St. Mary's Gallery

The Gallery

All in the family: the baptism of Haven, Fr Kelley's grandaughter

All regenerated, and back to you, Mom.

...and happy birthday to Fr Kelley's son Wes. Luis Rodriguez attends with hyssop.

Gone from us, but not forgotten! Steve Caldwell gets a hyssopping from Fr Kelley and a prayer of thanks and Godspeed.

The Cross-Planting at Corona del Mar Beach, April 29, 2007--
the four-hundredth anniversary of the planting and Evensong at Cape Henry
by the Jamestown settlers.

The wondrous cross is surveyed.

High and lifted up

Note the backwards inscription. As Fr Kelley explains, "Yes, the
Greek and Latin inscriptions are written right-to-left; the image is not flipped.
The very able scholar of antiquities, the late Prof. Deacon (Anglican in Germany!) Carsten Peter Thiede, analyzed the fragment of the original which remains at
Santa Croce in Rome (site of St Helena’s palace). The remains show the script
all in Hebrew direction. The amazing thing is that the Hebrew comes in four
word-clusters, and the initials are the Sacred Tetragrammaton, YHVH.
No wonder the Jerusalem priests protested to Pilate!

Inscription closeup

Thiede is convinced that the Jewish man working for Pilate was one who was already convinced that Jesus was indeed the Messiah! (Imagine coming to work that morning and being assigned to inscribe His death notice.) I used this as a teaching moment for everyone who was there for its raising."

Securing the base...

Tamp it down solid.
The crosses were afterwards taken to the parochial churchyards as a reminder of the original occasion and its re-affirmation.

Anglicans have nuns, too.

Behold Sr. Vesper of St Mary's of the Undercroft, Missionary of the Sacred and Most Needful Order of Rodentia Eradicum

Rose Sunday, 2007

The children sing

The Ordination of Father Angus Bower and Deacon John Yeager

Deacon Angus Bower and Subdeacon John Yeager sit with Archdeacon Rivers as they listen to the ordination challenge.

At the singing of the proper preface for the ordination Mass

Bishop Stewart begins the prayers for the priestly ordination of Deacon Angus Bower.

Canon William Bower, SSC, announces the intentions for the ordination Mass.

SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS

Newly ordained Father Angus Bower and Deacon John Yeager with Bishop Stewart and the sanctuary party.

A quiet and peaceful place to pray

A Sunday Solemn Mass

Christmas 2006

Getting into character for the Christmas pageant

The program

Lydia and Ben get ready to be lambs

Aloyce takes Trace the Wise Man in hand.

Michelle, Ben, and Lauren listen to Aloyce.

Brent Armbruster and Deacon Roth, the Two Wise Guys

Cue the shepherds.

Kaiyah played Mary.

Sonia narrated.

Colleen Kennedy, director of children's music, directed the music.

Michelle Durrett, script writer and director

Mary Quick enjoys the moment.

Trace Furness and Guest

Greg Larkin, Colleen Kennedy

Curtain call for a job well done

Lydia and Amy ("Lamb") Bardwell

The Family Routh investigate the stable.

Let our prayer be set forth as the incense

Solemn Mass on the Patronal Festival

With his “First Communion Class” Richard receives Holy Communion.

Eloise and Hanna

Bill and Alan patronally feasting.

Betty, Jackie, Bill, and Louise belly up.