 The Rt Rev Jack L Iker, SSC, Bishop The Rev Mark A Stockstill, SSC, Vicar Office 325.356.2997 Vicarage 325.356.2198 Cell 325.330.2411 mastockstill@yahoo.com |
 |
|
Home
Kalendar
Program
History
Our Vicar
Pictures
Links
Shopping
Video
News
|
|
James
Huntington was born in Boston in 1854, studied at Harvard and at St Andrew's
Divinity School in Syracuse, was ordained to the priesthood around 1880, and
served a working-class congregation. After a few years, he felt called to
found a monastic order for priests of the Episcopal Church, and with two
companions he began working among poor immigrants on New York's Lower East
Side. After a slow start, he with others became the Order of the Holy Cross,
which now has a monastery in West Park, New York, and priests involved in
parish work and social work scattered elsewhere. Huntington was Superior of
the order for several non-consecutive terms, but devoted himself chiefly to
preaching, teaching, and counseling until his death on 28 June 1935. Since
this is the feast of Irenaeus of Lyons, he is commemorated on the
anniversary of the receiving of his monastic vows by the Bishop of New York
on 25 November 1884.