Cherry Hill Seminary Saddened by Violence in Boston
For Immediate Release April 17, 2013 Contact: Holli Emore, 888-503-4131, CHS@cherryhillseminary.org COLUMBIA, S.C. – Cherry Hill Seminary is saddened by the violence of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon. Trustee Aline “Macha” O’Brien stated, “Our hearts go out to those directly affected by the explosions, as well as to everyone else who was there, to…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary Saddened by Loss of Pagan Scholar Patricia Monaghan
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Cherry Hill Seminary is saddened to learn of the passing of noted scholar, author and women’s spirituality movement leader Patricia Monaghan. Academic Dean Wendy Griffin said, “We mourn the loss of poet, visionary, and rigorous scholar Patricia Monaghan, PhD, whose contributions to those who venerate the Goddess cannot be overstated, from her…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary Awards First-Ever Pagan Master of Divinity Degree
For Immediate Release, August 16, 2012 Contact: Holli Emore, 888.503.4131, CHS@cherryhillseminary.org COLUMBIA, SC — Cherry Hill Seminary today announced the graduation of Sandra Lee Harris, awarding her the Master of Divinity in Pagan Pastoral Counseling. Harris is the first student to complete her master’s degree since Cherry Hill Seminary first opened its graduate program in…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary Saddened by Attack on Sikh Sacred Space
The Cherry Hill Seminary family of students, faculty, staff and board leadership is deeply saddened by yesterday’s attack on the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. We express sincere condolences to all those who have lost loved ones, and to the wider Sikh community across our nation and the world. As Pagans, we are…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary Names Two New Department Chairs
COLUMBIA, SC — Cherry Hill Seminary is pleased to announce two new academic appointments. Valentine McKay-Riddell, Ph.D., is the new chair of Pagan Community Education, and David Oringderff, Ph.D., is the new chair of the Department of Pagan Pastoral Counseling. A long-time professor for the department, Oringderff is well known for his role in the…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary Supports Patrick McCollum
COLUMBIA, SC — Cherry Hill Seminary denounces an assertion that Christianity is the only faith protected by the U.S. Constitution, made in a friend of the court (amicus) brief filed this week in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief is part of a years-long struggle by the Seminary Director of Chaplaincy, Rev. Patrick…Continue reading→
M. Macha NightMare to realign duties with Cherry Hill Seminary
Columbia, S.C. – M. Macha NightMare, a longtime teacher and administrator at Cherry Hill Seminary, will resign as Chair of the Public Ministry department and take a position on the Board of Directors, effective Oct. 31. Nightmare in 2002 designed and taught the online course, “Call of the Dark Mother: Working with Death and Dying.”…Continue reading→
Cherry Hill Seminary To Grant Master’s Degrees
COLUMBIA, SC — Cherry Hill Seminary is pleased to announce that the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education has notified the school of the religious exemption which allows the Seminary to grant master’s degrees. Beginning in September 2009 Cherry Hill Seminary will offer the following Master’s degrees. “As Paganism becomes an increasingly recognized and influential…Continue reading→
Remembering September 11
Ten years ago… Cherry Hill Seminary was a fledgling online presence, no less pained by the violence of September 11, 2011, than our sisters and brothers in the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious, and other religious communities across the country, around the world. Ten years later, our faculty and students reflect on the meaning they draw…Continue reading→
Eminent Scholar Named Academic Dean of Cherry Hill Seminary
COLUMBIA, SC — Cherry Hill Seminary announces the appointment of Wendy Griffin, Ph.D., as its new Academic Dean, effective January 1, 2011. “I am thrilled, simply thrilled, that Wendy is coming aboard as our new Academic Dean! I cannot think of a better person to lead CHS towards accreditation,” said Aline O’Brien, Chair of the…Continue reading→