Alexa Maria Couch and Andrew Rhett du Pont were married Saturday evening in New York by the Rev. Thomas N. Synan, an Episcopal priest, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, where he is an associate rector.
The Rev. Paige F. Fisher, an Episcopal priest and an associate rector at the church, led the ceremony.
The Rev. Elizabeth Garnsey, an Episcopal priest and an associate rector at the church, officiated, with the Rev. Alexis Bastidas, a Roman Catholic priest, participating.
Ten years ago, I was serving as an associate rector in a Philadelphia-area evangelical church, when it came to my attention that a number of Christian men struggled with an addiction to pornography.
In 2004, she co-edited (with the Reverend Elizabeth Maxwell, the associate rector of Holy Apostles) an anthology of writing from the workshop.
"It was fairly clear to us that Rich was looking for more meaning in his life," said the Rev. Craig Townsend, associate rector of St. James.
In 1998, he was promoted to master of ceremonies, and last year, Cardinal Egan named him associate rector of the cathedral to assist the cardinal's choice as rector, Msgr. Eugene V. Clark, who is 76.
Bishop Jones served as associate rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Sandusky, and as chaplain and rector of Christ Church, Oberlin, Ohio, as assistant to the Bishop of Ohio and as rector of St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before his election as Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, where he served as diocesan bishop from 1977-1997.
Next month the couple are to become associate rectors of St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church in Chicago.
