary canon eileen yago with mason foreman joe alonso photo c. stapert right yago on the west balcony, august 26 cathedral age 1996 photo m. bruce news from the cathedral

A New Partnership Staff Updates The National Trust for Historic Preservation ralph godsall of the Cathedral clergy previously, serv- has recognized the Cathedral’s significance ing as interim precentor (2004–2005) The Cathedral was honored by the to American history—and its extensive after appointment to diocesan staff. participation in its life this spring of preservation needs—by officially the Rev. Canon Ralph Godsall until The Rev. Gina Gillard Campbell has now designating it a national treasure. In mid-April. Canon Godsall joined been named acting director of worship. making the designation, the National Trust the Cathedral from London’s iconic An ordained United Methodist minister will offer a full range of consulting and Westminster Abbey, where he is priest for 35 years, Campbell has served at technical expertise to inform and motivate vicar, assisting its extensive ministry to the Cathedral since 2008 as a teacher, the extensive work of restoration, deferred the queen, Commonwealth, and nation. pastor, and logistics expert. maintenance, and long-term planning Godsall’s wide-ranging ministry and tim schantz ahead. travel, from South and Central America Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Preservation needs are currently estimated to London’s immigrant communities, Budde has announced the appointment at $50 million dollars, including $20 million have contributed to his deep familiarity of Timothy R. Schantz as executive vice alone as a result of the 2011 earthquake. with global Christianity. He drew on president and chief operating officer above national trust president stephanie meeks insights from this experience Sunday, (right) and board member jack davis tour the of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral February 5, to conclude the Cathedral’s cathedral, with an emphasis on recent preservation Foundation, the organization chartered work d. marks “Minority Status” series on the three photo in 1893 to oversee needs shared by the Abrahamic faiths. National Cathedral and its affiliated wealth management. mary sulerud and gina campbell schools. Schantz comes from greater He has been an active The Rev. Canon Mary C. Sulerud, , having served most board member of such interim director of worship, recently recently as director of the Mountbatten institutions as the accepted a call to serve as interim rec- Institute’s office in Manhattan. Museum of American tor at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill Schantz has more than three decades’ Finance and the Historical in Alexandria, Va. She had joined the experience in the financial services Society of Pennsylvania, Cathedral staff in August as a consul- industry, with a decade or more serving also as a trustee tant to its worship department and managing work in merchant banking, for the Investment Funds was officially named interim director in alternative asset management, of the Episcopal Diocese October. Sulerud had been a member corporate/structured finance, and of Connecticut. top left the rev. canon ralph godsall gives the opening prayer at the 2012 shrove tuesday pancake races bottom right tim schantz photos c. stapert spring 2012 27 from the

excerpts of sermons from washington national cathedral

THE NATURE OF TIME talent in the pulpitground. Here you have what is yours.’ matthew 25:24–25

Let us consider the nature It isn’t easy waiting for opportune time, of time: how we experience particularly when we can see what could be time and think about it, and or needs to change. Try as we might, we can’t what, in the spiritual life, is force things along faster than the acceptable known as “opportune time”or, time allows. Actually we do try all the time, and in the words of St. Paul, “the sometimes by our sheer will we force things along, acceptable time.” but we do so at the risk of damaging the very thing Spiritual time isn’t the same we hope to bring about. As one of my teachers as chronological time, which is used to say, you can’t make a bean grow faster by marked by passing increments pulling on it. of minutes, days, and weeks that Yet it’s also true that opportune time may come either hang heavily or race by for us as individuals, and certainly as a society, depending on circumstances. long before we feel ready. All the great movements We often think of chronological of history tell of struggle and work and leadership time as something we can have that coalesce at a critical moment—along with either to waste or use wisely. this sense of time, the right time for something to bishop of washington mariann edgar budde, ash wednesday, Moving from the Midwest to shift. Not everyone was ready to make the change. february 22, 2012 Washington, and from a position with a certain But no matter how they resisted, things moved photo c. stapert set of responsibilities to a position and role with forward anyway, because the time for change had seemingly infinite responsibilities, I am acutely come. It can be that way for us as individuals, too: aware of a new experience of time that is my new the time may be upon us, whether we feel ready life. Even so, chronological time is something we or not. fill and define. Not so with spiritual or opportune The marriage equality debates that have gathered time. Opportune time has a sense of purpose and momentum in the country of late now have a potential all its own. It is time-charged energy feeling of opportune time about them. There’s that transcends whatever we might make of it. a diΩerent energy and momentum, a sense of Have you ever worked really hard to make possibility that would have been unimaginable something happen, but—no matter how hard even five years ago. As supportive as I considered you tried—nothing happened or things actually myself to be for full inclusion of gays and lesbians got worse? But then in a diΩerent context, in an in our church and country, I would never have opportune moment, you worked perhaps just as predicted how quickly the issue of marriage hard, and this time something else was working equality has captured the imagination and a sense alongside you—there was wind in your sails—and of possibility. That kind of spiritual energy and you were able to accomplish something that was movement in society is important for us as people once impossible. That’s what opportune time is: of faith to pay attention to. It doesn’t happen the right time for something to happen that we every day on every issue, and we have a window of cannot bring about on our own. time—of opportune time—to act.

28 cathedral age “All the great movements of history tell of struggle and work and leadership that coalesce at a critical moment, along with this sense of time, the right time for something to shift.”

One of the most important tasks of life is to to ask yourself what time it is for you. Knock on consider the nature of time: what time it is now, a few doors, and see which one opens. Consider and for what. Of all the good things we might the things that you exhaust yourself to make strive for, how can we discern the opportune happen and the things that seem to have their own time for particular things? There’s nothing to be power and momentum. Allow yourself to feel the gained by pining for the changes we long for but weight of time and the gift of it. God is at work can’t bring about, if in the process we avoid the in and through us, and in and through time. The particular task before us whose time has come. acceptable time, the opportune time, will come. God is always at work in us, bringing something Amen. to fruition at its acceptable time. Take this day

FULL DISCLOSURE And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” mark 1:10–11

In the interest of full disclosure I want you drove him out into to know that the purpose of this sermon is to the wilderness.” encourage you to do what Jesus did at his baptism: Commitment is make a serious, life-changing commitment to wilderness because God. I want what you know of God to be the way it means living you interpret and understand the events of your generously, openly, life. I want what you know of God to be the way and vulnerably in you set priorities and take action in your life. a world that does In the continued interest of full disclosure: if not always respect you make that kind of commitment to God, your those qualities and, experience will be like that of Jesus when he came indeed, often abuses up out of the Jordan River. When it was done, he them. Making a immediately felt the pleasure of God—You are commitment to God beloved, with you I am well pleased. That can be sets us immediately your experience, as well. in the unknown, the It is at this point that full disclosure takes a unpredictable, the serious turn. When I am pleased with someone, I realm of mystery and encounter. the rev. dr. francis h. wade, usually mean that I like them as they are: that they interim dean, sunday, february 25, have arrived at some plateau where they might When the first person 2012, lent i photo e. graham rest from my labors. Not so with Jesus in the of our faith, the lesson. Not so with us in life. The words of God’s patriarch Abraham, pleasure are followed by, “The Spirit immediately made his commitment

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pulpit “Commitment is wilderness because it means living generously, openly, and vulnerably in a world that does not always respect those qualities and, indeed, often abuses them.”

to God, it was in response to the invitation to To let what we know of God determine our “Come with me to a land I will show you.” It is understanding and interpretation of each day is because commitment leads to wilderness that we to find that day shot through with the glory of are called followers. We follow because we do not God. Sometimes it is tantalizing the way spring and cannot know the way in the wilderness to is hinting itself outside, sometimes it is as bold which the Spirit drives us. as organ and choir, sometimes as surprising as Jesus’ story is not just one of spiritual exploration. forgiveness, sometimes as quiet as an insight There are hostile realities in that wilderness or as powerful as an idea, sometimes as subtle personified in the title ‘Satan’ but experienced as a wink, sometimes as lavish as a sunset—but as temptation. It does not seem fair. Why would each day, each moment, brims and sloshes over commitment to God result in temptation, an with God. That reality is not known outside of experience Jesus equated with facing evil when he commitment. crafted the Lord’s Prayer? Letting what we know of God determine our The fact is that commitment and temptation go priorities and our actions is like sky diving or together. They are two sides of the same coin. being married or being a Marine. It can be talked There can be no temptation without some form about from any angle but only known from inside of commitment, and every form of commitment the experience, where you can feel the power of includes temptation. If I do not care what I eat, it and see newness with its light. Stepping into junk food is no problem. But once I commit to commitment to the living God is life writ large, eating sensibly, the temptation to eat foolishly is life that hugs you and lets you hug it back. at hand. The 4,000 years from Abraham’s journey to this A commitment to God works the same way. It is pregnant morning, the 2,000 years from Jesus’ hard to betray a God to whom no commitment baptism to tomorrow’s priorities, are a wilderness has been made, a God who is one option among of temptation filled with wonder upon wonder— many, a God on retainer who comes when we need and every wonder true. And there remains only help but maintains a discreet silence otherwise. one way for us to know it: commitment to the But when what we know of God becomes our living God. criteria for understanding life and our priority That is full disclosure. for taking action, the possibility of falling away is Amen. immediately at hand.

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Harris, Jr., Montgomry Village, MD Mr. & Mrs. Eben L. Kent, Columbus, OH The Rev. & Mrs. John C. Harris, Washington, DC John Paul & Joyce A.B. Ketels, Washington, DC Ms. Dabney A. Hart, Atlanta, GA Ms. Kim M. Keys, APO, AP Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hartman, New Carrollton, MD Ms. Suzanne Kindervatter, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. John H. Harwood ii, Washington, DC Mr. Robert K. Kinsey, New York, NY Mrs. Mary S. Haverback, Bethesda, MD Mr. Shepard Kirkham, Springfield, VA 34 cathedral age Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Kitchen, Vienna, VA Mr. & Mrs. St. Julien R. Marshall, Jr., Alexandria, VA Ms. Lois Klinedinst, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Martin, Annandale, VA Pamela L. Klinedinst, Bethesda, MD Mr. Thomas H. Martin, Washington, DC Capt. & Mrs. Russell J. Klingenmeier, Falls Church, VA Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Mason, Barrington, RI Mr. William D. Knight, Jr., Washington, DC Mr. Donald M. Matthews, Lewes, DE Mr. Jerry Knoll, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Matthews, Vienna, VA Ms. Michelle A. Krowl, Arlington, VA Ms. Marcia V. Mayo, Washington, DC Mrs. Eleanor A. Kubeck, Pawleys Island, SC Mayo Charitable Foundation, Washington, DC Mr. Alexander V. I. Kugajevsky, Bethesda, MD Ms. Judith A. Mayotte, Washington, DC Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Kugel, Arlington, VA Ms. Kathleen Mazure, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Nevin E. Kuhl, Washington, DC Lane W. McBride, Washington, DC Mr. Richard F. Kuisel, Washington, DC Ms. Carol McCoy, Washington, DC The Rev. Richard G. Kukowski & Ms. Elaine Klein, Silver Spring, MD Bill & Kathe McDaniels, Washington, DC Miss Suzanne Kuser, Washington, DC Mr. Terry M. McGann & Ms. Marie J. Moretti, Sacramento, CA Ms. Sarah Kwoh, Pittsburgh, PA Mr. & Mrs. John McGuire, Washington, DC Mr. Kevin C. Lacey, New York, NY Ms. Sara McIntosh, Houston, TX Mrs. Carolyn P. Langfitt, Bryn Mawr, PA Mrs. Alice A. McKeighan, Williamsburg, VA Mrs. Patricia B. Lansdale-Rice, Sandy Spring, MD Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. McKinney, Washington, DC Ms. Carolyn D. & Mr. Willard D. 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Miller, Alexandria, VA Mr. James Lipman, Portola Valley, CA Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Miller, Arlington, VA Mrs. Frederick L. Lisman, Milford, CT Col. & Mrs. Richard A. Miller, Arlington, VA Mr. Mark P. Little, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Samuel C. Miller, Washington, DC Bill & Betty Livingston, Alexandria, VA Mr. Gregory B. & Ms. Carol J.C. Mills, Washington, DC Dr. Norma Maine Loeser, Edgewater, MD Mr. J. Randall Minchew, Leesburg, VA Mr. & Mrs. Chad R. Loewenstine, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Mitchell, Columbia, MD Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Lokerson, New Carrollton, MD Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Mix, Beaufort, SC Mr. Allen Payne Long, Gainesville, GA Ms. Elise U. Mock, Mattapoisett, MA Ms. Linda K. Lorimer & Mr. Charles Ellis, New Haven, CT Judge & Mrs. Clarence F. Moore, Chevy Chase, MD Ms. Nancy S. Lorish, Berwyn, PA Mr. M. Frederick Morand, Severna Park, MD Mr. Francis J. Lorson, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Wendell R. Morris, Washington, DC The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Louis, Mahwah, NJ The Rev. & Mrs. Richard M. Morris, Norfolk, MA Helen Elizabeth Luke, North Andover, MA Ms. Myra Neal Morrison, Rockwell, NC Ella Schulz Lynn, Boca Raton, FL John Edward Moyer, La Plata, MD MAAK Foundation, Homewood, IL MTFA Architecture, pllc, Arlington, VA Mr. & Mrs. William A. MacBain, Gaithersburg, MD Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Murphy, McLean, VA Mr. & Mrs. Angus Macbeth, Washington, DC Ms. Joan D. Murray, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Alaster MacDonald, Chevy Chase, MD Dr. & Mrs. J. Frederic Mushinski, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. James B. MacGillivray, Frederick, MD Ms. Rebecca S. Myers, New York, NY Ms. Jill K. Machol, Washington, DC Dr. Kenute Myrie, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. MacKinnon, Slatington, PA Ms. Karen S. Naylor, Gainesville, VA Mr. & Mrs. James W. Madden, Alexandria, VA NCA Committee Ms. Mary Jane Maddox, Alexandria, VA NCA Committee Eastern Massachusetts Mrs. Janet M. Malcolm, Falls Church, VA NCA Committee of Southwestern Pennsylvania Ms. Anne G. 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spring 2012 35 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Nicholson, Washington, DC James R. Rogers, Washington, DC Mr. Robert Nickel, Arlington, VA Mrs. Margaret W. Root, Silver Spring, MD Ms. Michel Nicrosi, Mobile, AL Ms. Nancy L. Ross, Washington, DC Dr. John E. Niederhuber, Potomac, MD Ms. Glenda M. Rothberg, Washington, DC The Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Nielsen, Boston, MA Dr. & Mrs. William R. Rout, Gainesville, FL Gertrude B. Nielsen Charitable Trust, Northbrook, IL Ms. Alison A. Royle, Del Mar, CA Ms. Raven A. Nuckols, Arlington, VA Mr. & Mrs. Bert T. Rude iii, Ellicott City, MD Mr. William C. Nutting, Hobe Sound, FL Ms. Judy A. Russell, Bethesda, MD Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Washington, DC Ms. Joi L. Rutherford, Alexandria, VA Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. O’Donnell, Zurich, The Rev. Barbara H. Ryder & Dr. Craig A. Ryder, Decatur, GA Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Ogley, Sacramento, CA Ms. Grace H. Said, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Hagan, New York, NY Mr. J. Todd Samperton, Bethesda, MD Mrs. Mary B. Olch, Kensington, MD Miss Anne C. Sangree, Kennet Square, PA Dr. & Mrs. Roger J. Oldham, Potomac, MD Ms. C. Myrene Sargeant-Peters, Bowie, MD The Hon. Mary S. Olmsted, Mitchellville, MD Mr. James D. Saunders, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. John F. Olson, Washington, DC Ms. Lillian T. Savage, Aliso Viejo, CA Ms. Cary Page, Takoma Park, MD Ms. Mariette T. Sawchuk, Los Angeles, CA Mr. & Mrs. Rodney F. Page, McLean, VA Dr. & Mrs. D. Emerson Scarborough, Raleigh, NC Ms. Eunice J. Panetta, Manchester, MA Mrs. Marianne Scharpf, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Charles Edward Pardoe, Bethesda, MD Ms. Laura E. Schattschneider & Mr. Drew M. Snyder, Silver Spring, MD Parish of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lakewood, OH Mr. John P. Schnitker, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Gregory A. Parker, Washington, DC Mr. George Schreiber, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Parrino, Washington, DC Mr. Steven M. Schwab, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Russell Eugene Parta, Washington, DC Ms. Karen K. Schwartz, Arlington, VA Mr. Arthur A. Patchett, Westfield, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schwarz, Bethesda, MD Mr. Hewitt Pate, Lafayette, CA Ms. Karen C. Schwenk, Nantucket, MA Ms. M. Lydia Patrick & Mr. Donald E. Harvey, Reston, VA Miss Edith M. Scott, Washington, DC Mrs. Janet B. Patterson, Adamstown, MD Mrs. Elizabeth P. Scott, Charlottesville, VA Mr. Ralph V. Peacock, Jr., Pleasant Ridge, MI Ms. Martha R. Seger, Ann Arbor, MI Lt. Col. John E. Pearson, Jr., Grand Junction, CO Ms. Susan I. Seger & Ms. Martha R. Seger, Ypsilanti, MI Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Pechoultres, Larkspur, CA Martha R. & Susan I. Seger Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Pedonti, West Hartford, CT Canon Margot S. Semler, Bethesda, MD Ms. Rebecca L. Penick, Alexandria, VA Ms. Marlene J. Severson, McLean, VA Mr. Clay C. Perry, Washington, DC The Rev. Marlyne J. Seymour & Mr. William L. Seymour, Elkhorn, WI Mr. Meredith T. Persinger, Charleston, WV Ms. Patricia S. Shaffer, Millersville, MD Ms. Virginia L. Pescosolido, Westwood, MA Mrs. Dorothy L. Shaw, Midland, MI Mr. Robert L. Pettit, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Anthony F. Shelley, Washington, DC Mrs. Lee M. Petty, Bethesda, MD Ms. Deborah M. Shepard, Washington, DC Ms. Virginia Phillips, Austin, TX Mr. Robert H. Shorb, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. William F. Phinney, New Harbor, ME Gretchen & Clifford Shoemaker, Vienna, VA Mrs. Patricia Pickard, Bethesda, MD Dr. Elizabeth M. Short, Pasadena, CA Mr. & Mrs. Alexander H. Platt, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. David E. Shumaker, Bethesda, MD The Rev. & Mrs. David H. Poist, Charlottesville, VA Ms. Barbara Shupe, Seminole, FL Mr. & Mrs. Lee E. Preston, College Park, MD Mr. Mark Sieling, Arlington, VA Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Prince, Reston, VA Ms. & Mrs. Adelle Simmons, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. John Purnell, Bethesda, MD Mr. Robert W. Simmons, Huntersville, NC Mrs. Nancy M. Pyne, Washington, DC Marvin & Shirley Simmons, Northridge, CA Mrs. G. Robina Quale-Leach, Albion, MI Mr. & Mrs. William P. Simons iii, Arlington, VA Mr. James F. 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Robinson, Alexandria, VA St. Anne Episcopal Church, West Chester, OH Ms. Virginia V. Rocen, Alexandria, VA St. John’s Episcopal Church, Olney, MD Dori Selene Rockefeller, Charlottesvle, VA St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA Ms. Catherine A. Rodgers, Alexandria, VA St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA 36 cathedral age Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Staal, Dulles, VA The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Francis H. Wade, Washington, DC Ms. Evelyn Staba, Washington, DC Wagner Roofing, Hyattsville, MD Mrs. Betty J. Stacey, McLean, VA Ms. Alice T. Wagner, Annapolis, MD Mr. & Mrs. Verdon S. Staines, Arlington, VA Mr. Charles E. Wagner, Hyattsville, MD Mr. David Stanley, Washington, DC Mrs. Avonelle S. Walker, Douglaston, NY Mr. Randolph J. Stayin & Ms. Sharon Greenfield, Woodbridge, VA Cynthia & Garret Walker, Cincinnati, OH Ms. Maureen Steinecke, Silver Spring, MD Ms. D. Lorraine Wallace, Wilmington, DE Ms. Robin D. Sterrett, Bethesda, MD Mrs. Doris B. Wallace, Alexandria, VA Judge & Mrs. Samuel B. Sterrett, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Seth L. Warfield, Easton, MD Mr. Randy S. Stevens, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Brent Warner, Laurel, MD Mr. Geoffrey S. Stewart & Ms. Sandra Pinkard, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. David S. Warner, Silver Spring, MD Ms. Kristina Stewart, Annandale, VA Mr. Greg A. Warner, Frederick, MD Ms. Gale L. Stienon, San Marcos, CA Mr. & Mrs. Albert Warner, Arlington, VA Dr. & Mrs. Paul W. Stiffler, Highland Park, IL Watkins Burnham Fund, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Stillman, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Watkins iii, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. E. Tillman Stirling, Chevy Chase, MD Drs. Richard M. & Elisabeth M. Waugaman, Potomac, MD Ms. Joan F. Stogis, Silver Spring, MD Mrs. Anne E. Weimer, Silver Spring, MD Mr. Daniel A. Stokes, Washington, DC Mr. Richard M. Weinberg, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Storer & Family, Portland, OR Mr. & Mrs. William A. Weingarten, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. George A. Strait, San Leandro, CA Mrs. Mary E. 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Wiegand, Bethesda, MD Ms. Glenda Temple, Chandler, OK Mr. Martin Wiegand, Sr., Bethesda, MD Ms. Aida Tesfaye-Kedjela, Silver Spring, MD Mr. & Mrs. James F. Wiggins, Houston, TX The Androus Foundation, Alexandria, VA Ms. Bonnie P. Willette, Washington, DC The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, Inc., Wheeling, WV Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Williams, Washington, DC The Ellis Fund, New Haven, CT The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Wesley S. Williams, Jr., St. Thomas, VI The Lemon Foundation, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Joel V. Williamson, Chicago, IL The Menk Foundation, Columbine Valley, CO Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Willis, Fredericksbrg, VA The Neel Foundation, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Wilson, New York, NY The Nurmi Family Foundation, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Wilson, Henrietta, TX The Sally Foss & James Scott Hill Foundation, Princeton, NJ Mr. Robert B. Thompson & Ms. Dorothy D. Wilson, Washington, DC The Thomas S. Kenan iii Foundation, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC Ms. Elizabeth A. Wilson, Bethesda, MD The Zucaro Family Foundation, Inc, Barrington, IL Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Wilson, Falls Church, VA Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Thomas, Fairfax, VA Mrs. Janet M. Wilson, Williamsburg, VA Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thomas, Aylett, VA Mr. Jesse L. Wilson, Bowie, MD Mrs. Donna G. Thompson, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. Kendall W. Wilson, Washington, DC Ms. Valorie J. Thompson, Washington, DC Mrs. Mary L. Wilson, Redwood City, CA Mr. & Mrs. Steuart H. Thomsen, Chevy Chase, MD Ms. Marjorie B. Winter, Cambridge, Mr. & Mrs. John Thorne, Washington, DC Ms. J. Sinclair Winton, Washington, DC Mr. Brent R. Tomlinson, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. Wirth, Burke, VA Mr. David R. Torrealba, Washington, DC Mr. & Mrs. John F. Witherspoon, Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Tozier, Arlington, VA Ms. Susan T. Witt, Hamburg, NY The Hon. & Mrs. Russell E. Train, Washington, DC Mr. James W. Wohlgemuth & Dr. Caroline Wohlgemuth, Washington, DC Mr. David M. Trebing, Washington, DC Mr. James B. Wolcott ii, Bradenton, FL Ms. Marcia W. Treiber, Fort Myers, FL Women of All Saints, Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Justin M. Trewolla, Paducah, KY Women of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sheridan, WY Mr. Robert S. Troth, Huntsville, AL Mr. & Mrs. John J. Wood, Newport News, VA Mr. Jon Tuttle & The Rev. Peggy E. Tuttle, Mound, MN Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Woodruff, Austin, TX Mrs. Tanya L. Tuzman, Washington, DC Mrs. Catherine B. Wootten, Chickasha, OK Joe Tydings Family Foundation, Washington, DC World Strides, Charlottesville, VA Ms. Tonya Ugoretz, Washington, DC Ms. Virginia K. Worthington, Bethesda, MD Mr. Samuel E. Urmey, Birmingham, AL Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Wotring, Bethesda, MD Ms. Joan Utterback, Washington, DC Ms. Holly Swan Wright, Chevy Chase, MD The Hon. & Mrs. Viron P. Vaky, Mitchellville, MD Nancy Ann Wright, Raleigh, NC Mrs. William K. Van Allen, Charlotte, NC Mr. & Mrs. Merrill A. Yavinsky, Washington, DC Mr. John K. Van De Weert, Washington, DC Mr. Gary G. 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