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A graduate of Phillips University with majors in History and International Political Science, Fr. Harry attended The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. Ordained to the Diaconate and Priesthood in 1973 by Bishops Powell and Putnam in Oklahoma, he has served congregations in Oklahoma, North Dakota-Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming, and now is rector of St. John the Baptist Church. Fr. Harry is a trained parish consultant, and has worked in the field of Religious Education for many years, serving as Diocesan Director of Religious Education in Montana for several years. He has been active in the Cursillo and Happening movements in four dioceses, and currently is one of the spiritual directors for the Encounter movement in Arizona. Fr. Harry has served on Diocesan Councils in three dioceses, and is currently the NERP representative on Arizona’s Diocesan Council. He has served as acting Dean of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Helena, MT, and as a Rural Dean in the Diocese of Colorado. Among his many interests he includes Franciscan and Celtic Spirituality, along with a voracious appetite for books, and a playful acquaintance with the game of golf. |
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Dick has retired from the Diocese of Utah. Dick Attended Hiram College in Ohio before moving to Phoenix in 1959. He graduated from the Phoenix Technical School for Bricklaying and Stone Masonry. He married Esther Reed in 1960. In addition to their son Benjamin, they have a daughter, Margaret, five grandchildren, and one great child, all of whom now live in the Phoenix area.
In 1970 Dick moved to Utah with his family, stopping in the four corners area for seven years. He assisted ST. Christopher’s Mission to the Navajo in Bluff, Utah, in their building projects and missionary work. The family also opened their home to Navajo foster children, caring for over 20 through the years. Migrating to Salt Lake City where Dick became active in Diocese of Utah, The Franks finally returned to Phoenix in 1996. While in Salt Lake Dick completed four years of study with the University of the South School of Theology as well as Clinical Pastoral Education at St Mark’s Hospital. He was ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal church in 1987. Although retired, Dick still currently assists at Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Glendale. He was elected District Governor, 2001 - 2002, in the Rotary district 5490 of Arizona. Among many interests he is an assistant softball coach for the Girl's softball at Pinnacle High School, Phoenix Mercury Basketball, and mall walking.
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