Meredith Hawkins

The Rev. Dr. Meredith Hawkins serves at Christ Church as Priest Associate. Mother Merdith has a deep and articulate love for Jesus Christ, and she has been called by God as a healer, teacher, and pastor: she is a bi-vocational medical doctor and an Episcopal priest.

Mother Meredith was ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in 2022, and she earned her Masters of Divinity cum laude from Wycliffe College in Toronto. After ordination, she served from 2022 to 2025 as Priest Associate at several churches in the Diocese of New York, including the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. In addition to being on staff at Christ Church, Mother Meredith also serves as Priest Associate at the Church of Calvary Saint George in New York City. 

Dr. Hawkins (as she is known in her other professional world) is Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the Einstein-Mt. Sinai Regional Diabetes Research Center. She holds the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Medicine. Dr. Hawkins earned her M.D. degree cum laude from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods cum laude from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Hawkins' long-term research recently culminated in the classification of type five diabetes. She founded and directs Einstein's Global Diabetes Institute, with the goal of building strategic partnerships in medical research and education to combat the burgeoning global diabetes epidemic. 

Mother Meredith is with us at Christ Church on Sunday mornings twice a month, preaching about one Sunday each month. She also covers major services when Father Matt our Rector is away, and she leads some of our Sunday evening, weekday, and Holy Day masses . She is available by appointment for pastoral counselling, pastoral visits, and sacramental confessions.