St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Priest Associates

Father Morrie Hauge, Rector of St. Paul’s from 1994-2002, became an Episcopalian while attending a Lutheran Seminary. Since ordination, he has served a number of congregations in and outside the Diocese of Olympia. He held assistant to the rector positions at Christ, Church, Tacoma, at Christ Church, Grosse Point, Michigan, and at St. Mary’s Church, Eugene, Oregon. He was also Interim Rector at St. George's Parish in Lake City, Priest-in-Charge at All Saints in South Tacoma, and Priest-in-Charge at Holy Spirit, Vashon Island.

Father Hauge has been interested in and involved with leadership training since the 1960s when he became a member of the TACS (Training and Consultation) network in the Diocese of Olympia. Through TACS he helped to lead group development training sessions and served as a consultant to congregations working to strengthen their common life.

Father Hauge’s interests include Carl Jung and how Jung’s psychological approach can augment the Christian Gospel. During a three-month period between positions, Father Hauge read Jung’s Collected Works, later becoming involved in Jungian circles in Oregon and giving a presentation to a Jungian gathering at the University of Oregon on the relationship of Jungian Psychology and Christian Theology.

Father Hauge also has an interest in Celtic Holy Places. In the last six years he has made two pilgrimages to Celtic Holy Places: Lindesfarne, Iona, Whithorn, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrew’s. This interest has led him to involvement in offering sessions on Celtic Spirituality more broadly in the diocese.

Morrie and his partner Scott Martin have been together for over 27 years and live in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle.

Father Ralph Carskadden holds degrees in music, theology and fine arts. He served as Canon Liturgist at St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit, and at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. He also served as Rector of All Souls', San Diego, and most recently as Rector of St. Clement's Church, Seattle. He served a three-year term on the City of Seattle Arts Commission and also on the board of the Association of Diocesan Liturgy and Music Commissions of the Episcopal Church. Father Carskadden has been a liturgical consultant to a variety of parish and cathedral congregations.

Father Carskadden’s current interests include:

Russia: “A piece of my soul is connected to the art, music and spirituality of Russian Orthodoxy.” He has recently returned from several weeks travel there, is on the board of the St. Petersburg, Russia, Seattle Sister Churches program, and helps raise support for the Children’s Hospice in St. Petersburg;

Social Justice: He serves on the diocesan Anti-Racism Training Task Force, helping to facilitate workshops around the diocese on race relations.

Liturgy: He teaches the Introduction to Christian Worship course in the Diocesan School of Ministry and Theology and serves on the Advisory Board of the Summer Liturgy Insitute at Seattle University;

Home: Ralph and his long-time partner Steven live in a 1910 house on Beacon Hill where their companion is a delightful Scottish Terrier named “Jacob.”