150th Anniversary Speaker Series (in-person)

In place of the bishop’s usual winter book study for 2025, there will be a speaker series with two sessions on Zoom and two sessions in-person.

The series will be held on Tuesdays from 7-8:30 PM on the following dates:

• January 21: The Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College (Zoom*)
• January 28: The Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Suffragan Bishop, Diocese of Canterbury, UK (Zoom*)
• February 4: The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian at Washington National Cathedral (at Trinity & St. Philip’s Cathedral, Newark**)
• February 11: Mr. Ray Suarez, Broadcast Journalist, Author, and Episcopalian (at St. Elizabeth’s, Ridgewood**)

*For the two Zoom events in January, please register by the day prior. The Zoom link will be emailed the morning of the event.
**The two in-person events in February will be preceded by a reception with light refreshments, beginning at 6:15 PM.

February 4: The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D.

Dr. Douglas is Visiting Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School for the 2024-25 academic year. From 2017 to 2023, she was Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union in November 2019 where she is now Dean emeritus. She served as Interim President of Episcopal Divinity School from 2023-24. Ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 1983, Douglas currently serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Anglican Communion Canon at Newcastle Cathedral in Newcastle, England. Douglas is the author of many articles and several books including the 2023 Grawemeyer Award winning book, Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology, racial justice issues as well as sexuality and the Black church.