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Published on: 5/5/2009
Last Visited: 7/14/2009
Left to right in the photo are Mr. Cross, Parish of McAdam; Mr. Black, Parish of Salisbury and Havelock; Ms. Chandra, Parish of Rothesay; Bishop Miller; Mr. Cains, Parish of the Nerepis and St. John; Bishop George Lemmon, preacher; and Dean Keith Joyce.
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If ever there were a "typical" New Brunswick Anglican candidate for ordination, it certainly isn't Kevin Cross.
He grew up outside Detroit in what he describes as "a fairly typical Irish Catholic clan," with an atypical Scottish nanny who he calls his spiritual director.
Kevin felt called to a religious vocation many times through his childhood and teenage years but when the time came, he opted to follow family tradition and enrolled in pre-medical courses at Tufts University near Boston.
He abandoned those studies to concentrate on psychology and German, then concentrated on an engaging young woman by the name of Barbara who, like he, loved the ocean and nature.
He calls their marriage another step along the path towards spiritual growth.
Kevin went on to do graduate work in clinical social work and established a private practice dedicated mostly to individual, family and group psychology.
A few years later he decided to use his skills in the broader world of business, focusing on the problems of alcohol and drug addiction.
"However, once again, God had a different path in mind for me," says Kevin.