Photojournalist Carol Barnwell traveled in July 2004 with Episcopal Relief and Development to Namibia and South Africa to document the Ubuntu Africa Pilgrimage.  Her photo exhibit is on display in the Nave of Saint Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle, Washington.  The 25+ photos have been re-hung to allow the photos to companion the Saint Mark’s Stations of the Cross during this Holy Season of Lent until Easter Sunday.  The Cathedral is open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. unless there is an evening event.  There are resources for walking the stations at the back of the Nave and a related concert at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 20th (Palm Sunday). 

The following is from Carol’s “Artists Statement” that is posted at the beginning of the exhibit/stations.  “I look for similarities that I share with those in far away places – I found the mothers who worry about their children and their neighbors.  I found children anxious to be noticed, children who just wanted to play.  I marveled at the stone cottages and the thatched roofs.  I embraced the opportunity to spend the night in the townships of South Africa and revelled in the invitation to dine on millet porridge and sorghum brew in a small round hut made of clay bricks.  Among the devastation brought by AIDS, I found joy and mischief, wonder and query.”

The Stations of the Cross are a series of fourteen pictures or carvings portraying incidents in Christ's journey from his condemnation by Pilate to his being laid in the tomb. They are arranged around the inside walls of churches and chapels, but are also to be found in other settings such as along wooded paths near shrines or as a part of public processions on our city streets. In the devotion of the Stations, an individual or group passes from station to station reciting prayers and meditating on each incident, or at least on the Passion of Christ in general. It is thought that the Stations originated as a way that those unable to travel might follow the pilgrimage route in Jerusalem, the "Via Dolorosa."

During the Season of Easter the Ubuntu Africa photographs will be exhibited in the Chapel of Saint Thomas Parish, 8398 NE 12th Street, Medina, Washington.    

The Arts are an integral part of the life of the Cathedral.  The Arts at Saint Mark's continues the longstanding tradition of excellence established by Cathedral Associates.  Now a ministry of Saint Mark's Cathedral, its mission is to celebrate the creative human spirit by presenting outstanding musical, dramatic, literary and artistic events, and other programs of cultural significance, in the sacred spaces of Saint Mark's Cathedral.  For more information on the Arts at St. Mark’s, visit http://www.saintmarks.org/ or call 206-323-0300.

Contacts: 
Brian Sellers-Petersen, Episcopal Relief and Development, 206-390-0750, bpetersen@er-d.org
Heather Hodsdon, The Arts at Saint Mark’s, 206-323-0300, hhodsdon@saintmarks.org