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The Rev. Kathryn (Kai) Ryan,
Rector
Kai has served as Rector at Ascension since
1999. Prior to that she served for six years at St. Luke's, Mobile,
Alabama, and before that at All Saints in Austin, Texas.
Kai is a lifelong Episcopalian. She was
born and raised in Albuquerque. She attended the University
of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, and after completing a degree
in Philosophy attended the Episcopal Theological Seminary
of the South West in Austin, Texas. Kai is married to Tim.
They have two children, Ned and Eleanor.
Message
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The
Rev. Andrew Van Kirk
Joined the Ascension staff on July 1, 2010.
More information will follow.
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The
Rev. Trudie Smither, Assisting Priest
Trudie
Smither joined the staff of Ascension in 2007. From
1997-2007 she served on the staff of St. Christopher’s,
Dallas, including two years as interim rector. She is the
Bishop’s Missioner for Hospital Chaplaincy—a program of
volunteer visiting and education--for the Diocese of Dallas
and serves on the national church’s Standing Commission on
Health.
A lifelong Episcopalian, Trudie has a B.A. from the
University of Texas at Austin and an M.Div. from the
Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest. Her husband Bob has
been deceased since 1997. She has four grown children and
three grandchildren, Kate, Stephen, and Cole.
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The Rev.
Daniel O. Ofoegbu, Assisting Priest
Daniel has been a member of the Episcopal
Church of the Ascension since 1988. He was born and raised in Nigeria,
W. Africa. He moved to the USA in 1983. Daniel received BA in Business
Administration, & Gerontology from Tougaloo College, Mississippi
in 1987 and Licentiate in Ministry from the Anglican School of Theology,
Dallas in 2005. He was ordained to the Order of Deacons in 2006
and Priests in 2008. Daniel has been a Purchasing Agent for the
City of Garland since 1988. Daniel is married to Rose and they are
blessed with five wonderful children: Nancy, ChiChi, DJ, Olivia
and Michelle.
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