Around the Diocese
Ordinations Anna Woofenden
Peter Feltman-Mahan
to the Sacred Order of Deacons April 17, 2021
to the Sacred Order of Priests September 25, 2021
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nna is originally from Washington state and currently lives in Northampton MA. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Northampton is her sponsoring parish. (Anna was strongly supported by St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal in San Francisco, where she started her journey with The Episcopal Church).
Anna is the founder and co-host of the Food and Faith Podcast, and the author of This is God’s Table: Finding Church Beyond the Walls. She is passionate about being the church in our current time and context, matters of justice (especially around food, environment, poverty, housing and race), liturgy, and young adults. ♦
P
eter has roots in the Capital region of New York and is trained as a classroom teacher, school psychologist, and school leader.
While teaching, he discerned the need to more deeply engage the scriptures and church history. Peter began attending Yale Divinity Schools in 2015 and completed an internship at St. Andrews Church in Albany, NY. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Berkeley Divinity School in 2020. Peter has served Trinity Episcopal Church, Lenox as a seminarian and transitional deacon. ♦
Phillip Haywood Shearin
Joel Antonio Martinez
to the Sacred Order of Priests May 22, 2021
to the Sacred Order of Priests May 22, 2021
P
hillip's call to ordained ministry was supported by the people of All Saints', South Hadley. He served there as Pastoral Associate for Lawrence House Service Corps. Phillip studied history at Hampton University and went to Seminary at Trinity College, University of Toronto. He completed a Chaplain Residency Program at Duke University Hospital and is a certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant (HEC-C) currently serving on the Ethics Committee at Mt Auburn Hospital. Currently in the Masters of Bioethics program at the University of Pennsylvania, Phillip serves as a hospice chaplain with Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home. ♦
J
oel was born in the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. Joel was engaged in congregational ministry as treasurer of his local church, eventually serving as Senior Warden. In mid-2015, he took the necessary steps to enter the Dominican Episcopal Church Seminary. His call to ordained ministry was supported by Father Emilio Martin and San Pedro y San Pablo church. Joel came to Springfield, MA in May of 2018 to begin serving at Christ Church Cathedral. Under the direction of Dean Tom Callard, he has been preaching and engaged in pastoral care. ♦
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