Clergy

The Reverend Mary McCarthy. Mary was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of New York in September 2021. Mary graduated from Union Theological Seminary with a Masters in Church History in 2015 and from General Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2019. Mary grew up in the Presbyterian Church and was received into the Episcopal Church right here at St. Luke’s Somers, in 2011. Before receiving a call to the priesthood, Mary was a singer and educator, working as the choral director at Irvington High School, and Music History teacher at The Spence School in New York City. Prior to coming to St. Luke’s, Mary worked as the Director of Christian Formation at Christ’s Church in Rye for 7 years and then served Christ’s Church as Curate after her ordination to the priesthood.

Returning to St. Luke’s truly feels like ‘coming home.’ Mary is passionate about preaching, Christian Formation for adults as well as children, and pastoral care. She loves to explore ways in which to best match the gifts of parishioners with the work of bringing the light of Christ into the Somers community and out into the world.

She loves that St. Luke’s has such a visible commitment to community service and outreach through the ministries of its Thrift Store and Food Pantry. She is excited to walk this journey as the parish continues to explore what it means to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world.

Mary loves hiking, gardening, reading, and cooking. She is married to Christopher York and they live in Carmel with their dog, Athena and cat, Gracie.

Email Mary: revmarymccarthy@slcsomers.org

Bishop Matthew F. Heyd. Matthew Heyd was installed as the seventeenth bishop of New York on Saturday, Feb 10,2024, after serving since his consecration in May 2023 as bishop alongside the 16th Bishop, Andrew ML Dietsche.

He served for ten years as the tenth rector of Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City.  As rector, he engaged with congregation and staff to create a “bigger table” of deep belonging and wide invitation.

Prior to coming to Heavenly Rest, Matt served as director of Faith in Action at Trinity Church Wall Street.  He expanded volunteer engagement with opportunities for children in New York City, New Orleans, Haiti, Panama, and Burundi.  He supported the development of the Episcopal Service Corps.

Matt also helped launch Episcopal Charities in the Diocese of New York and served as chief operating officer of a national non-profit connecting students and teachers in schools to service opportunities. He worked with the family of Martin Luther King Jr. on a program to help students celebrate the King National Holiday with service.

He was a Morehead Scholar and student body president at the University of North Carolina.  He holds a Master of Arts in religion summa cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Sacred Theology from The General Theological Seminary.

He served as the founding board chair of the Community Learning School initiative in New York City– a collaboration of business, labor, and the faith community to strengthen public schools.  He was board president of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP).  He led a successful funding campaign on behalf of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry for reconciliation with the Episcopal Church in Cuba.  He is chair of the Board of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in Atlanta and  vice-chair of the Board of Trustees for Episcopal Divinity School.

His spouse Ann Thornton is Vice Provost and University Librarian at Columbia University.  They have a sixteen-year-old daughter and an eleven-year-old son. Matt grew up in Charlotte, NC.  He graduated from Providence Day School.  He likes to read and run and has completed five marathons.

The Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin. Bishop Shin was elected to be the diocese’s new bishop suffragan on December 7, 2013, at a special election convention held at Manhattan’s Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, and was consecrated at the Cathedral on Saturday May 17, 2014.

Born in South Korea, Allen K. Shin and his family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1972, where he attended Gonzaga College High School, a Jesuit school for boys. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1983, majoring in Music/Vocal Performance. He then spent four years in New York City working as a professional singer, before taking up a position as a choir director at a Korean Episcopal church in Chicago. Having gone through the discernment process in Chicago, Shin studied for his Master of Divinity degree at the General Theological Seminary in New York City, graduating in 1996. He was ordained to the diaconate in the Diocese of Chicago in June of that year, and to the priesthood in the Diocese of New York that December. Also in 1996, he was called as Curate/Assistant to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York City, where he remained until 2001, at the same time taking up the position of Assistant Officer, Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry at Episcopal Church Center, which he held until 1999. In 2001, he earned the degree of Master of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary. He then went to England, where from 2002 to 2005 he pursued post-graduate studies in Patristic Studies at the University of Oxford. During the course of his studies, he also held the position of Honorary Assistant Priest at All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London. He then remained at the University of Oxford from 2005 to 2010 as Fellow and Chaplain of Keble College. Shin returned from England to the United States in 2010, to take up the position of Rector of St. John’s Church, Huntington, NY, in the Diocese of Long Island.

The Rt. Rev. Mary D. Glasspool. Rev. Glasspool came to the Diocese of New York as Assistant Bishop in April, 2016. Previously she had been Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles (elected December 2009, consecrated May 2010). She was born on Staten Island, raised in Goshen, NY, where her father, Douglas Murray Glasspool, served as rector of St. James’ Church until his death in 1989, and graduated Bachelor of Arts Magna cum Laude from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA in 1976; earned her Master of Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA in 1981; was ordained a deacon in June 1981 by Bishop Paul Moore, Jr. of New York; and in March 1982 was ordained a priest by Bishop Lyman Ogilby of Pennsylvania. From 1981 to 1984, she served as assistant to the rector, and later interim priest-in-charge, of St. Paul’s Church, Philadelphia, moving from there to be rector of St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s Church, Boston, where she remained until 1992. She then moved to the Diocese of Maryland, first as rector of St. Margaret’s Church in Annapolis (1992-2001) and then, until her election in 2009 as suffragan bishop of Los Angeles, as Canon to the Bishops in the diocese.