Photos

Photos

February 2009

• St Dismas Atmore

  HOPE BEHIND BARS: Members of St. Dismas' Fellowship, an Episcopal mission within the Fountain State Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., were welcomed into union as a mission congregation of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast during the diocese's annual convention. (Diocese of Central Gulf Coast photo)

  Posted on February 27, 2009

• Ash Wednesday

  'Grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, that it is only by your gracious gift that we are given everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Savior.' (From the service for Ash Wednesday, BCP page 265)

  Posted on February 25, 2009

• Southwestern Virginia

  HELPING HANDS: Delegates and young people from the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia pack more than 73,000 meal boxes for the hungry during the diocese's convention in Roanoke. (Christie Wills photo)

  Posted on February 19, 2009

• Hollerith consecration

  WILLIAMSBURG CONSECRATION: The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith at the service of his consecration as Bishop of Southern Virginia on Feb. 13. The service was held on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.

  Posted on February 17, 2009

• Colorado Springs

  PROPERTY DISPUTE: A Colorado judge is hearing arguments this week on the contested ownership of Grace and St. Stephen's Church, Colorado Springs. The church's rector and many parishioners disaffiliated from the diocese and the Episcopal Church in 2007.

  Posted on February 12, 2009

• Bishop Gulick 2

  PROVISIONAL BISHOP: The Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick presides at the Feb. 7 convention of the reorganizing Diocese of Fort Worth after the gathering elected him provisional bishop. (Episcopal Life Online photo)

  Posted on February 10, 2009

• Primates press conference

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (left) and Archbishop Phillip Aspinall of Australia address a press conference Thursday at the conclusion of the primates' meeting in Alexandria, Egypt. (George Conger photo)

  Posted on February 5, 2009

• Alexandria pilgrims

  SURPRISE MEETING: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams takes time out to greet a group of Australian pilgrims visiting Alexandria, Egypt, site of this week's primates' meeting. (ACNS photo)

  Posted on February 4, 2009

• Primates Meeting Day 1

  PRIMATES GATHER: The Very Revd. Samy Fawzy Shehata (left), newly installed dean of St. Mark's pro-Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt, translates the sermon delivered by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams Feb. 1. The Anglican Communion's primates are meeting in Alexandria this week. (ACNS photo)

  Posted on February 2, 2009