Gentle Shepherd Church

The Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch in Richmond Virginia

Our Home in Richmond, Virginia

Gentle Shepherd Church was founded in
Richmond, Virginia, 
in 1999. 

Saints Sergius, Bacchus, Perpetua, and Felicity  
click on the above link to learn about them

are our patron saints. 

We praise God for our worship site, located at: 

3700 Ellwood Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221

(804) 355-1377 

We're near Carytown... 

Directions: 

On Cary Street, just west of the Powhite Pkwy, turn North onto Hamilton Street, then take the first right onto Ellwood Avenue.  We are at the corner of Ellwood and Cameron Streets in our very own Building!

Join us for mass every Sunday at 11:00 a.m.  We are independent Catholics, affiliated with the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch

Our Church is open and affirming to all. Come and celebrate the joy of worship with us ... you are most welcome! 

Our Worship

We celebrate  mass based on traditional catholic liturgical worship. Although we are not at all connected with the Roman Catholic Church, we are a fully catholic church and do share the same traditional and historical roots.  We are a fully sacramental church, respecting the beauty of liturgical service while teaching the importance of internal spirituality.

Our Communion table  is open to all, regardless of race, creed, or sexual orientation. We do not feel that communion is a reward for being good or for following the rules. Christ shares his gift and sacrifice with all of God's children, whether or not they belong to our church, or any church.

Our Clergy

Feel God's call to serve as clergy?  We respect that calling regardless of your gender, race, marital status, or sexual orientation. Click on the above link to Sophia Divinity School, which has been providing spiritual education to the independent catholic community for 50 years.

Our Pastor: Bishop Thomas David Siebert 

+tomdavid@coasoutheast.org

Our Associate Pastor: Father Thomas Michael Gallub 
fatherthomasmichael@gentleshepherdrichmond.com

Our Seminarian, Randi Tate

sisterrandi@gentleshepherdrichmond.com

left to right:

Father Carl Matthews-Naylor (North Carolina)
Seminarian Cathy Chalmers - (Tennessee)
Bishop Thomas David Siebert - (Apostolic Administrator - Diocese of the Southeast)
Father Thomas Michael Gallub - Associate Pastor

 

 

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