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Episcopal News Service. June 15, 1994 [94116T]
The Rev. Frederick W. Schmidt was recently chosen to be dean of St. George's College in Jerusalem. Schmidt currently serves as a priest in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and as an associate professor of New Testament Studies at Messiah College in Grantham. He was ordained by Bishop Charlie McNutt of Central Pennsylvania in 1993. Since July 1993, he served as an assistant to the rector at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Harrisburg. As dean, Schmidt will oversee the daily operation of the college, teaching and serving on the staff of the Cathedral Church of St. George the Martyr in Jerusalem. He will begin his new position on August 1. "We were very proud that Fred was chosen to lead St. George's," said McNutt. "It is one of the most important institutions in the Anglican Communion because it serves so many people." Founded in 1962, St. George's College offers 10-day to 10-week courses year-round for Christian clergy and laity. Since its founding, people from 92 countries and 96 Christian traditions have studied there. "We look upon Fred and his family as missionaries going from our diocese to serve the church in Jerusalem. We pledge them our continued love, support and prayers," McNutt said.
Mabel Allen has been selected editor of the Episcopal New Yorker following the official retirement of the Rev. James Elliot Lindsley in June. Allen worked at the Episcopal Church Center as a contract writer/editor, producing award winning publications about the social outreach programs of the Episcopal Church. She also served as press officer and editor of The Voice in the Diocese of Newark.
The Rev. Alfredo Morante was recently elected bishop of the Diocese of El Litoral in Ecuador on the 12th ballot at a special diocesan convention. Morante was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 and has been secretary of the diocesan convention, member of the standing committee and member of the provincial council of Province IX. He is presently in charge of five missions in the province of Manabi.
Christine Eames has been named the next leader of the Mother's Union, one of the world's largest women's organizations. Eames, All-Ireland vice president of the Mother's Union and wife of the Primate of the Church of Ireland archbishop Robin Eames of Armagh, was elected at the organization's central council on June 9.
Margaret Aldrich was elected president of the Episcopal Women's History Project (EWHP) at its annual meeting on June 4. Aldrich served as archivist for the Companions of the Holy Cross and as a member of the EWHP board of directors. The EWHP was founded in 1980 to research, write and publish information about the contributions made to the Episcopal Church by women.
The Rev. Martha Moore Johnston Home was recently elected dean of the Virginia Theological Seminary, becoming the first woman seminary dean in the history of the Episcopal Church. A 1983 cum laude graduate of Virginia Seminary, Home has been the seminary's associate dean for administration since 1988 and was assistant to the current dean, the Very Rev. Richard Reid, for two years prior to that. Bishop Peter James Lee of Virginia, chairman of the virginia seminary board of trustees, said that he believes "the seminary has secured in Ms. Home a leader of spiritual depth, soundness in faith, keen intellectual strength, strong leadership skills, and a blend of life, work and ministry experience that will bring vision, continuity, and appropriate change to Virginia Seminary."