All Saints', Fort Pitt

All Saints' Fort Pitt is one of five congregations in this beautful rural parish -- with Onion Lake First Nation, Deer Creek, Frenchman Butte and Frog Lake.

All Saints', Fort Pitt

All Saints' is even prettier during the summer.

The Dean and the Executive Secretary

Dean Michael Hawkins and Archdeacon Michael Averyt confer before the service

The ordinand before the service

The ordinand, the Rev. Christopher Snook, greets family and friends before the service.

Waiting for the service to begin

Excited members of the congregation greet one another before the service.  At right is the ordinand's wife, Barbara Swanson.

Some of the congregation

The congregation included visitors from as far away as Halifax and Georgia.

Patience

It was a long service for this little girl from Onion Lake.

Praying

The ordinand prays before the service begins.

The service begins

Bishop Burton and a dozen other clergy from across the Diocese drove through treacherous winter roads to attend.  It had been snowing all week.

The Dean preaching

The Dean of Saskatchewan, the Very Rev. Michael Hawkins, preached the sermon.

The Great Litany

The Rev. Christopher Harper, Rector of Birch Hills, Muskoday & Kinistino, sings the litany as the ordinand prostrates himself.

The invocation of the Holy Spirit

The Bishop and congregation sing the Veni Creator Spiritus.  The service was from the Book of Common Prayer.

The laying on of hands

The Bishop and priests lay hands on Christopher Snook.

Invitation to Confession

The new priest reads the Invitation to Confession.

At the organ bench.

Archdeacon Averyt in a reflective moment at the organ bench.

Recessional hymn

Bishop Burton leads Fr. Snook out of the church during the recessional hymn.

The merriment of parsons

The clergy pose for a photo with the new priest. 
Front row: the Rev. Dr. David Smith, the Rev. Canon Donald Skinner, the Rev. Christopher Snook, the Rt. Rev. Anthony Burton, the Rev. Guy Bellerby, the Very Rev. Michael Hawkins.
Back row:  The Rev. Mary Ann Boote, the Rev. Peter Boote, the Rev. Christopher Harper, the Rev. Peter Molloy, the Rev. Norbert Haukenfrers, the Ven. Michael Averyt.

The new priest and the bishop

Fr. Snook and Bishop Burton.

A painful realization

The new priest tells the bishop that he is standing on his bunion.

The ordinand and his parents

Fr. Snooks parents came from Halifax for the service.  (To see a couple of photos from the reception, go to the top of this page and click "next page").

Ordination certificate

The Registrar of the Diocese, Archdeacon Michael Averyt, reads the Certificate of Ordination in the Fort Pitt Community Hall.

A speech

Fr. Snook gives a speech of thanks at the reception following the ordination.