Welcome to the Berkeley Divinity School Graduate Society! The Society includes every person who has spent at least one term as a degree, diploma, or certificate candidate at the School, or who holds an honorary degree from the Berkeley Divinity School. The Society's purposes are manifold:
- To provide a network of communication, fellowship, and support among Graduates.
- To support the mission of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale financially, morally, and spiritually to ensure the continuing high level of theological education that has been the contribution of Berkeley to the Church since the foundation of the School in 1854.
- To recruit and direct qualified potential students toward the School for their theological education.
- To honor the outstanding achievement of Berkeley students by the awarding of prizes.
- To help encourage and mentor recent Graduates in their new ministries through the Graduate Society network.
- To help organize, promote, and encourage post-graduate study and continuing education for the continuing professional/vocational development of graduates.
- To represent the school in the wider Church.
The Society's annual meeting is held each fall during Convocation week (the second week of October). The meeting includes a luncheon at the Berkeley Center, attendance at either the Pitt or Cheney Lecture, participation in the Evensong and Conferral of Honorary Degrees, and attendance at the Graduate Society Banquet.
The Society's work is coordinated by a Council whose members are elected by the graduates of the School. Each member serves a term of four years, and one member of each class serves on the Board of Trustees. The current members of the Council are:
Officers
The Rev. Daniel Heischman `76, President
Chaplain
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
The Rev. Lisa Hamilton '95, '96 STM, Vice President
Author and Retreat Leader
Diocese of Connecticut
The Rev. John Denaro `91, Secretary
Staff Officer for Church Relations and Outreach
Episcopal Migration Ministries, New York, New York
Class of 2011
The Rev. Canon Katherine Harrigan `89
Dean of School of Christian Studies
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
The Rev. Robert Watson `56
Retired
Diocese of Connecticut
The Rev. Christopher Worthley `02
Executive Director, Alliance Foundation for North America
Santa Barbara, California
Class of 2010
The Rev. Robert Hirschfeld '91
Rector
Grace Church, Amherst, Massachusetts
The Rev. Canon Patricia S. Mitchell '02
Canon for Christian Formation
Diocese of New York
The Rev. Michael Spencer '98
Chaplain
Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut
Class of 2009
The Rev. Caroline M. Stacey '90 (Trustee)
Rector
St. Luke's-in-the-Fields, New York, New York
The Rev. LInda M. Spiers '00
Rector
Trinity Church, Collinsville, Connecticut
The Rev. Canon Terrence Taylor '03
Rector
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach, Florida
Class of 2008
The Rev. Patricia Hames `88
Rector
St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Connecticut
Mr. Michael G. Thomas '80 (filling D. Heischman's term)
Church Insurance Company, Glen Allen, Virginia
The Rev. Phiippa Turner `88 (filling J. Denaro's term)
Ex officio
The Right Rev. James Curry
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