Photos

Photos

April 2006

• PHOTO April2706

  The Rt. Rev. Chilton A.R. Knudsen, Bishop of Maine since 1998, was recently inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame, the first religious leader to be named. The hall honors women who have had a significant statewide impact, whose contributions have enduring value for women, and who have significantly improved the lives of women in Maine. (Photo: Deborah Oliver/The Northeast)

  Posted on April 27, 2006

• PHOTO April222006

  Firefighters attempt to douse the flames consuming St. Martin’s, Palmyra, Maine, April 19. The 170-year-old church was destroyed by the wind-fanned blaze, though eucharistic vessels and many furnishings were salvaged by the firefighters. At press time, the April 23 service to celebrate the installation of the Rev. Levering Sherman, Jr., as the new vicar had been moved to a new location. (Photo: Sharon Kiley Mack/Bangor Daily News. Used by permission.)

  Posted on April 22, 2006

• PHOTO April182006

  The Rev. Clay Lein, rector, delivers the Easter sermon at St. Philip’s, Frisco, Texas. The four-year-old congregation, which has been meeting in a nearby school, moved into its 23,000-square-foot church building April 2 and has already begun thinking about expansion. (Laura Alford/St. Philip’s photo)

  Posted on April 18, 2006

• PHOTO Apr102006

  Parishioners of St. Anna's, New Orleans, celebrated Palm Sunday with a jazz procession through the parish's downtown neighborhood. With musical accompaniment from the Storyville Stompers, Mike Meyers (center) carries the gospel book, followed by Father Bill Terry. The procession down Esplanade Avenue concluded at the church, where a jazz Mass was celebrated. (Ben Jenkins photo)

  Posted on April 11, 2006

• PHOTO April506

  The cross on the wall of the parish hall at the Church of St. Luke & St. John, Caruthersville, Mo., was still hanging, even though the roof was taken off and the walls knocked down by an April 2 tornado.

  Robert Franken photo.

  Posted on April 5, 2006