Clergy & Staff
The Rev’d Canon Barry E.B. Swain, SSC, Rector: Father Swain came to the Resurrection on 24 June 2001, the Feast of the Nativity of St John Baptist. He came from being Rector of S. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, where he had been Rector from 1993, and was Curate before from 1988-1993. He served his title as Junior Curate of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in New York from 1986-1988, where he was also Mission House Director of the Church’s ministry to homeless women and children of the Times Square district. He graduated from The General Seminary here in New York in 1986, and was previously teaching Latin & Greek at the university level in Canada. Father Swain is the Superior-General of The Guild of All Souls, which is dedicated to advancing the doctrine of the Communion of Saints and prayer for the dead. He is also Spiritual Director of the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC) in the Americas, and a member of the Master’s Council, and vicar of St John Fisher Chapter which covers New England and the Middle Atlantic. Father Swain was appointed to the Order of Our Lady of Walsingham by the Guardians of the Shrine in 2006 in recognition of his work for the Shrine in the US. Father Swain is Honorary Canon of St Peter’s Cathedral, Koforidua, Ghana
The Rev'd Sean Wallace
Honorary Assistant
David Enlow, Organist & Choir Master: David Enlow was appointed Organist in 2001 and Choir Master in 2004. He is also on the organ faculty of The Juilliard School, and founder-director of Cappella New York, a semi-professional chamber chorus in its fifth season. Mr Enlow was previously Sub Organist of St Clement's Church, Philadelphia, and an Assistant at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Lord and Taylor, the world's largest playing musical instrument. Mr Enlow has been awarded several first prizes, including those of the Arthur Poister Competition and the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (USA). Mr Enlow received the Bachelor of Music & Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, having studied with Paul Jacobs and Dr John Weaver at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and Juilliard, and with John Tuttle. Mr Enlow is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and an Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
Laurie Boone Hogen, Head of School
Karen D. Davenport, Business Manager
Basil Ross, Sexton