Pastoral Staff

The Reverend Janet BroderickThe Reverend Janet Broderick joined St. Peter's as Rector in June of 2009.  She previously served as Rector of Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City (in the Diocese of Newark), where she helped transform and grow Grace from a struggling mission in turmoil into an extraordinary parish serving the local community, including youth, seniors, and the homeless.  Janet has also served as Rector at All Saints' Church in Briarcliff Manor, New York and as Vicar of Grace Church in New York City.  She has served on the board of the New York City Coalition for the Homeless and on Christ Hospital's (Jersey City) Bio-Ethics Committee. Her activities in the Diocese of Newark include service on the Council Steering Committee, Council on Inclusion, Committee on Canons, and Workshops for Wardens.  Janet is a graduate of General Theological Seminary and before that studied History and Mathematics at the University of Michigan; she also loves music and art.  She is the mother of James and Hannah.

The Reverend C. Melissa HallThe Reverend C. Melissa Hall joined St. Peter's as Assistant Rector on September 1, 2010. Following Divinity Studies at General Seminary, and graduation from Union Theological Seminary in 2003, Melissa was ordained at St. Stephen's in Millburn. She became the Associate Priest and Day School Chaplain at All Saints Episcopal Church in Hoboken; and more recently served as the Assistant, and then Interim Rector, at Church of the Redeemer.  An accomplished writer, poet and artist, Melissa is also a vocal advocate for Social Justice and Equal Rights, and is deeply committed to the future of the Episcopal Church.  She is the Nominations Chair for the Diocese of Newark Commission on Ministry, and a member of the Civil Union Task Force.  Melissa was called to the priesthood following a twenty-year career in Nursing Administration at NYU and Lenox Hill Hospitals in NY, and United Children's and Newark Beth Israel Hospitals in NJ.  She and her partner of 29 years Fran Lapinski currently reside in Hoboken, NJ, with their thirteen-year-old daughter Katherine.

The Reverend William BaileyThe Reverend William Bailey joined St. Peter's as Deacon in September 2010.  Bill came to Morristown and St. Peter's as a layperson in the fall of 1974.  He taught Sunday school and confirmation classes; he was convenor of the "parish council," a participant in several pastoral support groups (including the Lay Eucharistic ministry), and a lector (or "lay reader").  He was eventually appointed "Director of Lay-Pastoral Ministries."  He played a significant role in the founding and establishment of the Stephen Ministry here at St. Peter's.  He has been a vestry member of several parishes in three states, and a Warden at two:  Truro Episcopal church in Fairfax, Virginia, and here at St. Peter's.  He was also the Staff Chaplain and manager of Pastoral Care Services of Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ.  When the Vocational Diaconate was regenerated in the Diocese of Newark, Bill applied to the diocesan Commission of Ministry and was accepted; he was ordained Deacon on June 4, 2004 by the Right Reverend John P. Cronenberger.   Following his ordination he served as Deacon at All Saints Episcopal Church in Millington, until his retirement in June 2010.  He has attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan; the Newak School of Theology; and the diocesan "deacon school."  He is married, the father of four, the grandfather of five, and the great-grandfather of five.  He is a forty-year retiree of General Motors Corporation.