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The Rev. Dr. Marta S. Rivera Monclova
The Rev. Dr. Marta S. Rivera Monclova (Mother Marta, or just Marta) has joined Trinity as our Priest. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY. Her BA is from the Gallatin School at NYU where she focused on literature and education. She then earned both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from Tufts University, with a dissertation on Puerto Rican literature from New York.
Before entering ordained ministry, she spent 10 years teaching English at a number of colleges, including a semester teaching in Shanghai. She has also variously worked in tech, as an office administrator, at summer camp, and waited tables. She also holds an M.Div. from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, where she was awarded a commencement prize for Anglican liturgy.She has served as curate at Trinity’s daughter, Grace Church, Hartford, and serves as chaplain to Armsmear, the Elizabeth Colt house.
Mother Marta deeply believes in the power and importance of community in the Christian life. That belief led her to found Haven Religious; an Intentional Episcopal Community and the Order of the Body of Christ (OCC), the religious order within Haven Religious. She unabashedly excited about beginning her new role at Trinity, getting to know the congregation better, and moving into the future with the Trinity community.
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