Opening Convocation 2025

Yale Divinity School, Two Hundred and Fourth Year
Andover Newton Seminary, Tenth Year at Yale
Berkeley Divinity School, Fifty-fourth Year at Yale
Institute of Sacred Music, Fifty-Third Year at Yale

Prelude - Vincent Carr
Land Acknowledgement - Odyssey Heredia '26 M.Div.
Welcome - Gregory E. Sterling, Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean, Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
Invocation - Nina Glibetic, Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies
Readings - ArDonna Hamilon '26 M.Div., Donghyung Lee '27 M.Div.
Speaker - Volker Leppin, Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, "Theological Existence Today"
Benediction - Gabriel Radle, Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies
Faculty Marshal - Andrew McGowan, McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology

Marquand Chapel
August 26, 2025