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The Saint John's Bible The Detailed Progression of The Saint John's BibleThe Saint John's Bible, A ChronologyApril 2005 - Coinciding with the presentation of the Book of Prophets, Donald Jackson and the team came to Saint John's and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts for the opening of the exhibition, Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible. April 2005 - The fourth completed volume, the Book of Prophets, is presented to Saint John's Abbey and University. March 2005 - Twin Cities Public Television re-aired the BBC-Wales documentary. May 26, 2004- A delegation from Collegeville, MN travel to Rome to present a facsimile of the Gospels to the Pope. April 22, 2004- The third completed volume, the Book of Psalms, is presented at a press conference at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. April 2004- On April 9, BBC Radio airs a 28-minute documentary entitled A Bible For Our Time. December 2003- The BBC-Wales documentary premiers on the 14th in 26 states in the US. August 2003- The second completed volume of The Saint John's Bible, the Pentateuch, arrives to Collegeville. April 2003- BBC-Wales airs The Saint John's Bible, a documentary featuring the project. It premieres in Wales and Canada. October 2001 -- Conversations begin in regards to oak boards which will be used to to bind The Saint John's Bible. September 2001 -- Celebration, the ecumenical worship resource published by NCR offered a reflection piece on The Saint John's Bible. June 2, 2001 -- The Saint John's Bible received front-page attention in the National Catholic Reporter, Word by Word. April 20, 2001-- Celebration of the First Volume of The Saint John's Bible, Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. March 8, 2000- The first words of The Saint John's Bible are penned on vellum, beginning with the gospel of John. January 2000 -- The Saint John’s Bible was prominently featured as the cover story in the December 2000 issue of Smithsonian magazine. August 2000 -- Jackson completes script design. July 2000 -- Scribes arrive at the Hendre. November 11, 1999 -- Donald Jackson appears on NBC The Today Show. July 1, 1999 -- Peter Dwyer accepts position as Chair of the Bible Council. March 24, 1999 -- Public announcement of The Saint John's Bible and unveiling of first page at the New York Public Library. March 23, 1999 -- Donald Jackson and The Saint John's Bible appear on Good Morning America. March 22, 1999 -- Public announcement of The Saint John's Bible and unveiling of first page at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. March 1999 -- Article about The Saint John's Bible appears in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, in The London Times, in The New York Times, and in U.S. News and World Report. December 1998 -- First issue of The Saint John's Bible newsletter is published. September 13, 1998 -- Commissioning of Donald Jackson by Abbot Timothy Kelly and Br. Dietrich Reinhart at a blessing ceremony at Saint John's. July 1, 1998 -- Donald Jackson "officially" begins work on The Saint John's Bible. The Saint John's Bible Council continues the work outlined by the Task Force, chaired by Carol Marrin. May 1998 -- Saint John's University introduces sponsorship plan to finance The Saint John's Bible. April 28, 1998 -- Saint John's University and Donald Jackson sign a six-year contract to create The Saint John's Bible. February - June, 1998 -- The Saint John's Bible Project Task Force, chaired by Patrick Henry, creates a statement of vision and values, develops a six-year project plan and budget and drafts a contract. January 1998 -- Donald Jackson makes presentations to grade school students and adults in St. Cloud, MN, the Twin Cities and Naples, FL, as part of an Artist-in-Residency program sponsored by Target Stores. December 1997 -- The Eugene and Mary Frey Fund at The Saint Paul Foundation awards Saint John's University a $500,000 challenge grant to create The Saint John's Bible. December 12, 1997 -- Saint John's University purchases the rights to the New Revised Standard Version from the National Council of Churches. November 1997 -- The Production Committee produces the first draft of the illumination schema for The Saint John's Bible. A second draft is completed on February 12, 1998. August 1997 -- Saint John's University receives a $100,000 leadership gift for The Saint John's Bible from Harry Quadracci and Quad/Graphics. July 1997 -- In the Beginning, a five-minute video about The Saint John's Bible produced by Media Loft of Minneapolis, wins a Silver Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Several months later the film wins a Gold Award at the New York Film Festival. May 1997 -- The Saint John's Board of Regents authorizes the President of Saint John's to proceed with The Saint John's Bible. April 1997 -- The Monastic Chapter of Saint John's Abbey debates the wisdom of embarking on a handwritten Bible project. February 1997 -- The first presentation about The Saint John's Bible is made to a group of public relations specialists and stakeholders in Minneapolis. A sample illumination (And the Angels Came to Him) on vellum is previewed and a promotional video and brochure (In the Beginning) are introduced. December 1996 -- The Dayton Hudson Corporation awards Saint John's University a planning grant to explore feasibility of and support for producing a handwritten Bible. December 1996 -- The Executive Committee of the Saint John's Board of Regents authorize six-month planning and feasibility process. August 1996 -- Donald Jackson creates first mock-ups of a large-scale handwritten Bible. June 1996 -- Theologians at Saint John's begin discussions of a handwritten Bible and determine that it should be contemporary, ecumenical, multicultural and prophetic. November 1995 -- Following a Saint John's sponsored calligraphy presentation at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Donald Jackson discusses handwritten Bible with Fr. Eric Hollas, OSB, Director of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library at Saint John's University. 1984 -- Donald Jackson repeats his lifetime's dream of creating an illuminated Bible in an interview with Minnesota Public Radio. 1981 -- Donald Jackson attends the first International Assembly of Lettering artist seminars at Saint John's University. He returns to Saint John's in 1984, 1990 and 1996 to present at calligraphy conferences. 1970 -- Donald Jackson first expresses his desire to create a handwritten illuminated Bible in an interview with Barbara Walters on The Today Show. |
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