Meet our new pastor, the Reverend Jo Page

The Rev. Jo Page received a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Divinity from United Lutheran Seminary (formerly the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia) where she was a Hoh scholar.

She was ordained into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament September 29th, the Feast St. Michael and All Angels, in1993 and has served congregations in New York’s Capital Region since then. Highlights of her ministry include guiding the congregation of Grace, Niskayuna, as they became the first Reconciling in Christ (open and affirming) congregation in the Upstate New York Synod, serving a federated American Baptist/United Church of Christ congregation as their interim pastor and joyfully serving the people of St. John’s-on-Sand-Creek until July 2022. She was the Dean of the Hudson Mohawk Conference - ELCA between 2016 and 2024.

Jo Page’s 2016 book, Preaching in My Yes Dress was a finalist for the 2017 Chautauqua prize. Author Margot Livesey describes it as "all the things you hope a good memoir will be: profound, witty, deeply serious, wonderfully original, and utterly absorbing. Page is a remarkably intimate writer and this book offers the best kind of companionship.”

A former Writer-in-Residence at the New York State Writers Institute, she was a columnist for over thirty years, writing for Albany’s Metroland Magazine and then the Albany Times Union. She is the mother of two grown daughters, Madeleine and Linnea, one named for the disciple, Mary Magdalene, the other after the botanist, Carl Linnaeus.

She takes great pleasure in serving the people of St. Boniface!

Eucharistic Minister; Lector  

• Ministries: Warden, Parish Life & Fellowship; Church renovations 
• BS, MS - University at Albany - 1970, ‘71
• Nationally certified, NYS Licensed Physician Assistant since 1976
• Retired VA Medical Center, 2009
• Part-time work since retiring: Neurological Associates of Albany - focused on cognitive neurology (dementias) and clinical pharmaceutical research on Alzheimer’s Disease
• Adjunct faculty, Albany Medical College Center for Physician Assistant Studies

Liturgical Leader; Substitute Organist

• Ministries: Vestry, Warden, Fundraising
• Church Renovations (Columbarium Chapel, Stained Glass Windows, etc.)
• St. Boniface parish member (with his wife Patricia) for over 30 years
• Coordinator with Altar Guild, Music Director, Supply Clergy
• Liaison - Albany Area of Churches
• Serves on Bishop's Commission on Ministry
• New York State Teacher of the Year

Parish Life Coordinator

• Ministries: Vestry, Joyful B's Women's Group
• Vestry Clerk
• Women's Group Treasurer

• Ministries: Vestry, Publicity (Media Contact), Lector

Church Website Designer

• Maintains the St. Boniface website
• Was a Web developer for the NYS Department of Health
• Contact with any problems/suggestions for the website using the email link above

Church Website Content Consultant

• Ministries: Lector, Choir Member
• Organizes and improves content of website
• 24 years as Communications Specialist for COINS software development company (retired 2019)
• Freelance proofreader/editor since 2020

• A retired high school/college Earth Science/Geology/English teacher
• Taught at New York University, Keystone College, Hudson Valley Community College, Vincentian Institute, and Bishop Maginn High School
• Writes a column titled "Back Roads Geology" for the Altamont Enterprise
• Currently works part-time at John Boyd Thacher State Park as a geology interpretive assistant
• Hobbies are creative writing, travel, hiking, and cave exploring