the Rev. Cathy George

Chaplain

The Rev. Dr. Cathy H. George, former Associate Dean and Director of Formation at Yale Divinity School, earned her BA degree from Macalester College, an M Div in 1984 from Harvard Divinity School, and a D Min from Boston University School of Theology in 2017. She has served as a parish priest in urban, rural, and suburban parishes, and a prison chaplain.

She began her career as Rector of Emmanuel Church, a summer chapel in Dublin, New Hampshire. As Senior Associate at Trinity Boston Cathy designed an education program for the historic parish in Copley Square. Cathy served as Rector at St. Anne’s in Lincoln, MA for 12 years before moving to serve two at-risk urban churches in Dorchester, MA.

Her published work includes: You Are Already Praying; Stories of God at Work, The Stillness We Seek; Daily Devotions for Advent. Howard Thurman's Practice of Intimacy in the Development of Community, Journal of Pastoral Theology, 2016, Minding the Gap: Building Partnerships Across Difference, Anglican Theological Review 2017, Poverty of Spirit and the Spiritual Life of Children, Yale ISM Review 2018, as well poetry in The Penwood Review, Spirit Fire Review, Clayjar Review, Solid Food Press and Smoky Quartz Magazine.

Cathy’s leadership is distinguished by her preaching, and pastoral ability to make sacred connections between faith and daily life. She writes poetry and creative non fiction, drawing inspiration from the teachings of Jesus, the natural world, and the people in her life.

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Emily Hill

Kellogg Fellow

Emily Hill is in the final year of her Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School. A native of New England, she spent ten years in California working to support adult education, just economic development, and worker-owned cooperatives before co-founding and managing a mushroom farm. Emily is passionate about history education and supporting young people as they situate themselves in a larger story and explore ancestral truth and reckoning. She also has a deep interest in pilgrimage and Christian mysticism and will continue to work alongside Rev. Rita Powell to support the Find A Way pilgrimages.

 

The Board of Trustees

The Board of the Episcopal Chaplaincy is made up of alumni and friends of the Chaplaincy. They manage its financial affairs and help direct its mission. Our current board members are:

  • Mr. Robert Bitting, President

  • Prof. Kathleen Coleman, Vice President

  • Elena Loomis, Treasurer

  • Dr. P. MacKenzie Bok

  • The Very Rev. Amy McCreath

  • Bliss Austin Spooner

  • Gabriel Colombo

  • The Rt. Rev. Julia E. Whitworth (ex officio)

 
 
 
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