St. Peter’s Clergy
The Reverend Mo Lederman
Rector
Rev. Mo Peitler-Lederman is a native Nutmegger and serves through the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. She is a graduate of Providence College, BA Theology and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. Ordained in 2004, Mo served as the Associate Rector and Chaplain of the Day School at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church in New Haven, CT for nine years. She became the Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Guilford, CT until June of 2021.
She has served the diocese on several committees and loves being a Chaplain for Camp Washington. She is thrilled to have made her home at St. Peter’s! When not serving parishes or taking classes Mo enjoys spending time with family, baking, tap dancing, and drinking tea.
molederman@stpeterscheshire.org
Bryan Dougan
Seminarian
Bryan Dougan is a second-year student at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in the M.Div. program. He’s a postulant for holy orders in the process to become a priest, being sponsored out of the Diocese of North Carolina.
Bryan grew up in Baltimore, but North Carolina now feels like home after living there for ten years from 2014-2024. Before Div School, he completed a PhD in anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill.
When not reading theology, you can find him watching the Real Housewives franchises, reading murder mystery novels, and telling his cat it’s not quite time for him to get fed.
molederman@stpeterscheshire.org
St. Peter’s Staff
Stuart Duncan
Music Director and Organist
Stuart Duncan, originally from the South-East of England, has been playing organ and conducting choirs for over two decades, including four years of previous service here at St. Peter’s. He holds a Doctorate in music composition from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in music theory from Yale University.
Stuart recently co-authored a book on Music in Prisons entitled “Music-Making in U.S. Prisons: Listening to Incarcerated Voices.” Stuart works at UConn’s Graduate School as their Director of Programming and Diversity Recruitment and at UCONN’s Neag School of Education.
Stuart and his partner Jen are happy to have joined our parish and look forward to watching their now three-year-old Emerson grow up at St. Peter’s.
Erika Nemeti
Parish Administrator
Erika has been a member of the Episcopal Church since 2005. She has greatly enjoyed singing in the choirs of St. Thomas New Haven and Trinity on the Green while being an active and enthusiastic volunteer.
She has held various roles as support staff in the natural medicine side of health care. She enjoys painting, creating stage sets and visiting museums in her free time. Erika resides in Hamden with her husband Michael, her three college age children, some elderly backyard chickens and two new kittens.
Heather Fitzgerald
Digital Communications Associate
Heather Fitzgerald manages St. Peter’s digital presence, including the website and social media. She has been a parisioner since 2011 and loves her St. P’s family! She has two daughters and a son and lives with them, her husband and two dogs in Cheshire.
hfitzgerald@stpeterscheshire.org
David Kacynski
Sexton
Drafted by the Yankees in the Cheshire Little League years ago, he remains a faithful NY Yankees fan and a faithful staff member.
St. Peter’s Parish Leadership
Executive Committee
Kim Clarke, Senior Warden
Peter Festa, Junior Warden
Charlie Waggoner, Treasurer
Additional Officers
Hilda Schmidt, Asst. Treasurer
Becky Whipple, Parish Clerk
Charlie Moran, Parish Agent
Nancy Staab, Asst. Parish Agent
Sam Dunlop, Cemetery Superintendent
Diocesan/Regional Representatives
Wendy Dringoli
Nancy Staab
Michaela Hauser-Wagner (Alternate)
Vestry
Term Expires January 2027
Wendy Ciaburri
Scott Gadwa
Molly Preudhomme
Nancy Staab
Term Expires January 2028
Susan Bravo
Chris Morris
Wendy Dringoli
Term Expires January 2029
Micahela Hauser-Wagner
Hilda Schmidt
Bob Weaver
Sunday Services
8:00 am Rite I Worship
10:00 am Rite II Worship
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