Ministry Team
Ministry Team
Ministry Team
Stipendiary Staff
Craig Loya
The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya is the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota, which comprises one hundred faith communities, spread across rural, suburban, and urban contexts, regularly worshipping in six languages. He was consecrated on June 6, 2020. Early in his time as bishop, he led a process of priority-setting for the diocese, together identifying four core areas of focus: discipleship--daily practices that help us follow Jesus as our whole way of life; faithful innovation--joining the spirit in new ways to proclaim and live out the Gospel; justice--becoming the beloved community; and congregational vitality--thriving faith communities of all sizes and in all places.
From these priorities, the diocese is working to cultivate a diverse church ecology by focusing on the basic practices of Christian discipleship. In 2024, Loya announced the creation of a new center for lay formation designed to deepen discipleship for every Minnesota Episcopalian, nurture leaders of existing congregations, and seed the future by planting new, intentionally small, lay led and clergy-supported communities.
Loya is a third generation Mexican-American. He was born and raised in North Platte, Nebraska, and graduated from Hastings College and Yale Divinity School.
He was ordained priest in the Diocese of South Dakota in 2003. His first ministry was serving four congregations on the Rosebud Reservation. He later served congregations in Massachusetts, on the bishop’s staff in the Diocese of Kansas, and as Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha before being elected the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. He is married to Dr. Melissa Tubbs Loya, a Hebrew Bible scholar, and they have two children.
Tim Kingsley
The Rev. Canon Timothy Kingsley is a lifelong Episcopalian and cradle member of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, where he has worshiped since 1976. Formed by the Cathedral’s rich liturgical and communal life from childhood, he carries a deep and enduring love for the people and ministry of Saint Mark’s.
Fr. Kingsley is a United States Navy veteran whose early military service shaped his discipline, fortitude, and lifelong commitment to the safety and well-being of others. Following his Navy service, he spent more than three decades in public safety leadership, crisis response, and emergency management. His work has included crisis negotiation, de-escalation, and extensive trauma chaplaincy walking with individuals, families, and first responders in some of the most difficult moments of their lives. This specialized trauma-informed ministry continues to anchor his pastoral presence with compassion, steadiness, and spiritual depth.
Ordained to the priesthood in 2018, Fr. Kingsley first served in parish ministry before being called to Saint Mark’s as the Cathedral Canon Pastor/COO. He was later appointed Canon Provost and now serves in that capacity during the Cathedral’s transition toward calling its next Dean. His ministry blends pastoral tenderness, operational clarity, and a profound commitment to Christ’s reconciling love.
For Fr. Kingsley, ministry is a sacred privilege. Serving the Cathedral that formed him, he considers it his greatest honor to walk with the people and community of Saint Mark’s as their priest, pastor, and provost.
Néptali Rodríguez
Ministerio Hispano
Biography forthcoming.
Siri Hustad
Liturgical Coordinator
Biography forthcoming.
Terry Erickson
The Rev. Terry M. Erickson was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota on June 23, 2013, and serves at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Minneapolis. In addition to serving as the deacon for liturgy and pastoral care, Terry is a part-time sacristan. He retired from Luther Seminary in June of 2019, where he was the administrative assistant for Lifelong Learning. Before that, Terry worked in Marketing for Marshall Fields in Special Events and Public Relations, among other positions.
Terry completed undergraduate studies at Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota, in Art and Art Education, and graduated from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, with a Master of Fine Art degree in Painting.
Terry lives in Minneapolis in the Loring Park Neighborhood.
Raymond Johnston
Raymond Johnston was born in Kent, England, beginning his musical life as a chorister in Folkestone Parish Church. He read for a degree in music at Cambridge University where he was Organ Scholar at Peterhouse, and studied organ with Peter Hurford.
In 1991 he was appointed Assistant Organist at Worcester Cathedral where he accompanied the choir in the daily services and on numerous tours and recordings. He participated in six Three Choirs Festivals, and was privileged to conduct the festival premiere of Spring from The Seasons by Haydn at the 1993 Festival.
Following a 5 year period as Head of Music at Kent College, Canterbury, in 2000 he was appointed Canon Musician at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Minneapolis. In addition to directing the Cathedral Choir and Choral Society he is responsible for the Cathedral Music Series as performer and administrator. Active as a recitalist, composer and arranger, he directed the World Premiere of Vexilla Regis by Ralph Vaughan Williams in Minneapolis in 2009
He holds degrees from Cambridge University, a performance diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists.
Mary Lusk
Canon Mary Lusk is a life-long Episcopalian, growing up as a “preachers’ kid” in the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri. The congregation at Calvary Church, Sedalia MO, was part of her extended family, during the 25 years that her father was the rector there. Interesting that there were many other P.K.’s in the same age group, so there was nothing too unique about that role. As the middle child and only daughter, Mary is thankful for her brothers and the close connections they share.
After college, and then a few years in Kansas City MO, Mary moved to Minneapolis where she worked in retail management with roles that included Communications, Operations and Customer Relations. (With those positions all focused on people and messaging, the skills she uses today at St. Mark’s are long-established in her background.)
Welcoming people into St. Mark’s family, helping them find what they are searching for even when they don’t know what it is, and connecting them with others is Mary being her natural self as a disciple. That brings her great joy.
Having worked at St. Mark’s, since 2003, Mary’s children Maddie and Matthew grew up in the children and youth programs, including choristers and acolytes, and of course ECAD! (Episcopal Creative Arts Daycamp) This is a place of families, no matter that description, and as it was since her beginning in Missouri, church is family with no exclusions. Mary is thankful for the many years she has been able to be a part of ministry here.
Tina Kraby
Welcome Center and Campus Services Supervisor
Biography forthcoming.
Non-Stipendiary Ministry Leads
Helen Hansen
Dr. Helen Hansen is a member of the Cathedral’s Shared Ministry Team. Her role at Saint Mark’s is to provide leadership and coordinate Pastoral Care Ministries. These ministries serve the congregation through: Eucharistic Visiting, Card Ministry, Encouragement for Caregivers, Prayer Station, Circle of Prayer, and pastoral care phone and mailings outreach. She coordinates the Benedictine grounded Community of Hope training for pastoral care ministers in collaboration with other churches in the Diocese. She is a member of the worship team.
Helen is a retired PhD faculty member at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She has had a career in advanced nursing clinical practice and hospital administration. She and her late husband, Dr. Robert Collier (an emergency medicine physician), dedicated their lives to the care of others. Pastoral care provides an extension of that life-long commitment.
Clara Sanders
Clara is a transitional deacon currently serving as volunteer Curate for Community Engagement. She focuses on supporting the lay-led teams for partnership ministries, equipping Saint Markans for social witness, and deepening Saint Marks' connections with our neighborhood and with other faith groups. You may also see Clara leading children's worship alongside a stuffed dinosaur, convening family potlucks at the sculpture garden, and occasionally teaching songs from the pulpit.
Clara holds degrees in piano performance and intercultural studies from Houghton College, as well as a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and a Master of Social Work from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She has worked in membership and communications at the Land Stewardship Project since 2017 and began discerning a call to the priesthood in late 2020. Clara is passionate about connecting - connecting people with each other, humans with the land, communities with care, and the story of our life together with the story of God's love in Jesus Christ.
Clara lives in south Minneapolis with her three children and a menagerie of pets, many of whom make it into her sermons. Besides the joy of being at Saint Mark's, some of her delights include gardening, backyard parties, practicing yoga, making music, and creating a plethora of baked goods to share. Clara also maintains a regular writing practice that includes daily Advent and Lenten meditations; you can follow along with these reflections at https://substack.com/@revclarasanders.
Kent Rahm
Kent is a retired Episcopal priest who volunteers to help in a few ministries at St. Mark’s. He serves as the convener for St. Mark’s Men’s Ministry that meets on the 4th Saturday of most months from 9 to 10 a.m. in St. Mark’s Library. He has also spent some time working on classes for adults seeking baptism and/or confirmation. Liturgically, Kent presides and preaches occasionally on Sunday mornings and regularly for the 12:15 p.m. Wednesday Eucharist on the 2nd Sunday of the month.
Working at the summer camp of the Diocese of Long Island when he was 17 was the beginning of Kent’s love of ministry. After majoring in physics and spending a year in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Kent realized that he felt called to the priesthood, receiving his Master of Divinity at General Theological Seminary in New York City. He served congregations in Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia before his retirement in 2019. Joanne and Kent moved to Minneapolis in 2020 and joined St. Mark’s once activities began again following the pandemic.
Being retired, Kent is enjoying sports, concerts, and the theater in ways that he was not able to indulge while working. He is diligently trying to move from being a mediocre guitarist to a slightly better mediocre guitarist.
When he is in town he usually attends the Sunday morning 10:30 Eucharist.
Lowell Johnson
Lowell Johnson was Ordained as a Deacon st St. Mark's in 2013 through the Shared Ministry Process along with two Priests, another Deacon, and a Commisioned Pastoral Care Minister. Liturgically he serves at the Wednesday Eucharist service and occasionally preaches at Sunday services.
For Pastoral Care Lowell receives prayer requests from St. Markans and the general public, updates the Prayers of the People with names of those with special needs, ongoing prayers, thanksgivings, and the Departed, coordinating with Intercessors for leading prayers at services.
Lowell seeks community connections and partnerships for St. Mark's as a mark of mission especially with Minneapolis College.
He is currently serving on the ECMN Council advising the Bishop on forming the budget presented at the annual convention and has served on several ECMN discernment committees for Diaconal candidates.
Additionally, Lowell completed training to become a Spiritual Director. Spiritual direction is a way of sharing your faith story and life experience in relation to God, others and yourself to hear the voice of God in your everyday life. Spiritual direction offers a place to explore ways of discerning the will of God with a Spiritual Director.
Go forth into the world in peace...Honor all.
Mary Beth Farrell
Vestry Chaplain
Biography forthcoming.
Morris Goodwin Jr
I think it might be helpful as I join this important ministry with all of the wonderful people of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to offer a little retrospective of the long journey that brought me to the beginning of a long spiritual journey to becoming a deacon in our diocese.
It all started with my realization of why I wanted to be a deacon. In all honesty, it is not something I chose entirely on my own. Somewhere along the line, I figured out that being a follower of Christ is not just about what I need or want; it is about using the gifts God blessed me with to help with the needs of His church and the concerns and worries of His people. Throughout my life, there has been a constant pull to live in a way that is increasingly more forgiving, more accepting, and more compassionate toward others. This foundation was laid in my childhood, where I believe I became deeply and helplessly enthralled by the enormity of God’s presence in this world and Christ’s loving care for us all. I know I am a sinner and hold no illusions about my own shortcomings. It is a very long list.
I believe that God knows and wants us to find His perfect plan for how to serve Him in our lives. This is a lifelong journey that takes many tours and explores many avenues; sometimes the path is clear, and at other times it is covered with fog, obstacles, and uncertainties. The constant that holds me is the sometimes faint, sometimes bright flame of faith that beckons nearby or far into the distance.
After a long period of discernment, completion of spiritual biography, and Call to Holy Orders letter and application for Holy Orders, in 2012 I finally received – from Bishop Brian N. Prior and the discernment committee for the diaconal nomination by the Vestry at St. Paul’s and the Bishop’s committee – recommendation for candidacy from Bishop Prior in January 2013. My application for holy orders was approved by Bishop Prior in May 2013, and with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ, was ordained roles by the Bishop Prior at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on June 27, 2013.
My assignments from discernment to postulancy were rich and inspiring, with St. Paul's as my home base, internship at St. Matthew’s, first assignment as a deacon to St. Edwards in 2013, and my current placement at then-St. Luke’s at a momentous time of transition – to Sts. Luke and James in 2019, from Lee as rector to Larry and William as Co-Priests in Community through the pandemic and into the joint ministry of transition, and then finally with the 2022 installation of our current wonderful and marvelous Susan L. Daughtry as rector of our confirmed and consecrated Grace Episcopal Church.
I feel as blessed being called to serve with you all at St. Mark’s as I felt on that first day of my ordination back in 2013, elated, uplifted, sanctified and humbled. Giving Glory to God; peace be with you.
John E. (Jay) Phelan
Jay is a Theologian in Residence and Assisting Priest at the Cathedral. He has been involved in planning, preaching, teaching, men' s ministry, and worship leadership. Jay was born in Nashville, Tennessee. His theological training includes a Master of Arts in New Testament from Trinity Divinity School and a PhD in Biblical Studies from Northwestern University/Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Jay served as President and Dean of North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois for 14 years and was on staff there as either administrator or faculty for a total of 25 years. He was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 2024 after nearly 40 years of ministry in another denomination. At North Park he taught courses in Bible, Theology, and Worship. He also served as a pastor at two different congregations and as an Interim Rector at a parish in this diocese.
Jay has a special interest in the American novelist, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry. He has been involved in Jewish/Christian dialogue for many years and has published four books and many articles. Jay and his wife Dawn live in Bloomington and have two adult sons and two wonderful grandchildren.
Andrew (Columba) Stewart
Andy Stewart specializes in the history, theology, spirituality, and liturgy of the early and medieval church. He has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in theology and been a frequent presenter to both general and academic audiences. A Roman Catholic Benedictine monk and priest for several decades before being received into the Episcopal Church, he has published extensively under his monastic name of Columba Stewart.
His interest in Anglicanism dates back to his Harvard undergraduate thesis on the reestablishment of monastic life in the 19th-century Church of England and time spent with the brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at their original home in Oxford. His later doctoral work in Oxford brought him into regular contact with Anglican theologians and scholars, as well as parish priests working in a variety of contexts. He has a special interest in Anglican liturgies and their place within the liturgical traditions of both the western and eastern churches. He has also been very active in ecumenical work with the eastern churches.
Since 2003 he has been executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), a non-profit organization working globally to digitize and share endangered manuscripts from all religious traditions.
Mary Beth Farrell
Vestry Chaplain
Biography forthcoming.
Morris Goodwin Jr
I think it might be helpful as I join this important ministry with all of the wonderful people of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to offer a little retrospective of the long journey that brought me to the beginning of a long spiritual journey to becoming a deacon in our diocese.
It all started with my realization of why I wanted to be a deacon. In all honesty, it is not something I chose entirely on my own. Somewhere along the line, I figured out that being a follower of Christ is not just about what I need or want; it is about using the gifts God blessed me with to help with the needs of His church and the concerns and worries of His people. Throughout my life, there has been a constant pull to live in a way that is increasingly more forgiving, more accepting, and more compassionate toward others. This foundation was laid in my childhood, where I believe I became deeply and helplessly enthralled by the enormity of God’s presence in this world and Christ’s loving care for us all. I know I am a sinner and hold no illusions about my own shortcomings. It is a very long list.
I believe that God knows and wants us to find His perfect plan for how to serve Him in our lives. This is a lifelong journey that takes many tours and explores many avenues; sometimes the path is clear, and at other times it is covered with fog, obstacles, and uncertainties. The constant that holds me is the sometimes faint, sometimes bright flame of faith that beckons nearby or far into the distance.
After a long period of discernment, completion of spiritual biography, and Call to Holy Orders letter and application for Holy Orders, in 2012 I finally received – from Bishop Brian N. Prior and the discernment committee for the diaconal nomination by the Vestry at St. Paul’s and the Bishop’s committee – recommendation for candidacy from Bishop Prior in January 2013. My application for holy orders was approved by Bishop Prior in May 2013, and with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ, was ordained roles by the Bishop Prior at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on June 27, 2013.
My assignments from discernment to postulancy were rich and inspiring, with St. Paul's as my home base, internship at St. Matthew’s, first assignment as a deacon to St. Edwards in 2013, and my current placement at then-St. Luke’s at a momentous time of transition – to Sts. Luke and James in 2019, from Lee as rector to Larry and William as Co-Priests in Community through the pandemic and into the joint ministry of transition, and then finally with the 2022 installation of our current wonderful and marvelous Susan L. Daughtry as rector of our confirmed and consecrated Grace Episcopal Church.
I feel as blessed being called to serve with you all at St. Mark’s as I felt on that first day of my ordination back in 2013, elated, uplifted, sanctified and humbled. Giving Glory to God; peace be with you.
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