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Richard Mammana

Richard Mammana is a lay church historian, author, beekeeper, father, husband, and communicant of S. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Divinity School.

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

By H. Boone Porter Jr. Edited and introduced by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. The following essay by Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923-99) was first published in The Anglican, Lent 1965, pp. 3-6 and distributed sepa... Read More...

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

By Leonel L. Mitchell Edited and introduced by Richard Mammana Jr. In 1964, Leonel Lake Mitchell (1930-2012) became the first person to receive a Th.D. in liturgical studies from an Episcopal seminary whe... Read More...

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