Communit y News

Updates from CDSP faculty, students, alums, staff, and friends (July 2022 – March 2023)

The Rev. Michael Barham (DMin ‘12, CAS ‘07) recently offered recorded remarks on the theme of gratitude and thanksgiving for students at Seabury Hall, an Episcopal school in Maui, HI, at the invitation of the Rev. Christopher P. Golding, the school’s chaplain.

Dr. Julián Andrés González Holguín published “Is the Hebrew Bible Racist? Diversity and Antiracist Reading Practices” in Race and Biblical Studies: Antiracism Pedagogy for the Classroom

The Rev. John Kater, PhD, was installed as rector emeritus at Christ Church in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he served as rector 1974–1984. He also taught at Ming Hua Theological College in Hong Kong during the spring semester.

Dr. Scott MacDougall published “On the Theological Status of Experience in Seminary Education” in Anglican Theological Review and “Pursuing the Decolonial Agenda: A Future for Anglican Studies” as part of a larger article, “The Future of Anglican Studies,” by Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski and Joy Ann McDougall in Journal of Anglican Studies. He also presided as member of the steering committee of the Ecclesiological Investigations Unit of the American Academy of Religion for a panel called “Catastrophe in the Life of the Church,” co-presided at the annual meeting of the the Anglican Studies Seminar as co-chair of this new five-year project, and was selected to participate in a year-long online workshop called “Becoming a White Antiracist” through Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.

The Rev. Ruth Meyers, PhD, led the webinar “Symbols, Resources, and Sanity” sponsored by the Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission and was elected deputy to General Convention from the Diocese of California.

Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda published the edited volume, How Would We Know What God Is Up To?; delivered the keynote address, “Protecting Our Common Home,” for the SIGNIS World Congress 2022 in Seoul, Korea; served as keynote speaker for one of the Ecumenical Conversation groups of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Karlsruhe, Germany; delivered a plenary address, “Economy of life in a time of inequality and climate change,” for the Ecumenical Encounter Programme at that WCC Assembly; and served as keynote speaker for the Central States Synod Assembly of the ELCA in Kansas City, MO.

The Rev. Kyle Oliver, EdD, was named a visiting scholar by the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, and presented “Research with/about Youth by/ while Making Media in ‘Faith-Adjacent’ Spaces” in an invited session for the faculty and staff of City Seminary of New York.

The Rev. Katrina Olson, PhD, delivered the presentations “Experimenting with Ungrading: Reflections on a Collaborative Practical Theology Classroom” at the Academy of Homiletics and “Hearing God’s Voice: How Preaching Can Construct Narratives about the Other with the Other” at the Societas Homiletica in Budapest, Hungary.

Angela Furlong ‘23 was ordained to the diaconate December 3 at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Baltimore, MD.

Robert G. Stevens ‘24 completed the Episcopal Church’s Episcopal Latino Ministry 7-Day Competency Course.

Dr. Mees Tielens ‘23 was ordained to the diaconate December 3 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

The Rev. Lisa Aguilar ‘20, was ordained to the priesthood December 9 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Omaha, NE.

The Rev. Andrea Arsene ‘20 was installed as rector of the Episcopal Church of All Saints in Indianapolis, IN.

The Rev. Nora Boerner ‘22 was ordained to the priesthood on September 25 and called as curate at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City, IA.

The Rev. John E. Day (MDiv ‘91), DMin, retired on July 31.

The Rev. Elisabeth Fitzgibbons ‘06 was called as the twelfth rector, and first woman rector, of Trinity Parish in Seattle, WA.

The Rev. Peter Fritsch ‘92 taught an online course, “Introduction to Celtic Christian Spirituality and Community.”

The Rev. Edwin Johnson ‘10 was called as director of organizing at Episcopal City Mission in Boston, MA.

The Rev. Marguerite Judson ‘17 is serving as assisting priest at All Souls Episcopal Parish in Berkeley, CA.

Myrna Koonce ‘21 published “Moral distress and spiritual/religious orientation: Moral agency, norms and resilience” in Nursing Ethics. This peer-reviewed article is based on research she conducted for her MTS thesis at CDSP.

The Rev. Jane Maynard (MDiv ‘92), PhD, was called as interim rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Medford, OR.

The Rev. William Muller Jr. ‘06 was called as rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Blackstone, VA, and Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in McKenney, VA.

The Rev. Joel Muñoz (CAS ‘21), EdD, was called on July 10 as curate to St. Francis in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Zionsville, IN.

The Rev. James D. Richardson ‘00 published The Abolitionist’s Journal: Memories of an American Antislavery Family and was also the keynote speaker at the convocation of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, TX, a historically Black college founded by his ancestors.

The Rev. Robin Woodberry (CAS ‘20), DMin, was profiled in the Canton Repository

The Rev. C. Susanne Wright-Nava ‘22 was ordained to the priesthood on January 14 at St. John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles, CA, and was called as curate to St. Edmunds Episcopal Church in San Marino, CA.

The Rev. Richard Yale (MDiv ‘85), DMin, retired after serving twentyfive years as rector of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Chico, CA.

The Rev. Robyn Elizabeth Arnold (MDiv ‘08), PhD, died July 5 in Birmingham, AL.

Dr. Theresa Brown died September 11.

The Rev. Carol Lee Cook ‘91 died November 17.

The Rev. David Green ‘63 died December 25.

Dorothy Elizabeth Meyers, mother of the Rev. Ruth Meyers, PhD, died September 14.

The Rev. Clayton L. Morris (MDiv ‘71), ThD, died October 24 in Brooklyn, NY. Canon Peter Ng (DD ‘18) died December 10.

The Rev. David Shewmaker ‘07 died February 9.

The Rev. Cn. Jeffry Smith ‘85 died November 29.

The Rev. Canon S. Mortimer Ward, IV, ‘64 died July 28 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

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