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anglicancatholic.org.uk is an image of a variant form of the flag at
[identification from the church, St Alban the Martyr, Northolt, England,
given on this
page]. This variant has the church's arms [St. George's cross with crossed
key and crozier argent in canton azure] in a shield placed in the white canton
of a St. George's flag rather than the white crossed crozier and key in a blue
canton of a St. George's flag. Perhaps the two variants reflect UK vs. US usage?
Ned Smith, 7 November 2004
image located by Bob Hunt, 21 October 2007
This photo is of a flag currently used by a parish of the Anglican Catholic
Church in the US. This flag resembles that depicted at the top of the page, but
there are some differences. It more closely resembles that of the
Episcopal Church, probably because the early
churches of the ACC/US comprised predominantly members who came from the
Episcopal Church, in the late 1970s.
Measurements of this flag are close approximates, without the fringe:
length/width = 58 in. X 36 in. (5x3 ft.), canton = 22 in. X 15½ in., width of
the arms of the cross = 6 in. The George cross here is not just off-center
horizontally; it's off-center vertically as well - the measure from the top of
the horizontal arm to the top edge of the flag is 15½ in. (width of the canton),
while the measure from the bottom of the horizontal arm to the bottom edge of
the flag is 14 in. (Some differences in measurements are due to overlapping at
seams and interfaces). I cannot explain the overall centering. The crossed
crosier and key are appliqued by stitching on to the canton.
I believe this may be a specially-constructed flag, because it was made by a
company in Ohio, after a phone call to ascertain the gross measurements of the
corresponding US flag (which would be displayed with this church flag). At this
time, I have not personally examined any other flags of ACC parishes, to
determine uniformity or conformity; and I do not know of any commercial
providers as yet.
In comparing this flag to the one at the top of this page, we see that the
referenced flag has a centered George cross, with narrower arms. The canton of
the referenced flag has a longer (proportionate) length than does this flag. We
might assume that similar flags of churches in the UK will reflect the centered
George cross; those of the US, the off-centered George cross. The main
similarity, of course, will be the presence of the crosier-and-key arms
somewhere in or near the canton (see
http://www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/gallery/st_alban_mission.html).
Incidently, the Anglican Catholic Church is represented in other countries,
including the UK.
Bob Hunt, 21 October 2007