Rector

The Rev. Kathryn Nesbit Elledge is a Chicago-area native, with an M.Div. and an M.S.W. from the University of Chicago, and a Certificate of Advanced Theological Study from Seabury-Western Seminary.

She has been a priest for more than 30 years, serving congregations and Episcopal schools in Hawaii, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and for the past 10+ years in the Diocese of Massachusetts, most recently at Christ Church in Cambridge.

She has a son who lives and works on the south shore, and her daughter lives in Vermont. Kate lives in Marblehead with her husband, the Rev. C. Clyde Elledge.

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Minister of Music

Frances Conover Fitch has led church musical activities — adult and children’s choirs, handbell players, musical productions, fundraisers — in several communities.

Frances studied organ and harpsichord at Bard College and later completed organ studies at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Frances instructed graduate students at the New England Conservatory of Music. She served as chair of the Early Music Department at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, where she taught, served on many committees and performed for nearly three decades. In addition to several workshops, she now teaches at Tufts and Brandeis universities, and New England Conservatory, and has a private studio. Read more.

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Property Manager

Peter Bouras is from Salem and has two sons, Demetri and Damian.Peter is a graduate of Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. He was in the food business for 20 years and owned his own pizzeria for a number of years.

Before coming to St. John's, Peter worked for Homeland Security as a Transportation Security Officer at Logan Airport. Peter’s main hobbies are sports and spending time with his family.

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