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Richard Thomas Biernacki is Founder and Minister General of the Brotherhood. He is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and the American Guild of Organists, and an honorary canon of the Diocese of Honduras.

John Nidecker (Born March 30 1913, Professed November 22 1976, Died June 20,1988), a retired White House staffer, was a tireless servant in the church and the Brotherhood. He was formative in the creation of the Vestment Exchange, The Servant, and in the educational program of the community.

 

James Teets is the Manager of Partnership Services in the Office of Anglican and Global Relations at the Episcopal Church Center in NYC. He assists at Saint James' Church, Fordham, in the Bronx and is also the Assistant Inspector of Elections for the Diocese of New York, and an honorary canon of the Diocese of Honduras. He serves the Brotherhood as Treasurer, Director of Public Relations and Master of Ceremonies, and is an appointed member of Council.

 

Luke Anthony Nowicki is a member of Mount Calvary Episcopal Church, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, where he serves as a Eucharistic Minister and sometimes leads Quiet Days, assists with Tuesday Evening Prayer and at times leads Bible Study.

John Peter Clark (Born March 28 1950, Professed September 13 1981, Died February 25 1994) served the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine for many years as verger.

 

William Francis Jones serves as staff support in the Office of the Anglican Observer to the United Nations. He is also the editor for the Morehouse liturgical calendars.

 

Stephen Storen is a member of Saint Ignatius in New
York City, where he is active in a number of parish ministries. He is head of regulatory compliance for a large US asset management complex. He is a Serving Brother and member of the Priory Chapter of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, an active language partner volunteer and member of the audit committee at the English Speaking Union and serves on the Membership Committee of the Church Club of New York. He is also a member of the audit committee of the Saint George's Society of New York, the Board of Directors of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, the Board of Managers of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society of the Episcopal Church, and the Advisory Council of the Anglican Observer to the United Nations.

Thomas Joseph Ross (Born July 5 1943, Professed January 2 1982, Died December 18 2001) served as Minister Provincial in the midwest, and as a deacon in the Diocese of Southern Ohio.

 

Tobias Stanislas Haller is Vicar of Saint James Church, Fordham, The Bronx, member and former Chair of the Liturgical Commission of the Diocese of NY, a Diocesan Trustee and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, a member of the Diocesan Spirituality Commission, and a Deputy to General Convention (2006). He is a Serving Brother of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. He serves the Brotherhood as secretary and publications coordinator. He is an iconographer whose work was featured at the 2003 General Convention, at which he served as an Alternate. He is the 2005-6 Convenor/Chair of the National Association of Episcopal Christian Communities (NÆCC).

William Bunting — (Born March 25 1931, Professed September 12 1982, Died October 12 1988) was a long-time member of Saint Andrew's Church, The Bronx. He served as the Minister Provincial for Province II.

 

Charles Kramer retired from a business career in the finance industry in lower Manhattan a few years ago. He now devotes time to a variety of interests including parish work at St. Matthew’s, Woodhaven, Long Island, and following a longtime role in the fraternity of the Masons. Currently he is pursuing courses at Mercer School of Theology leading to possible licensing as a lay preacher.

Bernard Fessenden (Born November 12 1946, Professed March 9 1985, Died August 10 1993) is remembered in the ongoing work of Fessenden Recovery Ministry, a residential facility for men in recovery. He served in the Diocese of Massachusetts.

 

Edward Munro retired at the end of 2004 from his service as Episcopal Port Chaplain in Baltimore, Maryland. He serves as Deacon at St Philip's, Annapolis, as Province III Consultant to the Companion Diocese Network, and as a Jubilee Ministry Site Visitor. He is Minister Provincial of Province 5, and head of the Pastoral Care Team.

 

Donovan Aidan Bowley works for the Drinking Water Program of the Department of Environment Protection in Massachusetts and serves at Messiah, Auburndale MA. He is the Brotherhood's Chapter Representative for Continuing Education Grants.

 

Edward Riley (Born March 5 1940, Professed March 12 1988, Died September 15 2005) was the first priest to join the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. He served in Europe and the Diocese of Chicago, and as a member of the Brotherhood Council and as Director of Education. After retiring from parish ministry he continued to work as a pastoral counselor.

 

Christopher Stephen Jenks is the Executive Director of Fessenden House, a group home in Yonkers, New York, for men in recovery from severe drug and alcohol addiction who are also dealing with severe medical problems and/or psychiatric disorders.

 

Ciarán Anthony DellaFera is the Minister Provincial of Province 1, a member of the Brotherhood's Education Committee, and is currently serving as a Patient Care Associate in the Emergency Department at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge MA. Ciarán is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Software Componentization with IBM Software Group, a member of the IBM Software Group Architecture Board, and of the IBM Academy of Technology. He worships and serves at the altar at the Church of The Advent, Boston. He is currently a premed student in the Health Careers Program at Harvard University.

 

Damian-Curtis Kellum serves as Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children (CASA) for the 20th Judicial Circuit in Arkansas, and is on the board of directors of Dove House, a woman's shelter. He works on the Hot Line for Dove House and is the liason to the Department of Human Services.

 

Richard John Lorino is a Board Certified Chaplain and Director of Pastoral Services at White Plains Hospital Center in White Plains, NY. He serves as Organist and Choirmaster at Saint John's Church in South Salem, NY. In 1992 he founded The Agapé Fund to provide emergency financial assistance to persons living with HIV/AIDS throughout the lower Hudson Valley, and in 1995, he founded Fessenden House in Yonkers to provide housing for men living with HIV/AIDS. Whilte the primary focus has changed, Fessenden House is still served by Gregorian friars. He serves the community as Minister Provincial of Province 2.

 

Ronald Augustine Fox is the Director of Vocations for the Brotherhood. He is the head MC at Church of the Atonement in Chicago, is on vestry and the search committee. He works as a subrogation specialist for an insurance company.

 

Maurice John Grove retired from a long career in sales and hospitality and now lives part of the year in the Philippines, where he assists the local village community in small-scale economic development. He is active with the church and helps spread the "Gregorian Way" in the South Pacific.

 

Charles Edward LeClerc is currently deacon in residence at St. Paul's Church, Concord, NH. His primary ministry is to the continuum of nursing care to a geriatric population. He is a member of the Community's Pastoral Care Team.

 

Virgilio Fortuna is on the vestry of Ascension, Fall River MA, and serves as a Eucharistic Minister there. He works at Brockton Hospital as a Nursing Assistant in the outpatient deptartment, which provides free clinical care to people unable to afford a doctor.

 

Gordon John Stanley is Deacon at St. Peter’s, Chicago. A retreat leader, author and teacher, he has conducted Bible study and Lenten retreats at many Chicago-area churches. He is an advisor in fundraising activities for Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois, The Evanston Children’s Center and Interfaith House. A member of the Ecumenical Network for the Diaconate, he participates in ongoing discussions on the role of the diaconate in the ELCA and United Methodist Church.

 

Karekin Madteos Yarian is located in San Francisco and is the Minister Provincial for Province 8. He provides Spiritual Direction and has been involved for several years in ministry to homeless youth with alcohol and substance abuse issues. At his parish he is a Liturgical Planner and occasional preacher. He studies at San Francisco State University.

 

William David Everett serves the community as Director of Postulants and Novices. At his parish he serves as chair of the search committee, on the bishop's committee (vestry), a Eucharistic Visitor, pastoral care giver, and on the liturgy committee.

 

Thomas Bushnell is a member of the Church of St. John the Divine, in Costa Mesa, CA; a graduate student and teacher of philosophy at UC Irvine; and a member of the diocesan liturgical commission. He serves as a member of the Brotherhood's Education Committee, and as Director of Convocation Liturgy and Music.

 

Thomas Mark Liotta is the Brotherhood's Administratorand a member of the Pastoral Care Team. In his administrative position he arranges and coordinates all the Community’s official meetings and Convocations. Thomas is the Music Director and Deacon at St. James’ Church, Goshen NY and Spiritual Care Counselor for Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties.

 

James Mahoney is Director of The Nyack Public Library in Rockland County, NY, pursuing a career that he began in high school. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute (MLS) and Manhattan College (MA Religious Studies). A board member of his local Rotary Club, he has chaired their campaign for participation in the international Rotary Foundation. He recently returned to St. James' Church, Goshen, NY where he teaches adult education courses.

Patrick Ignatius Dickson (Born March 17 1938, Professed July 23 1999, Died July 20 2005) served until his death at Fessenden House, a group home in Yonkers, New York, for men in recovery from severe drug and alcohol addiction.

 

Robert James McLaughlin has served in many capacities for the past 34 years at Epiphany, Ventnor NJ. He is presently chair of the Stewardship Committee, member of the Finance Committee, director of acolytes and Sacristan. He is also a member of the Health Cabinet, an arm of the Parish Nurse Program serving the parish and community. He is a Eucharistic Minister and Master of Ceremonies at parish liturgies. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Atlantic Convocation, a delegate to Diocesan Convention and a delegate to the Atlantic Convocation. He works at Shore Memorial Hospital as the Office Manager of the Radiation Oncology Department. He serves the Brotherhood as a Chapter's Councilor and as Cellarer.

 

Peter Budde currently lives in Gallup NM where he serves as a volunteer at Casa San Martin, a mission of The Missionaries of Charity. He serves the brotherhood as Director of Associates, and as a member of the Education Committee and Pastoral Care Team.

 

John Henry Ernestine is a project coordinator for home renovations and decorative arts, working with one of Manhattan’s larger home decorating companies. He is past warden of St. John’s (Park Slope) Brooklyn, and has been active in many other parish programs over the years.

 

Francis Sebastian Medina is a chaplain at San Francisco General Hospital. He is a member of the Bishop's Committee at Holy Innocents' Church, the coordintator of the Pastoral Care Team, a Healing MInister and an Acolyte.

 

Aelred Bernard Dean is the academic advisor to the Dean of the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute. He also served as chairperson of the Religious Affairs Committee at Pratt Institute where he initiated revisions in the Institute's policies regarding religious activity on campus and continues to serve on the board of the Religious Affairs Committee. He is the BSG Director of Education.

 

Joseph Basil Gauss serves liturgically at Church of the Atonement in Chicago as server, preacher, member of vestry, officiant at prayer and adult Christian Ed facilitator.

 

Mark Andrew Jones is a lawyer licensed in Florida and Indiana, and provides a ministry of Christian Conciliation and Mediation to couples who are experiencing difficulty in their relationship and possibly considering divorce. A resident of the Diocese of Southeast Florida, Mark Andrew also serves as a Eucharistic Minister and Visitor. He serves the Brotherhood as a Chapter's Councilor.

 

Emmanuel Williamson serves as Rector of St Peters in Seward Alaska. He was ordained to the priesthood in May 2005, and continues working on an M.Div from Vancouver School of Theology and serves on the Community Health Council. He is Chaplain for the Providence Seward Hospital and Nursing Home.

 

Richard Matthias, a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army, has finished a year teaching at an Episcopal prep school in Pennsylvania. He lives and works in Massena, N.Y., at "River Respite" — a pastoral respite center on an island in the St. Lawrence River — with his wife Nancy, a Lutheran pastor.

 

William Henry Benefield attends St. Paul's Grayson Street, San Antonio, where he is Editor of the Parish Newsletter "The Good News," Cantor, and Member of the Liturgy Committee. He is a Serving Brother of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Clinical Psychopharmacologist Consultant - Vitas Hospice
Consultant - PharMerica/AmerisourceBergen Corporation.

 

Nathanael Deward Rahm is Organist-Choirmaster and administrative assistant at St Peter's, Chicago, and is one of the Community's organists He serves on the Diocese of Chicago Treble Festival Committee and the steering committee for The Leadership Program for Church Musicians Serving Small Congregations (LPM).

 

Thomas Lawrence Greer, a lifelong native of Nashville, is a Registered Nurse currently working as an Audit Nurse for HealthSpring, Inc., and a part-time Charge Nurse for Fresenius Medical Care. His parish is St. Ann's where he serves as Acolyte, Altar Guild member, Chalice Bearer, Room in the Inn, Sunday Lunch Program, and lead and instruct the Anglican Rosary. He is a current Student Parish Nurse through Concordia University-Wisconsin and an Associate member of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician and member of Christian Nurses Fellowship. He is the Brotherhood's Convocation Infirmarian..

 

Novice Enoch John Valentine is head sacristan, and Facilitator of the Pastoral Care Committee at St. John's Cathedral in Rhode Island. In addition he is organist and choir director at St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church and Swan Point Cemetery.

 

Novice Ron Fender is the Outreach Case Manager at the Chattanooga Community Kitchen, an ecumenical, comprehensive service provider to the homeless and impoverished community of Chattanooga TN. He resides at St. Matthew's Shelter for Men, where he serves as the house captain and chaplain. He attends St. Paul's Church where he serves as a lay reader.

Postulant David John Battrick will begin a new ministry as Diocesan Ministry Development Officer in the Diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales in May of 2006. He is married to Luisa and has three young sons: Isaac, Malachi and Joshua.
Postulant Michael Elliott retired from fulltime ministry in 2002, and now works part-time for the Theology and Religious Studies Department at Lampeter University in Wales, where he is Director of the MA Theology and DMin programmes. He also regularly teaches in an HIV/AIDS and Pastoral Care program in East Africa.
Postulant David Henton is on the faculty of the School of Social Work at Texas State University in San Marcos, where his primary teaching responsibilities entail supervising professional social work internships in human service agencies throughout the Austin-San Antonio corridor and beyond. A communicant of the inclusive, multicultural community of St. James Episcopal Church in Austin, Dave is a layreader and chorister, a member of the Monday Night Prayer community, the parish Peace and Justice Affinity Group and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

Updated 4-7-06