The end of the academic year brings the opportunity to look back and reflect on the gifts and challenges that have come our way. This past year CACS has been grateful to host an abundance of visitors from across the Anglican Communion: Paula del Mello Alves from Brazil, Saleem Kasabreh from Palestine, Chuck Robertson from […]
This week the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (CACS) team is pleased to share our thoughts and reflections on our work and ministries. Today we begin with a reflection on Commencement. On May 7th, the CACS celebrated as the class of 2026 transitioned from seminarians to graduates of Virginia Theological Seminary. This year we say […]
I would imagine that many departments across VTS are entering this summer season of annual reports, grant writing, and strategic planning. Gathering impact stories, photographs, program reflections, and data is more than administrative work, it is an act of remembrance. Our collective efforts not only measure outcomes, but bear witness to how faith, justice, and community formation have taken shape within and […]
On March 9, 2026, I had the distinct honor of addressing the Alexandria City Council during its Budget Meeting in advocacy for affordable housing initiatives. In this public witness, I represented both the Virginia Theological Seminary’s Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice and VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement), two communities deeply committed to justice-centered civic engagement. […]
One of the major highlights of my second year as a Fellow with the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice was the St. Nicholas Feast Day Benefit Concert for the Child and Family Network Center hosted in collaboration with St. Stephen and St. Agnes School. This event invited VTS and the broader community to […]
One of the most meaningful experiences I have had this year in working with the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice was attending a prayer vigil, along with a group of VTS students, outside the ICE headquarters in Washington DC. The vigil was hosted by Pax Christi USA, a Roman Catholic peace group, in collaboration with several ecumenical […]
We’ve had a significant year of activity with the Saint Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice. In our inaugural year, we convened more than 20 public programs, trainings, lectures, and gatherings engaging nearly 2,500 individuals. The year began with our public launch in September 2025. Over 100 friends and collaborators joined us to dream together what justice in the way of […]
“The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.” – Adam Smith Administration is rarely glamorous. My days are mostly filled with emailing, calendar invites, and […]
The 203rd Commencement at Virginia Theological Seminary was everything I prayed it would be: orderly, meaningful, and only slightly chaotic in the ways that only I knew about. As someone just past their first year at VTS, I will be the first to admit that I needed reinforcements, and our student workers showed up as […]
It’s always wonderful to wish our graduating class well as they move on to futures of service to the church and to the world. Students are checking out of dorm rooms and apartments, and campus undergoes a time of renewal as our gaze shifts to the new class which will arrive on campus on August […]