Date: May 14, 2025
One of the ways CACS works to engage the VTS community and our partners and friends is through our Anglican Commentaries.. Today we’d like to share one of our Anglican Commentaries for May from our 2025 Anglican Communion Prize recipient, Addie Budnick Tapp.
Prior to coming to VTS, I had very little understanding of the Anglican Communion, or what impact it had on my vocation in the church. In the past three years, that has completely changed.
One of my great joys in seminary has been getting to meet people from all around the world and from many different experiences of Anglicanism. Even before I worked for the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (CACS), I would excitedly seek out new faces at the Refectory to share a meal and learn from the incredible guests that find their way to VTS as Dean’s Scholars or Communion Sabbatical visitors. Since joining the team at CACS, my appreciation for the richness and depth of Christian witness that is found in the Anglican Communion has continued to grow. While the Anglican Communion seemed like a far-off intangible governing body when I entered seminary, my experiences with VTS and CACS have turned that intangible network into people, stories, and relationships. My understanding of the world and of the mission of the church has been shaped by the interactions I have had with people from different Anglican contexts than my own.
To continue reading the rest of Addie’s commentary please click here.
Katherine Grieb, Hartley Wensing, Melissa Allbrandt, Addie Budnick, Noni Shezi, and Daniel Bentley
CACS Team