Your Anglican Church Body Affiliation (CofE, TEC, AMiA...) - Leave blank if not applicable

TEC

Your Diocese

New York

Your City

Staten Island

Your Parish

Church of the Ascension

Your parish website

http://ascensionsi.org

Your Anglican 'Species'

Priest

Your 'Day Job'

Rector

What you do for fun and re-creation?

play "race after the ball" with my dog, Rocky; watch Yankees baseball, Giants football and Rangers hockey; cooking with friends.

What do you see as some of the biggest challenges facing Anglicans today?

Believing firmly that a liturgical church has a deep appeal and resonance to those who are searching for meaingful spiritual experience, we must break through sterotypes (and realities) of "established religion" to make that known to those who are seeking.

What do you see as some of the biggest opportunities for Anglicans today?

We are not the only major denomiation suffering from decline in attendance. The physicality of the liturgy carries a person thorugh all of the ups and downs of life - this is a great strength. Another major strenght is the "Anglican Way" - lived out, it is a model of living together as one within the tension of the very conservative and the very liberal.