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The Very Rev. W. NICHOLAS KNISELY, Dean Nicholas
Knisely was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1991 and was installed as Dean
of Trinity Cathedral on November 12, 2006. Over the past fifteen
years he has served congregations in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Nicholas
holds degrees in Physics and Astronomy from Franklin and Marshall College and
The University of Delaware, as well as degrees in Theology from Yale and
Berkeley Divinity Schools. Nicholas has been active in a
variety of ministries during his career, with an emphasis on outreach and local
and international mission work, as well as a particular focus of late on
communications technology and its effect on parish ministry. He has served as
founding president of a local “Habitat for Humanity” Chapter in western
Pennsylvania and traveled to Swaziland, on behalf of his parish and diocese in
Pennsylvania, and has worked with the church and business communities to respond
to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Southern Africa. Dean Knisely
also chairs the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Communications and
has served on various national and international bodies in that field. He is
active in Diocesan and National bodies having served as Diocesan Council
President/Vice President in two dioceses and was elected to represent the
Diocese of Bethlehem to the two most recent General Conventions of the national
Episcopal Church. In recent years, Knisely has been
teaching Physics and Astronomy at Lehigh University in Bethlehem in addition to
his previous service as Rector of Trinity Church in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. Nicholas has been married for over 24
years. He and his wife Karen have a daughter, Kenney, age 13. Email
Nicholas at nicholas@trinitycathedral.com
The Very Rev. Canon RICHARD M. GEORGE, Dean Emeritus
Dick and Mary George are transplants from the Midwest. Dick grew
up in Belvidere, Illinois, Mary in Chicago, and they met at Grinnell College
in Iowa. Following college, Dick went to Seabury Western Theological Seminary
(SWTS) in Evanston, Illinois. They were married while Dick was a student at
SWTS. They have four children-- Mary Beth, Tom, David, and Andrew--and six
grandchildren. Following ordination in 1955, Dick's first
call was to be a Canon at St. John's Cathedral, Quincy, Illinois, and from
there he went on to be Rector of parishes in Chicago, Lake Geneva and
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. After sixteen years in Wisconsin,
Dick was called to be Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Peoria, Illinois where he
served until called to All Saints', Phoenix, where he served as Pastoral
Assistant. Bishop Joseph Heistand appointed Dick to serve as the eleventh Dean
of Trinity Cathedral where he served until his retirement. He retired with the
title of Dean Emeritus conferred upon him by Bishop Robert Shahan. When
Trinity Cathedral's Interim Dean Bill Greeley was called to be Rector of the
Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in April of 2006, Bishop Kirk Smith
called Dick out of retirement to serve as Interim Dean until a permanent Dean
would be appointed. Dick and Mary live at the Terraces Retirement Community in
Phoenix. They enjoy travel, spending time with family and friends, serving as
co-fund directors of their Grinnell class, reading, and keeping up with world
events and the ever changing landscape of the Church. Dick
likes to think of himself as a fly-fisherman and woodworker. In addition to
being of help to retirees through his appointment as Chaplain to retired
clergy and spouses, he enjoys reading, and spending time with Mary, and
serving on the Resident Council and Interfaith Committee at the Terraces.
The Rev. Canon
RAY DUGAN, Assisting Priest
The Rev. Canon Raymond P. Dugan is a lifelong Episcopalian with a
relationship to Trinity Cathedral at several stages in his life's journey. Born
of missionary parents in Chile, Canon Ray attended Sunday school at Trinity, met
his wife, Nancy in Trinity's youth group, after graduation from Arizona State
University went as a Candidate for Holy Orders from Trinity to seminary in
Austin, Texas in 1957. Following his ordination to the Diaconate, also at
Trinity Cathedral, he served congregations in Williams, Page and Grand Canyon;
returning to the Cathedral as Canon Pastor in 1964. Following 20 years serving
several non-profit organizations in Phoenix during which time he also served as
Vicar of St. Luke's at the Mountain, Phoenix, Canon Ray served eight years as
Rector of Church of the Transfiguration in East Mesa from which he retired in
2001.
Since retirement, Canon Ray has served as interim minister in several
congregations, returning in 2006 to assist Dean George and again in 2007 to
assist Dean Knisely with a primary focus on outreach ministries.
Ray and Nancy celebrated their 53rd anniversary last June. Their older
daughter, Anne (who was married at the Cathedral to a former Cathedral acolyte)
has a son who has followed her in a teaching career in the Washington Elementary
District and their younger daughter, Chris (also married at Trinity Cathedral)
is a photographer with two sons in high school.
Email
Ray at ray@trinitycathedral.com
The Rev.
CRAIG BUSTRIN, Assisting Priest
Craig Bustrin, a third-generation native of Phoenix, was infected with
Anglicanism while spending a summer in England as a guide at Coventry Cathedral.
He is a graduate of ASU and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. While serving
parishes in Michigan and Florida he was a college chaplain and taught medical
ethics at the University of Florida Medical School.
Fr. Craig spent the next 22 years as a worker priest in New York City,
assisting primarily at the Cathedral of St John the Divine and St Michael’s
Church, where he founded the AIDS Ministry Support Group. For ten summers he
headed the Fire Island Episcopal Chaplaincy, and during the height of Jane
Austin mania, became ‘The Vicar of The Pines.’ In 1997 he made his
Off-Broadway debut in a production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being
Ernest. After a series of improbable coincidences, Craig found himself chaplain
to drag queens, club kids, the circuit crowd, and other denizens of New York
nightlife.
He enjoys cooking for others, playing the harpsichord, and working on
alarming DIY projects which horrify friends and acquaintances. His experience
painting icons makes him the only person in his social circle who can wash and
dry an egg yolk.
Email
Craig at craig@trinitycathedral.com
The Venerable Canon
VERONICA M. RITSON,
Archdeacon
Veronica Ritson has been a member of Trinity Cathedral since
1977 and was ordained a Deacon in June 1993. Her servant ministry is in the
arena of HIV/AIDS advocacy and support within the Church and the community. At
the Cathedral, she is the coordinator for the lay participants of the
Cathedral's worship services, which includes working with the Readers, Acolytes,
Vergers, and Lay Eucharistic Ministers. As the Archdeacon, she is the overseer
of the Deacons within the Diocese, and the Administrator for the Deacons'
Formation Academy. In October 2005, Veronica was named a Cathedral Canon by
Bishop Smith.
Email Veronica at
veronica@trinitycathedral.com
The Rev. JOHN L. MATHER, Deacon
John Mather coordinates outreach and assists with pastoral care
at Trinity Cathedral. John's servant ministry is focused on social justice
issues affecting health care, border issues and global justice issues.
John is the Founder and Director of Cathedral Health Services
whose mission is to help save lives through education, prevention, and detection
of life-threatening diseases and by serving the less fortunate and uninsured
communities. John is a founding board member and President of The Naco Wellness
Initiative, an ecumenical border initiative.
He is also a founding board member and CEO of The Peace and
Justice Center focusing on local to global justice issues addressing poverty,
health, justice and economic development.
Email John at john@trinitycathedral.com
The Rev. Maeve Johnson, Deacon
It is one of Maeve's greatest joys to have been ordained a
Deacon in the Episcopal Church on October 14, 2006. A fourth generation Arizonan
and a life-long Episcopalian, she has been a member of Trinity Cathedral since
1980. She received her B. A. from the
University of Arizona in 1972 and her M.Ed. from Arizona State University in
1978.
Her outreach ministries include animal
welfare and developing a deeper relationship with our Jewish brethren. At the
Cathedral, she coordinates the Lay Eucharistic Visitors and Cathedral Weddings.
Maeve is married, has two daughters, one
son-in-law, and one grandson. She has been involved extensively in community
outreach throughout her life.
Email Maeve at maeve@trinitycathedral.com
Canon ALAN K. De PUY, Organist/Choirmaster
Alan is a native of California who began his professional career as an organist at the age of eight. He is a graduate of Chapman University in Orange, California, where he
studied piano, accompanying and organ performance. Currently, Alan is a doctoral
candidate at Arizona State University.
Prior to coming to Phoenix, Alan served as organist at St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, California; Holy Family Cathedral,
Orange, California; and at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. He has performed in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.
Alan is also the artistic director of the Cathedral Center for the Arts,
an independent nonprofit organization that sponsors concerts and art openings at
Trinity Cathedral.
Email Alan at
alan@trinitycathedral.com
MARTIN POMMERENKE, Director of Operations
Growing up in Glendale & Peoria, Arizona, Martin became actively involved in the life of the church even from a young age as an
avocational church musician. Martin's spiritual journey in his formative
years led him through
several Protestant expressions: Christian (Campbellite), Baptist, Lutheran, and charismatic.
Martin's
first experience of the beauty of the Cathedral and its amazing acoustics was as a
choral singer performing Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Falling in
love with the liturgy, and coming to appreciate the ethos and practices of
Anglicanism, he came onto Trinity Cathedral's staff in 1998 as its music intern.
After being confirmed in the Episcopal church, he remained active at the Cathedral and
later rejoined the staff in 2001.
Prior to this, Martin worked as a bookseller and as a guest
teacher with a focus on music in several metro Phoenix school districts. He
has also worked in an administrative capacity with the Phoenix Bach Choir,
Arizona's professional choral ensemble. Martin focuses his
ministry of administration primarily in three areas: communications/publications, event logistics,
and finance. Martin also serves as Clerk of the Chapter, the Cathedral's
board of directors.
He holds a B.Mus in Church Music (Summa Cum Laude) from Grand
Canyon University with an emphasis in choral conducting. He received the university's
highest academic award, graduating as a Ray-Maben Scholar, and is also a member
of Alpha Chi, an honor scholarship society. Martin is a staff singer at St.
Augustine's Episcopal Church in Tempe, loves music research, and, when the muses
speak, composing. A euphonium player since high school, is a member of the
Phoenix Metropolitan Philharmonic Ensemble. He is
an
avid reader and enjoys books and articles on urban planning, sociology,
information technology, and theology. He also enjoys writing,
biking, politics, mid-century modern architecture, and travel - especially in New Mexico and the Pacific
Northwest. He continues to begrudgingly accept the label of "computer
geek".
Email Martin at
martin@trinitycathedral.com
BYRON GARY GORMAN, Administrative Assistant
Gary is a native of Holbrook, Arizona and a member of the Din'e (Navajo)
and Hopi tribes. He has been an active participant in artistic and
cultural activities, beginning as a traditional Native American dancer.
Gary studied music at Westminster Choir College and at Northern Arizona
University, and has traveled extensively as a singer and performed
five seasons with the Phoenix Bach Choir.
Mr. Gorman has served on the board for the Arizona Living Indian
Treasure Awards and the Master Chorale of Flagstaff. He has also been a
committee member of the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Presidential
Navajo Code Talker Veteran's Memorial and the NAU School of Performing
Arts Director of Choral Studies search committee.
Email Gary at
gary@trinitycathedral.com
ANNE W. TERRY, Director of Children's and Youth
Formation
Anne is a Native of Arizona- born June 7, 1962, and raised in the Phoenix
area. She was Confirmed in the Episcopal Church in 1981 at St. Paul's Church in
Phoenix, AZ; Graduated from Camelback High School in 1980 and attended
Scottsdale Community College. Anne married her high school sweetheart, Matthew,
in 1985. They have 5 children (4 boys & 1 girl) and currently live in the
Mesa area. She comes to us from Church of the Epiphany in Tempe where she was
serving as Director of Children's & Youth Ministries.
Throughout her journey, she has been involved in youth ministry as Youth
Minister for the Senior High School Group of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in
Phoenix, as well as church school teacher for pre-k through 6th grade at Trinity
Cathedral Church in Sacramento, and Church of the Epiphany in Tempe,
Arizona. She
also was lead teacher and assistant director of United Methodist Preschool, in
Mesa Arizona. Anne has also served the Episcopal church as Assistant Altar Guild
Directress, for Trinity, Sacramento; and Flower Guild Directress for Epiphany in
Tempe.
Anne believes that it is our call as adults in the Church to help our
children develop a sense of wonder and admiration for all of God's creation and
diversity; and that we have an opportunity to actively help shape our young
children into men and women of faith and fill their lives with prayer and a
sense of outreach to persons in need - both in their immediate community and
worldwide.
Anne is proud of her current involvement and connection with the Diocesan
Children's Ministries program, and is thrilled to be part of the Cathedral
family.
Email
Anne at anne@trinitycathedral.com
CAROL LAMOND-WALKER, Cathedral Shoppe, EFM Mentor,
Godly Play Teacher
Carol Lamond-Walker brought her "book ministry" to the
Cathedral five years ago. With degrees in fine arts and education
administration-and a strong background in Christian education - she was
especially qualified to assume two very important responsibilities in the Cathedral
community: to set up and manage a bookstore and gift shop and to mentor
Education for Ministry groups.
People throughout the diocese can purchase books,
CDs, and the paintings, pottery, jewelry, iconography, and photography of local
artists through the Cathedral Shoppe.
Before becoming a member of the Trinity
Cathedral staff, Carol was a public school educator for 35 years. In addition to
her Shoppe responsibilities, Carol co-mentors an EFM group and assists the Youth
Education Program.
Email
Carol at theshoppe@trinitycathedral.com
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