Photos from the Ecumenical service during the House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans, LA, at the Morial Convention Center.

Procession: Bishop Gray (Mississippi) with his chaplain and Canon to the Ordinary, David Johnson.

 

Bishop Jenkins (Louisiana) introduces the Archbishop and other ecumenical guests

 

Ecumenical visitor

 

Bishop Gray (Mississippi) reads a lesson

 

Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori

 

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams

 

A Motley Krewe from Mississippi:  Bishop Marble, Marty and Bishop Burnett (Nebraska), Bishop Alexander (Atlanta), Ellen and Bishop Johnston (Virginia)

 

Ingathering for Mississippi and Louisiana

 

Irvin Mayfield, Jr., plays the Elysian Trunpet

 

Bishops celebrate during a lively rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In"

 

The famous "second line" of New Orleans

 

The ingathering, carried by Canon Mark Stevens of Louisiana, which totaled nearly a million dollars for rebuilding our churches

 

The Archbishop sings as he recesses