Katrina remembered.(ENS)--St. Paul's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization in Lakeview, New Orleans Lakeview is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the north west of the city. It was first developed upon drained swampland and is bordered by water on three sides. , served as the site for an Aug. 28 diocesan-wide eucharist and vigil of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Located not far from the now infamous 17th Street Canal, St. Paul's has made a remarkable comeback in its first year of rehabilitation following the ravages rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. of the storm and flooding. Five bishops, clergy from all over the diocese, St. Paul's choir and servers processed into the nave as daylight gave way to evening. In his sermon, George Packard, the Episcopal Church's bishop suffragan suf·fra·gan n. Abbr. Suff. or Suffr. 1. A bishop elected or appointed as an assistant to the bishop or ordinary of a diocese, having administrative and episcopal responsibilities but no jurisdictional functions. for chaplaincies, took the intricacies of pain from the early days of Katrina and posited them into the helping hands and hearts of the present and into the arms of God. |
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