The steeple area defined as the part of the church above the gallery is one of the few places of the church that most parishioners have not visited. Stories have arisen that we almost lost the steeple during the early Faulkner years in the late 1940’s. Part of this came from a letter. The issue … Read more
(Editor’s notes – John Pearce retired as head of the James Monroe Museum and served for 27 years as a professor in Mary Washington. We appreciate these tidbits he wrote back in 2005 on St. George’s history)
An appreciation on the death of the Rev. Tom Faulkner.
Growing up in Fredericksburg, the St. George’s Episcopal Bazaar was one of the earliest signs Christmas was on the way. Recently, I was noticing how many churches hold a special money raising activity involving the entire church. In this region of the Diocese, there is a car show, a silent auction, yard sale and a … Read more
Thanks to Vicki Harrison for donating the follow program from the event :
♦Address delivered by Carrol H. Quenzel, Senior Warden and Historiographer, at the Dedication of McGuire Hall, St. George’s Episcopal Church, on Sunday afternoon, May 3, 1959. Just who was the first teacher or pupil to voice dissatisfaction with the results of simultaneously conductmg fourteen Church School classes in one large room partitioned primarily by curtains … Read more
Take 15 minutes and get to know some of our history by walking the church. More information on each topic online
