VICAR
We are elated to announce the call of our new Vicar, the Reverend Catherine Amy Kropp, to Christ Memorial Episcopal Church. We welcomed her in November 2023. A Celebration of New Ministry took place with Bishop Fitzpatrick on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
Catherine Amy comes to us from the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where she has 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. Most recently she has 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. She recently 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.
You may recognize 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.
CMEC Search Committee
Dale Sands, Chair
Melody Lotspeich
Branch Lotspeich
Judy Wakumoto
Carla Stadtmiller
CMEC Bishop’s Committee
Rebecca Hullum, Bishop’s Warden
Maggie Lea, Junior Warden
Craig Wall, Treasurer
Leona Blankley
Phyllis Somers
Bill Schilling
Debra Sands
Suzie Hanchett
Helen Mitsui
Catherine Amy comes to us from the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where she has 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. Most recently she has 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. She recently 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.
You may recognize 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.
CMEC Search Committee
Dale Sands, Chair
Melody Lotspeich
Branch Lotspeich
Judy Wakumoto
Carla Stadtmiller
CMEC Bishop’s Committee
Rebecca Hullum, Bishop’s Warden
Maggie Lea, Junior Warden
Craig Wall, Treasurer
Leona Blankley
Phyllis Somers
Bill Schilling
Debra Sands
Suzie Hanchett
Helen Mitsui
BISHOP'S COMMITTEE & LAY LEADERS
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REBECCA HULLUM
Bishopʻs Warden |
MAGGIE LEA
Junior Warden |
HELEN MITSUI
Shared Blessings Thrift Shop |
LEONA BLANKLEY
Children & Youth |
GORDON FURZE
Fellowship |
CRAIG WALL
Treasurer |
PHYLLIS SOMERS
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SUZIE HANCHETT
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BILL SCHILLING
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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
