Br. Jeremy Froyen - Professed

Jeremy serves in the Diocese of Massachusetts and is the Rector of Grace Church in New Bedford.  In addition to the pastoral and sacramental aspects of parish ministry, he has served in various Diocesan and wider-church roles and is engaged a several regional outreach and ministry initiatives in the South Coast region. 

Br. Fred Jaxheimer – Professed

Fred lives in Sugarloaf, PA and is a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Conyngham, Northeast PA Synod. He serves as an Assisting Minister, and is a lay preacher at his home church and other ministry sites. Brother Fred leads the Emmaus Road Ministry team which provides transportation for those who need help accessing medical services or food. He volunteers at a day shelter for the homeless and maintains an Outreach Directory for the Valley Interfaith churches. Fred and his wife, were called to care for a young widow and her three boys - which by God’s design, formed an everlasting chosen family.

Sr. Anna Pruett - Professed

Sr. Anna has now settled back in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after an unsuccessful attempt at retirement in Florida. She has returned to St Paul’s Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, where she is on vestry, in choir, is a reader and altar server. Anna loves family, this community, animals, gardening, hospitality, advocate for vegan lifestyle, social justice and a better understanding of the natural world.

Br. Mark Jenkins - Professed

Mark attends St. John's Church, Warsaw, Virginia in the Diocese of Virginia. There he serves as LEM, and occasionally leads morning prayer and preaches. He is a member of the vestry and also the vestry liaison for an archaeological dig at the site of the original church that was abandoned with the onset of the revolution. Brother Mark serves as Parish Administrator at St. Matthias' Parish, Midlothian, Virginia in the Diocese of Southern Virginia.

Sr. Judy Kenyon - Professed

Sister Judy Kenyon is a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia. She helps with the Soup's On program in Sequim on Wednesdays. Sr. Judy is also active in several ministries involving reaching out to women and children including creating toys for children in hospitals, sewing burial gowns for stillborn babies, and blankets for Project Linus.

Sr. Annette Mayer - Professed - Member of Council

Sister Annette is a relocated Texan, having recently moved from Palos Park, Illinois, and now living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She recently retired as Rector of The Church of the Transfiguration, and made the move to be closer to her sister-in-law Sandra and her husband Tom. She is now in the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, although still canonically resident in the Diocese of Chicago. For the time being, she is taking a much needed break, exploring her new city, and catching up with family and friends in Texas and Massachusetts while she discerns her next ministries and service. 

Br. Jimmy Haney – Professed

Br. Jimmy lives in Lubbock, Texas and attends St. Paul’s-on-the-Plains Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Northwest Texas.  Jimmy serves there in liturgical ministries in altar guild, as an acolyte, lector, and Eucharistic minister, and as the captain of the Stream Team (livestreaming our worship services on Facebook).  He also serves on the Board of St. Benedict’s Chapel, an ecumenical ministry to the homeless of Lubbock feeding body and soul.

Sr. Chiara Golwas - Professed

Sr. Chiara is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia. Her ministries include working at the church during Soup’s On, volunteering at the Free Clinic and being an advocate for first time people with a diagnosis of cancer. She also is a Eucharist Visitor, Acolyte, and Eucharist Minister and Altar Guild and serves on the Vestry at St. Luke’s. Her hobbies include writing and reading while listening to Classical and semi Classical music.

Br. Emmanuel Williamson - Professed

Emmanuel is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ambler, PA in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.  He serves on the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and is the Co-chair of the Diocesan Convention. 

Br. Joe Nuber - Professed - Guardian of the Community

Br. Joe lives outside Erie, PA where he attends St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania. He helps with the cathedral’s food bank and works with a team that volunteers at Emmaus House serving hot meals to all who come.

Sr. Cindy Fleming - Professed

Sr. Cindy attends St Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. She is a new transfer to Central Pennsylvania and is discerning which new ministries she will be serving and where she is needed.

Br. Robert Rhoads - Professed - Member of the Council

Robert serves as a priest in St. Luke’s Parish in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia.

Sr. Stacey Dawn Catigano - Professed - Member of the Council

Sr. Stacey Dawn is a fool for Christ, a joyful grandmother and beloved wife and mother. She also lives with three very opinionated dogs. Sr. Stacey Dawn serves as the Deacon at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lancaster in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. She serves as a Prison Chaplain with a focus of her ministry in developing loving relationships in the community with recently released women and their children.
Sr. Stacey Dawn loves to paint, read, swim, make prayer beads, laugh, and also learning to play the harmonica.

Br. Daniel Toven – Novice

Br. Daniel is a Candidate for the priesthood in the Diocese of Southern Virginia and completing a Master of Divinity at Bexley Seabury Seminary. He serves as seminarian-in-residence at Saints Andrew and Luke Church in Beacon, NY. He is also an active duty Army officer and serves as Commander and Conductor of the West Point Band at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and ministers as a part-time chaplain at Keller Army Community Hospital. 

Br. Terrence ("Terry") O'Connor, Jr. - Professed

Br. Terry serve as Priest-in-Charge (ministry of Word and Sacrament and various outreach ministries alongside the parishioners of our parish) at the Church of Saint Mark and All Saints, Galloway, NJ in the Diocese of New Jersey.

Br. Donald Dubay - Professed

Brother Donald is a member of St Anna's Episcopal Church, New Orleans, LA in the Diocese of Louisiana. Brother Donald continues to seek the will of God in his life and gives thanks for the gift of ministry to the homeless, and asylum seekers.

Br. Will Byrd - Professed

Br. Will is a member of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Inverness, California in the Diocese of California. He recently retired after 42 years as a Funeral Director. During this lengthy time of the Pandemic, he has used his skills as a knitter to create scarfs that will be given to our homeless brothers and sisters along with other offerings. Will has a heart for immigrant communities and for youth who have often found themselves on the street because of being discarded by their families. With the Pandemic winding down, that will be a more practically engaged focus of ministry.

Br. David Rutledge - Professed

David lives in Mount Joy, PA and is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Br. David leads regular Morning and Evening Prayer services in-person and online. He helps with various ministry projects in the Lancaster area including feeding programs and Mission Trips to rural Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico. Br. David extends hospitality at his home, which is known as the “Mount Joy Friary”.

Br. Bob Flick - Professed - Member of Council

Br. Bob lives in Friendswood, Texas. As a priest in the Diocese of Texas he serves as a spiritual director and a member of the faculty at the Iona School of Ministry. As a therapist he continues his advocacy for and work with those with severe and persistent mental illness, especially those who are incarcerated or living without homes. Bob has been associated with Franciscan community most of his life.

Sr. Karen Williamson - Professed

Sr. Karen is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia.  She is a composer of sacred choral music, which is sung in churches and benefit concerts; she started Taize services at St. Luke’s, and helps support a talented young concert pianist from Hong Kong who is studying in the U.S.  Sr. Karen plays in St. Luke’s Bell Choir. She is a Certified Spiritual Director and a retired Parish Counselor.  She loves meditating, praying, and praising God.

Br. Carlos Insignares - Professed

Br. Carlos resides in the Diocese of Southeast Florida.  He is a School Counselor, earning a Mdiv, Yale Divinity School, and Doctorate, Barry University and CEO of “Minds on Learning”, helping students diagnosed with dyslexia/ADHD—an Education Missionary in Haiti and Villavicencio, Colombia.

Sr. Ishmael LeCato - Professed

Sr. Ishmael lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and attends St. Luke Episcopal Church in Mechanicsburg in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania.  She serve on the altar, is a Eucharistic Visitor and is the Parish Librarian. She volunteers at St Stephen's school and work with the Gather the Spirit for Justice Program.

Sr. Laura Carroll - Novice

Sr. Laura worships at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia. She serves as an usher, Compline leader, and in other prayer ministries.  She is a Spiritual Care volunteer for a local hospital, visiting with and listening to patients throughout the facility.

Br. john bean - Professed

Br. john lives in Portland, Oregon and is a member of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Oregon.  His primary ministry focus is to the poor, neglected and homeless.  In his parish he serves as Eucharistic Minister, Altar Guild, and Healing Prayer Team member.

Br. Luis Enrique Hernandez Rivas - Professed

Luis serves in the Diocese of New York as Priest in Charge of Saint John’s Getty Square and Iglesia San Andrés, both in Yonkers, NY. A member of the local Franciscan Solidarity Table in NYC, Br. Luis is also part of the team of facilitators of Academia Ecuménica de Liderazgo and other church wide initiatives. 

Br. Luis A Rivera-Rivera - Professed

Br Luis is a native to Cayey, Puerto Rico and an ordained Deacon in the Diocese of New York.  He serves at the Church of the Intercession and Holyrood Church, both inner city parishes in New York City.  At the churches he helps with both English and Spanish Sunday worship and the Daily Offices via Zoom and phone.  At Holyrood, Br Luis assists with the food ministry.

Br. Stephen Penning - Professed - Member of the Council

Br. Steve lives in Sequim, WA and attends St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Port Angeles, in the Diocese of Olympia. At St. Andrew’s, Br. Steve serves as the coordinator for the Wednesday Saints Liturgy, a weekly liturgy that discusses the saint of the day and the readings from that day’s liturgy. He also coordinates the CFC West Coast Morning and Evening Prayers each week via Zoom as well as keeping the CFC Calendar and Zoom links up to date and current. Br. Steve is the treasurer for the CFC community and serves on the community Council.

Sr. Patricia Rhoads - Professed

Sr. Patricia is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia.  Like many other Franciscans attending St. Luke’s, Patricia enjoys helping with “Soup’s On”, where each Wednesday, lots of fellowship and free soup and salad lunch is served to the Sequim community.

Br. Travis White - Professed

Br. Travis, originally from Palm Beach Florida, now a recent transplant to Morganton, North Carolina, in the Diocese of Western North Carolina.  He serves at Grace Episcopal Church as choirmaster as well as Eucharist minister and acolyte.  He also works in a public middle school as the chorus director.

Sr. Vanessa Gunther - Professed - Member of the Council

Sr. Vanessa is a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia. She volunteers with Soup's On ministry at St Luke’s and other programs that provide services to those who are food insecure. She also serves on the Altar Guild. She is a retired professor of history.

Br. James Jana - Professed

Br James attends Saint Martin's Church in the Diocese of Southeast Florida. He retired from the Chicago Public Schools where he taught children the fine arts and now volunteers in the Ft. Lauderdale schools as an English teacher and tutor. Before Covid, he ministered to the residents of a local nursing home where he would tell stories and help with prayer services. He serves on the liturgy committee and is a lector.

Sr. Stacie Koochek - Professed

Sr. Stacie Koochek is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sequim, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia. She is on the Vestry, leads the church hospitality team, on the communications committee, and serves at the food ministry at St. Luke’s called “Soup’s On”.

Br. Peter Pearson - Professed

Peter was ordained a priest in 1995 and received into the Episcopal Church in 2004 and serves in the Diocese of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  In addition to serving in parish ministry, he’s an icon painter, teacher, author, and liturgical consultant. Peter has lived in two Benedictine monasteries as a vowed monastic and founded an emergent monastic community.  He can often be found helping with local food pantries and other feeding ministries in Scranton, Pennsylvania where he’s lived and served for the last ten years.

Br. AJ Robbins - Novice

Br. AJ is a member of St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Manheim, Pennsylvania and intern at St. Andrew’s in York, PA. Both churches are in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. AJ is a Postulant for Holy Orders, member of the Vestry at St. Paul’s, a Technology Consultant, and works full time in the touring audio industry.

Br. Carlos Roberto Fernández - Novice

Br. Carlos is a member at Episcopal Church of St. Bernard de Clairvuax (The Ancient Spanish Monastery), North Miami Beach in the Diocese of Southeast Florida. He serves as a Eucharist minister, chalice bearer, altar minister, verger, current Vestry member, and leads a small bible study.

Br. Brave Fung - Professed

Br. Brave attends Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts in the Diocese of Massachusetts. He is a certified recovery coach, focused on holistic and spiritual healing.  Brave works with individuals and groups in recovery from addiction.  He is passionate about bringing God’s Love to those that feel the furthest away from that power.

Br. Howard Dana - Novice - Council Observer

Br. Howard attends St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the the Diocese of the Susquehanna (Central Pennsylvania). In his parish he is Chair of the Annual Pledge Campaign, Choir Member, Occasional Preacher, and a Social justice advocate with “Power to the Hill.”

Br. Millard Cook - Novice

A native of the Old Beech Mountain Community of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Brother Millard is someone who has lived the quest for the "via media." Raised in a traditional Southern Baptist family, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church as a young adult and then was a Benedictine monk and Priest for most of his adult life. Received into the Episcopal Church in 2007, he served as the Executive Assistant to the Rector of Saint Bart's in the City of New York, and then as the Parish Administrator of Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem. His Orders were received by the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem in 2022. He served as the Priest-in-Charge of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in Morgantown, PA, and for a short time as Priest-in-Charge of two parishes in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. He is currently actively seeking a new call, and lives in Thomasville, NC. He has been awarded graduate degrees in History and Theology. Brother Millard enjoys languages, photography, baking, and reading. 

Br. Jonathon Grimes - Novice

Br. Jonathon attends Grace Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN the Diocese of East Tennessee. He works as a system administrator for the regional blood bank and serves his community by volunteering his time teaching computer literacy at his local public library, as well as supporting equity initiatives through his parish’s various outreach efforts.

Br. Andrew Michael Bond - Novice

Br. Andrew Michael serves at the church of St. John the Evangelist, Flossmoor, Illinois in the Diocese of Chicago. His ministries include the Bishop’s Advisory Council on Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Liturgy Planning Committee, Hospitality Committee and outreach ministries at Saint John.

Br. Isaias Ginson - Novice

Br. Isaias is Rector of the Church of the Advent (Iglesia del Adviento) in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas (Province VII). His ministries in the parish and wider community include the Food Bank for the Rio Grande Valley; Chuy's Hot meal ( homeless), Estudio Biblico, Healing Services, Amigos de Andreas, and the Interfaith Coalition in Brownsville.

Sr. Susan Hillman - Novice

Sr. Susan is a member of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Tucson, AZ in the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. She is in Diaconate Formation, and her main ministry and passion is being a Hospice Chaplain and doing End-of Life teaching.

Br. Bill Paine - Novice

Bill lives in the Forest Hills, Queens, neighborhood of New York City.  He is a member of Saint Luke’s Church in the Diocese of Long Island, where he serves as a Lector, Usher, Acolyte, and Chalice Bearer.  When not assigned one of these roles, Bill volunteers as a camera mixing board operator live-streaming services on the parish’s YouTube channel.  He is in training to be a Licensed Eucharistic Minister.

Br. Gabriel Giella - Novice

Br. Gabriel attends All Saints', South Hadley Massachusetts, St. Peter's Church, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and St. John's, Westwood, Massachusetts in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. Br Gabriel Serves as Pastoral Associate for Lawrence House in South Hadley MA, an Episcopal Service Corps site. He offers Youth and Family ministry at St. John's Church, Westwood. Religious Life Associate (campus ministry) at the University of Massachusetts coordinating and planning Eucharistic meals.

Br. Walt Hampton - Novice - Council Observer

Br. Walt lives in North Conway, New Hampshire. He is a member of Christ Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Hampshire and pastor at First Church in North Conway. His ministries include grief tending, leadership training, church revitalization, and interfaith communities. 

Br. Bill Tarter - Professed

Br. Bill serves as a Canon at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia, which is in the Province of the Anglican Church of Canada..  His priestly ministry includes preaching, presiding, and teaching.  He also provides spiritual direction.

Br. John-Paul Markides - Professed

Brother John-Paul is an assistant at Zion Oneida in the Diocese of Huron, Anglican Church of Canada working with the 6 nations of the Oneida and Ojibwe peoples. He helps in whatever ministry they need from dishwasher to prayer leader. He also works as a teacher.

Sr. Ingrid Andersen - Professed - Member of the Council

Sr. Ingrid is a South African Anglican priest (seventeen years) and is Incumbent at the Church of the Advent, Colwood, BC in the Diocese of British Columbia. She is a passionate facilitator in community development, human rights, peace-building, and healing and reconciliation initiatives, particularly in her post-apartheid country.  Her doctoral Adult Education research explores the empowerment of lay/ordained church leaders as emancipatory educators.

Sr. Sulin Milne Novice

Sr Sulin is currently serving at St Peter's, Comox in the Diocese of Islands and Inlets in the Anglican Church of Canada. She was ordained in the Church in Wales, but has served as priest in Canada since 2019. Coming from the Celtic church she has a love for beauty in liturgy and for living deeply into God's creation. In church she has the heart of a preacher. In outreach she has a heart for the poor and disadvantaged. Restoration and preservation of creation involves for her a spirituality of treading lightly on the earth, travelling by foot, walking in step with creation, in solidarity with the poor, in the way of St Francis and following Jesus.

Br. Vaughan - Professed - Member of the Council

Vaughan attends St Martin’s in the Fields, and Saint Mathews Bethnal Green Diocese of London. His Mission takes the form of working for a charity assisting migrant people and communities including asylum seekers, people making human rights applications for leave and victims of domestic violence and modern-day Slavery.

Br. Cristian Alexis Faúndez-Riquelme - Novice

Br. Cristian is a member of St Vedast Alias Foster in the Diocese of London. At his parish he serves as a Eucharistic Minister, leads Intercession prayer and is an Altar Server.

Br. James Francis Twyman – Professed

Br. James Francis attends St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Jalisco, in the Anglican Diocese of Western Mexico.  He is the director of Namaste Village, an interfaith spiritual community in Ajijic, Mexico. He has written many books on St. Francis and other topics, including "Giovanni and the Camino of St. Francis." Br. James Francis is also known as the Peace Troubadour for his concerts in war torn areas throughout the world, and currently travels performing a one-man musical based on the life of St. Francis.

The Rt. Rev. Laura Jean Ahrens  Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut

Bishop Ahrens was consecrated on June 30, 2007 at Yale University’s Woolsey Hall in New Haven. As Bishop Suffragan, her portfolio is diverse and wide-ranging. Bishop Laura’s passion is walking with parishes in all their many facets – sharing in worship, meeting with Vestries, and supporting clergy and lay leaders. When parishes want to merge or close, Bishop Laura works with a team to facilitate this holy process. Bishop Laura walks with a variety of chaplains including hospital, college, and private school chaplains, supports innovators exploring new models of being Intentional Episcopal community, and oversees the ministry of deacons in ECCT. She loves to collaborate with others to explore what God is up to in the world!

Bishop Laura’s ministry is focused on helping the diocese explore how God is calling The Church to be grounded in their relationship with Jesus and to use the many gifts God that God has bestowed upon them. She takes joy in walking with people as they explore their relationship with the Lord and how they are called to share God’s love. She loves being curious with others about how God is calling the people of the diocese of Connecticut to be Church in the 21st century. 

Prior to being elected to the episcopate, Bishop Laura served parishes in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She received her bachelor's degree from Princeton University, a master's in divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a doctor in ministry from Hartford Seminary. Her ministry seeks to be one of dedication, service, and an unyielding commitment to the teachings of Christ. (And she loves to run!)

Sr. Lani Hubbard - Professed (1944-2023)

Sr. Lani was an ordained Deacon and served at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia.  She served as an Army Nurse and her ministries included providing medical support as needed, care and support of the homeless and feeding others.  Sr. Lani also served at many altars as needed and called.