parish Staff

The Rev. Dominique Peridans Rector

fatherdominiqueasa@gmail.com | Direct: (202) 559-7731
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Father Dominique Peridans was born in Washington, DC and raised in neighboring Maryland. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Psychology, Father Dominique spent 3 years with the L’Arche community (for adults with mental disabilities) in Brussels, Belgium, and then joined the Congregation of St. Jean, a French Roman Catholic monastic community, with whom he spent 14 years. While with them, he was ordained to the priesthood. In 2013, Father Dominique received a Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University, Maryland, and was received as a priest in the Episcopal Church by The Right Reverend Eugene Sutton of Maryland. Of Belgian immigrant parents, Fr. Dominique is bilingual French-English.

THE REV. Mary McCue  deacon

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Before being ordained in September, 2017, Mary and her four colleagues attended Deacons School created and sponsored by the Diocese. They studied New and Old Testament, Systematic Theology, Ethics, Church History, preaching and community organization, among other topics. Mary holds a Diploma in Theology from Virginia Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science from Boston University. Before entering Deacons School, she was a frequent acolyte, senior warden and member of the Finance Committee at St. Monica and St. James, her home parish. While serving there, she had the honor of getting to know (and revere) the late Dr. Father Ronald Conner. Mary is thrilled to be at Ascension and St. Agnes, where she facilitates the Lay Eucharistic Visitors program, serves as a liturgical deacon and coordinates the intercessory prayer program.  

Mr. Collin Power Director of Music Ministry

c.power@asa-dc.org
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A multifaceted musician equally at home on the organ bench and the stage, Collin Power is an active organist, conductor, and singer in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. He enjoys a rigorous performing and conducting schedule ranging from playing with the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and accompanying the D.C. based Lux Choir, to singing with such renowned groups as Opera Saratoga, the Seagle Music Colony and as a soloist with the New Dominion and Georgetown Chorales. A strong advocate for both early music and contemporary music, especially sacred works by living composers, Collin holds a deep belief in the pastoral role of music ministry to transform lives and bring people closer to God. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the University of Maryland where he received his Bachelor’s degree in 2019. Outside of his musical career, he enjoys obscure liturgical history, books about monks, long bike rides and big band music.

RYAN DANKER THEOLOGIAN-IN-RESIDENCE

Ryan Danker is a church historian and theologian with a passion for the broad scope of the Christian tradition with particular interest in evangelical studies, the Church of England, and the early Wesleyan movement under John and Charles Wesley. He is the Associate Professor of Church History and Methodist Studies in Washington, DC. Danker has written extensively in Wesleyan and Anglican history and theology. His 2016 work, Wesley and the Anglicans: Political Division in Early Evangelicalism, has been widely praised. Born in Portland, Oregon, Danker is active in the American Academy of Religion and the Wesleyan Theological Society. He is a member of the United Methodist-Roman Catholic Dialogue. He is President of the Charles Wesley Society. Before his appointment at Wesley, Danker served on the faculty at Greensboro College in North Carolina where he was also Special Assistant to the President and a member of the Advisory Board of the Royce and Jane Reynolds Center for Church Leadership.​
Mark Cosenza PARISH ADMINISTRATOR
Molly Jane Layton SEMINARIAN INTERN
​Molly Jane Layton is a Middler in the M.Div. program at Virginia Theological Seminary and a Postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Before entering seminary, she earned an M.A. in Classics at Cornell University and an M.Ed. in Private School Leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University and taught high school for twelve years. 
Zachary Baker Rodes SEMINARIAN INTERN
Zachary hails from Metro Detroit (Diocese of Michigan) and is a fierce     supporter of all things Detroit. In his spare time, you'll find him reading maps, watching old Match Games, and spending time with his husband, Chase. He is grateful and overjoyed to be at ASA and is excited about his time here. Peace!