A Second Interview with Father Berto

What is the Bible?, being a Roman Catholic priest and then an Episcopal priest, interpreting and discerning the Bible, silent retreat, and more.

Father Berto Gándara has been a priest for 34 years, first a Roman Catholic priest and then an Episcopal priest. He has been at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Eastsound for 12 years. A native of Puerto Rico, the ever-joyful Father Berto speaks Spanish, English, and French, and has served in the Dominican Republic, Belgium, Spain, Puerto Rico, and Harlem. He has a BA in Philosophy, a Master's in Theology, and four other post-master's degrees in Belgium, Spain, and New York. Berto is passionate about parish ministry, contemplative spirituality, photography, drumming, Native American flute playing, interreligious dialogue, and outreach, especially to the LGBT and Latino community. He has shared his life for the past 20 years with his spouse, the Reverend Hugh McPhail Grant, from Atlanta, Georgia, who is also an Episcopal priest. Hugh served as an associate priest at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in New York City, and is a licensed clinical social worker, a wilderness spirituality guide, and a stewardship consultant.