Priest Associate for Liturgy
The Rev. Gwendolyn Tobias
The Rev. Gwendolyn Tobias
The Rev. Gwendolyn W. Tobias is priest associate for liturgy, working under the direction of the canon precentor. In collaboration with the entire worship department team, Wendy helps plan and execute all of the services held at the Cathedral. Wendy is responsible for providing leadership, training and direction to the Lay Eucharistic Ministers and lay readers, and officiating, and preaching at services. She also supports other Cathedral ministry.
She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary. Under the supervision of Eugene Sutton, then canon pastor, Wendy did her field education training at the Cathedral and received advanced training as a centering prayer leader. Wendy co-led one of the Cathedral’s Centering Prayer gatherings and established the Listening for God small group, which continues today. She has a B.A. in arts and humanities from Florida Atlantic University with a minor in women’s studies.
Prior to seminary, Wendy served as lay chaplain for St. Joseph’s Episcopal School in Boynton Beach, Florida for approximately 12 years. Her ministry included officiating, planning, and preaching at most of the chapel services, teaching sacred studies and directing the acolyte guild. Wendy also served as Youth and Children’s minister, lay Eucharistic minister, and small group leader for St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church.
Wendy is a registered nurse, who specialized in psychiatric nursing for ten years in south Florida and received advanced certification from the American Nurses Association. Wendy brings to the Cathedral an expertise in emotional intelligence, having led workshops for the diocese of southeast Florida and the Florida Council of Independent Schools.