The Rev Mike Angell engages communities in practices of prayerful shared discernment and action for justice. Before coming to St Michael’s, he served for eight years as the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion in the St Louis area. He has degrees from the Virginia Theological Seminary and the University of San Diego and was ordained at St John’s Church, Lafayette Square in Washington, DC in 2011. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in ministry in Christian Spirituality through Virginia Seminary. Mike is an award-winning preacher, writer, and community organizer. He is passionate about connecting across human boundaries to pursue Jesus’ vision of the Beloved Community. Beyond St Michael’s he lives into this work through his service with Cristosal, a leading human rights organization in Central America. (Mike wrapped up a term on the board in 2025). Mike grew up skiing and hiking in Colorado. For him, there is a deep connection between spirituality and time in creation. He is also a swimmer and practices yoga at a local studio. Mike enjoys reading the theology of Jon Sobrino and Kelly Brown Douglas, the fiction of Madeleine L’Engle, and the poetry of Mary Oliver. Mike’s family are now at least the fourth and fifth generation to call New Mexico home. Mike and his husband Ellis Anderson, a Librarian at a local Middle School, are the proud parents of a six year old. Their family is rounded out by two sweet Labradoodles named Oscar and Gus. (And yes, the rector of St Michael and All Angels is named “Michael Angell.” Isn’t life funny?)​

The Simone Drinkwater began her tenure in February of 2025. She most recently served at St. John’s in Alamogordo. She is also the Indigenous Missioner for the Diocese of the Rio Grande, and is working with Episcopalians in Navajoland on a translation of the Book of Common Prayer.

Our rector has asked the Rev. Lee Lowery to come on staff part time (10 hours a week) as "Interim Priest for Pastoral Care." Lee served as the Interim rector of St. Michael's from August of 2022 until July of 2023. Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1991, Father Lee brings three decades of wide-ranging experience to St. Michael’s. Father Lee and his wife, Linda, have moved to Albuquerque from Alabama, where he grew up and spent most of his career. They have two daughters. In addition to pastoral care, Lee will participate in some liturgical leadership and the Classics Ministry.