These Holy Mysteries:
What Anglicans Think about the Eucharist
February 20 – 21st, 2025
St John’s Church in Savannah
Sponsored by the Prayer Book Society USA & Elliott House of Studies in Memory of Robert Crouse, priest and teacher of the faith.
Thursday, 20 February
11:30 Registration open – Cranmer Hall
1:00 Conference Welcome – Ralston Room, Cranmer Hall 3 – AMR & GGD
Session 1 – Controversy and Consensus
1:15 Paper – Bishop Peter Robinson, Good Shepherd Church, Waynesboro, Virginia. Historical Introduction
2:15 Break
2:30 Paper – Torrance Kirby, McGill University Politics and Sacramental Presence in the Theology of John Jewel
3:30 Break
3:45 Paper – Drew Keane, Georgia Southern University The Scottish Liturgy and the Anglican Doctrine of the Eucharist
4:45 Joint Q&A – Robinson, Kirby, Keane
6:00 Evensong & Sermon – St John’s Church
Preacher: The Rev’d Porter Taylor, Good Shepherd Church, Augusta, Georgia
Friday, 21 February
8:30 Morning Prayer & Holy Communion (Chapel)
Session 2 – Fathers and Reformers
Chaired by Matthew Harrington, President and Dean of Reformed Episcopal Seminary (Session sponsor)
9:30 Paper – Neil Robertson, University of King’s College, Halifax The Augustinian Soul and the Prayer Book Eucharist
10:30 Break
10:45 Paper – Ashley Null, Divinity Faculty of Cambridge University and St. John’s College, Durham University The Fathers, the Reformers and Thomas Cranmer on the Eucharist
11:45 Joint Q & A – Robertson & Null
12:15 Lunch (Please sample one of the many local eateries)
Optional Tours (Pre-registration recommended)
Session 3 – Sacrifice and Eschatology
Chaired by Canon Alistair Macdonald Radcliffe, Rector, Church of the Advent, Boston.
2:15 Paper – Gavin Dunbar, Rector of St John’s Church in Savannah, Georgia;
President of Prayer Book Society USA. Eucharistic Sacrifice in the Prayer Book
3:15 Break
3:30 Paper – Sam Fornecker – St. Andrew’s City Church, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina The implicit eschatology of the Prayer Book Communion
4:30 Joint Q& A – Fornecker and Dunbar
5:30 Said Evening Prayer (Chapel)
6:00 Conference Reception – Green Meldrim House