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From cloistered chapels to city cathedrals, prayer and worship is the heart of everything. To photograph the liturgy is to be present to something beyond the frame.

Holy Services

From cloistered chapels to city cathedrals, prayer and worship is the heart of everything. To photograph the liturgy is to be present to something beyond the frame.

Holy Services

From cloistered chapels to city cathedrals, prayer and worship is the heart of everything. To photograph the liturgy is to be present to something beyond the frame.

Hooded Carthusian monks at chant in the dark wooden choir stalls of Parkminster Charterhouse.
A lone Carthusian monk bowed low in prayer on the wooden floor before the Charterhouse altar.
A priest before the Blessed Sacrament in a gold monstrance at a candlelit altar, Belmont Abbey.
Abbot David Charlesworth incensing the altar in Glastonbury Abbey's stone undercroft, light flooding behind.
Long-exposure light trails of the Easter Vigil candle procession filling Buckfast Abbey's dark nave.
Clergy processing down Buckfast Abbey's nave beneath the golden corona for the Diocesan Feast of St Cuthbert Mayne.
Candlelit Maundy Thursday Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Buckfast Abbey, before its great stained-glass Christ.
Clergy kneeling before the monstrance at an outdoor Corpus Christi altar in Buckfast Abbey's grounds.
A priest in purple incensing the altar on Ash Wednesday at Buckfast Abbey, ash cross on his forehead.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson in purple elevating the host at Advent Mass, Plymouth Cathedral.
Priest in red vestments elevating the host at the consecration, St Hugh's Charterhouse altar.
Bishop Tom Burns extending his hands over a kneeling ordinand during the prayer of ordination, Belmont Abbey.
Benedictine nuns led by Dame Andrea Savage in single file along Stanbrook Abbey's glass cloister.
Sunlight streaming through the windows into Buckfast Abbey's nave at Mass, congregation below.
A shaft of sunlight silhouettes a priest in red elevating the host at Mass in Buckfast Abbey.
Seen from above, three clergy in red vestments prostrating themselves in prayer on Good Friday, Buckfast Abbey.
A Benedictine sacristan lighting incense in the sacristy, sunlit smoke curling through the air.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy at Divine Liturgy with Eparch Kenneth Nowakowski, Buckfast Abbey's glass chapel.
A priest in red raising the veiled monstrance giving Benediction at Vespers, Buckfast Abbey.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson venerating the cross on Good Friday, kissing the feet of the crucified Christ.
A row of white-cowled Carthusian monks, faces lit beneath their hoods, standing at choir prayer.
Abbot Paul Stonham and concelebrants in red at the consecration, candlelit altar of Belmont Abbey.
Mitred celebrant leading the entrance procession for Mass in the open ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.
Abbot David Charlesworth lighting the Paschal candle in darkness at Buckfast Abbey's Easter Vigil.
Overhead view of priests in red concelebrating the Diocesan Celebration of Priesthood, Buckfast Abbey.
Cardinal Anders Arborelius, papal legate, venerating the cross at Buckfast Abbey's Millennium.
Easter Vigil procession in darkness, the cross and candle-flames glowing through rising incense smoke.
A crucifer raising the cross as a procession forms in a dim abbey cloister, choir lined along the walls.
Congregation at prayer in the pews, dramatic sunlight and haze filling Plymouth Cathedral at Mass.
Clergy lighting the Paschal candle from the new fire at the Easter Vigil, Plymouth Cathedral.
Hooded Carthusian monks at chant in the dark wooden choir stalls of Parkminster Charterhouse.
A row of white-cowled Carthusian monks, faces lit beneath their hoods, standing at choir prayer.
Bishop Tom Burns extending his hands over a kneeling ordinand during the prayer of ordination, Belmont Abbey.
A priest before the Blessed Sacrament in a gold monstrance at a candlelit altar, Belmont Abbey.
Mitred celebrant leading the entrance procession for Mass in the open ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.
Sunlight streaming through the windows into Buckfast Abbey's nave at Mass, congregation below.
Long-exposure light trails of the Easter Vigil candle procession filling Buckfast Abbey's dark nave.
Overhead view of priests in red concelebrating the Diocesan Celebration of Priesthood, Buckfast Abbey.
Seen from above, three clergy in red vestments prostrating themselves in prayer on Good Friday, Buckfast Abbey.
Candlelit Maundy Thursday Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Buckfast Abbey, before its great stained-glass Christ.
Easter Vigil procession in darkness, the cross and candle-flames glowing through rising incense smoke.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy at Divine Liturgy with Eparch Kenneth Nowakowski, Buckfast Abbey's glass chapel.
A priest in purple incensing the altar on Ash Wednesday at Buckfast Abbey, ash cross on his forehead.
Congregation at prayer in the pews, dramatic sunlight and haze filling Plymouth Cathedral at Mass.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson venerating the cross on Good Friday, kissing the feet of the crucified Christ.
Priest in red vestments elevating the host at the consecration, St Hugh's Charterhouse altar.
A lone Carthusian monk bowed low in prayer on the wooden floor before the Charterhouse altar.
Abbot Paul Stonham and concelebrants in red at the consecration, candlelit altar of Belmont Abbey.
Benedictine nuns led by Dame Andrea Savage in single file along Stanbrook Abbey's glass cloister.
Abbot David Charlesworth incensing the altar in Glastonbury Abbey's stone undercroft, light flooding behind.
Abbot David Charlesworth lighting the Paschal candle in darkness at Buckfast Abbey's Easter Vigil.
A shaft of sunlight silhouettes a priest in red elevating the host at Mass in Buckfast Abbey.
Clergy processing down Buckfast Abbey's nave beneath the golden corona for the Diocesan Feast of St Cuthbert Mayne.
Cardinal Anders Arborelius, papal legate, venerating the cross at Buckfast Abbey's Millennium.
A Benedictine sacristan lighting incense in the sacristy, sunlit smoke curling through the air.
Clergy kneeling before the monstrance at an outdoor Corpus Christi altar in Buckfast Abbey's grounds.
A crucifer raising the cross as a procession forms in a dim abbey cloister, choir lined along the walls.
A priest in red raising the veiled monstrance giving Benediction at Vespers, Buckfast Abbey.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson in purple elevating the host at Advent Mass, Plymouth Cathedral.
Clergy lighting the Paschal candle from the new fire at the Easter Vigil, Plymouth Cathedral.
Hooded Carthusian monks at chant in the dark wooden choir stalls of Parkminster Charterhouse.
A row of white-cowled Carthusian monks, faces lit beneath their hoods, standing at choir prayer.
Bishop Tom Burns extending his hands over a kneeling ordinand during the prayer of ordination, Belmont Abbey.
A priest before the Blessed Sacrament in a gold monstrance at a candlelit altar, Belmont Abbey.
Mitred celebrant leading the entrance procession for Mass in the open ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.
Sunlight streaming through the windows into Buckfast Abbey's nave at Mass, congregation below.
Long-exposure light trails of the Easter Vigil candle procession filling Buckfast Abbey's dark nave.
Overhead view of priests in red concelebrating the Diocesan Celebration of Priesthood, Buckfast Abbey.
Seen from above, three clergy in red vestments prostrating themselves in prayer on Good Friday, Buckfast Abbey.
Candlelit Maundy Thursday Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Buckfast Abbey, before its great stained-glass Christ.
Easter Vigil procession in darkness, the cross and candle-flames glowing through rising incense smoke.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy at Divine Liturgy with Eparch Kenneth Nowakowski, Buckfast Abbey's glass chapel.
A priest in purple incensing the altar on Ash Wednesday at Buckfast Abbey, ash cross on his forehead.
Congregation at prayer in the pews, dramatic sunlight and haze filling Plymouth Cathedral at Mass.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson venerating the cross on Good Friday, kissing the feet of the crucified Christ.
Priest in red vestments elevating the host at the consecration, St Hugh's Charterhouse altar.
A lone Carthusian monk bowed low in prayer on the wooden floor before the Charterhouse altar.
Abbot Paul Stonham and concelebrants in red at the consecration, candlelit altar of Belmont Abbey.
Benedictine nuns led by Dame Andrea Savage in single file along Stanbrook Abbey's glass cloister.
Abbot David Charlesworth incensing the altar in Glastonbury Abbey's stone undercroft, light flooding behind.
Abbot David Charlesworth lighting the Paschal candle in darkness at Buckfast Abbey's Easter Vigil.
A shaft of sunlight silhouettes a priest in red elevating the host at Mass in Buckfast Abbey.
Clergy processing down Buckfast Abbey's nave beneath the golden corona for the Diocesan Feast of St Cuthbert Mayne.
Cardinal Anders Arborelius, papal legate, venerating the cross at Buckfast Abbey's Millennium.
A Benedictine sacristan lighting incense in the sacristy, sunlit smoke curling through the air.
Clergy kneeling before the monstrance at an outdoor Corpus Christi altar in Buckfast Abbey's grounds.
A crucifer raising the cross as a procession forms in a dim abbey cloister, choir lined along the walls.
A priest in red raising the veiled monstrance giving Benediction at Vespers, Buckfast Abbey.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson in purple elevating the host at Advent Mass, Plymouth Cathedral.
Clergy lighting the Paschal candle from the new fire at the Easter Vigil, Plymouth Cathedral.

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