Father Robert Ard, Rector
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Father Robert was called to Holy Cross August of 2016. Previously he was at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in St Louis. His educational background is a Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts from St. John's College. Master of Arts, Theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology. Master of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary. Master of Sacred Theology from The School of Theology at Sewannee. He and his wife Sharol have a daughter Genevieve affectionally known to all as 'Genna'.
Rev Mollie Turner, Priest Associate
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Mollie Douglas Turner’s priesthood is a product of ten years of attendance at Holy Cross, first as an eight-year-old sitting with her grandmother, and then as a member of the junior choir through high school. Her sense of calling developed early, but was impossible then. Thirty years later, with teenagers of her own at home, she attended seminary at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, commuting 90 miles each way. She was awarded the M.Div. degree magna cum laude, was ordained in the Diocese of Atlanta in 1994, and served two years as Assistant Rector at Grace Church in Gainesville, Georgia; three and a half years as Vicar at St. James’s Church in Clayton, Georgia; and ten years as Associate Rector at Bruton Parish in Williamsburg, Virginia. Following her retirement in 2010, she and her late husband Claude moved to Tryon in 2014 and found a warm welcome at Holy Cross. Returning to the pastoral and liturgical work she loves in her home parish gives her great joy.
Susie Mahnke, Music Director
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Susie Mahnke joined the staff in June 2010. She and husband Kym have been members of Holy Cross since 2007. They are the parents of two adult sons, Fritz and Byron.
susie@holycrosstryon.org
Lori Walter, Parish Administrator
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Lori joined the staff in November 2007 as the Financial Administrator. In February 2017 she added the title of Parish Administrator. Her husband, Todd, is a Family Physician in Landrum. They are the parents of two daughters, Madison and Elizabeth and grandparents of Carter and Harlyn.
lwalter@holycrosstryon.org
