This Sunday, June 7 – The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven. Episcopal priests Alison Cheek and Carter Heyward and author Darlene O'Dell will discuss The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven.
Cheek and Heyward were two of the eleven women who defied the Episcopal Church by becoming ordained on July 29, 1974, the denomination's first women priests. After their ordinations, they were very instrumental in helping the media understand why the 11 became ordained (as the covers of Time and Ms. attested at the time). The three will discuss the ordinations and their meaning for the 21st century.
Alison Cheek, a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, taught for many years at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. Born and raised in Australia, she is a psychotherapist and mother of four and now lives in Brevard.
North Carolina native and graduate of Union Theological Seminary, Carter Heyward, is a renowned theologian who has written many books. She also taught for a time at the Cambridge Episcopal Divinity School. She retired to Brevard and established Free Rein, a therapeutic riding center.
Dr. Darleen O'Dell is a writer and the founder of the Mountain Falls Writing Center in Brevard. She has taught at Clemson University and the College of William and Mary and has published a number of books.
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