Who We Are
Rev. Kate Malin, Rector — kmalin@ccrye.org
The Reverend Kate Malin has been the rector of Christ’s Church since 2018. She came to Christ's Church Rye from St. Anne's in-the-Fields in Lincoln, MA, where she had been serving as rector since September 2009. She received her Masters of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York City in 2006 and was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of New York in September of that year. Before her call to St. Anne's, Kate served first as curate and then as assistant to the rector at Christ Church Bronxville in Bronxville, New York.
Kate is first and foremost a parish priest. She is passionate about preaching and committed to helping people grow spiritually through living, creative engagement with worship and scripture. In 2015, Kate was appointed dean of the Concord River Deanery by the bishop of Massachusetts and served in a variety of leadership positions in the diocese over the years. Kate is also the co-founder and former co-director of "Love's Harvest," a non-profit dedicated to helping the rural poor of Malawi, Africa, grow nutritious food on their own land. She led annual parish mission trips to Africa for six years.
Kate grew up in Westchester County, spending her childhood in Ardsley, Hastings-on-Hudson and Irvington. She is a 1987 graduate of Yale University with a BA in Theatre Studies and, prior to attending seminary, worked as an actress in Washington, DC, New York City and Los Angeles.
She is married to Bruce Smith, a writer and fundraiser, currently the Chief Advancement Officer at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.
They have three children: twins Murphy and Emmie, and Owen. The Malin/Smith family is rounded out by Malloy and Mabel, rescue dogs of dubious pedigrees and cheerful dispositions.
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Christ’s Church was founded in 1706. If you’re interested in learning more about our history through the years, read on.
A Prayer
Lord, make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that we may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
A Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226