LAY LEADERS
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Bishopʻs Committee
Leona Blankley
Suzie Hanchett
Elaine Logan
David Sproat
Treasurer
Craig Wall
Bishopʻs Committee
Leona Blankley
Suzie Hanchett
Elaine Logan
David Sproat
Treasurer
Craig Wall
VICAR
We welcomed the Reverend Catherine Amy Kropp as our Vicar in November 2023. A Celebration of New Ministry took place with Bishop Fitzpatrick in May 2024.
Catherine Amy came to us from the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where she served as Associate Rector, St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Anchorage, focusing on pastoral care and children and youth ministries, as well as a traveling priest in villages throughout Alaska. She managed projects and grant-writing and served as an instructor for Dancing With the Spirit, a traveling ministry connecting Alaska Native elders and youth, promoting spiritual, physical and mental wellness through the joy and love of music, and preserving Alaska Native language, culture and music. In 2023, before coming to us, she returned from an international volunteer mission in north Lebanon, serving with Relief & Reconciliation at their Peace Center, a safe house for vulnerable youth.
Catherine Amy is a registered Maine Guide and former high school math and science teacher with experience in outdoor education and leadership. She has guided groups of all ages on spiritual pilgrimages in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories.
She graduated from Yale Divinity School with two degrees, Master of Divinity (2017) and Master of Sacred Theology (2019). She has a passion for the sense of interconnectedness pertaining to social, ecological and racial justice, and she loves to explore the cosmic dimensions of Christianity within spiritual formation and parish ministry. She also has a Diploma in Anglican Studies from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a Masters degree in history from University of Cambridge (M.Phil.1994). Her undergraduate studies included forest ecology and took place at the University of Maine.
In addition to enjoying the outdoors, she plays cello and piano, loves to learn new instruments, such as the guitar and ukulele, and study languages.
Rev. Catherine Amy as she came to Christ Memorial as part of our Clergy in Residence program in 2023 when we discovered a mutual sense of call and shared ministry. As you might guess, we are thankful she has agreed to share her many gifts with us, and we are excited about our future under her leadership.
Catherine Amy came to us from the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where she served as Associate Rector, St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Anchorage, focusing on pastoral care and children and youth ministries, as well as a traveling priest in villages throughout Alaska. She managed projects and grant-writing and served as an instructor for Dancing With the Spirit, a traveling ministry connecting Alaska Native elders and youth, promoting spiritual, physical and mental wellness through the joy and love of music, and preserving Alaska Native language, culture and music. In 2023, before coming to us, she returned from an international volunteer mission in north Lebanon, serving with Relief & Reconciliation at their Peace Center, a safe house for vulnerable youth.
Catherine Amy is a registered Maine Guide and former high school math and science teacher with experience in outdoor education and leadership. She has guided groups of all ages on spiritual pilgrimages in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories.
She graduated from Yale Divinity School with two degrees, Master of Divinity (2017) and Master of Sacred Theology (2019). She has a passion for the sense of interconnectedness pertaining to social, ecological and racial justice, and she loves to explore the cosmic dimensions of Christianity within spiritual formation and parish ministry. She also has a Diploma in Anglican Studies from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and a Masters degree in history from University of Cambridge (M.Phil.1994). Her undergraduate studies included forest ecology and took place at the University of Maine.
In addition to enjoying the outdoors, she plays cello and piano, loves to learn new instruments, such as the guitar and ukulele, and study languages.
Rev. Catherine Amy as she came to Christ Memorial as part of our Clergy in Residence program in 2023 when we discovered a mutual sense of call and shared ministry. As you might guess, we are thankful she has agreed to share her many gifts with us, and we are excited about our future under her leadership.
BISHOP
MEET BISHOP ROBERT FITZPATRICK
Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick was born in Decatur, IL. He graduated from DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, and received a Master of Divinity degree from the General Theological Seminary, New York, NY. He also has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL. Following his graduation from seminary, he served as an assisting priest at St. Peter’s Church, Morristown, NJ, from 1986 to 1990.
From 1990 to 2000, he served as the priest-in-charge of Grace Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He came to Hawai‘i in 2000 as a member of the Bishop’s staff, serving as the Canon to the Ordinary (executive officer) beginning in 2002. His ministry in Hawai‘i also included serving as the priest-in-charge of congregations in Kapolei and Honolulu.
He was elected as 5th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi on October 20, 2006 and was ordained as Bishop on March 10, 2007.
He serves on the boards of ʻIolani School, St. Andrew’s Schools, Seabury Hall, Camp Mokuleʻia, and St. John’s School (Guam). His wife, Bea, is a registered nurse. He has two adult sons and a 2-year old grandson.
Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick was born in Decatur, IL. He graduated from DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, and received a Master of Divinity degree from the General Theological Seminary, New York, NY. He also has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL. Following his graduation from seminary, he served as an assisting priest at St. Peter’s Church, Morristown, NJ, from 1986 to 1990.
From 1990 to 2000, he served as the priest-in-charge of Grace Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He came to Hawai‘i in 2000 as a member of the Bishop’s staff, serving as the Canon to the Ordinary (executive officer) beginning in 2002. His ministry in Hawai‘i also included serving as the priest-in-charge of congregations in Kapolei and Honolulu.
He was elected as 5th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi on October 20, 2006 and was ordained as Bishop on March 10, 2007.
He serves on the boards of ʻIolani School, St. Andrew’s Schools, Seabury Hall, Camp Mokuleʻia, and St. John’s School (Guam). His wife, Bea, is a registered nurse. He has two adult sons and a 2-year old grandson.
THE RT. REV. ROBERT FITZPATRICK
Bishop
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii
Bishop
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii
