Boniface Rector 1991-2011, Ted retired to interim ministry and coaching congregations. He served the church in Connecticut and Chicago as priest, school chaplain and seminary professor. He also worked in Central America and South Africa. He and Judy love best to travel and visit grandchildren.

Ordained in 1982, Reid served parishes in Punta Gorda and Gainesville before being called to St. Boniface. He was Associate Rector there for 11 years, then served parishes in College Hill/Cincinnati, OH; Mamaroneck, NY; Southgate, MI; and Swanton, VT. Throughout his ministry, though, St. Boniface has been his spiritual home. He finds a deep sense of peace, healing, and strength that comes from the Presence of the Love and Spirit of God that is alive and well in that community of faith.

Fr Jeff is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Hoosier born and raised in the Calumet area of Northern IN/ Southern Cook County IL (“Da Region”) . He has served parishes in the Midwest, Mexico, UK and  New York as well as having held clinical faculty and practice positions at SUNY Downstate, LECOM, and MCOW.  He serves on two international boards.  At St Boniface he facilitates the Sunday morning Bible Study, and has been the regular celebrant of the first Wednesday Evening of the month Eucharists. He generally attends the 8:00am Eucharists as after the Bible Study at 9:00am  he is off to do rounds.  He loves music and generally sings with Welsh gusto.  He brings his fascination for languages  to class and pulpit looking at the nuances of Hebrew and Greek and ever changing meaning of modern English.   He was trained as a teacher at IU, continues in differing environments to teach and hopes that the Sunday morning classes are helping members of St Boniface to live out the vision and mission of the congregation.   

Charles Kiblinger served as University Chaplain at Sewanee, Rector of St. James’ Jackson, Ms, Dean of St. John’s Cathedral, Denver and as a faculty member of Virginia Seminary. He was President of the Community of the Cross of Nails, USA and Companion of the Order of the Cross of Nails at Coventry Cathedral which involved him in an international ministry of reconciliation. While in Denver, he was President of the Board of the Consortium of Endowed Parishes. As a spiritual director, he is a graduate of the Shalem Institute and he has been involved with the EfM program from its inception as mentor, trainer and consultant for its strategic plan.

He and Janet value St. Boniface for its inclusivity, its social justice ministry and its wonderful liturgy, preaching and music.

A graduate of The General Theological Seminary, John has served parishes in New York, Rhode Island, Missouri, and Washington, DC.  He was also Canon to the Ordinary of Southern Ohio for ten years.  At St. Boniface, he has preached, celebrated, and assisted at the altar, but mostly enjoy worshipping in the pew with my wife.

Fr. Fred is a third generation native Floridian. He was raised in Winter Haven and in 1972 earned a BA in psychology and mathematics from University of Florida.  He served for 6 years in the US Navy, three in active duty in the Submarine Corps and three as an active reservist while in seminary.  Fr. Fred earned an MDiv in theology at Nashotah House Seminary in 1978. His subsequent service included Associate Rector at Christ Church in Springfield, MO, and Emmanuel, Orlando, between 1978 and 1982.  He went on to serve as Rector in two congregations in the Dioceses of Central Florida and as Dean of St. James Cathedral in the Diocese of Northern Indiana for 11 years.  He retired in 2011 after serving as Rector of St. Andrew's in Kansas City, MO. Fred and Denise were married in 1981. They are the parents of two married daughters and grandparents of five great little ones. 

Ralph was ordained in 1964 following graduation from Bexley Hall Seminary in Gambler, Ohio. He served as Provost of the Cathedral Chapter for the Diocese of Michigan from 1989, and priest in the Diocese of Michigan from 1964, until his retirement in 1999. He has also  served as the dean of the Eastside Convocation and a member of the Examining Chaplains, the Constitution and Canons Committee, the Church Pension Fund Committee, the Compensation Task Force and the Southern Diocese Steering Committee, as well as chairing the Salary and Benefits Committee. On arriving in Florida with his wife Kay, he found St. Boniface to be a warm and welcoming community, especially serving as an assisting priest when Ted Copland was Rector. St. Boniface continues to be his spiritual home.

Jonathan was born in Afghanistan and spent some of his childhood in France and Germany with his Foreign Service family. Following Bard and Yale School of Management (and time driving a taxi in New York City), he attended the General Seminary and served as Rector of S. Margaret’s in New York, Trinity in Ct., and St. Andrew & Holy Communion and St. Luke’s in New Jersey.

From a curiosity and attraction to God and the Church that began in high school, through 36 years of parish ministry, he has enjoyed the avalanche of blessings that life in His Service brings. Here at St. Boniface, with its welcoming and open posture, he shares these blessings with the people of this parish and his fellow clergy, who are so helpful in so many ways. While on the “retired” list, he has also served in the Diocese of SW Florida as Priest in Charge at S. Bede’s, St. Petersburg (3 years) and Holy Spirit, Osprey (3 months).

Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Piovane, ordained 54 years, has ministered as a priest in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church. In the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, PA, he served as interim rector, rector, and on multiple diocesan commissions.  He retired to Florida and St. Boniface. He directs the Center for Spiritual Transformation, the Contemplative Prayer Group, the Taizé Service, offers spiritual direction, and preaches occasionally.

His wife Rita and he were attracted to and are nourished by St. Boniface for two primary reasons.  This is a faith community that has “heart” and is “inclusive.”  The people are welcoming and warm, open to get to know us and to share their faith journey with us. They accept people who come from different perspectives and ideologies as well as sexual preferences and gender orientations. They follow Jesus and his command to love everyone.

Vocational Career and present involvement at St. Boniface As a Masters level Social Worker, I served as director of a Family Counseling Center and in private practice in Long Island. As Parish Priest I served in the Coal Fields of West Virginia, Bermuda, Japan and short assignments in South Sudan and Venezuela. Presently I am organizing an Inter-racial Pilgrimage to Montgomery. (My second love is the piano, having majored in Piano Performance before seminary.) Maria and I were attracted to St. Boniface by it’s commitment to the social implications of the gospel, and it’s diverse opportunities for spiritual development.

Now retired, The Rev Pamela Foster (Pam) served as a member of clergy staffs in Pittsburgh, Pa., Alexandria, Va., and Boston, Ma.. Prior to the years in parish ministry, she was a hospital chaplain.

She and her family attended St. Boniface during annual vacations on Siesta Key.  Living now in Sarasota, she continues to enjoy the view from the pew in this distinctive liturgical space,  where word, sacrament and music richly combine.

The Rev. Edward Johnston is the Rector emeritus of Christ’s Church, Rye, NY. During a 50-year ministry, he held a number of volunteer offices in the Diocese of New York. In retirement, he serves as Honorary Associate at St. Andrew’s, Harlem, and hosts a Bible study every Saturday morning on Zoom. Fr. Johnston and his late wife Sally became winter residents of Sarasota in 2013 and found a welcome at St. Boniface. Together, they valued the enlightened Sunday liturgy and the high standard of music, and now he continues to participate in the Tuesday Eucharist and clergy study group.

Stephen served for 9 years as Rector of Trinity Curch, Collinsville, Ct.; 15 years as Rector of St. Matthew's Church, Wilton, Ct.; and 11 years as Chaplain, Salisbury School, Salisbury, Ct. He spent 12 summers as Rector of St. John's Church, Fishers Island, N.Y. At St. Boniface he has served as Chaplain at Resurrection House (a day homeless resoure) for 7 years and, for the past 3 years, has run a street mission outside Salvation Army. His parents Betty and Dwight Parker were members of St. Boniface from 1972 to 1997. Moreover, he and Ted Copland started their ministries in neighboring towns and knew each other pretty well. Steve and his wife Jeanie celebrate St. Boniface as an open, Christ-centered, inclusive parish that seeks justice and offers forgiveness and God's grace each and every week. We are grateful to be here.

Jay served on the regional staff of Church World Serivce, then as Director/Coordinator of Interfaith Relations for the National Council of Churches of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), from 1980-2010.  Before that, he tried his hand at community organizing and parish ministry.  He teaches in the two fields of his interest and training: the history of religions, and Christian theology.  Judith, who has put up with him for 55 years, was a dancer and choreographer and is a writer.