Seminary of the Southwest News
Message from the Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce on the Letter from the Bishops
My siblings at Seminary of the Southwest, I write to you today to let you
A Season of Leadership and Hope: Introducing Southwest’s Interim Dean and President
The Rt. Rev. Diane Jardine Bruce has joined Seminary of the Southwest as Interim Dean
Office of Armed Forces and Federal Ministries Invites Greater Engagement Across the Church
From The Episcopal Church Office of Armed Forces and Federal Ministries: The Office of Armed
Inaugural Dave Scheider Award Highlights 57th Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation
This past November, for the 57th consecutive year, the Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation gathered
The Rev. Steven Tomlinson, Ph.D. to Offer Closing Keynote at EPN 2026, Inviting Church Leaders to Imagine What Comes Next
The Episcopal Parish Network (EPN) 2026 gathering will conclude with a compelling keynote from the
Anglican Theological Review Highlights Roundtable on Anthony Baker’s Leaving Emmaus
The Fall 2025 issue of Anglican Theological Review (Vol. 107, No. 4) features a substantive
Seminary of the Southwest Appoints the Rt. Rev. Diane M. Jardine Bruce as Interim Dean and President
The Board of Trustees of Seminary of the Southwest (Southwest) is pleased to announce the
Southwest Strengthens Alumni Connections Across Different Dioceses
Alumni gather at Diocese of Northwest Texas Convention and Diocese of Texas Clergy Conference In
Orgullosamente Latinos: A Month of Celebration and Community at Southwest
From September 15 through October 15, Seminary of the Southwest marked Hispanic Heritage Month with
Expanding Access Through Play: Southwest Professors Spotlight Rural Mental Health Initiatives at National Conference
On October 9, a team from Seminary of the Southwest shared innovative work in play
Introducing Community Conversations from the Iona Collaborative: Tools for the Church in the Age of Exhaustion
Leading in a small or bi-vocational church can be both deeply rewarding and profoundly exhausting—and
Seminary of the Southwest Academic Dean Participates in Historic Vatican Events Honoring St. John Henry Newman
The Rev. Benjamin King, Ph.D., Academic Dean and Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church History at Seminary

Thuribulls win Polity Bowl with trademark resolve
Normally, on a Saturday in the fall, the Lower School campus of St. Andrew’s Episcopal

Uniting Through Language: Celebrating Deaf Culture and Community
By Elizabeth Holland, M.Div Middler in the Latinx Concentration and Postulant from the Diocese of Olympia

56th Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation
Please join the community of Seminary of the Southwest for the 56th Annual Blandy Lecture

The Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas, class of 2010, elected Bishop Suffragan in West Texas
Seminary of the Southwest is excited to congratulate the Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas on her

John Hines Day Marks Tradition Amid New Beginnings
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the community of Seminary of the Southwest held the annual

Artist Talk with Mark Smith
On Monday afternoon, September 23, the Center for Writing and the Arts hosted a Soul

Harry Ransom Center Provides Students Look into Early Editions of the Book of Common Prayer
Professors Steve Bishop, Jeehei Park, and Madeline Hawley along with Librarians Duane Carter and Marlon

Counseling Faculty Co-author ‘Infusing Antiracism into Counselor Education’
Seminary of the Southwest’s Mental Health Counseling faculty recently co-wrote an article together titled Infusing

Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
By Elizabeth Holland, M.Div Middler in the Latinx Concentration and Postulant from the Diocese of

The Rev. Benjamin King, Ph.D., gives keynote lecture and sermon at Oxford
In September, Seminary of the Southwest’s Dean of the Chapel and Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of Church

Southwest welcomes 36 new students at Matriculation
On Sunday, August 25, 2024 Southwest celebrated matriculation with evening prayer in Christ Chapel and

The Rev. Benjamin King, Ph.D., named Dean of Chapel
With the beginning of the Fall 2024 semester, Seminary of the Southwest’s Dean and President,