Cathedral Day 2024

Cathedral Day 2024

Cathedral Day is a celebration of the community of the Diocese of Olympia: the Episcopal Church in Western Washington.

By The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia

Date and time

Saturday, April 27 · 9am - 2pm PDT

Location

Saint Mark's Cathedral

1245 10th Ave E Seattle, WA 98102

Agenda

9:00 AM

Confirmation Rehearsal


Confirmands, Sponsors, Clergy, Church Representatives arrive for rehearsal, meet with Bishop Melissa Skelton.

10:10 AM

Assemble for Procession


Candidates, sponsors, clergy and banner holders line up and prepare to process into Saint Mark's. All congregations attending Cathedral Day are invited to bring their banners and be a part of this pr...

10:30 AM

Confirmation Liturgy


A liturgy of Holy Eucharist with the rites of confirmation, reception, and reaffirmation for candidates from parishes near and far will open with a grand, colorful procession of parish banners.

12:00 PM

Lunch


Food trucks will be at-the-ready outside the cathedral. Register your whole family here for a free lunch at your choice of three eateries.

12:30 PM

Activities for All Ages


Take a docent-led tour of the cathedral and crypt and see chalk art by WWII soldiers; jump in a bouncy castle sponsored by Camp Huston; hear a demonstration of the mighty Flentrop organ; launch recyc...

About this event

Cathedral Day is a “family reunion” for Episcopalians from across western Washington. It’s a time for connecting across congregations and experiencing all your cathedral has to offer. This year’s Cathedral Day celebrates the idea of pilgrimage, with Saint Mark’s serving as your sacred destination.

Our Christian tradition holds dear the spiritual practice of making pilgrimages that profoundly shape our understanding of what it means to follow Christ. One need not travel across the globe to do so; one need only be open to the holy experience of discovering God anew on the way. For centuries, cathedrals have served as Christian pilgrimage sites, drawing people of faith into the orbit of wonder and awe.

This year, for Cathedral Day in the Diocese of Olympia, all are encouraged to consider the day’s journey as a pilgrimage to your cathedral. As Jesus said to the first ones to follow him as people of The Way: Come and see…so are we invited to join on this journey together this Eastertide. Come and see…

Please RSVP for all attendees in order to secure your free food truck lunch. Your voucher(s) will be available at the event.

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All congregations attending Cathedral Day are invited to bring their banners to carry in the procession and to bring a small container of water from your part of the world. The water you bring will be poured into the baptismal font during the liturgy and will be part of the water we use when we asperge the people as they remember their baptisms.

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STREAM THE SERVICE OR VIEW THE RECORDING:

The service will be streamed at saintmarks.org/livestream. After the service, an archive recording will be available on the cathedral website.

Organized by

The Diocese of Olympia is made up of more than 26,000 Episcopalians in more than 100 worshiping communities through Western Washington. Our geographic area stretches south from Canada to Oregon and west from the foothills of the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

Through worship we:

  • Affirm our faith
  • Pray together
  • Reconcile together
  • Share peace and thanksgiving together
  • Gain strength and renewal through Eucharist
  • Prepare ourselves to minister to the world.
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