DUXBURY - She doesn’t always wear the robe and the cloak, but the Rev. Kendra Vaughan Hovey is never without her priest’s collar.

As the elder high priestess of the First Church of Wicca in Duxbury, the white collar is more than a symbol of her beliefs. She says it provides an opportunity to educate others about those beliefs.

Sitting in her home office, where she prepares sermons, answers e-mail and prays at the altar neatly set in the corner beneath a window, Hovey recalls a recent interaction at her daughter’s dance recital.

‘‘One of the other mothers said she’d noticed my collar and asked what kind of minister I am,’’ said Hovey, who is , ordained by the International Metaphysical Ministry and by the First Church of Wicca.

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