Next week, the Cathedral will be honored to host the State Funeral for President Jimmy Carter, a remarkable figure whose decades of public service were anchored by a deep and profound Christian faith. We look forward to joining together with people across the globe to celebrate President Carter’s century of open-hearted outreach and humanitarian activism.
The State Funeral will be held at the Cathedral on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 10 ET. As you can imagine, the large number of expected dignitaries and security concerns limit the number of invited guests, but we invite all members of the public to join the service online via livestream on the Cathedral website.
We will be sharing more details about the service in the coming days as plans are finalized. In the meantime, I invite you to visit cathedral.org/Carter to learn more about the rich history of State Funerals at the Cathedral and to bookmark the livestream link for the service.
This Cathedral is a special place, a sacred space envisioned as a “great church for national purposes” for moments such as this. We at the Cathedral take this responsibility seriously, and it is our privilege to join all Americans in paying tribute to the men and women who devote their lives to the common good. President Carter was such a man, and we look forward to joining with you to commemorate his remarkable life.
I hope you will join me in prayers for the Carter family, and for all the lives he touched throughout his time among us.
Faithfully,
The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith
Dean, Washington National Cathedral
