The Rev. Grey Maggiano and his family parted company with Memorial Episcopal Church on Aug. 25. It was a joyous event filled with laughter, tears and lots of food. The Maggiano family is settling into a new home in Raleigh, NC, where he became the rector of Church of the Nativity.
Rev. Maggiano’s legacy at Memorial includes navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, building the church’s Justice and Reparations ministry, supporting Afghan refugee evacuations and resettlement and installing air conditioning in the 164-year-old church, just in time for this year’s record-breaking heat.
“I am grateful for every second of the eight years and six months I was privileged to spend in your company. I am a better priest (and human) for it,” Maggiano told the community. He came to Memorial from Miami in 2016. On the heels of his departure, the church announced that the Rev. Pamela “Pan” Conrad will serve as interim rector. She served as rector of St. Albans Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie and most recently as an interim at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
Conrad has master’s degrees in music composition, geology and divinity and a doctorate in geology and mineral physics. As a member of NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Mission, she often uses her passion for science to connect people’s faith with the wonders of creation.
The interim rector is to prepare the parish to recruit the next rector. This will involve reflection and conversation with the Memorial community to understand the church’s goals and mission and consider what kind of rector will lead it. Once this groundwork is complete, Memorial will announce that it is accepting applications for a new rector. A committee reviews the application submissions and conducts interviews. There is no set timeline for this process.
–Stacy Wells is an active member of Memorial Episcopal Church
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