Meet Our Rector Father Matthew D'Amario
A native of Baltimore, Fr. Matthew D’Amario received an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, and a Master of Divinity degree from St. Mary’s Seminary and University, in Baltimore. In 2019, He was awarded his doctorate, a Th.D. for his dissertation on the Pneumatological Title of the Finger of God. He was received as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in 2009, and was ordained a priest on January 2, 2011.
Father Matt has also been a bi-vocational priest, as he is a full-time math teacher in Dorchester County Public Schools. He has also taught religion, philosophy and mathematics at the secondary level and at Stevenson University. In 2013, he married Craig at the Church of the Resurrection, Copley Parish, Gunpowder Hundred and they have been faithful partners in ministry for over 23 years! In addition to all that, Fr. Matt is fluent in Spanish and French, is a certified Emergency Medical Technician and a CPR trainer, and he plays the bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy, as well!
Preaching
You can find Fr. Matt's sermons on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The sermons are part of a podcast called Rotten Apple Seeds.
Teaching
The Third Sunday in each month is a seminar on the topics you are interested in!
Pastoral Care
Please send Fr. Matt an email to let him know if you need a visit at home or in the hospital!
The Anglican Society of Jesus (Anglican Jesuits)
Fr. Matt is the convener of a religious community in the Episcopal Church. It is an analogue of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus (Jesuits) within the Anglican context.
Spiritual Direction
Anglican Jesuit Spiritual Direction is informed by the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, adapted for the Anglican context.
Discernment
Anglican Jesuit Discernment can be shared individually in Spiritual Direction, or in corporate discernment, as a group making a decision, depending on the need.
Spiritual Exercises
The Spiritual Exercises, rooted in the Ignatian tradition, provide a disciplined path toward discernment, conversion, and deeper union with God. Together with this interior work, outward acts of charity—serving the poor, visiting the sick, and practicing mercy—become tangible expressions of faith in action, balancing contemplation with compassion.