The Rev. Canon Emily Griffin began as Canon Vicar of Saint Mark’s Cathedral on October 1, 2024.

Canon Griffin was ordained in 2003 and is a graduate of General Seminary (Anglican Studies, 2003), Rutgers University (MSW, 2002) and Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2001). Prior to her arrival at Saint Mark’s Emily had been the Senior Associate Rector at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. since 2015, and she previously served churches in Virginia and New Jersey.

Prior to seminary, Emily served a year in Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Missoula, MT, and has also worked with with Habitat for Humanity, Dorothy Day House, Episcopal Charities, and Hyacinth AIDS Foundation. She is currently President of the Board of the Godly Play Foundation.

“Canon Vicar” is a term new to Saint Mark’s, but it is fairly common in large, complex systems like the cathedral. In this role, Emily will join the Rev. Canon Rich Weyls and me on a collaborative clergy team serving as pastors, preachers, and teachers in service to the cathedral community. Emily will also use her considerable experience in support of day-to-day programmatic operations, striving for seamless integration of the cathedral’s mission and ministry, and she will work closely with the Dean and fellow Canons to develop strategies informing an array of programs and offerings that afford meaningful connections among those in the cathedral parish, in community groups connected to the cathedral, and in the broader region. As Vicar (from which the word “vicarious” is derived), Emily shall exercise parish community leadership in the Dean’s absence as well as representing the Dean and Saint Mark’s in the broader community when the Dean is otherwise engaged.

Fr. Stephen Garratt has lived in the Lake City area of Seattle area since the early 1960s after his family moved here from the Midwest. He is a graduate from the University of Washington. His ordination to the diaconate was in 1980. Then, his ordination as a priest was in 1981 while serving as the curate at St. Barnabas Parish on Bainbridge Island. Later, Fr. Garratt was the Assistant to the Rector at St. Stephen’s Parish in Seattle and part-time assistant at Christ Church in the University District and the Canterbury Chaplain to the University of Washington. In 1995, he became the rector of Christ Church and worked in that capacity his 2012 retirement. Since retirement, he served at Trinity Parish in downtown Seattle and Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore.

Fr. Garratt’s employment outside the church includes four years as a probation counselor for the Municipal Courts of Seattle. Then, after earning a degree in counseling from Seattle University in the 1980s.  he worked at Mental Health North, a community mental health center near Northgate, as an intern and later as a therapist on their out-patient team. He married his wife Margaret in 1987. They have three adult sons, Niles, Andrew, and Daniel. His interests include spending time with his family, traveling, reading, exercising, opera, and attending University of Washington home football games.

Fr. Weyls began as Cathedral Canon in February of 2024, and was named Canon for Community Life & Senior Associate Rector in June of 2024.

He is no stranger to Saint Mark’s, having  served as an assisting priest here 2013–2017. He was then called to serve as rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Seattle (Green Lake), where he served as Rector until 2022.

He also has a long tenure serving as hospital and palliative care chaplain, spiritual care director, and most recently as Interim Manager of Spiritual Care for five Providence Swedish hospitals in the Seattle region.

Prior to being received as a priest in The Episcopal Church, Fr. Weyls was a Roman Catholic priest, ordained in 1993. He married his husband Mark in a liturgy in Thomsen Chapel at Saint Mark’s in August of 2017. Rich and Mark are the proud parents of three adult sons, their spouses, and six grandchildren who bring great joy to their lives.

Edie and her husband, John, joined Saint Mark’s shortly after their move to Seattle in 1979 and raised their two children here. After a career in healthcare planning with Group Health Cooperative, Edie followed the call to priesthood and was ordained in 2003. She has served several parishes in this diocese, most recently as rector of Church of the Resurrection in Bellevue, and in the diocesan ministry of racial justice and reconciliation. As priest associate at Saint Mark’s, she also participates in the Seattle Service Corps, Creation Care, Sanctuary, and Noel House ministries. For rejuvenation, her favorite activities are horseback riding, cooking, traveling, and learning something new!

Rev. Weller was named an Honorary Canon of Saint Mark’s Cathedral on June 9, 2024.

Mark retired from St John’s in Snohomish several years ago and served a number of Episcopal churches in western Washington. Besides a commitment to parish life and liturgy at the heart of that,  he has worked ecumenically with many other faith groups, takes a lively interest in social concerns, and enjoys volunteering at the Center for Wooden Boats on south Lake Union. In retirement he and his wife enjoy films and the other arts.

Canon Steedman Sanborn was ordained to the Diaconate on January 27, 1992, and served a short time at St. Andrew, Tacoma, before being moved to Saint Mark’s Cathedral. She was ordained to the priesthood on November 22, 1996, and accepted a call to be Associate Rector at St. James, Kent, beginning Ash Wednesday, February 12, 1997. Marda became the Rector of St. James Kent in 2004, and served in that role for ten years. In 2014 Bishop Rickel appointed her as Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of Olympia (a role equivalent to a Bishop’s chief-of-staff), a position she held until 2020. She has also served as the Secretary to Diocesan Convention, and one of the Trainers for the College for Congregational Development. Since 2020 she has been Priest Associate at Saint Mark’s Cathedral.

Marda has been married to Doug for 25 years and they have a daughter Melissa who recently graduated from WSU with a degree in chemistry; Melissa is continuing her studies at Bellevue College. They have a Schnauzer and Cocker Spaniel which rounds out their family.

As a deacon, Earl represents the servant ministry of Christ in the liturgy, the parish and the community.  Besides reading the Gospel, setting the table and giving the dismissal at Sunday services, Earl serves on the pastoral care team, AIDS Care Team, and in the welcome ministry to newcomers.  In the community, Earl volunteers as a chaplain at Columbia Lutheran Home and as a cargo ship visitor with the Mission to Seafarers.  Earl and his wife Nancy are blessed with twins, Melany and Cyrus, and live with two cats in the university area of Seattle.  An avid cyclist, Earl has completed several tours, including two cross country, one coast to coast and another from North Dakota to Virginia.