Two new priests have answered calls to serve in the diocese beginning this month.
The Rev. Canon Aaron Smith will begin as Rector at Mt. Calvary, Camp Hill, on November 23. Canon Smith comes to us from Grace Episcopal Church in Orange Park, Florida where he has served as priest for the past six years. Prior to that he was Canon for Evangelism in the Diocese of Florida; Rector of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Magnolia Springs, Alabama; and Assistant Rector at Saint Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Maple Glen, Pennsylvania. Canon Smith received his BA from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and his MA from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He received his Master of Sacred Theology from General Theological Seminary, New York. Originally from Ontario, Canada, he is the son of an Episcopal priest. He and his wife Meredith have two sons, Ambrose and Clement.
The Rev. Brother Millard Cook will begin a call as Priest-in-Charge of St. Paul’s, Wellsboro, on November 1. A native of the Old Beech Mountain Community of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Brother Cook is someone who has lived the quest for the “via media.” Raised in a traditional Southern Baptist family, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church as a young adult and then was a Benedictine monk and priest for most of his adult life. Received into the Episcopal Church in 2007, he served as the Executive Assistant to the Rector of Saint Bart’s in New York City, and then as the Parish Administrator of Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem. His Orders were received by the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem in 2022. He has served as Priest-in-Charge of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Morgantown, and for a short time as Priest-in-Charge of two parishes in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. He has been awarded graduate degrees in History and Theology. Brother Cook enjoys languages, photography, baking, and reading.
Welcome to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, Canon Smith and Brother Cook!