Trinity Episcopal Cathedral has many reasons to celebrate this month, including marking its Centennial year.
The congregation postponed festivities to recognize its 100th year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will offer several ways for the public to commemorate the occasion this month and next year.
Its “Trinity Cathedral Centennial Show – 100 Years of Photographs” will open in its Olney Gallery on Friday, Dec. 3 and remain on display throughout this month at 100 W. Roosevelt St. There will be archival photos that illustrate how the physical space and the people who formed the Trinity community evolved since the cathedral was finished in December of 1920. The exhibit will be open to the public during the gallery’s regular hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Learn more about the church’s history through “Reflections of Trinity’s Longtime Congregants: A Video Project” at 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 5 and 12 at the cathedral. The video will be available to view through June at https://trinitycathedral.com/centennial-calendar.
“Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix: A Timeline,” a display of large-scale boards organized in 20-year increments, will be open to the public through May 2022. An online version of this project will be up at https://trinitycathedral.com/centennial-timeline.
Join a holiday tradition with Christmas Posada at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, starting at the cathedral, which is a procession that commemorates Joseph and Mary’s journey to find shelter in Bethlehem. “Phoenix Chorale, A Chorale Christmas,” and the world premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s newly commissioned work, “Antiphon Triptych,” in honor of the Centennial, will be presented at 7 p.m. on Dec. 18. Another world premiere will be performed at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19 – “Looking Out, Staring In,” a Christmas carol by Diné composer Michael Begay, commissioned for the Centennial year as part of Trinity’s annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
“A Centennial Time Capsule” of 2020-21 memorabilia will be on display during the 10 p.m. Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24. Begay’s new carol also will be sung during Christmas Eve services.
To learn more, visit https://trinitycathedral.com.
