The Soul by Southwest editorial team will host a release party for the Spring 2016 issue of the journal on Friday, May 6. The party will feature a gallery of contributors' artworks and readings of contributors' written pieces. The gallery will also be open to artworks from members of the extended community, and the evening will feature […]

Seminary of the Southwest will hold its sixty-fifth commencement on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Drive in Austin. The preacher at the Holy Eucharist will be the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee, bishop of the Diocese of Chicago. The seminary will award master's degrees in divinity, […]

Award winning teacher Steven Tomlinson will lead this year's continuing education workshop titled "Leading in a Changing Church." Steven Tomlinson, the Joe and Jesse Crump Visiting Professor of Leadership Formation and Formational Pedagogy at Southwest, is founder and master teacher at Acton School of Business in Austin. "Steven's experience of faith and life in the […]

The annual Matriculation service of Evensong will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2016, in Christ Chapel on the seminary campus. This fall we will welcome 43 new students entering Seminary of the Southwest for their leadership formation for lay and ordained ministry. Dean and President Cynthia Briggs Kittredge will preside and Academic […]

As part of a US tour later this month, Dr. Sam Wells, vicar of St. Martin in-the-Fields, London, and an elite choral ensemble called St. Martin's Voices (8-10 singers) will be leading community worship on Thursday, September 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. All are welcome and encouraged to attend the service. After being […]

The Community of Seminary of the Southwest invites you to John Hines Day A celebration of the ministry of our founder  Thursday, October 6, 2016 RSVP by September 30 to Wally Moore, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at [email protected] or 512.439.0326. John Hines Day Schedule   11:45 a.m. ~ Christ Chapel Festival Eucharist remembering Bishop John […]

Seminary of the Southwest's Latino/Hispanic Studies program invites you to the bilingual Eucharist on Thursday, October 20, at 5:30 p.m. We welcome our guest preacher the Rev. Simón Bautista, a Dominican priest and Hispanic Missioner at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston. Immediately following the Eucharist, a Puerto Rican style dinner reception will be held in the […]

Organ music fit for the crypt and a bit of Halloween hilarity will elevate your spirits -- as Seminary of the Southwest music director Kevin McClure and a collection of weird friends collaborate on another “’Twas A Dark and Stormy Night” concert!  This Austin tradition materializes Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in Christ Chapel, […]

2nd Annual Central Texas Veterans Conference: Art, Dialogue, and Spirituality The Episcopal Veterans Fellowship brings you the 2nd Annual Central Texas Veterans Conference for veterans and veteran caregivers. This one-day event on November 4, 2016, will include a talk defining moral injury in veterans; a community-focused discussion on how we can cooperate and collaborate to bring healing […]

Our literary journal, Soul by Southwest, comes to life happy-hour style one Friday each semester. Join us on Friday, November 11, 2016, as Indie blues musician Jackie Venson plays for us and chats with Old Testament professor Steve Bishop. This family-friendly event will be held on the Seminary of the Southwest campus from 5:30-7:00 p.m. […]