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Our Rector: Mark Cannaday and his wife Doris.

Fr. Cannaday graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. degree in 1972 . He earned the Master of Divinity from the   Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in 1975, and since then has been in parish ministry in Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, San Antonio, and most recently in Arlington, Texas. He also served for five years on the staff of the Diocese of West Texas in San Antonio as Canon for Christian Education and Evangelism. He has been the headmaster of a church school in San Antonio and works closely with a church school in Arlington.

While in San Antonio, Fr. Cannaday received a second Bachelor’s Degree in Theater Arts at the University of the Incarnate Word in 1986 and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Graduate Theological Foundation in 1993. He coordinated three major Evangelism Conferences, the largest of which brought over 1200 people from all over the country to San Antonio. Since 1997 he has been a Professor at the Anglican School of Theology in Dallas teaching the second course in Spirituality. In April 2003 he finished the two year Academy for Spiritual Formation through the Upper Room Ministries.  He is an Oblate of St. Gregory’s Abbey, of the Episcopal Order of St. Benedict, Three Rivers, Michigan and regularly participates in the Order’s Divine Offices. He serves the national Church as a team member for the Clergy Reflection, Education, and Discernment Opportunity, serving as spiritual faculty.

Fr. Cannaday is married to Doris, and they have two adult children, one of whom is also involved in ministry. Doris is a successful business woman, receiving the Most Likely to Succeed in Business award in her senior year of High School while also President of the Business Club of Robert G. Cole High School in San Antonio, Texas.  Having worked for Whites Department stores, USAA, and University Presbyterian Church - all in San Antonio - and most recently as Executive Assistant to the VP of Product Development for Performance Learning Systems, a nation wide teacher education institute, she has proven her expertise and loyalty in keeping the organizations for which she worked in excellent office management and administration.  All this while being the Rector's wife - no small work of ministry - and mother of two, Julie, now a teacher in Arlington, Texas and Brian, a Youth Minister for Christ Church, San Antonio and married to the former Crystal Partin, a native of San Antonio.

Deacon:  Mary Collier