The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori and The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus speak at Grace Cathedral.
The twenty-sixth Presiding Bishop - the first woman elected primate in the Anglican Communion - and the Bishop of California in conversation with The Most Rev. Alan Jones.
Bio
Marc Handley Andrus
Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of California. He served previously as bishop suffragan in Alabama. Prior to ordination, he worked as a regional planner on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Katharine Jefferts Schori is the first woman to hold the top post in the church's nearly 400-year history. She previously served as the ninth Bishop of Nevada, and before her ordination was an oceanographer with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle. She is also a pilot with more than 500 flight-hours logged.
Rev. Alan Jones
Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco since 1985.
Jones was formerly the director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.
Jones is the author of several books, most notably, Soul Making, The Desert Way of Spirituality, Passion for Pilgrimage and most recently, The Soul's Journey: Exploring the Three Passages of the Spiritual Life with Dante as a Guide. He is widely known as a gifted preacher and travels throughout the world preaching, lecturing, and leading retreats.