The Rev. Molly Jane (“MJ”) Layton received her M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary in May 2022 and accepted a call as the associate rector for congregational care and worship at the Parish of Calvary-St. George’s in Manhattan.
Before hearing her call to ordained ministry, MJ graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.A.), Cornell University (M.A.) and Teachers College at Columbia University (M.Ed.), and spent over a decade as an educator, teaching Latin, Greek, philosophy, and history to high school students in Marion, MA, Dubai, UAE, and Brooklyn, NY.
MJ is the co-editor of a four volume Daily Office lectionary in the original biblical languages: A Student’s Companion to the Daily Office in Greek and Hebrew. She is married to Andrew Jaw, and together they enjoy exploring new cuisines and traveling around the world.
