What Flannery O'Connor has to say about ordination

A sermon preached by Jamie Howison on the occasion of the ordination of Andrew Colman and Christopher Barnes, held on Tuesday August 22, 2023 at St John's Cathedral in Winnipeg.

This sermon featured an extended reading from Flannery O’Connor’s extraordinary short story “Revelation,” which is included in her collection Everything That Rises Must Converge. For more information on Flannery O’Connor, you should read her entry in New Georgia Encyclopedia.

The preaching photo as well as the one directly below are courtesy of Dean Paul Johnson of St John’s Cathedral.

Rachel Colman, Andrew Colman, and Jamie Howison

Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes and Andrew Colman