Holy Week and Easter services inspire creativity and imagination
The Rev. Joseph Alsay, clergy and members of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Oklahoma City, maintain safe physical distancing while preparing to take food donated during Lent to the Jesus House recovery program. Photo/courtesy of St. Augustine of Canterbury
A video setup is shown for an Easter Sunday broadcast from Holy Innocents’ church in Beach Haven, N.J. Photo/Caroline Carson
Dean Tyler Doherty preaches at a broadcast Easter Sunday service from St. Mark’s Cathedral in Salt Lake City, Diocese of Utah. Photo/Craig Wirth
At St. Alban’s, St. Pete Beach, Fla., a wooden cross bears flowers brought by parishioners on Easter Sunday. They were given an “Easter love bag” that included a paper lily. Photo/Georgene Conner
The Rev. Joseph Alsay, reads “How the Virus Stole Easter” to the church members, via YouTube. Photo/courtesy of St. Augustine of Canterbury via YouTube
Tara Halpin and the Rev. Jeffrey Queen distribute Easter lilies outside St. Andrew’s, Ft. Thomas, Ky. Photo/Megan DeSola
The entrance to St. Paul’s Church in Greenwich, N.Y., is seen with Easter decorations and a selection from the Gospel of Matthew. Photo/Meaghan Keegan
Worshipers stay in their cars as the Diocese of Fort Worth (Texas) holds a mobile Palm Sunday procession outside St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth. Service leaflets were distributed and the Rev. Karen Calafat blesses the motorists. Photos/courtesy of Katie Sherrod via YouTube
This montage shows parishioners at St. Gregory’s, Deerfield, Ill. celebrating Palm Sunday. A graphic of “hosanna palms” was emailed to the church’s members to print, color and place in their windows. At the start of the service, the church played the traditional Palm Sunday hymn, “All glory, laud and honor” via Zoom and parishioners went outside and took photos of their palms. They emailed the photos to the church, which created and distributed the montage by the time the service was over. Photo montage/courtesy of Casey Kremer