Clergy
Our clergy represent Christ and his Church by caring for parishioners, proclaiming the Gospel; administering the sacraments; and overseeing the church.
The Rev. Greg B.F. Brown
Rector
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Fr. Greg Brown is a Southwest Michigan native and Michigan State University graduate. He earned a degree in Biology as well as his secondary teaching certification. He taught high school science in Central Florida and west Michigan for eight years before the call to seminary. He attended St. Andrew’s Anglican Seminary in Mexico City and General Theological Seminary in New York City. Fr. Greg’s previous calls include Trinity Church in Grand Ledge and Emmanuel Church in Petoskey, both in Western Michigan. He loves to travel and spend time with family and friends. He has a passion for soccer and spent 29 years as a soccer referee. His wife Cathy Brown is an Alumna of Alma college where she studied Spanish and traveled abroad, and Spring Arbor College where she received her Master’s degree in School Counseling. Cathy works as an academic advisor at Winthrop University. Greg and Cathy have three daughters: Lara, a sophomore at UNC-Asheville; Jenna, a nurse in Spartanburg, SC; and Taylor, a biomedical engineering grad student at Northwestern University in Chicago. The whole family enjoys international travel and taking part in mission work, be it local, regional, or international.
The Rev. Cat Connolly
Associate Rector
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The Rev. Cat Connolly came to us as Associate Rector from Ipswich, England where she previously served as curate for 4 years. A new mom, priest, poetry writer, novel reader, wife, and singer, Cat was born in Bristol, England and has lived in various cities including Cardiff, Hong Kong, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Oxford and now Charlotte NC.
In the UK her first undergraduate degree was in English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, followed by training for ordination at seminary in Cuddesdon, Oxford, during which she completed a degree in Theology at University of Oxford. She then completed a Masters Degree in Theology, Ministry and Mission through Durham University, while developing her ministry as a curate in Ipswich.
In ministry Cat loves to have fun, connect with others, explore the beauty and mystery of faith through preaching and relationships, and eat lots of cake! Cat's passions in life include music, photography, reading and writing, seeing the beauty in small things, and spending time with friends and family, especially playing with her daughter Heather!
The Rev. Daisy V. Colon
Deacon
I am originally from Puerto Rico. I studied Business Administration with credits in accounting at the Inter-American University of PR. I worked as an auditor in the accounting department for the Municipality of Arecibo for eight years. I recently graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Deacon on Saturday, June 8. I expect to be ordained to the priesthood in December 2024.
I moved to Tallahassee, FL, in 2005 with my two sons, Kenneth and Saul. In 2011, I married Ramón Colón (whom I have known since high school) and it was also when we were received into the Episcopal Church. We moved to Charlotte in 2012.
I felt the call to the priesthood in my last year of EFM, 2017. I had my first internship at St. Margaret’s in Waxhaw, NC, in 2018 and my second internship at Holy Comforter in 2019.
I like writing, crafting, photography, plants, and animals. I am a vegetarian inspired by Saint Francis. I highly value relationships, want to send notes by mail for no particular reason, and enjoy sending Christmas postcards (the old-fashioned way)."
