Biographies

Professed Members:

Sister Barbara Jean (BJ)

Sister BJ, as she is known, is the co-founder of the Fellowship and the current Formation Guardian. She attends St. James, Millcreek, in Wilmington, DE. She is also the Executive Director of the Interfaith Resource Center, a lending library serving all of Delaware and Eastern Shore, Maryland.

Sister Julian

Sister Julian is Co-founder of the Fellowship. She is the Trauma Chaplain at Christiana Care Hospital in Wilmington, DE and attends St. James, Millcreek

Sister Cassandra Grace

Sister Cassandra Grace attends St. Barnabas Church in Wilmington, Delaware and serves there as the coordinator of pastoral ministries. She is the Fellowship's Assistant Abbess.

Brother C. Gregory

Brother Gregory attends Church of the Ascension in Claymont, Delaware and works as a mental health professional with the State.

Sister Sheila Brigid

Sister Sheila is a deacon in the Diocese of Delware and serves as such at Immanuel Highlands in Wilmington Delaware.

Sister Suzanne Elizabeth

Sister Suzanne Elizabeth is a member of St. Francis Church in Virginia Beach, VA. Her ministry there is one of intercessory prayer and teaching about the spiritual life.

Sister Jacalyn Hild

An accountant by trade, Sister Jackie works for the Du Pont Corp in Wilmington, DE and serves in several capacities at St. Thomas Church, Newark, Delaware.

Sister Barbara Clare

Sr Barbara Clare our Abbess... She is currently working as a hospice nurse in Lower/Slower Delaware.

Sister Catherine Marie (Cass)

Cass is a mental health professional who attends Good Shepherd Church in Pitman, New Jersey.

Sister Patricia Angela

Sister Patricia Angela has the unique ministry of "telling" Scripture, by heart as a lector in her church.

Sister Barbara Trinitas

Our third Barbara is a muscian and music teacher. She is a member of Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Wilminton, DE where she sings in the professional choir.

Brother William Morgan

Brother Morgan is our Vocations Steward, who is the initial contact point for those wishing to discuss membership in the Fellowship. He currently lives in northern New Jersey and attends Church of the Redeemer in Morristown.. He works for the Red Cross

Brother Bruce Finbarr

Bruce is a member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Wilmington Delaware. His ministries include alcohol recovery, adult education programs, as well as serving as a communion assistant.

Novices:

Sister Kate Maura

Kate is a member of St. John the Evangelist Church. Chews Landing, New Jersey. She is a Vestry member, altar guild, ECW president and Eucharistic Minister. A 5th Degree Karate Master in the Art of Tang Soo Do, A Yoga Instructor, Tai Chi Instructor, Kate enjoy teaching children as well as adults the benefits of total mind, body, and spirit connection through the Martial Arts.

Brother John Brendan

John is a member of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit, Michigan and trains and facilitates the Eucharistic Visitors and operates the sound system. He serves the Bishop as a member of the Commission on Ministry and as the chair of a diocesan sub-committee tasked with developing a vision for lay ministry in the diocese and developing a diocesan program to meet that vision.

Sister Eunice Ita

Eunice was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 2003 and now serves as Assistant Rector at St. James Episcopal Church in charge of Pastoral Care in the mountains of North Carolina.

Sister Kathleen Aidan

Kathy is a member of St. George's Chapel, Harbeson, Delaware, part of the Episcopal Parish of All Saints' Church and St. George's Chapel. She serves as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, lector, and parish photographer. Kathleen is involved in Sussex Episcopal Work Camp/Delaware Emergency Home Repairs where she provides labor for their many projects. She is co-coordinator for Episcopal Relief and Development in Sussex County, Delaware.

Brother Kevin Colum

Br. Kevin Colum is a member of St. John the Divine, in Springfield, Oregon, where he spends his time as the co-Director of the Altar Guild and as an acolyte and Eucharistic Minister. He works at Symantec.

Sister Susan Alice

Sister Susan Alice is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach,California, where she serves as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, a Pastoral Visitor, and is a member of the Daughters of the King chapter. Away from church, Sr. Susan Alice works as a Design Supervisor in Piping Engineering.

Sister Veronica Mary

Sr. Veronica Mary is a member of Historic Grace Episcopal Church Mount Clemens, Michigan where she is a lay Eucharistic minister and leads a weekly prayer service. She also works for St. Davids Episcopal Church, in the office. Veronica is a postulant for holy orders in the Diocese of Michigan.

Brother Paul Ciaran

Br. Paul Ciaran is currently a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, where he serves on the Vestry and ministers in other areas of the parish. He answers to one of our primary ministry focuses, catechesis, as a youth minister on staff at two other Episcopal parishes in the metro-Detroit area. Paul is presently a nominee in the discernment process for Holy Orders into the priesthood in the Diocese of Michigan.

Sister Sharon Caedmon Watton

Sister Sharon is an ordained deacon currently on sabbatical from her post at the cathedral in Detroit. Her primary ministry is in pastoral care.

Sister Abigail Sophia

Sister Abigail Sophia is a Postulant for Holy Orders from the Diocese of Nevada. She is currently in her senior year at CDSP in Berkeley, CA. Abby is the daughter of Sister Kathleen Aidan, and we are asking the question, "When does a daughter call her mom "Sister" and a mom call her daughter "Mother". We'll let you know.

Aspirants:

Aspirant Christopher Buckley

Christopher comes to us from Salem Oregon. He is an outstanding musician, orgainist and choirmaster in search of a new church home. He is a Bard (storyteller) as well as a musician.