Clergy & Leadership

The Rev'd Dr. Matthew Cadwell is Old North's seventh Vicar (and twenty-fourth minister in charge since 1723). Baptized and confirmed in the Scandinavian Lutheran tradition in Minnesota, he was received into the Episcopal Church as a young adult. He is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, Episcopal Divinity School, and the Toronto School of Theology in the University of Toronto, earning a PhD with specialization in Anglican history and theology. He commenced ordained ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada while a doctoral fellow and lecturer in divinity at Trinity College, Toronto. Prior to appointment to Old North in 2020, he served 12 years as rector of Emmanuel Church in Wakefield, Mass. Dr. Cadwell teaches theology in the diocese’s program for deacons and church history in Bexley-Seabury Seminary's baptismal living stream. He is Boston's clergy representative to diocesan council and a member of the diocese's Library & Archives board. An associate of the Order of St. Anne, he regularly officiates in the Sisters' convent chapel in Arlington. Like Old North's history, his ancestry includes Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolution, followed by immigrants from Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and Finland. He cherishes Old North as a national treasure and icon of American freedom, as well as our relationship with Boston’s British and Commonwealth communities. He enjoys baking, watercolor painting, and speaks Swedish.

The Rev'd Holly Hartman began serving a three-year appointment as Deacon at Old North in January 2023. Ordained a Vocational Deacon in 2012, Holly is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological Seminary with a master’s degree in Christian Education. Her first career was as an occupational therapist with a degree from the University of New Hampshire. She previously served as Deacon at Christ Church, Needham; Grace Church, Everett; and Emmanuel Church, Wakefield. In addition to parish ministry, she has served on the diocesan staff as a Missioner for Global Partnerships. Her passion for ministry includes engaging/discerning/forming parishioners in mission, which she views as crossing boundaries to engage with people in another context, whether it be local or global. At Old North, Deacon Holly co-lead the Sacred Ground racial justice and reconciliation program. She partners with the vestry on identifying mission outreach opportunities and is leading monthly church school programing for children and youth. Holly lives in Needham with her husband Lester, a retired pediatrician. They have two adult daughters. They enjoy vacationing in Maine, especially at Higgins Beach in Scarborough, south of Portland. Deacon Holly Hartman is current on an extended leave of absence as she cares for her family.

A native of Croatia, Dr. Dudas has served as Old North's Director of Music since 1998. He began musical studies in piano at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he gave his first organ recital in his hometown of Osijek, which led to performances in all major cities of the former Yugoslavia. A scholarship took him to Vienna to study organ and church music. He performed not only in Vienna and Innsbruck in Austria, but also throughout Bavaria and Italy. At the age of 20, Dr. Dudas presented an organ recital in the Thomaskirche, J. S. Bach’s church in Leipzig, Germany. After receiving his Diploma with Distinction at Vienna's Hochschule für Music und darstellende Kunst, he furthered his studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana with a Master's in Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music where he received a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Organ Performance. In addition to his appointment at Old North Church, Dr. Dudas teaches harpsichord, organ, piano, and vocal studies as senior faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge. He regularly performs across New England, New York, and in Europe, including a recent summer residency in Berlin, Germany. His recording of Edward Elgar’s “Vesper Voluntaries” can be heard on the CD “Historic Organs of Boston” published by the Organ Historical Society. An avid animal lover, Dr. Dudas is also a regular volunteer at the Franklin Park Zoo.

Priscilla is a cradle Episcopalian and 30+ year active member of Parish of the Epiphany, Winchester. Born in Tennessee and raised in Florida, she has called the Boston area home for many years. She loves serving both Old North and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Charlestown as shared Administrator, positions she has held since 2013. Priscilla graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia and earned an MBA from Northeastern University.