One of my primary jobs as User Services Librarian is to meet with students and faculty for research consultations. I try to listen carefully to their research questions and then I suggest ways they can enter the (inevitably) vast scholarly literature on their subject. My role is to help students and researchers find the “scholarly […]
Readers of the Commentary will hear this week from members of the Bishop Payne Library team. Let me introduce them: User Services Librarian Vincent Williams will tell you about his work with students to identify library resources for their papers and sermons. Jim Fitch, Discovery and Technology Services Librarian, ably administers the library’s discovery catalog, […]
Today we continue our sneak peak at fall events with CACS. In addition to the Scriptural Reasoning (SR) Training of Facilitators and monthly sessions described yesterday, we look forward to hosting two sabbatical visitors: The Rev. Natalie Arendse will join us September 15 – October 6 from the Province of Southern Africa and St. John’s […]
CACS is pleased to be starting off the fall with new opportunities for skill-building in interfaith engagement. On Wednesday and Thursday, September 6-7, a team from the Rose Castle Foundation, led by CACS Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation, and Rose Castle Founding Director, Canon Sarah Snyder, will lead a Scriptural Reasoning (SR) Training of Facilitators. […]
Connecting with our international DMin students in June provides us with wonderful windows into the varied cultural contexts of the Anglican Communion. This August VTS will be welcoming 4 new international MA/MDiv students and they will offer similar gifts during the entire academic year. In this commentary, we’d like to introduce you to them, with […]
For day 2 of the CACS Dean’s Commentary, we are delighted to give you a window into our summer activities. Katherine Grieb, Director of CACS, spent a week in June in North Wales giving the Hellins Lecture at the St. Asaph Cathedral, leading a pre-ordination retreat for 7 deacons of the Diocese of St. Asaph, […]
The Center for Anglican Communion Studies (CACS) is pleased to be hosting the Dean’s Commentary this week and we thought we would begin by sharing updates on our team. In May, we were thrilled to welcome our new Administrative Coordinator, Andrea Gauntlett. Andrea earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from St. John’s University, Jamaica, New […]
This year VTS is marking the moment of 200 years of ministry and mission, of faith and flaws in the name of Jesus Christ. The creative imagination of preachers, poets, playwrights, and painters is helping us to mark the moment. Later this month VTS will honor a painter who is helping us remember well. Dr. […]
Virginia Theological Seminary has been on a pilgrimage for nearly 200 years. As VTS marks its Historic Bicentenary this year, we invite you to take a journey with us. Pilgrimages can change the way we look at the world, be transformative, are life-giving, and help us to remember we are always on a journey of […]
The daily commentary is one small way in which we can express our gratitude for the multiple staff members that contribute to the success of the Dean & President’s Office. Please join me in thanking the following Virginia Theological Seminary staff who contribute more to the Seminary than their titles let on. Ms. Victoria Elie, […]