Things that go bump in the night
From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggedy beasties and things that go ‘bump’ in the night, Good Lord, deliver us.
- attributed to a traditional Scottish Prayer
Fr Steve Rice will host a zoom conversation on all things ‘bump in the night’ with Fr Trey Garland and Fr Justin Lanier on Sunday, October 29 at 7pm.
Fr Trey Garland
I am a native of Houston, Texas, who was ordained in 2002 in the diocese of Texas. I currently serve as rector of Saint Paul’s By The Lake in Chicago, and serve as an exorcist for the diocese of Chicago. I have served four dioceses in the United States (Texas, Upper South Carolina, Central Florida, Chicago) as well as the diocese of Durham in the Church of England. My educational background is in theology and music, with a little bit of law. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies (emphasis in theology) from Alma College in Alma, Michigan, and a Master of Divinity from The University of the South (aka Sewanee). This past May, I was able to attend the Course on Exorcism and Deliverance Prayer in Rome at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, and have since been working with other exorcists in both the Roman Catholic Church and within the Anglican Communion.
Fr Justin Lanier
Fr. Justin Lanier serves as a Priest & Curate of Saint Clement’s Church; Philadelphia, as well as Contemplative Missioner at Saint Anne’s Church; Middletown, DE. He previously served in Bennington, VT where he was the 27th Rector of Saint Peter’s Church, as well as parishes in Ohio, and California. Fr. Justin’s early formation includes Saint Benedict’s Trappist Monastery; Snowmass, Colorado where he was under the abbacy of Dom. Joseph Boyle, O.C.S.O. and direction of Fr. Thomas Keating O.C.S.O. Fr. Justin continued to be guided by these two men until their deaths in 2018. As part of his formation, Abbot Joseph had Fr. Justin train in Zen monasticism. This sent him to Kyoto, Japan where he entered the training monastery Tofuku-sodo as a non-clerical monk under Keido Fukushima Roshi; Rinzai Zen Master and head Abbot of Tofukuji. Fr. Justin is a Graduate of Church Divinity School of the Pacific at the Graduate Theological Union; Berkeley, CA, and the University of Delaware; Newark, DE where he studied Philosophy. Fr. Justin is joined by his wife Heather and their two young daughters.