The Brothers
Richard John Lorino has retired from a 30-year career in hospital ministry and a 40-year career in parish ministry. A Board Certified Chaplain, he was a staff chaplain at a major Level I Trauma Center in Westchester County, New York, for 15 years, moving on to become Director of The Department of Pastoral Care and Education at White Plains Hospital. As Organist and Choirmaster, he served at several Westchester churches and spent the last 25 years of that career at St. John’s Church, South Salem, New York, where he was also called upon to teach and preach regularly. Trained in Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisory Education, Rick supervised a Clinical Pastoral Training program for Vocational Deacon candidates in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. In 1992, he founded Fessenden House, a Gregorian ministry which provided housing for men in recovery until it closed its doors in June 2017. Rick now lives in Vero Beach, Florida, and is a member of Saint Augustine of Canterbury Church, Vero Beach
Thomas Lawrence Greer A lifelong native of Nashville, Thomas is a Registered Nurse serving as a nursing instructor in the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Nashville’s practical nursing program, one of the largest such programs in the region. He teaches fundamentals, medical-surgical nursing, and conducts clinical rotations for the student in the adult medical-surgical populations. Thomas Lawrence also works in the Access Center at the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute as an access coordinator. He is currently working on a certification as a legal nurse consultant through the Vickie Millazo Institute. He will begin the MSN in Nursing Education through Excelsior College in the spring of 2017. He is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the American Nurses Association. His parish is Saint Ann’s, Nashville, where he serves as acolyte, chalice bearer, and most recently became co-chair of the Altar Guild. In winter, he continues to serve at Room in the Inn, a city-wide shared ecumenical ministry for recovering individuals.
Mark Andrew Jones is Rector of Saint Nicholas Church in Pompano Beach, Florida, part of the Diocese of Southeast Florida. At the diocesan level, Mark Andrew is an elected member of the Disciplinary Board and also serves on the Clergy/Lay Insurance, Compensation, and Constitution & Canons Committees. In the community , he is a volunteer chaplain for the Broward County Sheriff's office, one of fifteen, and the only Episcopal priest. Mark Andrew also is an attorney licensed to practice law in Florida and Illinois, and he is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Appellate, County, and Family Mediator. He and his spouse, Diane, selectively accept private consulting engagements for alternative dispute resolutions services, employment investigations and assessments, management consulting, coaching, and training.
Bo Alexander Armstrong serves as Minister Provincial for Province 4. He is a communicant at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, is a licensed Lay Preacher, and serves among the homeless citizens of downtown Chattanooga. He is married to Lynn and has two sons, Christopher and Devon. He is also the very proud grandfather of Adelaide and Barden. He works as an IT professional in the Chattanooga area.
Larry Walter Reich serves as head verger and as a Eucharistic minister in Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is an Education for Ministry (EFM) graduate, and advocates for victims of violent crime. He currently works for Ruby Falls in Chattanooga.
Max Steele (Born January 26, 1971; Professed July 22, 2017; Died December 12, 2017), was a member of St. Paul’s, Chattanooga, where he sang bass in the Senior Choir. He also attended Southside Abbey, serving on the council as treasurer. As a Desert Storm veteran and former U.S. Army Field Artilleryman, he was also an active member of several veterans’ organizations. Max enjoyed playing classical piano, and was a devoted husband and father.
Tommy Mandri worships and works at Iglesia Episcopal Todos Los Santos in Miami, Florida, where he serves as Organist, Choral Director, member of the Altar Guild, Eucharistic Minister, and Lay Reader. He also serves in the Hispanic ministries of the Diocese of Southeast Florida. Tommy resides with his seven-year-old cat, Channel.