Alumni News
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Notes from Alumni, Faculty, and Friends
The Rev. Timothy Arena, ‘22, was ordained to the diaconate on Aug. 19, 2023. Arena serves at St. Andrew the Evangelist in Merrillville, Indiana, in the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC).
The Rev. Robert Armidon, ‘21, was appointed priest-in-charge at St. James' Episcopal Church, Goshen, Indiana, and at St. David's Episcopal Church in Elkhart, Indiana, on July 2, 2023. Armidon also serves as secretary-general of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and a member of the board of directors of the Guild of the Living Rosary.
The Rev. Parker Asplin, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Nov. 1, 2023, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, where he now serves as rector.
The Rev. Tyler Been, ‘22, was named a contributor to The Living Church’s Covenant blog in August. Been serves as curate at Church of the Holy Cross in Paris, Texas.
Ms. Chloé Bennett, ‘23, began her role as an experiential learning librarian at the University of Texas, Arlington in June 2023.
The Rev. Joseph Calandra, ‘17, serves at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, as U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital’s Clinical Pastoral Educator, overseeing the academic and practical instruction for on-site military and civilian chaplain-interns, chaplain residents, and military chaplains embarking on advanced clinical pastoral education studies in asynchronous education and board certification.
The Rev. John W. Conner, ‘21, began as rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Aug. 14, 2023.
The Rev. Samuel C. R. Cripps (‘22) was instituted at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Wausau, Wisconsin, on Oct. 19, 2023, as rector. He was also named a contributor to The Living Church’s Covenant blog in August.
The Rev. Guy Martin Delcambre, currently a student at Nashotah House studying for the Master of Theological Studies, was ordained to the transitional diaconate at All Saints Church, Anglican in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 15, 2023.
The Rev. Kim Stephens-Doll, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate on Dec. 12, 2023, at St. Michael’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Carlsbad, California.
The Rev. Meghan Dow Farr, ‘13, was appointed the rural dean of Cork City, Ireland. Farr is priest-in-charge of Saint Anne’s Parish, Shandon in Cork, and also chaplain at Saint Luke’s Home. Her ministry as rural dean is in addition to these ministries, and she succeeds Canon Daniel Nuzum, who was rural dean of Cork City for many years.
The Rev. Shane Gormley, ‘12, received a Doctor of Philosophy on Aug. 12, 2023. The conferral was bestowed by Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
The Very Rev. Joel Hampton, ‘08, was appointed Canon to the Ordinary by the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (ACNA). He will assume his duties in 2024.
The Rev. Ben Hankinson, ‘14, was named director of field education at Nashotah House, overseeing supervised practice of ministry, clinical pastoral education, and teaching parish programs. He continues his role as director of admissions and is adding this new responsibility to his current portfolio.
The Rev. Rod Hurst, ‘09, was elected seventh rector of Christ Church of the Ascension Episcopal Parish and School, Paradise Valley, Arizona, in June, 2023. Hurst began in August and was inducted in November 2023. He is originally from the Pacific Northwest and was confirmed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olympia, Washington. Before being called as rector of Christ Church of the Ascension, he served 14 years as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
The Rev. Michael Lindstedt, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 2023, at Christ Anglican Church in Moline, Illinois, in the Anglican Diocese of Quincy.
The Rev. Kenneth Clark Lopez, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Sept. 30, 2023, at St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
The book, How Far to the Promised Land (Random House, 2023) by the Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley (STM, ‘13) ranked in the top 60 of books sold by Amazon among bestselling books for 2023.
The Rev. Dr. Matthew S.C. Olver, Affiliate Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House, was named executive director and publisher of The Living Church Foundation.
The Rev. Jamie Parsley, ‘08, recently published a book of poetry, Salt (Kelsey Press, 2023), which is his 15th book of poems. He served as an associate poet laureate for the state of North Dakota and currently serves as poet-in-residence at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, and as rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fargo.
The Rev. David Allen Peterson, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 20, 2023, at Holy Cross Anglican Church in Sanger, California, Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin.
The Rev. Eric Raskopf,‘15, serves as vicar of St. Edmund's Anglican Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Rev. Lamar Reece, ‘15, Captain, USAF, was promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Air Force. He currently serves as the Deputy Wing Chaplain at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
The Rev. Greg Riley (STM, ‘05) retired chaplain (colonel, US Army, ‘07) and retired canon to the ordinary of the Epicopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, serves as priest-in-residence at Christ Church, Bastrop, Louisiana. He has also served as reserve deputy sheriff, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, since 2008.
The Rev. Jason W. Samuel, ‘90, celebrated his 30th anniversary of priestly ordination on July 4, 2023. Samuel serves as the vicar of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Logan, Utah, where he has served since September 2021.
The Rev. Justin Taliaferro, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 4, 2023, at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Very Rev. William Terry, ‘03, retired July 23, 2023. Terry, a native of New Orleans, served as dean of the downtown deanery and rector of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church. He was assigned as the Episcopal chaplain for Tulane School of Medicine and served as faculty in the program in medical ethics and human values.
The Rev. Jonathan Totty, ‘19, accepted a call as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Naperville, Illinois, on July 1, 2023.
Mr. Clyde Wilkins, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate on Aug. 5, 2023, by the presiding bishop of the Anglican Province of America, the Most Rev. Chandler Holder Jones, at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Fort Valley, Georgia.
The Rev. Jeffry Andrew Barnes (‘76) died on July 3, 2023. Fr. Barnes was a former superintending presbyter of the Cheyenne River Mission in Eagle Butte, South Dakota.
The Rev. John A. Bower (‘63) died on July 20, 2023, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Moving to Chicago as a teenager, John and his mother became involved with St. James Cathedral. He attended University of Illinois at Navy Pier, later transferring to Northern Illinois University, where he met his future wife Louise Emenheiser at Canterbury Club, an Episcopal campus ministry. Following graduation, John attended seminary at Nashotah House while Louise taught school at Saint Mary’s Hall in Faribault, Minnesota. He was ordained a deacon and then a priest in 1963, the same year he and Louise married. As their family grew, he served three parishes in the Diocese of Chicago (Waukegan, Franklin Park, and Ottawa), before moving to Cincinnati to become chaplain at the Community of the Transfiguration in Glendale. He moved back to West Virginia for one final full-time role in a historic church in Charles Town before returning to Cincinnati. Following retirement from full time ministry, Fr. John continued to spread and demonstrate the gospel in many ways. He took on a variety of supply and interim rector roles in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, including College Hill, Waynesville, Maineville, Washington Courthouse, and Lincoln Heights.
The Rt. Rev. Daniel Herzog (‘71) died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 82. Bishop Herzog served as the Diocese of Albany’s eighth bishop, and at the time of his death, served as an assisting bishop in the Anglican Church in North America’s Diocese of the Living Word.
The Rt. Rev. Russell Edward Jacobus (‘70) died October 24, 2023. He was 79. He is survived by his wife Jerrie, and adult children Penny, Beth, and David.
Friend to Nashotah House, the Rev. Canon Bruce LeBarron died on August 19, 2023 in Salina, Kansas. He was born in Jamestown, New York, on February 9, 1930, and served in the Episcopal Church for many years, laterally as an assistant priest at Christ Church Cathedral in Salina, assistant organist also at Christ Church Cathedral, an assisting priest for the Diocese of Western Kansas, church organist at St. John's Military School Chapel, and chaplain at Presbyterian Manor, Salina.
Churches around the Diocese of Central Florida will soon celebrate the inaugural Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder Commemoration Day. In accordance with a resolution passed at the 54th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Central Florida, the Commemoration Day of the late Canon Pinder will be celebrated annually on July 10. Canon Pinder graduated from Nashotah House in 1959.
The Rev. H. David Wilson, (‘72), died on July 15, 2023. Prior to ordination, he was a rancher, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and served two cures during his 33 years as a priest, Christ Church in Denver, Colorado, and All Saints’ Church, Winter Park, Colorado.
- Updated November 21, 2023
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