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Title
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St. Paul's Announces New Church Rector
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Description
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The Rev. R. Stan Runnels has been called as the new rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Fr. Runnels is a graduate of Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School and the University of the South. Article also contains brief history of St. Paul's parish in Westport.
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Date
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2006-03-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Swanson Remembered as Episcopal Pioneer
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Description
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Katrina Swanson, daughter of the late Bishop Edward R. Welles II who was at one time bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri, died recently in Maine at the age of 70. She was one of 11 Episcopal women deacons who on July 29, 1974, defied their church and were ordained priests. Her father was one of the bishops who ordained her. She was the fourth generation of her family to enter the ministry. She became an official priest in 1976 when the church approved the ordination of women. Her husband was Rev. George Swanson, also an Episcopal priest.
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Date
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2005-09-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Centering Pole
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Description
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An Episcopal priest, talks about his experiences as curate at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in the 1960s, a time when the Civil Rights movement, the war in Viet Nam and other social changes were transforming the church.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
