{"id":1766,"date":"2021-08-10T19:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/?page_id=1766"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:42:30","slug":"the-rev-marcus-george-halley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/","title":{"rendered":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. (known around Trinity College as &#8220;Chaplain Halley&#8221;), was appointed Trinity College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life in August 2021. Chaplain Halley is drawn to this unique intersection of higher education administration and campus ministry because of the way religion and spirituality can serve as networks of support for students navigating incredible and uncertain change while enabling them to think contemplatively and ethically about a dynamic world.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to serving the Trinity College community, Chaplain Halley served as dean of formation for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut and as the priest in charge of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (formerly Church Church and St. John&#8217;s-by-the-Sea) in West Haven, Connecticut. Chaplain Halley was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal tradition in December 2012 and a priest on the Feast of All Saints (November 1) 2013. Since his ordination, he has served in various contexts around the country including in parish ministry, diocesan ministry, and on boards and committees across the Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n<p>Chaplain Halley concentrates his ministry and leadership at the intersection of his vocational and academic expertise and interests: Christian liturgy &amp; embodied spiritual practice, reconciliation &amp; social justice, and leadership development. Having studied in an interdenominational context, Chaplain Halley centers ecumenical and interfaith dialogue in his work, seeking to build bridges between various communities and empower diverse communities to do the work of collectively building new possibilities. Inspired by the works of Kelly Brown Douglas, Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, and others, Chaplain Halley sees religious practice as a way to shape a more loving, compassionate, and just world.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut with his husband, the Rev. Curtis Farr, and their dogs Elly and DuBois.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.A., Johnson C. Smith Univesity<br \/>\nM.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center<br \/>\nS.T.M., The School of Theology at the University of the South<br \/>\nD.Min., The School of Theology at the University of the South<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Proclaim!: Sharing Words, Living Examples, Changing Lives. <\/em>Church Publishing, New York. 2020.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><i>Abide in Peace: Healing and\u00a0Reconciliation.<\/i> Church Publishing, New York. 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. (known around Trinity College as &#8220;Chaplain Halley&#8221;), was appointed Trinity College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life in August 2021. Chaplain Halley is drawn to this unique intersection of higher education administration and campus ministry because of the way religion and spirituality can serve as networks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"parent":714,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. - Spiritual and Religious Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. (known around Trinity College as &#8220;Chaplain Halley&#8221;), was appointed Trinity College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life in August 2021. Chaplain Halley is drawn to this unique intersection of higher education administration and campus ministry because of the way religion and spirituality can serve as networks [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spiritual and Religious Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-30T17:42:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/\",\"name\":\"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. - Spiritual and Religious Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-1024x683.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-10T19:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-30T17:42:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spiritual and Religious Life Team\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/\",\"name\":\"Spiritual and Religious Life\",\"description\":\"Spiritual and Religious Life at Trinity College\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. - Spiritual and Religious Life","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min.","og_description":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. (known around Trinity College as &#8220;Chaplain Halley&#8221;), was appointed Trinity College Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life in August 2021. Chaplain Halley is drawn to this unique intersection of higher education administration and campus ministry because of the way religion and spirituality can serve as networks [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/","og_site_name":"Spiritual and Religious Life","article_modified_time":"2025-06-30T17:42:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/","url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/","name":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min. - Spiritual and Religious Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-1024x683.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-10T19:45:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-30T17:42:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/0065-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/the-rev-marcus-george-halley\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spiritual and Religious Life Team","item":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/staff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, D.Min."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/","name":"Spiritual and Religious Life","description":"Spiritual and Religious Life at Trinity College","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1766\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/spiritualandreligiouslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}