Welcome to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. 

Prayer for our Parish

Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family.  Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent.  Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Canon Young was born in Smith Center, Kansas in 1950.  He is a 1972 Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science degree and received the Eugene, Oregon Chamber of Commerce Civic Achievement Award. 

   He was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church while serving on active duty in the United States Army from 1972 to 1976.  In 1977 he entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas and graduated with a Masters of Sacred Theology in 1980.  He was ordained a Deacon in 1980 and a Priest in 1981 by the Rt. Reverend Matthew Paul Bigliardi, Bishop of Oregon.

   In the Diocese of Oregon he served as a Chaplain of Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland; Curate of St. Bartholomew’s, Beaverton; Missioner to St. Gabriel’s, Portland; and Interim Rector of  St. Luke’s, Grants Pass.

   While Rector of St. Clement’s, Tampa, Florida from 1986-1996 he was installed as an Honorary Canon of the Missionary Diocese of North America of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church and inducted into the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC).  Mrs. Young served the Diocese of Southwest Florida as President of the Clergy Spouses Association, a member of the Sexual Abuse Emergency Response Team, and Secretary of the Standing Committee.

   In 1996 Father Young was instituted as the 10^th Rector of St. Andrew’s Church.  He also teaches Religion and conducts daily chapel services for St. Andrew’s School.  He is currently serving on the Diocese of Fort Worth Commission on Ministry, the Christian Education Commission, the Mission Commission, and the Board of the Anglican School of Theology in Dallas.  In the community, he has been a member of the Academy Selection Committees of two US Senators, Publicity Chairman for Grand Prairie Habitat for Humanity drive, and acted in local theater.

   Canon Young is a Captain in the Naval Reserve Chaplain Corps.  He was decorated for his actions as the Acting Command Chaplain of  United States Central Command during the terrorist bombing of the US Embassy in Kenya in 1998 and Assistant Force Chaplain of Marine Forces Pacific during the attack on September 11, 2001.  He is currently Chairman of the Dallas Naval Recruiting District Advisory Committee and Coordinating Chaplain for United States Marine Corps Recruiting Station Dallas.

Father Young is married to the former Elizabeth Bilodeau, an administrator with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and a former member of the Executive Council of the Diocese of Fort Worth.  They have one daughter, Andrea, a graduate student at Boston College, married to Bryan J. Vander Lugt, a doctoral student at Harvard University.
 

Last modified: 03/19/06.