| # | Name | Comments |
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| 951 | Netta Veres | The greenhouse has always provided me with a form of meditation and further enhances the miracle of life through its wide diversity of plants and flowers. The Flower Mart exposes so many people to the Cathdral who otherwise would stay in their own community for worship. Please find a way to keep the greenhouse open. Sincerely, Netta Veres |
| 952 | Anonymous | |
| 953 | Anonymous | |
| 954 | Richard D. Tomlinson | I hope to GOD this works ! Just cut and slash is the mentality and approach of bad and non-imaginative leadership, plan and simple!!! Pray that all will work to God's good. We need every ministry of this Holy space to thrive !!! |
| 955 | Anonymous | |
| 956 | G.W.Michael | The Greenhouse is a symbol of "Greening"and healing [the herbs] which the world needs today and is therefore a significant function of the Cathedral.How can this be destroyed as well as the many,many years of voluntary service by the members of the St.Abans Guild? |
| 957 | Steven C Van Voorhees | I am a lilfelong Episcopalian. Although I live in Richmond, VA, I am often at the Cathedral, and the Greenhouse is always one of my stops. Iappreciate the quality and variety of the offerings. I also believe the Greenhouse is a mission of a Cathedral church in an urban space--especially advancing the stewardship of creation at a time of increasing environmental awareness. The Greenhouse also serves as an invitation to the greater community and the world to "taste and see" the Cathedral--it's about welcome and evangelism. I am dismayed by the decision to close the Greenhouse. |
| 958 | Frances Simpson Allen | |
| 959 | Pamela Pugh | |
| 960 | Daphne Shuttleworth | The loss of this treasure will be immeasurable. Saving it will be a great feat, support for community spirit and all that the Cathedral has stood for historically. |
| 961 | Suesser Belfore | |
| 962 | Anthony Gill | |
| 963 | Anonymous | |
| 964 | Doris Kahn | The greenhouse is a unique and valued part of the Cathedral close. Please reconsider and explore other possible solutions before abandoning it. |
| 965 | Lee Child | We NEED the greenhouse and appreciate it! |
| 966 | Anonymous | What are you thinking!! Closing the greenhouse is like cutting off an arm! The greenhouse is a living part of the greater Cathedral community. It is the part that you can bring home to honor a mother or father, remember a beloved event or find inspiration at home all of which connects us to the Cathedral. Sometimes it is not about the money and a church should be about the community. Please don't close the greenhouse! |
| 967 | Anonymous | |
| 968 | Anonymous | another institution going down the drain.,when will it stop ?? |
| 969 | Betty Glover | I was the Manager and Business Manager of the Greenhouse for several years from about 1989 to 1993. When I arrived, the Cathedral was seriously planning to tear it down but we repaired it and restored its reputation, vitality and profitability. We expanded its program but much more could be done.
The Greenhouse is a rare building type, and worthy to be included in tours of the Cathedral. It is one of only two glass greenhouses in DC that are open to the public, the other one being the US Botanic Garden. Spend a few minutes in this enchanting little glass building and look up at the massive stone towers of the Cathedral. Enjoy the contrast of the two building types and you may see what an architectural treasure the Greenhouse truly is.
I believe a thorough study should be made with the intent of updating and expanding its program. It could be so much more than a place to sell plants and garden gifts. The Greenhouse has enormous untapped potential. |
| 970 | marja calhoun | I am petitioning to keep the Cathedral Greenhouse open. It is such a wonderful addition to the Cathedral grounds and reflects the spirituality that we share with nature.
Please do not close the greenhouse. |
| 971 | Barbara Buchanan | God made a beauteous garden
With lovely flowers strown,
But one straight, narrow pathway
That was not overgrown.
And to this beauteous garden
He brought mankind to live,
And said: "To you, my children,
These lovely flowers I give.
Prune ye my vines and fig trees,
With care my flowerets tend,
But keep the pathway open
Your home is at the end."
Then came another master,
Who did not love mankind,
And planted on the pathway
Gold flowers for them to find.
And mankind saw the bright flowers,
That, glitt'ring in the sun,
Quite hid the thorns of av'rice
That poison blood and bone;
And far off many wandered,
And when life's night came on,
They still were seeking gold flowers,
Lost, helpless and alone.
O, cease to heed the glamour
That blinds your foolish eyes,
Look upward to the glitter
Of stars in God's clear skies.
Their ways are pure and harmless
And will not lead astray,
Bid aid your erring footsteps
To keep the narrow way.
And when the sun shines brightly
Tend flowers that God has given
And keep the pathway open
That leads you on to heaven.
God's Garden by Robert Frost |
| 972 | Peter DuBose Jr. | SAVE THE GREENHOUSE!!!!!! |
| 973 | christine smart | the greenhouse should be saved, it is a special place that can not be replaced |
| 974 | Anonymous | As a graduate of St Albans ('88) and lifelong DC and MD resident I greatly appreciate the Cathedral Greenhouse and hope it is able to stay open or reopen after a brief closing if needed. |
| 975 | Margaret Wolff Dunn | Please keep the Greenhouse on the grounds of the National Cathedral. Thank you. |
| 976 | Faye Stedman | Obese America needs another restaurant like we need a hole in the head. There are plenty of other places for us to stuff our FOOD OBSESSION! We need to preserve one of the ever-dwindling places where environmental health is actually brainstormed about. |
| 977 | Cynthia Wilson | |
| 978 | Marybeth Evans | |
| 979 | Claire Kramer | |
| 980 | Helen O'Brien | I am a parent of 2 young men who went to St. Albans and I worked for 3 years at the school and had many opportunities to walk and meditate about the close. I would be very disappointed if the greenhouse, a symbol of life and spirituality, were to close. |
| 981 | Jaquelin Simons | |
| 982 | Peter T. Magee | Save it! |
| 983 | Nick Symington | |
| 984 | sabiha ashraf | a greenhouse as beloved by so many souls has as much a right to live as the cathedral itself
it is a living hymn,a prayer to the creator of life redolent with the outer beauty and inner goodness which belongs to each and every well loved ,well tended plant
to destroy it would be a desecration
do not take away the usp (unique selling point) of the cathedral |
| 985 | Robert S. Harding | I worked for a summer at the National Cathedral Greenhouse under the "Scotsman." I learned a great deal.
Everytime I visit to buy plants or just to visit the Greenhouse, I think of the time I spent working there.
I hope you will keep the Greenhouse open. I believe it is a resource that Cathedral visitors truly love and remember. The Herb Cottage, the Flower Mart, the view from the Towers, the Bookstore, the Bishop's Garden, and the Greenhouse, all make a trip to the National Cathedral a special experience and treat for visitors.
Robert S. Harding, STA '63 |
| 986 | Kathleen M. Caputo | I have been a member of The Cathedral Greenhouse for a number of years and look forward every year to shopping for my spring flowers there. I would do anything I could to preserve it. Thank you! |
| 987 | judith | Today, on Midsummers eve, and always in preperation for Christmas, but most especially on Mothers Day , our three generation sojourn through the Cathedral gardens, the Greenhouse, Grandmother, mother, daughters , evoke our bonds of family and faithfulness as does no other .The culmination of our day at that sweet site results in simple gifts exchanged among us ;of herbs and pots, of religious statuary and garden ornaments. This annual ritual is so deeply loved by us that I can only suppose that others with shattered lives, find solace, healing, and joy as we experience it in the musty loveliness of these pebbly paths and simple glass enclosures. In reading the remarks of other of your petitioners, I, too, confess that my sense of loss lies somewhere midway between their huge rage and my own huge heartache. Surely you did not intend injury. Surely your volunteers within All Hallows Guild, your greenhouse staff, your patrons, your neighbors, are all in accord in our very humble supplcations. Please study our petitions and endeavor to restore to all of us, this holy place of refreshment, and the love of God, felt in the hearts of those who step over its threshold. |
| 988 | Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Shori on the Environment/Creation and Our Role in it-Concept of 'Neighbours' | March 31, 2008
United States Senate
Washington, D. C 20510
Dear Senator:
Urgent action by the United States in response to global warming is long past due. As
the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, I urge the Senate to take up climate
change legislation at the earliest possible moment. As one who has been formed both
through a deep faith and as a scientist, I believe science has shown us unequivocally that
climate change and global warming are real, and caused in significant part by human
activities. Climate change is a threat not only to God’s good creation but to all of
humanity.
I am pleased that bi-partisan legislation introduced by Senators Joseph Lieberman and
John Warner successfully moved through the committee process with many
improvements and now awaits Senate debate. Senate bill 2191, America’s Climate
Security Act, is a strong step forward in achieving carbon emission reductions. At the
same time it includes measures aimed at addressing the needs of the world’s most
vulnerable: those, who for demographic reasons such as health or location are most
susceptible to the effects of climate change, and those living in poverty at home and
around the world. I strongly support this legislation. Our nation, historically the world's
largest greenhouse gas emitter, has a responsibility to lead the way in addressing the
impact of climate change.
Climate change exacerbates extreme world poverty and poverty is hastening global
warming. Most people living in poverty around the world lack access to a reliable energy
source, forcing many to choose energy sources such as oil, coal, or wood, which threaten
to expand significantly the world's greenhouse emissions and thus accelerate the effects
of climate change. That need for resources to purchase energy must be addressed in any
attempt to lift a community out of poverty. This cycle—poverty that begets climate
change and vice versa—threatens the future of all people, rich and poor alike. The
poverty cycle driven by climate change will only add to political instability, social
violence, and war. Our own domestic tranquility and security are intimately tied to the
wellbeing of the poor both here and abroad.
I am grateful for Congressional attention to climate change, and I challenge the Senate to
support measures to further strengthen S. 2191 during floor consideration. I want to be
absolutely clear that for those living in poverty, inaction on our part now will ultimately
be the most costly of all courses of action. I am grateful to the members of Congress who
have recognized and spoken out on that very important truth.
Many in the faith community have long been aware of the ways in which our lack of
concern for the rest of creation results in death and destruction for our neighbors. We
cannot love our neighbors unless we care for the creation that supports all our earthly
lives. I join my fellow Episcopalians in urging the Senate of the 110th Congress to pass
the strongest climate change legislation possible. The acknowledgment of global
warming and the Church’s commitment to ameliorating it are a part of the ongoing
discovery of God’s revelation to humanity and the call to a fuller understanding of the
scriptural imperative to love our neighbor as ourselves. I remain
Your servant in Christ,
Katharine Jefferts Schori |
| 989 | Anonymous | |
| 990 | Deb Quinones | Please please please do not close the greenhouse. |
| 991 | bonny anderson | The greenhouse, the gardens and the Herb Cottage all draw attention to our stewardship of God's creation. Surely this is still a ministry. All new people making all the decisions doesn't bode well. |
| 992 | Susan Schapiro | The Greenhouse has always been such a special place, both as itself and in context. In this world and in this time we need more such connections-making refuges, not fewer. So many of us will appreciate your forward-looking and community-oriented response -- thank you in advance. |
| 993 | Alice Rowan | |
| 994 | Patricia Drennan Anthony | Let's not lose this treasure that is important to so many people. |
| 995 | Anonymous | Surely the humble Greenhouse is as majestic in the eyes of God as is the massive Cathedral. Please save this treasured spot. |
| 996 | Holly Macke | |
| 997 | Jordan Wright | Please preserve this precious greenhouse. It is through horticulture that some of us find our path to God's glory. |
| 998 | valeria | |
| 999 | Anonymous | |
| 1000 | Gustavo Velez | |