The Church’s Communication Management Intern, Hope, with the Rector discussing “Ash Wednesday” programs.
This year the Episcopal Clergy of the Diocese of New York will not be distributing ashes, based on a ruling by Bishop Andrew Dietsche intended to eliminate the possibility of spreading the coronavirus due to the proximity of priest and penitient.
I am in agreement and compliance with his ruling and at that the same time look back with longing to last year’s in-person distribution of ashes both at the altar and also at the train station as part of the annual “Ashes-to-Go” distribution.
Next year will be different and in the meantime, we carry our losses into the Lenten season.
In the News: Video, last year’s “Ashes-to-Go distribution” press review as seen on News 12 Westchester.
Reverend Gareth brought ashes to the masses on Ash Wednesday, 2020.
This past Sunday in my sermon I leaned heavily on the wisdom of Anne Lamott as I explored the nature of mercy as it relates to the practices we immerse ourselves in during Holy Week. Here’s her definition of what mercy looks like: “Mercy is radical kindness. Mercy means offering or being offered aid in desperate […]
Back in the 50’s and 60’s, it was thought that 500-year-old church divisions could be healed if churches reached across denominational lines and got to know each other. This was an exciting time for the churches in Irvington, as all the fundamental theological issues between the Protestant, Catholic, and Anglican Churches were on the way […]
In my message last week, I wrote of an emerging sense of optimism shared by our church leadership that church life can once again take on the semblance of normality. This past week, Bishop Dietsche shared his own sense of optimism in a letter entitled, “Return of the Common Cup.” He wrote, “…with the waning […]