People

Michael is a transitional Deacon in the Episcopal Church. God willing and the people consenting, he will be ordained a priest in the Winter. (In the Episcopal Church, all priests are first ordained deacons for a
period of at least six months.)

Michael grew up in the Bronx in New York City and was raised in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the Boston area for college in 2001 and never left. He is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. 2005) and Harvard Law School (J.D. 2008). Michael is a practicing litigation attorney, and will be bi-vocational, continuing to practice law while also serving as a priest in the Episcopal Church.

Michael came to the Episcopal Church in about 2012 and fell in love with the beauty of the Episcopal Church’s liturgical tradition combined with its ethos emphasizing Scripture, tradition, and reason. Before beginning his journey toward ordained ministry, Michael served in several capacities including as a lay eucharistic minister, worship leader, Vestry member, Warden, and Clerk.

In preparation for ordained ministry, Michael received a Master of Divinity from Bexley Hall-Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, a low-residency, distance learning Episcopal seminary based in Chicago, Illinois. He also completed field education internships with the Outdoor Church of Cambridge and at All Saints Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Michael enjoys reading, music, going for walks and hikes, cooking and baking, and spending time with his husband, Patrick, and their two cat children, Aidan and Tynan.

Jeffrey is a talented musician and a leader in our diocese. He has exercised leadership in music ministries at Saint Peter’s Church in Cambridge, the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street, Boston, and at Grace Church, Newton. In addition, he has served as a Vestry Member and Warden, and currently serves as a member of the Transition Committee anticipating the election of our new bishop next April. Jeffrey is also a trainer of Eucharistic Visitors for the Diocese of Massachusetts, and a Mentor in the Education for Ministry (EfM) program.

Jeffrey brings to St. John’s rich musical talents formed in study at Indiana University at Bloomington, where he received the B.Mus. in Organ and Church Music. He is also a bivocational music director, serving simultaneously in public service as Assistant Executive Director of the Board of Registration in Dentistry for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts. He solves crossword puzzles with a pen and enjoys bicycling as well.

Cathy originally hails from The Bahamas but has resided in New England for the better part of thirty years and is now well-accustomed to (but not enamored of), Massachusetts’ winters. A graphic designer by trade, Cathy holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art. She is a long-standing Episcopalian and is an active member of the Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal) in Mattapan.

Cathy can be reached at admin@saintjohnschurch.com.

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