Servant Leadership

Mother Susan has served as Associate Rector since 2013, with responsibilities that include leading worship, preaching, Christian formation, and pastoral care. She was ordained in 2009 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity and General Theological Seminary with a Master of Sacred Theology. She devotes much of her ministry to walking with others on their spiritual journeys, helping them find meaning and how the Divine is present in their lives. In addition to her part-time position at Church of the Holy Apostles, she offers individual spiritual direction, companioning laypeople and clergy of many different denominations as well as seekers. She also teaches regularly at Union Theological Seminary.

Mother Susan grew up moving around the country with stops in Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia, but since moving to Manhattan in 1987, she considers herself a New Yorker! Upon graduating from Haverford College with a B.S. in Biology, she embarked on a career in Finance. She worked at Bank of New York and then earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. After spending eleven years in Healthcare Finance at Standard & Poor’s, she took a sabbatical that eventually led to seminary and a call to ministry.

Dr. John A. Wolfe serves as Organist and Music Director at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Manhattan, and as Associate Organist at the Church of St. Joseph in Bronxville.  A native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Dr. Wolfe previously  served as Organist and Music Director at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brooklyn; he’s also a past Dean, Sub-Dean and Executive Board member of the American Guild of Organists Brooklyn Chapter.  As a music historian and educator, Dr. Wolfe is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and a recipient of the Organ Historical Society’s E. Power Biggs Fellowship.  As an organ recitalist, his recent performance venues have included Princeton University Chapel, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and Grace Episcopal Church in Manhattan.  ​Other career performance highlights have included ​ St. Patrick’s Cathedral​ and​ Central Synagogue​ in Manhattan, and ​​the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, C​olorado​. Dr. Wolfe holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University, where he studied with Renee Anne Louprette, Master of Arts from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where he studied with Walter Klauss, and Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College, where he studied with Gail Archer.