From Ohio-
The Reverend Rachel Harrison of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Parish in Mount Vernon is like many young
professionals. She graduated into the Recession and found her work life
unfulfilling. She then went back to graduate school and lived for three
years in Austin, Texas. Several months ago, she got a job offer in Mount
Vernon, Ohio that was too good to pass up: On Friday, she’ll become the
first female Episcopal priest ordained in Mount Vernon.
Harrison’s
journey across the country and the Christian faith has brought her to
Mount Vernon, where, in line with Philander Chase, she brings a modern
pioneering spirit to her ministry.
Chase
did not found St. Paul’s. Even so, the church is intimately connected
to Chase and the Episcopal movement that also created Kenyon. The
church, originally known as Union Church, has been around since 1825.
According to Historian and Keeper of Kenyoniana Thomas Stamp ’73, the
first rector of the church was William Sparrow, who was also Kenyon’s
first professor.
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