By Kathryn Willis On a cold February night in 1985, a homeless man had curled up to sleep in the entrance foyer of Faulkner Hall. Next morning, at a gray-dawn 7 A.M., a small band of St. George men, members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrews, discovered the would-be guest “trying to play the piano … Read more
Way back in 1981, when Peggy Marshall finally convinced Ed Jones to ask her to marry him, she faced a dilemma. The Presbyterian Church, lovely as it is, had no center aisle – unfortunate for the procession of extroverted brides. So Peggy chose Ed’s church, and became an architectural Episcopalian. It has been a successful … Read more
By February, 1968 Avis Harris had taken her seat as one of the “vestrymen” and the first woman to sit on the Vestry. While women served, many customs from the past remained. It was not until 1978 that “vestrypersons” replaced the term “vestrymen” in the minutes. Dr. Carroll Quenzel had first proposed a female vestry … Read more
Contributions from Ed Jones in the March, 2008 St. Georgian Earl is a native of Seymour Indiana and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He has been retired since 2007, and in his professional life he focused on US Navy Combat Systems. During his career, he spent ten years … Read more
“I believe that God is love. We need to become one world of people who care for each other in our different ways. You can’t lose when you try to love people” – 2002 Oral history In her oral memoirs to Tomi Reneau, Mary remarked “When I was coming along in my year at the … Read more
The annual St. George’s congregational meeting began innocuously on January 24, 1966 with a cover dish meal followed by a meeting with “about a hundred persons present” an hour later. Votes were collected to elect the 1966 Vestry and while the counting was progressing, various reports were presented, typical during congregational meetings. Mrs. Carroll Quenzel, … Read more
Thank you for such a gracious introduction and thank you for the honor of speaking about the social issues we addressed during my years as Rector. I have about 30 minutes before we have a question and answer time, so that amounts to about one minute for each of my 30 years, so I’ll have … Read more
When we think of communication during our church service, we immediately think of a minister’s sermon or a choir performing a well-rehearsed anthem. While the priests and musicians obviously communicate, so does the interior space. The buildings we worship in teach us theological truths about God through symbols and arrangement of various objects. This idea … Read more
BARBARA P. WILLIS The first church built in Fredericksburg was by action of the Vestry of St. George’s Parish at a meeting on March 13th, 1732. Col. Henry Willis contracted to build it and the new church at Mattapony for 150,000 lbs. of tobacco. George Home, who surveyed the newly established town of Fredericksburg (1728) … Read more