During the doctoral summer intensive which starts on June 15, we will have worship Monday through Friday at noon in the Immanuel Chapel. An opening Eucharist begins our time together on June 15. This year, we will also mark the midpoint of our time together on Wednesday, June 24, the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Our closing Eucharist completes the summer residency on July 3. […]
On June 15, we will welcome to campus VTS doctoral students for their annual summer residency. In addition to our curriculum which focuses around three tracks—Ministry Development, Educational Leadership, and Christian Spirituality—there are four things that make the VTS doctoral programs distinct from other DMin programs. First, the level of faculty engagement in our doctoral programs is first rate. In […]
Almost a dozen years ago, I moved to Virginia Theological Seminary for a period of three years. I clearly remember that day in August 2015 when I pushed suitcases into room 104 in St. George’s dorm. Within hours, I had met many of my new neighbors and I thought the bonding process was well underway. […]
When I started at VTS in my August term, little did I know the continuing ride that I would be on with God and the amazing human beings I would meet during my time at VTS – human beings I still pray for and with, human beings I miss, and human beings I may not […]
Virginia Theological Seminary is a place where history is made. This may come as a shock to many who do not take the opportunity to stop and notice the world-changing things that happen on the small patch of earth nestled on top of a hill in Alexandria, Virgina. From the Holy Hill, there has flowed […]
In seminary, the rhythm was so steady we hardly noticed it—classroom, chapel, lunch. Study, worship, community. We moved through those spaces every day, not realizing how much they were shaping us. Only later did I understand that those three practices weren’t just part of seminary life; they were the quiet architecture of a priestly vocation. […]
Members of the VTS Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) will be offering the Commentaries this week, beginning with today’s message from The Very Rev. Billy Alford ’92, who serves both as the alumni-elected member of the Board of Trustees and as a member of the AAEC. His reflection is directed particularly to the newly graduated […]
October 2026 will be an exciting time for the Center for Anglican Communion Studies and for the entire Virginia Theological Seminary community as we host two important conferences on our campus. Sometimes it is difficult to know for certain whether the events we plan, sponsor, or host are as effective for the people we want […]
After a full and fast-paced Spring Semester in 2026, our director, the Rev. Katherine Grieb, will be shifting gears and traveling across the Anglican Communion to both teach and strengthen partnerships. Dr. Grieb will catch up with Dean Markham and Principal and Professor Jolyon Michell of St John’s College, Durham in the UK to discuss […]
Our current government has sharply curtailed entry to the U.S. for international students and visitors, a situation which challenges our work at CACS and decreases Seminarians’ exposure to the rich diversity that the Anglican Communion provides. Yesterday, we talked about the many Anglican encounters that the Center facilitated over the past year. Bishops, Deans, Scholars, […]