Alumni Updates

ORDINATIONS, CALLS, RETIREMENTS, AND RECOGNITIONS

THE RT. REV. KEITH ACKERMAN, ‘74, SSC, D.D., was awarded the 2022 Bosworth Holders of Hope Award, an award that recognizes exemplary leaders across business, entertainment, government, and religious organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to inspiring and supporting the community, reflecting the belief that each of us can make a positive difference and be a Holder of Hope for one another.

THE REV. DANTÉ ANGLIN, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on September 29, 2022, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Havana, Illinois.

THE REV. ROBERT ARMIDON, ‘21, was ordained to the priesthood on March 25 at the Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, Indiana.

THE REV. PARKER ASPLIN, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate on April 25 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Springfield, Illinois.

THE REV. DAVE BEAULAC, ‘12, celebrated the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on December 8, 2022.

THE REV. PHIL BERGHUIS, ‘15, serves as hospice chaplain at Hinds Hospice in Fresno, California. Berghuis began this position on September 12, 2022.

THE REV. JOHN WINSTON BIGGS, ‘62, celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in November 2022.

THE REV. ROBERT BLACKWELL, ‘84, is re-retiring after serving for a year as interim rector at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn, Alabama, and a year as interim rector at the Episcopal Church on Edisto Island in South Carolina. Blackwell and his wife, Kay, will return to their home in Cullman, Alabama.

THE REV. MATTHEW BLOSS, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on March 21 at St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church in Delafield, Wisconsin.

THE REV. MARGARET BRACK, ‘17, serves as rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury, Maryland, and part-time pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Salisbury, in the Delaware-Maryland Synod.

THE REV. ERNEST BUCHANAN, ‘09, vicar at St. James Episcopal Church in Hebbronville, Texas, has been named chaplain for the Jim Hogg County Sheriff’s Department. Buchanan has also been commissioned as a chaplain in the Texas State Guard. He serves as brigade chaplain for 3rd BN/3rd BDE.

THE REV. JONATHAN BUTCHER, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on December 21, 2022, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Pekin, Illinois.

THE REV. JOE CALANDRA, ‘17, celebrated the fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on December 17, 2022.

THE REV. MICHAEL CLARK, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on October 18, 2022, and will serve in the Diocese of Springfield.

THE REV. JOHN CONNER, ‘21, was called as rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edwardsville, Illinois. He will begin in his new position in August.

THE REV. SAMUEL C. R. CRIPPS, ‘22, was called as rector of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Wausau, Wisconsin, in May. Cripps was ordained to the priesthood on November 12, 2022, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas.

THE REV. WESLEY EVANS, ‘10, was called as rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Washington, effective November 20, 2022.

THE REV. MEGHAN DOW FARR, ‘13, priest-incharge of Saint Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork, Ireland, has been appointed to serve also in the honorary role of one of the domestic chaplains for the Rt. Rev. Dr. Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Ireland.

THE REV. IGNACIO GAMA, ‘22, was called as rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas. Gama was ordained to the priesthood on November 19, 2022, at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Richardson, Texas.

THE REV. ELIZABETH GARFIELD, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on June 7 at St. Luke’s Cathedral in Orlando, Florida, in the Diocese of Central Florida. Garfield will serve as curate at St. John the Divine in Houston, Texas.

THE REV. SHANE GORMLEY, ‘12, celebrated the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on December 22, 2022.

THE REV. SCOTT NEYLAND GREENE, ‘19, accepted a call as rector of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Farragut, Tennessee. Greene’s first Sunday was January 10.

THE VERY REV. DEACON CHRISTINE GREGORY, ‘17, celebrated the fifth anniversary of her ordination to the diaconate on January 25. The following was sent by Gregory to share with the House community: “In December 2022, I was placed by the bishop of Upper South Carolina at St. Augustine of Canterbury, a mission church in Aiken. Then, on the 29th of that month I was in a hit-and-run accident from a drunk driver and left as paraplegic. By the grace of God, I am recovering and may walk again. I continue to serve (mostly non-liturgically) as I recuperate, running a grief ministry for the church and as dean of the Gravatt Convocation. I hope to be able to rejoin the regular liturgy this month.”

THE REV. BENJAMIN HANKINSON, ‘14, Director of Admissions at Nashotah House, serves as vicar at St. James’ Episcopal Church, West Bend, Wisconsin.

THE REV. CHARLES HART, ‘11, accepted a call to serve as the rector of the Parish of St. Mark in Portland, Oregon. Hart’s institution was November 27, 2022.

THE REV. DANNY HINDMAN, ‘22, serves as churchplanter-in-residence for Redeemer Anglican Church, located in Richmond, Virginia.

THE REV. IAN HYDE, ‘22, was ordained to the priesthood on October 28, 2022, at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Terrell, Texas. He serves as priest-in-charge of Good Shepherd.

THE RT. REV. JACK L. IKER celebrated the 30th anniversary of his consecration as bishop of Ft. Worth on April 24.

THE REV. JEREMY JOHNSON, ‘21, was ordained to the priesthood on October 22, 2022, at the Anglican Diocese of Quincy Synod, Peoria, Illinois.

THE REV. DR. TOBIAS KARLOWICZ, ‘08, celebrated the 15th anniversary of his priestly ordination on June 14.

THE REV. MARK KLAMER, ‘22, serves as priest of St Thomas’s, Glen Carbon, Illinois, in the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield. Klamer was ordained to the priesthood on May 6.

THE REV. BRANDON LETOURNEAU, an STM student at Nashotah House, was ordained to the diaconate (transitional) at St. John’s Noble Victory Memorial Chapel in Delafield, Wisconsin, on May 19.

THE REV. MICHAEL LINDSTEDT, ‘23, will be ordained to the priesthood on June 25 at Christ Anglican Church in Moline, Illinois, by Bishop J. Alberto Morales of the Diocese of Quincy. Lindstedt will begin a curacy at that parish beginning September 1, serving under their rector, the Rev. Canon Ed den Blaauwen.

THE REV. SLAVEN MANNING, ‘85, serves as rector of St. John’s and St. Luke’s Episcopal churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.

THE REV. ELMER MIGUEL, an MPM student at Nashotah House, accepted a call to serve as rector of Church of the Good Shepherd in Wichita Falls, Texas.

THE REV. SARA OXLEY, ‘20, was called as rector at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Maitland, Florida.

THE REV. DAVID PETERSON, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate (transitional) on February 11 at Trinity Anglican Church in Bakersfield, California. He accepted a call as rector of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Sanger, California.

THE REV. JACOB A. ROGERS, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on May 17 at St. John’s Noble Victory Memorial Chapel in Delafield, Wisconsin. He was appointed curate at Old St. Andrews Parish Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

THE REV. JAMAL SCARLETT was ordained to the priesthood on December 17, 2022, at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C.

THE REV. JACOB SCHLOSSBERG, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on June 7 at St. Luke’s Cathedral in Orlando, Florida, in the Diocese of Central Florida. Schlossberg serves as chaplain at Ascension Episcopal School, part of Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana.

THE REV. LARS SKOGLUND, ‘14, celebrated the fifth anniversary of his priestly ordination on December 17, 2022.

THE RT. REV. E. MARK STEVENSON, ‘00, was consecrated 14th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia on December 3, 2022.

THE RT. REV. E. MARK STEVENSON, ‘00, announced the appointment of THE RT. REV. DABNEY SMITH, DD, ‘87, as a Visiting Bishop in the Diocese of Virginia.

THE REV. LEE STAFKI, ‘20, serves as vicar at St. Timothy’s Anglican Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Stafki began on September 1, 2022.

THE REV. CLIFF SYNER, ‘20, began RISEN Wellness, a nonprofit clinic serving the Clarksville, Tennessee, area.

THE REV. JUSTIN TALIAFERRO, ’23, was ordained to the transitional diaconate on June 3 at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, Tennessee. Taliaferro serves as curate at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Columbia, Tennessee, and at Messiah Episcopal Church in Pulaski, Tennessee.

THE REV. REBECCA TERHUNE, ‘15, was ordained to the permanent diaconate on October 22, 2022, at Zion Episcopal Church in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

THE REV. WILLIAM H. TERRY, ‘03, will be retiring on July 23 after 20 years of ministry as rector of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans. Terry will continue his work as adjunct faculty at the Tulane University School of Medicine and work within the diocese. “Serendipity will have me retire on the Feast of St. Anna, the same Feast Day that I was ordained priest and rector of this church,” Terry said.

THE REV. JAY THOMAS, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on May 17 at St. John’s Noble Victory Memorial Chapel in Delafield, Wisconsin. Thomas will serve as rector of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Moultrie, Georgia.

THE VERY REV. WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY III, ‘82, retired after 40 years of ministry. He has served as rector of The Collegiate Church of St Paul the Apostle (Episcopal) for the past 35 years; as the longtime dean of the Savannah Convocation, Georgia; and has been named by Bishop Logue as dean emeritus. Willoughby received a Master of Divinity from Nashotah House.

THE REV. CHRIS YOUNG, ‘98, serves as bishop’s delegate to the communities celebrating the pre-conciliar rites for the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, and as parochial vicar at Holy Family Church, St. Alphonsus Church parishes in Davenport, Iowa.

Alumni Publications

THE REV. ADAM BUCKO’S (‘19) book, Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation, received a Silver Medal in the Religion category of the Nautilus Book Awards in May 2023. The Nautilus Book Awards recognize books that make a difference and inspire, particularly in the areas of social and environmental justice.

THE REV. DONALD V. ENGEBRETSON, STM, ‘16, had a series of sermons published in Concordia Pulpit Resources, Vol. 33, Part 1, November 27, 2022 through February 19, 2023. The sermon series is called “Angels: The Ultimate Divine Messengers of Hope” and includes messages both for Advent and Christmas.

THE REV. DR. KEVIN GOODRICH’S, O.P., (‘11) recently edited book, The Greatest Desire: Daily Readings with Walter Hilton, was published by Darton, Longman, & Todd earlier this year. Well-known in the middle ages, Hilton was also a contemporary of Julian of Norwich. The book is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

THE REV. DEACON TARA JERNIGAN, ‘10, recently published This Foundational Order: The Historic Diaconate for the Modern Church. The book is available from Anglican House Publishers. Jernigan serves on the Board of Directors at Nashotah House.

THE REV. DR. JONATHAN KANARY, ‘11, published “Psalms and Interpretation in Milton’s Nativity Ode” in the Milton Quarterly. Also published by Kanary, “A Priest to the Table: Eucharistic Causality and Priestly Spirituality in George Herbert’s The Temple.” English Literary Renaissance, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2023, pp. 100-130. Published in January 2023.

THE REV. DR. TOBIAS KARLOWICZ, ‘08, published The Sacramental Vision of Edward Bouverie Pusey with Bloomsbury Publishing, New York. He is a speaker at the Breck Conference at Nashotah House in June, following a year of adjunct teaching in liturgics at the House.

We want to hear from you • Contact Rebecca Terhune, ‘15, at rterhune@nashotah.edu

Notifications Of Death

CHARLOTTE “CHARDY”

BOOTH, 79, died on February 14, 2023. Chardy was born on December 30, 1943, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to James and Winifred Booth.

Chardy touched many lives, managing the former Nashotah House bookstore for 11 years. She was an active member of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church in Delafield, as well as a lifetime member of the American Association of University Women. Chardy was an avid gardener, reader, and world traveler, living in Asia for two years.

Chardy loved to entertain and was known for her annual Egg Nog Open House party every December.

Chardy is survived by her children, Barbara (Eric) Bay and James (Traci) Flatt; grandchildren, Ryan (Elizabeth), Kirsten, Josh, Sydney, Wesley, and Cody; and great-grandson, Weston.

THE REV. CHARLES LARRY DAY, ‘71, died on December 3, 2022. Day was the retired rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Montrose, Colorado. He was active in ministry from 1971 until his retirement in 2013. As a priest, he served also as chaplain to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Department, Cortez and Colorado Springs Fire Department, and Montrose Fire Protection District. He also served on the Board of Directors and was a supporter of Life Choices Family Resource Center. He was president of the Association of Montrose Churches for several years.

THE REV. ALLEN HALL, ‘85, died in January 2023. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hall received a Master of Arts from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Divinity from Nashotah House. Prior to his studies at Nashotah House, Hall enlisted in the Army in 1942, serving in Europe during the Second World War and in Germany, Korea, and the Panama Canal Zone. He was employed by IBM as a software engineer from 1967 to 1982. He was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1985 and served the Episcopal Churches of St. Andrews, Fort Lupton, and St. Elizabeth, Brighton, until his retirement in 1990.

THE REV. CANON EDWARD (ED) J. MORGAN, ‘83, died on December 14, 2023, at age 78. From 1980-1983, he attended Nashotah House, where he received a Master of Divinity degree. In 1983 he was ordained to the priesthood at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Colorado. He served as the assistant at St. Joseph’s from 1983-1985 and then rector of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Estes Park, Colorado, until 1996. In 1996, he was called to be the rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served there for five years and then was called back to Colorado to serve as canon to the ordinary to the Rt. Rev. Jerry Winterrowd. He then continued his service to the Rt. Rev. Robert O’Neill until his retirement.

THE REV. DAVID OLSEN, ‘72, died on September 22, 2022, in Oregon. Olsen was born September 6, 1936. Olsen attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland and the University of Denver. He later served as a chaplain’s assistant to the Episcopal Chaplain at Fort Ord, California, from 1959-1962. In 1972 he graduated from Nashotah House and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Oregon in 1973.

THE REV. PETER J. POWELL, ‘53, died on December 15, 2022. Born in 1928, Powell devoted his life to the service of Native American people. After his ordination, he married Virginia Lee Raisch and moved to Chicago to begin his lifelong work serving the Native American community. They were married for 57 years. In 1961, he founded St. Augustine’s Center where he served Native American families in the city for the next 55 years. By its end, St. Augustine’s Center had served three generations and thousands of members of the Native American community. Powell was an

MARY KOHLER, an honorary alumnus and former board member, died on Saturday, February 18, in Puerto Montt, Chile, where she experienced months of declining health. She was lovingly cared for by her son Chris, daughter-inlaw Isolde, and their extended family.

Kohler was born to Duncan and Mabel Stewart of Rockford, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950 with a degree in geology. Previously married to Donal Ferrell and Joe Simpson III, she spent the early part of her adult life in Rockford, Illinois, and Milwaukee and Mequon, Wisconsin.

In January 1981, Mary married Terry Kohler, and they accomplished scholar of the Plains Indians. His work, People of the Sacred Mountain, won both the 1982 National Book Award in History and the AnisfieldWolf Award in Race Relations. His most recent publication, In Sun’s Likeness and Power, received the Waldo F. Leland Prize, and his final study of Northern Cheyenne ledger art will be published posthumously.

THE REV. ERIC RAVNDAL III, ‘80, died on February 4, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. In 1977, Ravndal answered a call to the priesthood, and his family moved to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where he completed his Master of Divinity degree at Nashotah House in 1980. Following his ordinations to the diaconate and priesthood and two years as assisting priest at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in DeLand, Florida, Ravndal was called to be on staff at Nashotah House, where he worked in admissions and helped coordinate seminarians’ pastoral internships. In 1987, he was called back to Central Florida to become rector at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Apopka. He retired from parish ministry in 1998.

THE REV. ROBERT SETMEYER, ‘75, died on January 15, 2023. Setmeyer served as rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Des Plaines for 29 years. He graduated from DePaul University in 1970 and entered Nashotah House in 1972, receiving a Master of Divinity in 1975. In June of 1975 he was ordained enjoyed full and active lives together. a deacon and served as assistant priest at Redeemer Parish in Elgin, Illinois, for three years. He received a call to St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Des Plaines in 1978 as rector and continued to serve the parish until his retirement.

The Episcopal Church was central to her life. She and Terry regularly attended church services wherever they were throughout the world, but they were particularly connected to their home churches in Sheboygan and Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and Fort Myers, Florida. She was active in related Episcopal organizations, particularly Nashotah House, where she received an Honorary Doctorate degree.

THE REV. WARREN SHOBERG, a friend of the House, died on December 20, 2022, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Born in 1941, he began teaching in the Sioux Falls school system following his graduation from Augustana College and continued for 32 years, teaching vocal music for 17 years. He was also an instructor at the University of South Dakota and the University of Sioux Falls and mentored several student teachers. He was a founding member of the Orff Schulwerk Association and pioneered that philosophy of music education in South Dakota. At various times, he was organist and choirmaster at Calvary Cathedral, Director of Music at Calvary Cathedral, and organist at East Side Lutheran Church. Shoberg was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church on September 29, 1982, serving Holy Trinity Church in Luverne, Minnesota, and then the Church of the Holy Apostles in Sioux Falls until his retirement from active ministry. He was a canon of the Order of Saint Benedict and a member of the Society of the Holy Cross. He served the Diocese of South Dakota as a chair of the Commission on Liturgy, Music and the Allied Arts, and as Dean of the Eastern Deanery of the diocese.