Category: Dean’s Commentary

Poems and a Play

I think Sunday night was my favorite performance of the play. Many of those participating in our Reparations Programs were present both for the dinner at the Deanery and for the play. Amazingly (providentially dare I say) the weather held: it was dry for the entire performance. The acting was strong (probably the best of […]

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The VTS Shop is now Online

We are proud to announce that the VTS Shop has gone virtual. Community members can now purchase VTS swag at anytime and not just when you come to campus. The designs for the merchandise were created with seminarians, alumni, faculty, and friends in mind.  We have bestselling shirts, hoodies, hats and more. The shop is […]

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Today is Giving Day

Today we celebrate our annual Giving Day to raise money for the mission and ministry of VTS through the Annual Fund. On campus and online, we come together to celebrate an important truth: God calls us to accomplish together what we could never do alone. Today your gift of any size has even more impact […]

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The Gift of Elizabeth Panox-Leach

Saying farewell to a member of the VTS community is never easy. Especially for someone so integral to the Seminary as a whole. Please join me in wishing Elizabeth Panox-Leach a fond farewell as tomorrow is her last day before she begins her new role at Dumbarton Oaks, part of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts […]

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Welcome to the Alumni Association

Convocation is the opportunity for alums to return to the campus. Last night, we had a wonderful service where we conferred an honorary doctorate on Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite and recognized the achievement of the Rev. Dr. Kate Sonderegger in receiving the Karl Barth Prize. Today, the Alumni Association Executive Committee will be meeting. They […]

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Convocation – a rare treat

This week we celebrate our wonderful alumni as we welcome them “home” for Class Reunions and Alumni Convocation. The Class Stewards and the Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) also hold their fall meetings on campus this week. As we continue to emerge from the COVID-era, it is a particular joy to welcome our alumni back […]

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Bicentennial Pilgrimages

Pilgrimages are very much part of our curriculum for the formation of leaders, lay and ordained. A pilgrimage becomes a community of faithful people who gather together to journey to “thin places.” Last May “Gothic France” was a joint effort of VTS, the American Cathedral in Paris and the Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington, […]

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The funeral of Mrs. Su Yieh

Tomorrow at 10.30am, the community and friends of the Seminary will gather to celebrate the life of Mrs. Su Yieh. The wife of the Rev. Dr. John Yieh and the mother of Ms. Janet Yieh. We sit in the presence of the mystery of the passing of consciousness – from life to the life to […]

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The partnership with St. George’s College, Jerusalem

It is an honor to welcome Dean Richard Sewell to the campus today. The North American Committee of St. George’s College has a meeting and the Dean will be present. Richard Sewell is the COVID Dean of St. George’s College. The college depends on pilgrims. And COVID saw those pilgrims disappear. He has had the […]

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Suddenly it is chilly

It was Hurricane Ian (my namesake that created havoc in Florida and elsewhere) that has led to a precipitous drop in temperature and almost constant rain. We are all now reaching for our winter coats and carrying our umbrellas around the campus. I suspect the terrace of 1823 is going to be less popular than […]

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