Paula Toland is a second-year M.Div. student at the Episcopal Divinity School and a postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Massachusetts. She spent her early years in both the Episcopal and Roman Catholic Churches, and made the decision to be confirmed in the Episcopal Church at age 12. She and her husband have three children, all of whom have been active in various parish and diocesan ministries. After working for 30 years as a social worker, Paula recently began work as a hospice chaplain in Rhode Island.