Issue No. 40 | August 2024
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from the School of Theology Faculty
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The start of a new academic year means our seminarians are getting books and beginning reading assignments. So we asked our faculty to share book recommendations with you all.
Watch this space for more suggested books in the future! |
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Reed Carlson recommends: The Prophetic Body: Embodiment and Mediation in Biblical Prophetic Literature by Anathea Portier-Young
Julia Gatta recommends: Passions of the Soul by Rowan Williams
Rob MacSwain recommends: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
Andy Thompson recommends: We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope by Steven Charleston
Becky Wright recommends: Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
Hilary Bogert-Winkler Recommends: The Anglican Tradition From a Postcolonial Perspective by Kwok Pui-Lan
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On August 26, at our Matriculation service, we welcomed a new class of 26 seminarians representing 4 residential degree and certificate programs with junior MDivs coming from 13 unique dioceses across the Episcopal Church.
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Want to learn more about SUMMA? |
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Are you attending your Diocesan Convention? Are you willing to help represent Sewanee? Email Mary Catherine at mcalexan@sewanee.edu if you are able to help with this important effort.
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Register for 2024-2025 Online Lectures & Webinars |
Registration is now open for online lectures and webinars to be offered throughout the 2024-2025 academic year - including our monthly Lunch & Learn series with seminary faculty.
Visit our new registration portal to learn more and sign up for events. Additional events may be added throughout the year.
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Register for the 2024 St. Luke's Lectures & Homecoming |
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| The St. Luke's Lectures & Homecoming event will showcase the School of Theology's newly renovated Hamilton Hall. Join us for two days of reunion, learning, and rejuvenation!
The St. Luke’s lecture series, to be given by Donyelle McCray, Ph.D., associate professor of homiletics at Yale Divinity School is the cornerstone of our annual homecoming event, which also includes a semi-formal cocktail reception and banquet dinner, continuing education workshops, communal worship, guided hikes, and other organized activities.
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*To submit an opening for a future newsletter, reply to this newsletter with the link and/or additional information.
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Cathedral Canon of Administration, Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
- Assistant Priest, Grace Episcopal Church Kirkwood, MO
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Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Henderson, KY
- Chaplain, U.S. Navy
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Rector, Church of the Transfiguration, Palos Park, IL
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*click on the photos below for more information.
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The Rev. Dawn Stary, T'23 is Rector of of St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church in Antioch, IL
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| The Rev. Dr. Lisa Corry, T'17 is Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Kirkwood, MO
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| The Rev. Jan Head, T'18 is Associate Priest for Healing and Wholeness at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Grand Junction, CO
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The Rev. Joseph Farber, T'10 is Rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Norman, OK
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| The Rev. Ashton Sims, T'17 is Priest-in-Charge at St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, TN
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| The Rev. Joe Woodfin, T'15 is Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of East Tennessee
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The Rev. Dr. David Bridges, T'01, T'15 is the Rector of Emmanuel Episcopal, Church in Bristol, VA
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| The Rev. Thomas Becker, T'23 is Associate Chaplain at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware
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*click on the photos below for more information.
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| The Rev. Robert E. "Bob" Wood, T'70
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Stay in Touch with the Community |
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Our seminarians need your support to go into the world unencumbered by debt, free to live into their ministries, sharing the good news wherever God is calling them.
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