The Cathedral School

The Cathedral School opened in 1901 as a boarding school for boys in the Cathedral’s choir. Non-singing boys were admitted in 1964, and students of all genders were admitted in 1974. Today, the School nurtures 300 K-8 students through commitments to academic excellence, character education, and curricula that support underrepresented voices and foster respect for all individuals.

Who Else Gets to Do This?

Students of The Cathedral School investigating the “living laboratory” of the plant and animal life of the Cathedral Close. “I never know how to explain what that place means to me. I view it as a home.”

JAKE MAYER EISNER

MARSHA NELSON When they first sent me literature about the School, I saw that there were 11 acres of flowers, trees, and the largest Gothic cathedral in the world—with peacocks! At that moment my heart opened. To be in New York City with greenery and life-inspiring architecture filled me with the sense of remarkable possibilities. Other schools don’t have the learning environment that we have. Our students explore geometry by looking at shapes in the Cathedral. We study history through the Cathedral’s art and stories. We have a science laboratory at our front door. Most of all, we benefit from the Cathedral’s commitment to caring outreach programs.

ANGIE KARNA It is the best playground in the world. The Cathedral becomes a part of who they are. I am grateful every single day for the beauty, the peace, and the calm that we all experience as we reach Amsterdam Avenue.

MARSHA NELSON We grow our students in understanding the gifts that they have and the gifts that they could share. We want our kids to see themselves as allies for marginalized groups and become leaders in a world of greater justice. The Episcopal faith is one of inclusion. We clearly state that we are an Episcopal school, and we add “for all faiths and children not practicing faith.” Our liturgy follows Episcopal guidelines, but interspersed are readings from different cultures and stories representing different holidays and faith traditions. Do our students sense the uniqueness of this place? Absolutely.

ANNI-MING LARSON The School opens people’s minds to all of these differences—not just religion and faith, but also lifestyles, views, and cultures. I remember during the Rosh Hashanah chapel we ate apples and honey. We always had the Absalom Jones Evensong; we celebrated Kwanzaa and the Day of the Dead. BRYAN ZAROS One of the School’s oldest traditions is its Chorister program. It represents a unique partnership between the School and the Cathedral. The two dozen participating students earn a rigorous musical education in exchange for their professionalism and leadership. The Choristers sing at Cathedral services throughout the school year, and tour around the world.

ANNI-MING LARSON Being a Chorister is special because there is a sense of giving back to your community and school, which you secretly love but won’t admit because you’re a twelve-year-old.

HANNAH WOLFE EISNER Every year the seventh grade would put together a Medieval Evensong inspired by The Canterbury Tales. It was this amazing project that was only possible at the Cathedral. Each student devised their own character based on the history we had studied. We processed into the Cathedral singing a Gregorian chant with fifth grade pages carrying flags we had painted in art class. We read our own poems from the pulpit and performed dumbshows and medieval dances that we rehearsed in music.

PATTI WELCH Every December the Cathedral adorns a Peace Tree with a thousand origami cranes. At the Peace Tree Evensong, one student from each grade reflects on the word “peace.” You get the kindergartener’s response all the way to the eighth grader’s response. We always sing Dona Nobis Pacem and Let There Be Peace on Earth, and then we bless the Peace Tree together. That’s how we dismiss for winter break.

ANNI-MING LARSON So many alumni have lasting friendships. Those bonds are formed because of our desire to live out what we were taught and to keep going forward with that.

MARSHA NELSON As we prepare for graduation I tell the eighth graders to look around, feel this place. Because I guarantee you, nothing will ever match the Cathedral. Cathedral students absolutely carry a sense of sacred place throughout their lives.

Appendix

Narrator Biographies, Bishops and Deans, Board of Trustees, International and Ecumenical Cathedra, Spirit of the City Honorees, American Poets Corner Inductees, Residencies, Affiliate Groups, Cathedral and Diocesan Staff

Narrator Biographies

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W. H. AUDEN (1907–1973) poet; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 2005

SAINT AMBROSE (340–397) patron saint of beekeepers, beggars, and learners

SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820–1906) women’s suffrage activist

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DOCTOR BILL BAKER public television executive, journalist, and professor

JAMES BALDWIN (1924–1987) writer and social critic; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 2011

AMIRI BARAKA (1934–2014) writer, director, actor, activist, and teacher

THE REVEREND DOCTOR WILLIAM J.BARBER II

pastor and social justice advocate; leader of the Poor People’s Campaign

MICHELE BARNWELL alum, ACT

PRISCILLA BAYLEY Director, Cathedral Development (2014–present)

HARRY BELAFONTE singer, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist

ALESSANDRA BELLONI singer, actor, and Artistic Director, i Giullari di Piazza; Cathedral Artist in Residence

MEREDITH BERGMANN sculptor, September 11th: A Memorial (Cathedral Collection)

MICHAEL BIERUT graphic designer and Partner at Pentagram, Inc., the long-time design firm of the Cathedral

XU BING artist, The Phoenix Project (installed in the Cathedral in 2014)

BIG BIRD 8-foot, 2-inch bird; lives in a large nest on Sesame Street

MARY BLOOM photographer and animal rights activist; former Cathedral Photographer in Residence

LAURA BOSLEY Coordinator, Office of the Dean of the Cathedral (2014–present)

RANDY BOURSCHEIDT President Emeritus, Alliance for the Arts

DAVID BRIGGS organist; Cathedral Artist in Residence

MARY JANE BROCK Secretary, Cathedral Board of Trustees (2011–present)

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JAMES CARROLL author and former priest; guest preacher at the Cathedral

ETHELYN “LYN” CHASE generous supporter of the arts, especially poetry; helped establish the American Poets Corner

AMOREENA CLEMENT alum, ACT

DIANA COHN Executive Director, Panta Rhea Foundation

JUDY COLLINS singer-songwriter, author, and social activist; Cathedral Artist in Residence

CASEY (ELIZABETH) COMPTON Founding Member and Managing Director of Mettawee River Theatre Company with Cathedral Artist in Residence Ralph Lee

CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872–1933) 30th President of the United States (1923–1929)

KEITH CRITCHLOW artist, professor, and writer; Director of the Cathedral’s Library of Sacred Geometry

GOVERNOR MARIO CUOMO (1932–2015) 52nd Governor of New York (1983–1994)

THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL BRUCE CURRY

27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church (2015–present)

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HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA 14th Dalai Lama (1940–present)

THE RIGHT REVEREND CLIFTON DANIEL III Tenth Dean of the Cathedral (2017–present)

DOCTOR ANGELA Y. DAVIS political activist, academic, and author

DOROTHY DAY journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert

MARIE DEL TEJO Director of Programs, ACT (1990–present)

ANNE DENNIN neighborhood resident

MARGARET DIEHL poet and author; has written regularly for the Cathedral

THE RIGHT REVEREND ANDREW M.L. DIETSCHE

XVI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (2013–present)

EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886) poet; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 1984

MAYOR DAVID DINKINS 106th Mayor of New York City (1990–1993)

ANDREW DOLKART professor, Columbia University; former director of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Program

THE RIGHT REVEREND HORACE W. B. DONEGAN

(1900–1991) XII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1950–1972)

DIANE DUBLER author and artist; frequent photographer of the Cathedrals tapestries with her husband John Bigelow Taylor

GRIFFIN DUNNE actor, film producer, and film director

THE REVEREND GERALD DURLEY Pastor Emeritus of Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia

TIM DWYER Member, Congregation of St. Saviour

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MARION WRIGHT EDELMAN Founder, Children’s Defense Fund; Cathedral Colleague

FRANCIS EDMONDS Cathedral community member

MIKE EDWARDS Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Cathedral Administration (2012–present)

MARLENE EIDELHEIT Director, Textile Conservation Lab (1992–present)

JOHN CLINTON EISNER parent, The Cathedral School

HANNAH WOLFE EISNER alum, The Cathedral School; Co-Curator, The Christa Project (2016–2017); Coordinator, Cathedral Programming & External Relations (2018–2019)

JAKE MAYER EISNER alum, The Cathedral School

JAN ELIASSON Governing Board Chair of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2017–present); former Deputy Secretary General, United Nations (2012–2016)

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882) poet; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 1987

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STEPHEN FACEY Executive Vice President of the Cathedral (1992–2013)

EDIE FALCO film, television, and stage actor; long-time participant in the animal procession at the Cathedral’s annual Feast of Saint Francis and Blessing of the Animals

TOM FEDOREK historian, educator, and long-time Cathedral guide BRUCE FIFER Director, Cathedral Liturgical Music and Theatre (1983–1996)

ROBERT FINN Food Manager, CCC

FREDERICK FRANCK (1909–2006) artist, Seven Generations (Cathedral Collection)

SYBRINA FULTON activist and parent of Trayvon Martin, a teenager fatally shot by a police officer in 2012

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ALAN GILBERT conductor, musician, and teacher; 25th Music Director, New York Philharmonic

THE RIGHT REVEREND MARY GLASSPOOL

Assistant Bishop, The Episcopal Diocese of New York (2016–present)

BRAD GOOCH poet, novelist, and biographer

VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE 45th Vice President of the United States

PAUL GORMAN Co-Founder, National Religious Partnership for the Environment (founded in 1993 at the Cathedral)

JEN GOWERS Executive Director, ACT (2017–present)

MARTHA GRAHAM (1894–1991) dancer and choreographer; developed the Graham technique

THE RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD F. GREIN

XIV Bishop of the Diocese of New York (1987–2001)

RAY GUYETTE (d. 2014) Cathedral Director of Facilities Management (1996-2014)

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DANIEL HABERMAN poet, translator, and graphic designer; Cathedral Poet in Residence (1983–1986)

KEITH HARING (1958–1990) iconic artist, designer, and social activist; artist, Life of Christ (Cathedral Collection)

ANNE HARRISON former Chair, The Cathedral Congregational Council

THE REVEREND CANON SUSAN HARRISS

Canon Residentiary, Cathedral (1996-2000) and Chaplain, The Cathedral School (1991-1996)

KEITH HEFNER ACT community member

TOBIAS HELLER Cathedral School student

VIVIAN HEWITT Member, Congregation of St. Saviour

KEITH HINKSON Director, Cathedral Security (1984–present)

JULIA HOLDEN alum, ACT

DOUG HUNT Cathedral Organ Curator

ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891–1960) writer and anthropologist; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 2015

TOM HURWITZ cinematographer; Member, Congregation of St. Saviour

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THE REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON civil rights leader, minister, and politician; Founder, The National Rainbow Coalition

M. NEELIKA JAYAWARDANE Professor of English, SUNY Oswego

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MARION KAHAN Registrar and Exhibition Manager, Cathedral Art Collection (2011–present)

KALIE KAMARA Outreach Coordinator, CCC (2013 – 2019)

ANGIE KARNA President, Cathedral School Board of Trustees (2015–2018)

RABBI WOLF KELMAN KELMAN (1923–1990) Rabbi and leader in Conservative Judaism; supported the rabbinic ordination of women

WAYNE KEMPTON Archivist, Episcopal Diocese of New York (1996–present)

THE REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER

KING JR. (1926–1968) civil rights activist and Baptist minister; famously preached at an ecumenical service at the Cathedral in 1956

DAVID KIRBY Cathedral community member

THE VERY REVEREND DOCTOR JAMES A.

KOWALSKI Ninth Dean of the Cathedral (2002–2017)

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MADELEINE L’ENGLE (1918–2007) author, Cathedral Writer in Residence

HIS EXCELLENCY MIROSLAV LAJC ˇÁK politician and former President, United Nations General Assembly (2017–2018)

ANNI-MING LARSON alum, The Cathedral School

EMMA LAZARUS (1849–1887) poet, writer, translator, and activist; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 2007 RALPH LEE puppeteer, theatre artist, teacher, and Artistic Director, Mettawee River Theatre Company; Cathedral Artist in Residence

THE REVEREND STEVEN LEE Vicar, The Congregation of St. Saviour (2018–present)

AMY LEISSNER Director, Cathedral Budget (2015–present)

WILLIAM BRYANT LOGAN writer; arborist; President, Urban Arborists, Inc.

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WANGARI MAATHAI (1940-2011) Founder, the Green Belt Movement; 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

BRUCE MACLEOD President, Cathedral Board of Trustees (2011–2019)

THE REVEREND CANON DOCTOR PATRICK

MALLOY Sub-Dean and Canon, Cathedral Liturgy and the Arts (2016–present)

THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM T. MANNING

(1866-1949) 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1921–1946)

WYNTON MARSALIS trombonist, jazz musician and Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center

REBECCA MERRILL Webmaster and Manager, Cathedral Communications (2016–present)

THE REVEREND CANON THOMAS MILLER

Canon, Cathedral Liturgy and the Arts (2003–2013)

HONOR MOORE author, poet, and professor; daughter of Bishop Moore

THE RIGHT REVEREND PAUL MOORE JR.

(1919–2003) XIII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1972–1989)

SUSAN BRIND MORROW author and poet; Cathedral Scholar in Residence

THE VERY REVEREND JAMES PARKS MORTON Seventh Dean of the Cathedral (1972–1995)

PAMELA MORTON artist; founder, The Cathedral Shop; wife of Dean Morton

ANDREW MROCZEK & JUAN JOSE BARBOZA-

GUBO artists whose work appeared in The Value of Sanctuary

TONI MORRISON (1931–2019) author and professor

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RAYMOND NAGEM Cathedral Associate Director of Music and Organist (2010–present)

MARILYN NELSON author, poet, and translator; Cathedral Poet in Residence (2010–2019)

MARSHA NELSON Head, The Cathedral School (2003–present)

BRUCE NESWICK Director, Cathedral Music (2008–2011)

JIMMY NEWBORG Cathedral Development Program Manager (2016–present)

MAUREEN NIPAR Member, Cathedral Gardens Conservancy

JESSYE NORMAN (1945–2019) opera singer and recitalist

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EIKO OTAKE dancer, choreographer, and teacher; Cathedral Artist in Residence

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JAMES PATTERSON Director, Cathedral Facilities and Capital Projects (2018–present)

ROBERT PENNOYER lawyer; grandson of J. P. Morgan, who helped fund the construction of the Cathedral

THOMAS PERRY Program Manager, CCC (2004–present)

PHILIPPE PETIT high wire artist, juggler, and magician; Cathedral Artist in Residence

THE REVEREND DOCTOR THOMAS PIKE

former Rector, Calvary-St. George’s Church; former Member, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Member, Cathedral Board of Trustees (1978–2016)

THE VERY REVEREND JAMES PIKE (1913–1969) Fifth Dean of the Cathedral (1952–1958)

THE RIGHT REVEREND HORATIO POTTER

(1802-1887) VI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1861–1887)

THE VERY REVEREND HARRY PRITCHETT Eighth Dean of the Cathedral (1997–2001)

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HOWARD E. QUIRK (1924–1994) minister, executive, and tourguide; author, The Living Cathedral: St. John the Divine: A History and Guide (Crossroad Publishing Co., 1993)

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MARSHA RA Member, Congregation of St. Saviour and Cathedral Community (1972–present)

DENNIS REED former Stonecutter, Cathedral Stone Yard MARK REYNOLDS (d. 1988) Cathedral community member

STEVEN C. ROCKEFELLER philanthropist and educator; member of the Rockefeller Family, who helped fund the Cathedral’s early construction

SUSAN RODRIGUEZ Founding Partner, Ennead Architects, an architecture firm working with the Cathedral on ongoing projects

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-162) First Lady and human rights activist

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

(1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945)

THE HONORABLE ELIHU ROOT (1845–1937) lawyer, politician, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

HOWARD RUBENSTEIN Chairman, Rubenstein Public Relations, long-time firm of the Cathedral

MURIEL RUKEYSER (1913–1980) poet; creator of the Cathedral’s Muriel Rukeyser Poetry Wall

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ABDEL R. SALAAM Choreographer and CoFounder, the Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company; Cathedral Artist in Residence

EDWINA SANDYS artist, Christa (Cathedral Collection)

NORA SCHAAF parent and committee member, ACT

LISA SCHUBERT Vice President, Cathedral Programming and External Relations (2008–present)

THE RIGHT REVEREND ALLEN K. SHIN

Bishop Suffragan, The Episcopal Diocese of New York (2013–present)

FRED “SONIC” SMITH (1948-1994) musician

GEOFF SMITH Director of Information Technology, Cathedral and Episcopal Diocese of New York (2002–present)

PATTI SMITH musician, writer, artist

VALERIE SOLL Conservator, Textile Conservation Lab (1993–present)

MURRY STEGELMANN Treasurer, Cathedral Board of Trustees (2010–2017); Chair of the Investment Sub-Committee (2017–present)

ADLAI STEVENSON lawyer, politician, and diplomat

EMMA STRAUB novelist and bookstore owner; alum, The Cathedral School

FRANCIS J. SYPHER, JR New York historian; author of books including Strangers & Pilgrims: A Centennial History of the Laymen’s Club of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine (2012)

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JOSÉ V. TORRES Co-Founder and Executive Director, ACT (1980–2018)

NICOLE TOUTOUNJI Founding Member, Bee Village; Cathedral Beekeeper in Residence

KENT TRITLE Director, Cathedral Music and Organist (2011–present)

THE MOST REVEREND DESMOND TUTU

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and former Bishop of Johannesburg

JOHN TIEBOUT Director, Cathedral Human Resources

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SIMON VERITY sculptor and master stonecarver; Cathedral Artist in Residence; oversaw the carving of the Cathedral’s main entry (1988–1997)

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THE REVEREND CANON JAY WEGMAN arts entrepeneur; Canon, Cathedral Liturgy and the Arts (1993–2002)

MARNIE WEIR Director, Public Education and Visitor Services (2005–2018)

THE REVEREND CANON PATTI WELCH Chaplain, The Cathedral School (2002–present); Canon for Education; Director, Nightwatch Crossroads

EUDORA WELTY (1909-2001) writer

JENNIFER DORR WHITE parent, The Cathedral School

WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892) poet, inducted into the American Poets Corner in 1984

THE REVEREND CANON JULIA WHITWORTH

Canon, Cathedral Liturgy and the Arts (2013–2016)

ELIE WIESEL (1928–2016) Romanian-American Jewish writer, professor, activist, and Nobel Laureate; Cathedral Colleague

ISADORA WILKINFELD Manager, Cathedral Programming and Communications (2012–present); lead curator, The Value of Sanctuary: Building a House Without Walls (2019)

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911–1983) playwright; inducted into the American Poets Corner in 2009

THE REVEREND CANON DOCTOR SANDYE WILSON

Episcopal priest and Chief Operating Officer, Saint Augustine’s University; one of the first women to be ordained in The Episcopal Church

PAUL WINTER soprano saxophonist and Founder, Paul Winter Consort; Cathedral Artist in Residence

GREG WYATT sculptor, Peace Fountain (Cathedral Collection); Cathedral Artist in Residence

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BRYAN ZAROS Cathedral Associate Choirmaster (2016–present)

Bishops and Deans

BISHOPS OF NEW YORK

I 1787–1815 Samuel Provoost (Resigned 1801) II 1815–1816 Benjamin Moore (Disabled 1811) Acting Bishop 1801–1815 III 1816–1830 John Henry Hobart Acting Bishop 1811–1816 IV 1830–1861 Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk Suspended 1845–1861 V 1852–1854 Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright Provisional 1852–1854 VI 1861–1887 Horatio Potter Provisional 1854–1861 VII 1887–1908 Henry Codman Potter Acting Bishop 1883–1887 VIII 1908–1919 David Hummel Greer Coadjutor 1904–1908 IX 1919–1920 Charles Sumner Burch Suffragan 1911–1919 X 1921–1946 William Thomas Manning XI 1947–1950 Charles Kendall Gilbert Suffragan 1930–1946 XII 1950–1972 Horace William Baden Donegan Suffragan 1947–1949, Coadjutor 1949–1950

XIII 1972–1989 Paul Moore Jr. Coadjutor 1970–1972

XIV 1989–2001 Richard Frank Grein

Coadjutor 1989 XV 2001–2013 Mark Sean Sisk Coadjutor 1998–2001 XVI From 2013 Andrew Marion Lenow Dietsche Coadjutor 2012–2013

BISHOPS SUFFRAGAN OF NEW YORK

1921–1936 Arthur Selden Lloyd 1921–1930 Herbert Shipman 1951–1969 Charles Francis Boynton 1960–1987 James Stuart Wetmore 1974–1978 Harold Lewis Wright 1979–1998 Walter Decoster Dennis Jr. 1996–2011 Catherine Scimeca Roskam From 2014 Allen Kunho Shin

BISHOPS ASSISTING THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK

1994-2009 E. Don Taylor Vicar Bishop of NYC From 1993 Herbert Alcorn Donovan Jr. Assisting Bishop 2010-2013 Andrew Donnan Smith Assistant Bishop 2012 Bruce Edward Caldwell Assisting Bishop From 2013 Chilton Abbie Richardson Knudsen Assisting Bishop From 2016 Mary Glasspool Assistant Bishop

DEANS OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

I 1911–1916 William Mercer Grosvenor II 1917–1929 Howard Chandler Robbins III 1930–1939 Milo Hudson Gates IV 1940–1942 James Pernette DeWolfe V 1952–1958 James Albert Pike VI 1960–1966 John Vernon Butler VII 1972–1997 James Parks Morton VIII 1997–2001 Harry Houghton Pritchett Jr. IX 2001–2017 James August Kowalski X 2017–present Clifton Daniel III

Current Board of Trustees

Current Advisory Councils

OFFICERS

The Rt. Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche Chair, Ex-Officio Bruce Macleod President J. Frank Brown President-elect Mary Jane Brock Secretary David Gordon Treasurer

MEMBERS

Bill Bermont The Rev. Matthew Calkins President, Cathedral School, Ex-Officio President, Diocesan Standing Committee, Ex-Officio

Roberta Connolly The Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel III Dean, Ex-Officio Gary A. Glynn John Griffen The Rev. Matthew F. Heyd The Rev. Nigel Massey The Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews The Rev. Richard McKeon Bruce G. Paulsen The Rev. Jacob A. Smith E. Waide Warner Jr. Chancellor, Ex - Officio Kathi Watts-Grossman June Yearwood

TRUSTEES EMERITI

James E. Bacon Mrs. Edward T. Chase The Rev. Stephen J. Chinlund The Rev. Edward Johnston John T. Lane Wallace Mathai-Davis Harry Smith Phoebe Stanton Fred Wibiralske E. T. Williams, Jr.

THE DEAN’S COUNCIL

Mrs. Mary Jane Brock and Mr. Charles Brock Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Brown The Reverend Canon Constance C. Coles and Mr. William B. McKeown Mr. Constantine M. Dakolias and Ms. Monique Cusson Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Glynn Mr. William H. Herrman Mr. Michael Jalving Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Macleod The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Matthews Mr. Byron Nimocks and Ms. Emily Murphy Mr. John Salmon Dr. Steven M. Shulman and Ms. Vicki Drew Mr. Jerry Speyer Mr. Murry Stegelmann Mr. Simon Yates and Mr. Kevin Roon

THE DEAN’S FOUNDATION AND CORPORATE COUNCIL

G. A. Ackermann Memorial Fund The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation The Brodsky Organization Columbia Community Service Davis Polk & Wardwell LLC The Robert G. and Jane V. Engel Foundation, Inc. Episcopal Charities of New York The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Florence Gould Foundation The Hagedorn Fund The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Inc. The Panta Rhea Foundation

The International and Ecumenical Cathedra

BISHOP DIETSCHE The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine is unusual in having two cathedra facing each other across the sanctuary. The word cathedra is Greek, and refers to the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese. It signifies his or her teaching authority, and it is the presence of the bishop’s seat which makes a church a cathedral. The cathedra on the south side of our cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of New York. The cathedra on the north side, facing the bishop’s chair, has throughout the life of our cathedral been used variously by bishops coadjutor, bishops suffragan and bishops assistant, as well as visiting bishops from outside our diocese.

When Richard Grein became the 14th Bishop of New York in 1989, he sought to establish a tradition by which the Diocese of New York could honor primates and bishops from other provinces in the Anglican Communion, and ecumenical bishops in full communion partnership, with whom our diocese enjoys a special relationship. He designated our cathedral’s second cathedra the International and Ecumenical Cathedra, as a place where we might, by offering a formal seating, honor our international partners by providing them a permanent seat in our cathedral. Bishop Sisk began to extend this honorific to the Presiding Bishops of The Episcopal Church as well. These formal seatings are an ongoing and continuing tradition and practice, but from 1989 until this writing in 2019, only eighteen bishops have been seated in the cathedra and given this honor.

SEATED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD F. GREIN, XIV BISHOP OF NEW YORK

HIS HOLINESS VASKEN I OF BUCHAREST

Supreme Patriarch and Catholikos of All Armenians, 1953-1994. Seated on February 5, 1989.

HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II Catholikos of the Holy See of Cilicia, 1983-1994. Seated on February 12, 1989.

THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL GEOFFREY

PEERS XI Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1986-2004. Seated on October 14, 1989.

THE MOST REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE

GEORGE LEONARD CAREY CIII Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, 1991-2002. Seated on September 20, 1992.

THE MOST REVEREND ORLAND UGHAM LINDSAY

X Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of the West Indies, 1986-1996. Seated on June 19, 1994.

METROPOLITAN SERGEI Archbishop and Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate. Seated on March 30, 1997.

HIS ALL HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I OF

CONSTANTINOPLE Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch, from 1991. Seated on October 24, 1997.

SEATED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND MARK S. SISK, XV BISHOP OF NEW YORK

THE MOST REVEREND PETER JASPER AKINOLA

III Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, 2000-2010. Seated on July 7, 2002.

THE MOST REVEREND FRANK TRACY GRISWOLD

III XXV Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, 1997-2006. Seated on September 12, 2002.

THE MOST REVEREND WINSTON HUGH

NJONGONKULU NDUNGANE XII Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, 1996-2007. Seated on November 3, 2004.

THE RIGHT REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE

RICHARD JOHN CAREW CHARTRES CXXXII Bishop of London in the Church of England, 1995-2017. Seated on September 20, 2006.

THE MOST REVEREND KATHARINE JEFFERTS

SCHORI XXVI Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, 2006-2015. Seated on September 30, 2008.

THE MOST REVEREND BARRY CENNYDD MORGAN

XII Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church in Wales, 2003-2017. Seated on September 30, 2009.

SEATED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND ANDREW M.L. DIETSCHE, XVI BISHOP OF NEW YORK

THE MOST REVEREND PAUL KEUN SANG KIM

VII Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Korea, 2010-2017. Seated on May 18, 2014.

THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE STEPHEN

JAYARAJ Bishop of Madras in the Church of South India, from 2016. Seated on May 13, 2018.

THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL BRUCE CURRY

XXVII Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, from 2015. Seated on November 18, 2018.

THE RIGHT REVEREND DICKSON CHILONGANI

VI Bishop of Central Tanganyika in the Anglican Church of Tanzania, from 2014. Seated on September 15, 2019.

THE RIGHT REVEREND ENRIQUE TREVIÑO CRUZ

IV Bishop of Cuernavaca in the Anglican Church of Mexico, from 2013. Seated on November 10, 2019.

Spirit of the City Honorees

Spirit of the City was conceived in the 1970s to celebrate New York City and the people who embody its spirit when it was facing tremendous economic and social challenges. From Mario Cuomo and 9/11 rescuers to Michael Bloomberg and Judy Collins, Spirit of the City thanks the artists, political leaders, philanthropists, and public servants who contribute to our community.

Spirit of the City is also an important source of funding for the Cathedral, providing critical support for the myriad ways the Cathedral lift up the hearts, minds, and souls of all who enter its doors.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

1976 John Frey Felix G. Rohatyn 1977 Walter F. Mondale 1978 Michael Blumenthal 1979 Morris D. Crawford Jr. 1980 William M. Ellinghaus 1981 Peter G. Peterson 1982 David J. Mahoney 1983 James D. Robinson III 1984 Mario Cuomo John C. Whitehead 1986 Joseph L. Dionne 1987 Milton and Carroll Petrie 1988 Aileen Mehle Mrs. Douglas MacArthur Vartan Gregorian 1989 Stephen C. Swid 1991 Howard L. Clark 1992 Kent Barwick Lee Dunham John F. McGillicuddy Sally Hernandez-Pinero Rabbi Marshall Meyer Walter V. Shipley 1993 Reuben Mark Luis Garden Acosta Geoffrey Canada Aida Rosa Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood Arthur Ashe, In Memoriam Patrick F. Daly 1994 Dr. Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Teresa Heinz Dr. Prema Mathai-Davis Julian H. Robertson Jr. South Africa Free Elections Fund 1995 Roland Betts The Honorable Schuyler G. Chapin The Booth Ferris Foundation Marvin Hamlisch The Honorable Kitty Carlisle Hart Kurt Masur Midori Sherrill Milnes Philip Morris Companies Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,Posthumous Jerome Robbins George C. Wolfe 1996 Wayne Calloway Diana Ross 1997 Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Marilyn Horne 1998 Joan and Sanford Weill Robert Rauschenberg Sylvia McNair 1999 Dave Brubeck Rudolf F. Crew Eugene M. Lang Susan Weber Soros 2000 Richard H. Jenrette James S. Polshek Paul Winter 2001 Jack Rudin Lewis Rudin Wynton Marsalis 2002 Rescue and Service Personnel of September 11, 2001 and of the Cathedral’s fire in December 2001 2003 William J. McDonough Judy Collins 2004 Anthony L. Watson Sam Waterston Lauren Flanigan 2006 Vernon Hill Shirley Hill Regis Philbin 2007 Jessica M. Bibliowicz Katie Couric 2008 Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. Frederick S. Harris David W. Bellman Rachel L. Loeb 2010 The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg Dick Wolf 2012 Drs. Wallace and Prema Mathai-Davis Ellen and James Marcus Zarin Mehta 2014 Peter Georgescu Xu Bing 2015 A Celebration of the Chapels of the Tongues, featuring Jason Robert Brown 2016 Patti LuPone 2017 The Very Reverend Dr. James A. Kowalski 2018 José V. Torres

American Poets Corner Inductees

1984

Emily Dickinson, 1830–1886 Captivity is Consciousness – So’s Liberty

Washington Irving, 1783–1859 Pioneering man of letters

Walt Whitman, 1819–1892 I stop somewhere waiting for you

1985

Herman Melville, 1819–1891 The running battle of the star and clod

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849 Out of Space – Out of Time

1986

Robert Frost, 1874–1963 I had a lover’s quarrel with the world

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804–1864 On A Field, Sable. The Letter A. Gules.

1987

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803–1882 Give me Truths, For I am weary of the surfaces

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), 1835–1910 There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

1988

Henry David Thoreau, 1817–1862 Be it life or death, we crave only reality

Henry James, 1843–1916 Live all you can, it’s a mistake not to.

1989

Wallace Stevens, 1879–1955 Oh! Blessed rage for order.

William Faulkner, 1887–1962 Truth is one. It doesn’t change.

1990

Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot, 1888–1965 And let my cry come unto thee

Willa Cather, 1873–1947 Thy will be done in art as it is in heaven

1991

Marianne Moore, 1887–1972 Beauty is everlasting and dust is for a time

Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1865–1935 Of his plain excellence and stubborn skill, There yet remains what fashion cannot kill.

1992

William Carlos Williams, 1883–1963 ...a reply to the Greek and Latin with the bare hands

Edith Wharton, 1862–1937 There is no end to life in its mercy as in its pain

1993

Stephen Crane, 1871–1900 The nearer an artist gets to life the greater he becomes as an artist

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807–1882 Dust now art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

1994

Hart Crane, 1899–1932 Permit Me Voyage, Love, Into Your Hands.

Anne Bradstreet, 1612–1672 Nor wit nor gold nor buildings ‘scape time’s rust. But he whose name is graved in the white stone shall last and shine when all of these are gone.

1995

William Cullen Bryant, 1794–1878 All to the beautiful order of thy works learn to Conform the order of our lives.

Elizabeth Bishop, 1911–1979 All the untidy activity continues, awful but Cheerful

1996

Langston Hughes, 1902–1967 My Soul Has Grown Deep Like the Rivers

Ernest Hemingway, 1899–1961 All you have to do is write one true sentence

John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807–1892 Life is ever lord of Death And Love can never lose its own.

1997

Louise Bogan, 1897–1970 Vision of Earth Heal and receive me.

E. E. Cummings, 1894–1962 A world of made is not a world of born—

1998

Theodore Roethke, 1908-1963 I learn by going where I have to go.

William Dean Howells, 1837–1920 Ah, poor Real Life, Which I love...

1999

F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896–1940 So we beat on, boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past

2000

Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892–1950 Take up the song; forget the epitaph.

2001

Gertrude Stein, 1874–1946 Let me recite what history teaches. History teaches.

2003

Robert Lowell, 1917–1977 Stand and live, The dove has brought an olive branch to eat

2004

Robert Hayden, 1913–1980 What did I know, what did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices?

2005

W. H. Auden, 1907–1973 If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me

2006

Emma Lazarus, 1849–1887 Born from blank darkness to this blaze of beauty, Where is thy faith, and where are thy thanksgivings?

2007

Robinson Jeffers, 1887–1962 Yet stones have stood for a thousand years, and pained thoughts found The honey of peace in old poems.

2008

Phillis Wheatley, 1753–1784 Enlarge the close contracted mind, And fill it withthy fire.

2009

Tennessee Williams, 1911–1983 Time is the longest distance between two places

2010

Sylvia Plath, 1932–1963 This is the light of the mind, cold and planetary

2011

James Arthur Baldwin, 1924–1987 Artists are here to disturb the peace.

2012

Katherine Anne Porter, 1890–1980 Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it

2013

John Allyn Berryman, 1914–1972 Once in a sycamore I was glad all at the top, and I sang.

2014

Mary Flannery O’Connor, 1925–1964 I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.

2015

Zora Neale Hurston, 1891–1960 The dream is the truth.

2016

Eugene O’Neill, 1888 – 1953 For a second you see—and seeing the secret, are the secret.

2017

Jean Toomer, 1894–1967 …My thoughts were like matches tossed into a dark window.

2018

Carl Sandburg, 1898–1902 I am the audience that witnesses history.

2019

Ralph Ellison, 1914-1994 Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?

Harriet Jacobs, 1813-1897 Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women

“Cathedrals are places of celebration, of experiment, of risk taking, of witness even at cost; they are always relating the place in which they exist back to the transformational work of Christ.” THE MOST

REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE JUSTIN WELBY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

Residencies ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

David Briggs Jason Robert Brown Alessandra Belloni Judy Collins Frederick Renz Paul Winter Philippe Petit Ralph Lee Abdel R. Salaam Eiko Otake Jean-Claude Marchionni Christopher Pellettieri Simon Verity Greg Wyatt Wayne Pearson Nicole Toutounji William Bryant Logan Susan Brind Morrow Elaine Pagels Elizabeth Howard

POETS IN RESIDENCE

Daniel Haberman (1933–1991) William Jay Smith (1918–2015) Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013) Molly Peacock Charles Martin Marilyn Nelson Marie Howe Organist Composer Musician (i Giullari di Piazza) Musician Musician Musician (The Paul Winter Consort) High Wire Artist, Juggler, Magician Puppeteer (Mettawee River Theatre Company) Choreographer (Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company) Dancer, Choreographer Sculptor Stonecarver Sculptor Sculptor Photographer Beekeeper Arborist Scholar Scholar Madeleine L’Engle Fellow

1983–1986 1985–1987 (U.S. Poet Laureate 1968–1970) 1988–1999 (U.S. Poet Laureate 1973–1974) 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2019 2020–present

Affiliate Groups THE LAYMEN’S CLUB

Founded in 1908, The Laymen's Club—comprised of members of the laity of the diocese and the metropolitan region—is committed to the vital life of the Cathedral. The Club has contributed to the Cathedral through sponsoring programs related to the fabric of the building, to advocacy and to the arts. Members have been volunteers, builders, patrons and historians. The Club has aided the Cathedral on many projects, including creating the stunning Pilgrim’s Pavement in the Nave in 1934, contributing railings to the Great Choir in 2012, restoring the Great Bronze Doors in 2014 and supporting the American Poets Corner and the Madeleine L’Engle Library.

THE CATHEDRAL GARDENS CONSERVANCY

Members of the Cathedral Gardens Conservancy are committed to the conservation of the grounds of the Close. The Cathedral’s many gardens, including the Biblical Garden, renovated in 2001, reflect the Conservancy’s vast horticultural knowledge and its members’ dedication to insuring that the gardens—in this unparalleled setting— continue to flourish.

THE CATHEDRAL REGENTS

The Cathedral Regents are an association of men and women of all faiths who provide annual leadership gifts in support of the Cathedral and its programs.

FRIENDS OF MUSIC

The Cathedral Friends of Music partner to produce spectacular choral music concerts as a part of the Great Music in a Great Space program and are welcomed to special events such as pre-concert lectures, post-concert receptions, and intimate performances.

Cathedral and Diocesan Staff

JOHN TIEBOUT People jokingly refer to the Cathedral as St. John the Unfinished. However, we have an opportunity, as employees, to continue to build the Cathedral. For most of us, building the Cathedral won’t happen by carving stone; instead we build it by the relationships we create with each other, the relationships we create with the people who come here to worship, and the relationships we create with the people who come to see the Cathedral and take it in.

The people in the image above represent a snapshot in time of those who work and live on the Cathedral Close. Even at the moment this photo was taken, priests inside were providing pastoral care, educators were leading workshops, conservators were analyzing textiles, the facilities team was taking care of the grounds, security guards were manning their posts, teachers were engaging youth, accountants were processing invoices, musicians were rehearsing, carpenters were building staging, and peacocks were entertaining visitors. The faces here remind us of all the people who have come before and all those who will come after us whose work will guide this great building into the future.

THE BAYS

The 14 bays of the Nave, seven each along the north and south walls, recognize the contributions of lay people and workers: artists, athletes, lawyers, communicators, medical workers, soldiers, civil servants, social workers, and laborers.

NORTH SIDE

Sports Bay Sports and recreation may seem like unlikely choices for a cathedral to highlight. But as the Bishop of New York at the time the Sports Bay was created, the Right Reverend William T. Manning, said, “Our play and our work have as real a place in our lives as our prayers.”

Arts Bay The Arts Bay celebrates one of the three pillars of the Cathedral (liturgy, art, and discourse). Art creates room for the human spirit in all its complexity.

Crusaders Bay Wars are ugly and religious wars can be the ugliest. Yet the Crusades shaped the world of the Renaissance, which has in turn shaped our era. Beginning in the late 11th century and continuing into the 15th, these military campaigns resulted in massive change throughout the cultures of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. The legacy of the Crusades is complex and still evolving.

Education Bay The Education Bay celebrates how we learn about the world, fulfill our potential, and participate in our world’s intellectual treasure. The Episcopal Church specifically enjoins its members to think for themselves on matters of faith beyond the central belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Law Bay The rule of law—imperfect as it is—is a crowning achievement of civilization. Law is the codified conversation about some of our essential questions: What rights do human beings have? What is the proper balance between the rights of the individual and of the community, the state, the planet?

Anglican History Bay The Anglican Church developed out of the Catholic Church in response to the English Reformation, when King Henry VIII severed the religious connection with the Roman pope. The Episcopal Church is closely connected to the Anglican Church and was established when newly independent America broke away from Britain.

American History Bay The Cathedral was founded in 1873 as a specifically American cathedral.

SOUTH SIDE

All Souls Bay The All Souls Bay commemorates the faith and service of the departed. This bay also houses the Golden Book of Remembrance, listing the names those whose gifts made the building of our Cathedral possible.

Missionary Bay Christian missionaries were essential to the spread of Christianity since the earliest days of the church. Today, missionaries, lay and ordained, are active in over 25 countries around the Anglican Communion.

Labor Bay The Cathedral has always championed the rights of workers and the dignity of work.

Communications Bay When the Communications Bay was built in the 1920s, radio and telephone were new and bringing great changes.

Medicine Bay Medicine has been a part of church life since the earliest times. From the miraculous healings of Jesus to the modern recognition that mental factors and behaviors—including prayer and meditation as well as laughter and social contact— affect physical health, clergy and other religious leaders have been involved in the well-being of the body.

Earth Bay The Earth Bay celebrates our planet. Disappearing wild places, loss of species and their habitat, fouling of air and waters, changing climate—these events demand response from all human beings.

Armed Forces Bay The Armed Forces Bay honors those who have served in war, particularly those who have given their lives.

PILGRIMS’ PAVEMENT

The floor of the Cathedral’s Nave is called the Pilgrims’ Pavement—so named for the original source of funds: the offerings of visitors (pilgrims) to the Cathedral. Seeking and devotion are the marks of a pilgrim, and every visit to the Cathedral, or any holy lace, can be a pilgrimage if your heart is open.

The three aisles of the Nave contain a series of medallions symbolizing exceptional places in the history of Christianity: in the center, places identified with the earthly life of Jesus; in the side aisles, major shrines, saints, and ecclesiastical landmarks of Great Britain, mainland Europe, and The Episcopal Church in the United States.

THE CHAPELS OF THE TONGUES

The Chapel of St. James, 1916, depicts Spanish and Latinx history. Figures include the Virgin of Guadalupe, Christopher Columbus, Cervantes, and El Greco.

The Chapel of St. Ambrose, 1914, honors the Italian community, which in the early twentieth century was the largest immigrant group in the city. St. Ambrose is quoted as saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” The reredos depicts St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ambrose, St. Benedict, St. Agnes, Dante, Fra Angelico, Savonarola, and Galileo with a globe.

The Chapel of St. Martin of Tours, 1918, representing French speakers and is used for private devotions. Here the consecrated bread and wine and the healing oils are kept. WWI War Armistice was declared on St. Martin’s Day, November 11, 1918. Above the altar is a stone from the Cathedral of Rheims bombarded during WWII. A statue of Joan of Arc rests on a stone from Rouen where she was imprisoned by the English.

The Chapel of St. Saviour, 1904, is dedicated to the Christian communities of the East. This chapel was the first to be finished and the first in which services took place. The entrance is flanked by 20 angels by Gutzon Borglum, later the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. A controversy arose when Borglum first represented the angels as female.

The Chapel of St. Columba, 1911, honors immigrants from Great Britain. There are ten sculptures on each side of the chapel representing key figures in British Christianity. On the altar is a gilt triptych created by Keith Haring. It is the last sculptural piece created by the artist before his death in 1990.

The Chapel of St. Boniface, 1916, is dedicated to the patron saint of Germany. The 11-foot bronze statue on the right side of the chapel is St. Michael the Archangel.

The Chapel of St. Ansgar, 1918, is double-sized and contains one of the Cathedral’s pipe organs. The chapel tributes Scandinavian immigrants. The carved altar depicts the Madonna of the Chair with St. Michael on the left and St. Gabriel with lilies of the Annunciation on the right. In the south wall are statues of King Eric IX of Sweden and Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, and Norway.

The Cathedral’s cornerstone, laid on St. John’s Day, December 27, 1892, is beneath the Chapel of St. Ansgar. The stone contains a Bible, almanacs for 1893, church periodicals, a copy of the New York Times and other city dailies, and a copy of the address given by Bishop Potter at the laying of the stone.

HISTORICAL PARAPET

The Historical Parapet leading to the sanctuary contains statues of outstanding persons of the 20 centuries of Christian history.

1. St. Paul the Apostle. The sword he holds symbolizes his martyrdom. 2. Justin, a martyr with the axe and block. 3. Clement of Alexandria, who combined classical reasoning with faith. 4. St. Anastasius, an early pope, with the baptismal shell and font. 5. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Africa, author of The Confessions of St. Augustine. 6. St. Benedict, the father of Western monasticism. 7. St. Gregory the Great, seventh-century pope, depicted freeing a child slave. 8. Charles Martel, prince and general represented by crown, axe, and pennant. 9. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Romans, bearing crown, scepter, and orb. 10. Alfred the Great, English monarch. 11. Godfrey de Bouillon, leader of the

First Crusade. 12. St. Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux in Burgundy, who preached for the Second Crusade. 13. St. Francis of Assisi, who is celebrated with a

Blessing of the Animals in early October. 14. John Wycliffe, English advocate of the translation of the Bible. 15. Christopher Columbus, lifting a veil from an uncharted globe. 16. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, leader of the

English Reformation, represented by his hand thrust into flames. 17. William Shakespeare, with laurels symbolizing victory and fame. 18. George Washington, first president of the

United States. 19. Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the

United States. 20. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein,

Susan B. Anthony, and Mohandas Gandhi, who championed nonviolent social change, women’s rights. and respect for intellect.

Ennead

SUSAN T. RODRIGUEZ, FORMER PARTNER AT ENNEAD

ARCHITECTS Collaborating with the Cathedral’s leadership has been a great honor and incredible partnership over many decades. Ennead (formerly Polshek Partnership) has been the architect of the Cathedral since 1995, and together with teams of experts in preservation (Building Conservation Associates) and structural engineering (Silman), we have helped guide the Cathedral through the renewal, maintenance, and landmarking of the Close, including the Cathedral’s monumental place of worship and surrounding network of buildings.

Our work at the Cathedral over the last few decades has been inspired by the majesty of this landmark, a rich collage of intentions, symbols and architectural virtuosity. In stewarding this architectural gem, Ennead has addressed a range of issues and aspirations from highly technical stabilization and restoration work to more speculative envisioning with a plan for renewing the “Cathedral for Our Time.”

While the question of completing the Cathedral still remains, Ennead's mission has focused on working within the historic framework of the Close to re-engage with and make it more open and accessible to the congregation and community while securing it for the foreseeable future. Much of this work remains behind the scenes, but more visible results can be seen in the partial restoration of the Town Building, a new playground south of the Nave, the renovation of The Cathedral School with a new addition, and the vaulted roof enclosure of the North Transept, as well as longterm restoration of the interior of the Cathedral following the 2001 fire and numerous minor renovations in many buildings on the Close. Each of these projects has required a deep commitment to honoring the past, paired with a commitment to bringing the Cathedral forward to express its critical role as a 21st-century leader.

The Cathedral today is a dynamic symbol of vision and collaboration: unfinished, yet an ever-evolving masterpiece of spiritual strength, civic leadership, community engagement and architectural splendor. Ennead's work and stewardship continue to ensure the future vitality of this great treasure of New York City and the world.

Pentagram MICHAEL BIERUT, PARTNER, PENTAGRAM

Pentagram has worked with The Cathedral of St. John the Divine on its graphics for over 20 years. The challenge has been consistent: how to communicate to worshippers, community members, and visitors that this awe-inspiring Gothic structure is an indispensably vital participant in 21st-century life. Finding a graphic corollary to this unique combination of old stones and modern life led us to seek a way to replicate the surprise that visitors experience when they step through the Cathedral’s great west doors.

We started with a frankly contemporary, even humorous, tone of voice. But then we took that voice and set it in a new version of an old typeface: Divine, a redrawn, digitized version of a 1928 blackletter by Frederic Goudy, who in turn had based his designs on the type in Gutenberg’s 42-line Bible. This contrast between historical form and contemporary content became our way to echo the contrasting but sympathetic relationship of the container and the thing it contains. We use this contrast to express the dynamic relationship between past, present, and future, in everything from print newsletters to digital communications, from the book you now hold in your hands to signage around the Cathedral Close (including what I am convinced is the most photographed keepyour-pet-off-the-grass sign in New York, if not the world).

Expressing the spirit of this extraordinary place over the last two decades has been one of the most rewarding professional experiences of my life. I am grateful the team at the Cathedral has given us this opportunity.