The Pilgrimage at St. James

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The Rev. William L. Evans, baptized in Trinity Episcopal Church Paw Paw, Michigan January 1945. Confirmed at all Saint's East Lansing Michigan May fo 1957. Married to Karen P. Adler December 1967 in the First Presbiterian Church of Oyster Bay New York. Ordained in Detroit June 15, 1974. Fr. Evans currently is the Interim Rector of Holy Cross in Decatur Georgia. In this calling, he begins his eleventh interim. He has served as a priest in the Dioceses of Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington, and Atlanta. After 18 years as associate and rector he moved to the specialized calling of the Interim ministry. Fr. Evans became a spiritual director in 1988 and has led numerous groups since that time. He continues to see individuals for spiritual direction. He will be the leader of the Men's retreat in the Fall of 2004. Scott Mills, George Hoyt and Andy Lewis are also working as leaders of a steering committee for the retreat.

Dr. Roberta C. Bondi is Professor of Church History at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of Memories of God: Theological Reflections on a Life, In Ordinary Time: Healing the Wounds of the Heart, and A Place to Pray: Reflections of the Lord’s Prayer.

Kathy Holman is a graduate of the Shalem Institute Spiritual Guidance program, 1993-1995 and a member of Spiritual Directors International. She has a BA in philosophy and religion and has completed the four-year EFM program. She has also completed a four-day workshop on Centering Prayer with Abbot Basil Pennington. Kathy has served the Atlanta Episcopal Diocese as the President of the Daughters of the King, has been an active member of the Diocesan Commission for Spiritual Formation, and is now serving as chair of this commission. As a member of the commission, she has served on staff for diocesan clergy and lay retreats and has also taught the Shalem Peer Supervision model to participants of Dr. John Westerhoff’s spiritual studies program. Kathy is currently co-director of Omega Point as well as a practicing spiritual director for individuals and groups. She has participated in study trips to Israel, Turkey, Norwich (England), Spain, New Mexico, Lindesfarne, Iona, and Ireland. In the summer of 2002, she received a Compestela by walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. She is a communicant at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Dunwoody, GA.