Mother Rachael has been the rector of St. Gregory's since September 2009.  She was raised in Western Wisconsin and obtained her bachelors degree in Theology & Urban Studies from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.  She worked as a youth pastor before attending seminary at The University of the South, School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee.  She graduated from Seminary in 2008 with her Masters of Divinity.  From there she served as a curate in Louisiana for a year.  Mother Rachael is married to Aaron her husband of 8 years; he is also a priest and rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Grand Ledge, MI.