Tonight at 6 p.m., there will be a Town Hall meeting for the VTS community. There is one substantive item: the construction on Maywood and House 25 on Trotter Road will begin soon. It is important for the residents on the campus to have a good sense of what this will involve and how everyone […]
Yesterday my wife and I had to pop into the Deanery to retrieve a table, which was in the basement. We did glance around the “School House,” and we were impressed. It looks lovely. One arrives to see an array of masks and hand sanitizer. Each child has a cubby in what was my study. […]
Yesterday I went to the Welcome Center Library, to Bicentennial Study Hall, and to the Flamingo. Each space has a capacity of ten people. So a total of thirty could have been in these spaces. It was a total of four (all in the Flamingo) people using those spaces. Human psychology is interesting. We see […]
As we begin using the wonderful newly renovated Addison building this fall, the requirements for physically distancing mean that we have to adopt to some new protocols. These are intended to keep a one-way flow in the building as much as possible, especially in hallways that are narrower than 6 feet. Posted signs announce […]
Back in the 1990s, there was a national capital campaign to create funds to support the Episcopal Church. And out of those funds came the Conant Grants, which fund faculty research. The awards made to the Seminary were announced by the national church at the end of the last week. They are an impressive array […]
Today, weather permitting, we gather outside for the start of the semester service. Please bring your masks and please ensure you are at least six feet away from the other worshippers. We are going to worship together; and we are going to do this safely. I want us today to commit to working hard to […]
We had a hundred or so students, faculty, and staff tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday. We invite all those who still need to get tested (and remember it is mandatory for those in residence on the campus, including family members) to make sure that they make themselves available next Tuesday. Otherwise, you must get tested […]
By the middle of next week, we are anticipating that Bicentennial Hall will be a study hall. We are conscious that such spaces will be important. With potentially entire families either doing remote work or remote school, we are eager to help our students succeed. Having a space where they can step away and study […]
There is so much to celebrate in this season. One completely misreads our moment if one cannot see the grace and achievement which is all around us. Today I want to lift up one of our alums – the Rev. Lonnie Lacy ’06, who is a parish priest working in south Georgia. He created the […]
A massive thank you to all those who wrote the Commentary over the summer. For those of you who followed the journey, you learned a great deal about this Seminary. From TryTank to Vice President Ballou’s love of The Blessing, we discovered the depth of talent in this place. Thank you to all those contributed. […]