lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’ intrate

——
abandon all hope, you who enter here

All-Night Reading
of

Dante’s Inferno
 D ante’s name is almost synonymous with hell. He
begins his Inferno lost in a dark forest, which symbolizes his inability to
distinguish between good and evil. Dante’s Inferno is not a gallery of rogues
suffering in an eternal torture chamber. Dante’s trip through hell is an inward
journey to the dark heart of the human soul. The poet populates his hell with
actual historical individuals, giving the work a high degree of immediacy. Nor
are the punishments mere exercises in cruelty. They are the metaphorical
embodiment of the sin—each torment represents the true nature of the
respective sin. Through his voyage he comes to understand the true nature of
evil, and this comprehension represents the first step in a personal spiritual
awakening.
Dante’s Inferno constitutes only the first third of his masterpiece, the
Divine Comedy. Through the entire work, he travels through the afterlife
viewing first hell, then purgatory, and culminating with heaven. If his Inferno
is about gaining an understanding of evil, then his Paradiso is about
goodness and sanctity. The work audaciously ends with him gazing upon—
and attempting to describe—the Trinitarian God in His true form.
—Dr. Fabian Alfie
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 ALL-NIGHT READING OF DANTE’S INFERNO
Please maintain silence throughout 9:00 P.M. READER
COORDINATOR
TAMZIN SUGIYAMA

READERS
HONORED GUESTS
lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’ intrate DR. FABIAN ALFIE

——
HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF
FRENCH AND ITALIAN, AND

abandon all hope, you who enter here PROFESSOR OF ITALIAN,

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

THE REV. DR. KAREN BOREK

The reading of Dante’s Inferno will take place in twenty-seven one-half ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN
RELIGIOUS STUDIES,
hour segments. The following sequence will repeat every half hour: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

RABBI HELEN COHN

CONGREGATION M’KOR
THE TOLLING OF THE TOWER BELLS HAYIM

DAVID ALEXANDER
A brief silence will follow JOHNSTON
ACTOR AND PAINTER

DR. PETER FOLEY

MUSICAL MEDITATION ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
RELIGIOUS STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
A brief silence will follow KATIE MCCALLISTER
ST. PHILIP’S PASTORAL
INTERN AND POSTULANT FOR
READING OF THE APPOINTED CANTO HOLY ORDERS, DIOCESE OF
NEW JERSEY

THE REV. NANCY MEISTER

An extended silence is observed BOOK
as vigil is kept for the remainder of the half hour GRACE ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

THE REV. DR. LUCAS MIX

CHAPLAIN, EPISCOPAL
CAMPUS MINISTRY,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
8:50 P.M. — PRELUDE CATHERINE VASSAUX
(PLEASE SIT IN MEDITATIVE SILENCE) Gwen Powell, flute SECRETARY, EPISCOPAL
CAMPUS MINISTRY,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

BRENNA WARD
9:00 P.M. — CANTO I Fabian Alfie, reader STUDENT, ITALIAN,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
When I had journeyed half of our life’s way, Gwen Powell, flute
DR. WENDY WEISE COHON
I found myself within a shadowed forest, Tom Lindell, host ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
ENGLISH, DEPARTMENT OF
for I had lost the path that does not stray. … Tom Cockrell, host ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA

ST. PHILIP’S PARISHIONERS

JULIA ANNAS
9:30 P.M. — CANTO II Sharla Darby, reader BETH BROUILLETTE
The day was now departing; the dark air Gwen Powell, flute HARRY CALDWELL
SHARLA DARBY
released the living beings of the earth Tom Lindell, host SCOTT HORTON
JAMES HUMPHREYS
from work and weariness; and I myself … Tom Cockrell, host KEVIN JUSTUS
RICHARD KUNS
AMY LYTLE
BRIAN PEARSON
10:00 P.M. — CANTO III Wendy Weise Cohon, reader RICHARD TAVENNER
HALSY TAYLOR
Through me the way into the suffering city, Lisa Spurlin, soprano ANGELA WAKEHAM
CARRIE WRIGHT
Through me the way to the eternal pain, Harry Caldwell, host
Through me the way that runs among the lost. … Sharla Darby, host CANTO COORDINATOR
BARBARA KIERNAN
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9:00 p.m.
All-Night Reading of 10:30 P.M. — CANTO V Karen Borek, reader
Dante’s Inferno So I descended from the first enclosure Lisa Spurlin, soprano
MUSICIAN down to the second circle, that which girdles Harry Caldwell, host
COORDINATOR less space but grief more great, that goads to weeping. … Sharla Darby, host
MARY LONSDALE BAKER

MUSICIANS
LARRY ALEXANDER
ALLYN BAKER 11:00 P.M. — CANTO VI Fabian Alfie, reader
MARY LONSDALE BAKER Upon my mind’s reviving—it had closed Mary Lonsdale Baker, piano
GEORGE CHOBAN
DICK EVERT on hearing the lament of those two kindred, Harry Caldwell, host
CHUCK GOLDSCHMID
MARJORIE HERRMANN since sorrow had confounded me completely— … Sharla Darby, host
TOM HERRMANN
LILLIAN MERIWETHER
ARWEN NEWMAN
ANNE PARKER
MARY PAUL
11:30 P.M. — CANTO VII Harry Caldwell, reader
GWEN POWELL “Pape Satan, Pape Satan, aleppe!” Larry Alexander, baritone
TOM RUBBO so Plutus, with his grating voice, began. Harry Caldwell, host
DOUG SPURLIN
LISA SPURLIN The gentle sage, aware of everything, … Sharla Darby, host

12:00 A.M. — CANTO VIII Lucas Mix, reader

I say, continuing, that long before Larry Alexander, baritone
we two had reached the foot of that tall tower, Charles Gillispie, host
our eyes had risen upward, toward its summit, … Phillip Koumal, host

12:30 A.M. — CANTO XII Catherine Vassaux, reader

The place that we had reached for our descent Lillian Meriwether, violin
along the bank was alpine; what reclined Charles Gillispie, host
upon that bank would, too, repel all eyes. … Phillip Koumal, host

1:00 A.M. — CANTO XIII Katie McCallister, reader

Nessus had not yet reached the other bank Lillian Meriwether, violin
when we began to make our way across Charles Gillispie, host
a wood on which no path had left its mark. … Phillip Koumal, host

1:30 A.M. — CANTO XIV Amy Lytle, reader

Love of our native city overcame me; Marjorie Herrmann, soprano
I gathered up the scattered boughs and gave Tom Herrmann, tenor
them back to him whose voice was spent already. … Charles Gillispie, host
Phillip Koumal, host

2:00 A.M. — CANTO XV Brenna Ward, reader

Now one of the hard borders bears us forward; Marjorie Herrmann, soprano
the river mist forms shadows overhead Tom Herrmann, tenor
and shields the shores and water from the fire. … Don Veitch, host
Eileen Veitch, host

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 9:00 p.m.
2:30 A.M. — CANTO XVI Brian Pearson, reader All-Night Reading of
No sooner had I reached the place where one Chuck Goldschmid, guitar Dante’s Inferno
could hear a murmur, like a beehive’s hum, Don Veitch, host
of waters as they fell to the next circle, … Eileen Veitch, host HOSTS
BETH BROUILLETTE
HARRY CALDWELL
TOM COCKRELL
TOM CROSS
3:00 A.M. — CANTO XVII Carrie Wright, reader SHARLA DARBY
“Behold the beast who bears the pointed tail, Chuck Goldschmid, guitar CHARLES GILLISPIE
PHILLIP KOUMAL
who crosses mountains, shatters weapons, walls! Don Veitch, host BILL KRUSE
Behold the one whose stench fills all the world!” … Eileen Veitch, host TOM LINDELL
HELEN NADER
NANCY SHILEY
HALSY TAYLOR
DON VEITCH
3:30 A.M. — CANTO XVIII Nancy Meister Book, reader EILEEN VEITCH
There is a place in Hell called Malebolge, Chuck Goldschmid, guitar
made all of stone the color of crude iron, Don Veitch, host
as is the wall that makes its way around it. … Eileen Veitch, host

4:00 A.M. — CANTO XXI Scott Horton, reader

We came along from one bridge to another, Allyn Baker, handbells
talking of things my Comedy is not Arwen Newman, handbells
concerned to sing. We held fast to the summit, … Nancy Shiley, host
Bill Kruse, host

4:30 A.M. — CANTO XXII Richard Tavenner, reader

Before this I’ve seen horsemen start to march Allyn Baker, handbells
and open the assault and muster ranks Arwen Newman, handbells
and seen them, too, at times beat their retreat; … Nancy Shiley, host
Bill Kruse, host

5:00 A.M. — CANTO XXIII Angela Wakeham, reader

Silent, alone, no one escorting us, Tom Rubbo, clarinet
we made our way—one went before, one after— Dick Evert, clarinet
as Friars Minor when they walk together. … Nancy Shiley, host
Bill Kruse, host

5:30 A.M. — CANTO XXIV James Humphreys, reader

In that part of the young year when the sun Tom Rubbo, clarinet
begins to warm its locks beneath Aquarius Dick Evert, clarinet
and nights grow shorter, equaling the days, … Nancy Shiley, host
Bill Kruse, host
6:00 A.M. — CANTO XXV Richard Kuns, reader
When he had finished with his words, the thief Doug Spurlin, tenor
raised high his fists with both figs cocked and cried: Helen Nader, host
“Take that, O God; I square them off for you!” … Beth Brouillette, host
Dante composed the
Comedy in terza rima, a
poetic form he invented
for the work. Terza rima
consists of interlocking
groups of three rhyme
words. Terza rima is a
continual reminder of the
Trinity throughout the
entire poem.

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9:00 p.m.
All-Night Reading of
Dante’s Inferno
Before Dante composed
the Comedy, authors
composed great works of
literature in Latin and not
in the vernacular. Dante
demonstrated that the
living languages could be
used as a literary
medium. The father of
English literature,
Geoffrey Chaucer
(1343–1400), was very
influenced by Dante.
Chaucer translated
portions of Dante’s
Paradiso in his Troilus
and Criseyde and
composed the Complaint
to his lady in terza rima.
Thanks to Dante, the
national languages
became established.
English edition,
translated by Allen
Mandelbaum
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6:30 A.M. — CANTO XXVI Peter Foley, reader
Be joyous, Florence, you are great indeed, Doug Spurlin, tenor
for over sea and land you beat your wings; Helen Nader, host
through every part of Hell your name extends! … Beth Brouillette, host
7:00 A.M. — CANTO XXVIII Beth Brouillette, reader
Who, even with untrammeled words and many George Choban, organ
attempts at telling, ever could recount Helen Nader, host
in full the blood and wounds that I now saw? … Beth Brouillette, host
7:30 A.M. — CANTO XXIX Helen Cohn, reader
So many souls and such outlandish wounds George Choban, organ
had made my eyes inebriate—they longed Helen Nader, host
to stay and weep. But Virgil said to me: … Beth Brouillette, host
8:00 A.M. — CANTO XXX Julia Annas, reader
When Juno was incensed with Semele Anne Parker, alto
and, thus, against the Theban family Halsy Taylor, host
had shown her fury time and time again, … Tom Cross, host
8:30 A.M. — CANTO XXXII David Alexander Johnston, reader
“O you who show, with such a bestial sign, Anne Parker, alto
your hatred for the one on whom you feed, Halsy Taylor, host
tell me the cause,” I said; “we can agree … Tom Cross, host
9:00 A.M. — CANTO XXXIII Kevin Justus, reader
That sinner raised his mouth from his fierce meal, Mary Paul, soprano
then used the head that he had ripped apart Halsy Taylor, host
in back: he wiped his lips upon its hair. … Tom Cross, host
9:30 A.M. — CANTO XXXIV Halsy Taylor, reader
“Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni Mary Paul, soprano
toward us; and therefore keep your eyes ahead,” Halsy Taylor, host
my master said, “to see if you can spy him.” … Tom Cross, host
THE TOLLING OF THE TOWER BELLS
(PLEASE EXIT IN SILENCE)
 9:00 p.m.
All-Night Reading of
Dante’s Inferno

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) was born in Florence to a

family of the low nobility. Dante lived at a time when
the Italian city-states were flourishing under the
growing economics of trade and merchandising. With
economic growth came numerous social problems,
including criminality and an explosion in population.

Dante participated in the Florentine literary

community in the 1280s. In 1295, Florentine law
changed, allowing nobles to engage in politics. Dante
too became politically active, eventually becoming
Prior in 1300. Throughout the thirteenth century, the
popes tried to establish a theocratic form of
government in Europe. The people who supported the
popes were called “Guelfs,” while those who opposed them and supported the
emperor were called “Ghibellines.” Dante was a member of the so-called “White”
faction of the Guelfs. In 1303 Boniface VIII engineered a coup in support of the
opposing faction, the “Black Guelfs.” The “White Guelfs” were exiled, and Dante
would never again see his native city. He wandered from court to court, frequently a
guest of the Ghibelline lords of Northern Italy, as he composed the Comedy. He died
in Ravenna of malaria on September 16, 1321. —–Dr. Fabian Alfie
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Good Friday (April 22)
Easter Services
Noon Good Friday 3-Hour Liturgy (in 1-hour segments) with cello meditations
5:45 p.m. Good Friday Musical Offering — Zelenka’s Lamentations of Jeremiah for soloists and
instrumental ensemble
Holy Saturday (April 23)
7:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter, Baptism, and Choral Eucharist, with candlelit procession and
incense — chant and music by Strimple, Curry, and Darke, sung by the Schola. Followed
by a potluck reception: bring your favorite sparkling beverage and chocolate finger food!
Easter Day (April 24)
6:00 a.m. Sunrise Eucharist Rite II, including hymns, with keyboard and trumpet
7:45 a.m. Festival Eucharist Rite I, including hymns, with organ and trumpet
9:15 a.m. All Generations Eucharist Rite II and Baptism (in the Children’s Center courtyard) with
the children’s choirs, bell choirs, and brass
9:15 a.m. Festival Choral Eucharist Rite II and Baptism (in the Church) — Missa Guadalupe by Joel
Martinson with the St. Philip’s Singers, congregational singing, organ, brass quintet, and
timpani
11:15 a.m. Festival Choral Eucharist Rite II with Incense — Missa Guadalupe by Joel Martinson with
the Canterbury Choir, congregational singing, organ, brass quintet, and timpani
4:00 p.m. “Come and See” Service
5:30 p.m. Evening Eucharist Rite II

Sundays
Sunday and Weekday Services
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 a.m. Sung Eucharist Rite II
Third Sundays: All-Generations Eucharist (September through May)
Fifth Sundays: Morning Prayer
11:15 a.m. Sung Eucharist Rite II
Fifth Sundays: Morning Prayer
4:00 p.m. “Come and See” Service
5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Third Sundays: Choral Evensong and Eucharist (September through May)

Tuesdays
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II and Healing

Thursdays
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I (September through May)

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