General Seminary

Educating and forming lay and ordained leaders for the church in a changing world. Since 1817.

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"GTS condemns the voices that promote white supremacy, the laws that maintain white supremacy, and the ideologies that anchor white supremacy."

Read the full statement from The Very Rev. Dr. Michael W. DeLashmutt, Acting Dean and President.

https://t.co/oeQMdWRbSm

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We held a Lenten Soup Supper for The Close community this evening! Soup, homemade bread, and many other edible accompaniments filled our bellies, and the presence and conversations with others fed our souls.

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During midday Eucharist today, we celebrated the blessing of our new campus space for students: student lounge, oratory/prayer room, and spiritual direction room!

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Shrove Tuesday pancake supper! 🥞

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Today, Chimer Ryan Zavacky played the Ukrainian national anthem before Holy Eucharist. We join the Episcopal Church in praying for a world “where we all join hands and strive for justice and peace and respect the dignity of every human being.” - Bishop Michael Curry

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Rev. Dr. April Stace presenting “Distributive Learning: A Just Model for Theological Education” at @CEEPNetwork conference in Atlanta.

#CEEPNetwork #CEEP2022

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Some of the General Seminary team at the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP) Conference in Atlanta!

#CEEPNetwork #CEEP2022

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@libbieschrader @dianabutlerbass Thank you for your insights and historical expertise! Hope we can see you again soon, sooner than another 10 years! ☺️

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Watch Part 2 of the Paddock Lectures with @dianabutlerbass streaming now!

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Last night, @dianabutlerbass powerfully outlined the Episcopal Church's failure to acknowledge the origins of our shared spiritual DNA, the shame in hiding from history, and the healing found in honestly addressing our origins. Watch the full lecture here. https://t.co/5KiVNCz8OG

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Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D., speaking in Seabury Auditorium for the 2022 Paddock Lecture.

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Streaming now: Lost Histories: The Problem of Anglican Exceptionalism with Dr. Diana Butler Bass. https://t.co/RtQOreNmQu

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"History that is not merely propaganda is 'truth that is ascertainable' about the past. What truth is ascertainable to us, as Episcopalians, about our past?"

Join @dianabutlerbass for our Paddock Lecture, streaming tonight at 6:30pm Est.

Register here: https://t.co/m8NWV5mz26.

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Congratulations to Adelia Nunn and Flourish Klink, commissioned as Chief Chimer (Adelia) and Chief Sacristan (Flourish) at Evensong today!

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In Memoriam: Father Wright
https://t.co/QBkOYzuxoA

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Winter has come to The Close!

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Hopkins introduced the use of plainchant for chanting the Psalms here at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd (resulting in one professor refusing to officiate at services in which Hopkins was playing and several students refusing to go to his classes 😐)

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#funfact the Christmas carol, originally intended as an #epiphany song, "We Three Kings" was penned by GTS alumnus & faculty member John Henry Hopkins, Jr. Hopkins who taught music and played organ here from 1855-1857

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Today at Community Lunch, Dean Michael read to us “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“The Night Before Christmas”).

This famous poem is written by Clement Clarke Moore, a professor at General & the man who donated the land in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan for General Seminary.