What's your Cathedral story?

St. James Cathedral was dedicated on December 22, 1907.  That means we’re turning 100 this year!

Did you know that all we have to remember that great day 100 years ago is one picture (at right) and newspaper stories?  We know what the Times and the P-I thought of the new Cathedral.  But what about the 5,000 people who packed the church, standing even in the center aisle, and spilled out down the front steps and the sidewalk on Marion Street? What were they thinking?

Cathedrals are more than towers and domes, stained glass and statues.  Cathedrals are built of “living stones”—of people and their stories.  You are a part of what makes St. James Cathedral what it is.  What’s your Cathedral story?

This July, we'll publish a special Centennial issue of In Your Midst, filled with the stories of the people who make this Cathedral what it is.  And you're one of them!  Why not share your impressions and memories?  Then, a hundred years from now, they'll know what made St. James special in this Centennial year 2007!

Hopefully the questions below will get you started in thinking and writing.

 St. James Cathedral is...
  What brought you to St. James the first time?
     What has kept you coming back?
  Do you have a favorite Cathedral moment or memory?
  What do you love best about St. James Cathedral?

Download the form by clicking here (you can mail it in or drop it in the offering basket on Sunday).  Or e-mail your thoughts to centennial@stjames-cathedral.org if you prefer.  Your story will become a permanent part of the Cathedral archives.  Thank you for sharing your story!