I have been happily married for 45 years to a wonderful man.  We have two girls, two son in laws, and four grandchildren.  I am a lifelong Episcopalian.

I am a C.P.A. licensed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  I worked in accounting for over 35 years. I am recently retired from full time employment.  I have been involved in non-profits for decades.  I have been the Co-Director, Treasurer and Board member of the Northern RI Food Pantry in Cumberland and a Board member and committee Chairman of Episcopal Charities of RI.  I have been a Big Sister, Power Lunch mentor, and Girl Scout leader.  I have also served as a Senior Warden, Junior Warden and treasurer at three Rhode Island Episcopal churches.  I am currently the Senior Warden at St. James Church in Woonsocket, Commission on Finance member, Nightingale Fund Treasurer and was the volunteer bookkeeper for St. Thomas Church. 

I am very happy to be joining the St. Thomas staff.

The Rev’d Dante A. Tavolaro has served St. Thomas Church since June 2020. He is a 2011 graduate of Rhode Island College (BA in Political Science), a 2017 graduate of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale (Diploma in Anglican Studies), and a 2017 graduate of Yale Divinity School (MDiv). He was ordained by Bishop Knisely as a deacon in June 2017, and as a priest in December 2017. Dante began his ministry at St. Thomas on June 1, 2020 having been called as the Priest-in-Charge.  On March 09, 2022 Dante was elected as the 9th Rector of St. Thomas.  Prior to coming to St. Thomas he was the Associate Rector of St. Luke’s, East Greenwich and Chaplain at Rhode Island College. Before ordination he was a lay church professional serving on the staff of St. Martin’s, Providence and St. Peter’s by-the-Sea, Narragansett. In addition to his parish duties, Dante serves as a Board Member of the Episcopal Conference Center, a Board Member of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, Chair of the Resolutions Committee for Diocesan Convention, Deputy to General Convention (2009, 2012, 2015, 2021), and is an Associate of the Society of St. Margaret (a religious order of sisters in the Episcopal Church. You may contact the Rector at dante@stthomasepiscopalri.org