English ARC - Membership March 2012

Anglican

The Rt Revd Timothy Thornton, Bishop of Truro (Co-Chairman)

The Rt Revd Geoffrey Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster

The Revd John Cook, Vicar of St Mary, Wargrave with St Peter’s, Knowl Hill, Berkshire

The Revd Dr Andrew Davison, Tutor, Westcott House, Cambridge

The Revd Duncan Dormor, Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge

The Very Revd Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester

Miss Joy Gilliver, Adviser for Ministry and Adult Christian Education,

Diocese of Chichester

Mrs Margaret Swinson, Vice-Chair, Council for Christian Unity

The Revd Canon Jonathan Goodall, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Personal Chaplain and Ecumenical Secretary

Dr Colin Podmore, Clerk to the General Synod and Secretary, Council for Christian Unity (Co- Secretary)

Roman Catholic

The Most Revd Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham (Co-Chairman)

The Rt Revd Paul Hendricks, Auxiliary Bishop in Archdiocese of Southwark

The Revd Canon John O’Toole, Dean St George’s Cathedral, Southwark (Co-Secretary)

Mrs Louise Walton, Lay Chaplain (RC), University of Greenwich

Dr Alana Harris, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford

Mr Anthony Castle, Former Secondary School Head of Religious Education

Mrs Dora Nash, Former Head of Religious Education and Head of Sixth Form at The Oratory School near Reading

Sister Sheila Moloney DMJ, Vicar for Religious, Southwark

The Revd Robert Byrne, Ecumenical Secretary, Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Invitation sent to one further person: confirmation of acceptance awaited

Observer

The Revd Dr David Cornick General Secretary, Churches Together in England

In attendance

Mr Francis Bassett, Assistant Secretary, C of E Council for Christian Unity

(Administrative Secretary)

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Introductions

Thanks to members for sending in these short pieces about themselves to help with introductions.

Bishop Tim Thornton

Ordained in 1980 I have served in several dioceses and been involved in parochial ministry, work as a Bishop’s Chaplain and Principal of a course training people to be ordained. I was born in Yorkshire am married with two grown up children. Before Cornwall I was Bishop of Sherborne and before that I lived and worked for a long time in London. I became Bishop of Truro in 2009.

Cornwall is a fascinating place to live both beautiful and attractive to millions of tourists and a place or real deprivation and rural poverty and isolation; issues which concern me greatly. At present I am keen to try and get people talking about how we might live differently given the financial situation which is not going to go away.

I have been a member of English ARC for two years and became co-chair just over a year ago. I have always enjoyed and tried to promote good working ecumenical relationships. I am at present Chair of Churches Together in Cornwall.

When not working I enjoy reading novels and watching rubbish television and am a keen supporter of rugby union and in particular always want England to win.

Bishop Geoff Pearson

Married to Jean. Trained at St John’s, Durham and Cranmer Hall. Three adult children and one grandchild. Eldest daughter is Assistant Rector at St George’s, Leeds.

1974 ordained in the Wakefield Diocese.

1985-89 Worked for Board for Mission and Unity, mainly supporting Diocesan Missioners and Evangelists. Very involved in Lent 86 “What on Earth is the Church For?” In 1987 took part in Swanwick Conference of the Inter-Church Process “Not Strangers But Pilgrims” where I heard Cardinal Basil Hume renew the Roman Catholic Church’s commitment to full engagement in the Inter-Church process. It still remains one of the most electrifying speeches I have ever heard.

During this period I also operated as Secretary of the Evangelism Committee for the British Council of Churches.

1989-2006 Vicar and Area Dean in Liverpool

2006 Appointed Bishop of Lancaster

I have written various publications, mostly Grove Booklets about children’s evangelism. In 2005 I wrote “Towards the Conversion of England” – reflecting on the original Temple report. In Lancashire I chair Churches Together in Lancashire and help run the ecumenical Mission-Shaped Ministry Course.

I enjoy hill-walking, running, sports, reading and the cinema. My favourite author is George Macdonald and I support Liverpool FC. I am hoping to walk some of the Camino de Santiago in April.

The Revd John Cook

I was ordained in 1985,and served curacies in Chesterfield, Derbyshire(1985-89), St Peter,s, Farnborough, Hampshire ( 1989-92) and was then Director of Training and in charge of outreach to West End workers and Assistant Minister at All Soul’s, Langham Place in London(1992-98). From 1998 to 2008 I was Vicar of St John with St Andrew, Chelsea and am currently Vicar of St Marys Wargrave with St Peter’s, Knowl Hill, Berkshire. A few years ago I was a member of the Council for Christian Unity. I am passionate about strengthening the witness of the local church to bring the Gospel to as many as possible. I am currently a member of the CEEC( Church of England Evangelical Council) and on the Council of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. I am married to Camilla, and we have two boys, George and Tom.

The Revd Dr Andrew Davison

I am the tutor in doctrine at Westcott House, Cambridge, one of the Church of England’s theological colleges. I was born in 1974 and grew up in East Yorkshire, read chemistry at Merton College, Oxford and stayed on for a DPhil in biochemistry. I trained for ordination at Westcott House, and read Tripos in theology and religious studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. I spent part of my third year of training at the English College in Rome as the ordinand representing the Church of England in Rome that year. I studied at the Angelicum, which was a particular joy as I have enthusiasm for the Dominicans.

I was ordained in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark (deacon 2003, priest 2004) and served my curacy at St Dunstan’s, Bellingham in SE London. In 2006 I moved to Oxford to be tutor in Christian doctrine at St Stephen’s House, another theological college. Soon after I was also appointed as junior chaplain of Merton. I moved to Cambridge in 2010.

I have published a few books: For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions (on ecclesiology), Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy, and the Catholic Tradition, Lift Up Your Hearts: Prayers for Anglicans and Creative Ideas for Children’s Liturgy (years A and B so far) as theological advisor. I edit two series for Canterbury Press, one more academic and the other more practical. Probably my two biggest enthusiasms outside of theology are music and architecture.

The Revd Duncan Dormor

Currently President (Vice-Master) and Dean of Chapel at St John’s College, Cambridge (since 2002), I teach sociology and anthropology of religion and some applied ethics in the University. My ‘day job’ firmly roots me in the thriving Anglican choral tradition and involves me in all aspects of the management of collegiate life, but I am also engaged with: the selection processes of the C of E as a Bishop’s Selector; ordination training through my membership of the Council of Westcott House; the Church’s approach to the world through the Mission and Public Affairs Council; and, a whole raft of issues by virtue of membership of the General Synod.

Primarily a social scientist rather than a theologian, I spent three years in my early 20s, prior to ordination, working for the RC psychiatrist, Dr Jack Dominian for his charity, One plus One: Marriage and Partnership Research. I have degrees from Oxford University in Human Sciences and in Theology and a Masters in Demography from London. I have published two co-edited collections of essays - Anglicanism the Answer to Modernity (2003) and An Acceptable Sacrifice: Homosexuality and the Church, (2007) as well as a book on cohabitation - Just Cohabiting ? The Church, Sex and Getting Married(2004). I have also published articles on the ethics of genetic experimentation, teenage confirmation, and a range of subjects in sexual ethics (marriage, homosexuality and transsexuality). I have given talks and lectures to a wide range of organizations including the keynote address (twice) at the annual conference of Marriage Care (the RC Marriage charity). Married to a former Roman Catholic, I have two teenage daughters.

The Very Revd Vivienne Faull

Viv Faull has been Dean of Leicester since 2000, with responsibility for the development of the life of the cathedral and, within the diocese, as deputy to the Bishop of Leicester. She was the first woman to be appointed Dean in the Church of England (there are now 4)

She is one of 5 Deans on the Church of England General Synod, and one of its panel of chairs. For the last 10 years she has been a member of the synodical processes for drafting legislation for Consecration of women to the episcopate (the Rochester Commission, the legislative drafting group, the Revision Committee and now its Steering Group).
Her wider ecumenical involvement includes membership of the planning committee for the Conference of European Churches Conference in Prague in 1992, where she planned and led the worship in the heady early days of the reunification of Europe.
She was first ordained as Deaconess in Liverpool, became chaplain of Clare College Cambridge and then of Gloucester Cathedral, and moved to Coventry Cathedral as Canon in 1994 when she was priested.
Her current post has given her considerable experience of reflecting on God’s oikumene in one of the most diverse cities in Europe and will (for instance) shortly contribute to a national conference hosted by Muslim women who want to develop their skills in practical theology.

Miss Joy Gilliver

I completed a degree in Theology at Oxford University in 1982 and went on to teach RE for 15 years in secondary schools in Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire. Following a brief spell as an educational consultant for the DBE in Birmingham Diocese I moved to Chichester diocese where I was appointed as the Adviser for adult education and lay training. In 2010 I was appointed as team leader for the new combined Discipleship and Ministry team and I have oversight of ministerial discernment and training as well as provision for lay formation and discipleship in the diocese. I am Director of Training for Readers. I have been a Bishop’s adviser for selection for training for ordination for several years. More recently I have been a member of a small national curriculum support group working with those developing quality assurance processes in Reader ministry and I have been a member of the General Synod of the Church of England since 2010.

I have a particular interest in liturgy and have just completed an MA in Pastoral Liturgy at Heythrop College London, benefiting hugely from working in an ecumenical context. A dissertation on the use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England raised questions about what contribution our two churches could make together to respond to the needs for reconciliation in contemporary society. I have a long standing interest in exploring a theology of the laity and in issues related to ecclesiology and ministry. I have taught across the range of theological disciplines and have written much of the course material for a Foundation degree in Ministry and Mission.

I am passionate about the importance of unity in the Church and delighted to be invited to be a member of English ARC.

Mrs Margaret Swinson

I grew up in Worcestershire and have been in Liverpool since 1975 when I came to study Music. I then trained as an Accountant and am now self-employed, which enables me to divide my time between paid work, family commitments and church activities in the parish, diocese and nationally. In 2003 I completed a Masters degree in Ecumenical Theology at Liverpool Hope, an Anglican and Roman Catholic University, where I have recently been appointed to the University Council.

Since 1980 I have worshipped at St Matthew and St James, Mossley Hill, part of the Mossley Hill Team, with my family. In addition to involvement in the parish, I have served on the Deanery Synod since 1982 and Diocesan and General Synods since 1985. I am currently chair of the House of Laity of the Liverpool Diocesan Synod, a post which I held since 2003, and serve as a member of the Cathedral Chapter.

Since my election to General Synod in 1985 I have been an active member. I am currently a member of the Panel of Chairmen for General Synod, vice-Chair of the Council for Christian Unity and a member of the Steering Group for the Women Bishops legislation. I have been involved with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland since its inception and am now Moderator of the Trustees. I have been a member of ARC for the last 5 years.

When I am not working or doing church activities, my husband and I sing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and play the violin and viola.

The Revd Canon Jonathan Goodall

Jonathan was born and raised in Yorkshire. Reading music at university he pursued a career as a concert singer and commissioning editor before training for the priesthood. Once ordained he served a title from 1989 in Bicester and from early 1998 he served as Sacrist at Westminster Abbey. From 1998 he served as the assistant to two successive Bishops of the Diocese of Europe, the jurisdiction that co-ordinates 250 parishes across continental Europe and the Caucasus.

Since 2005 Jonathan has served as the Personal Chaplain and Ecumenical Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. As part of this role he is a consultant member of English ARC, ARCIC and IARCCUM and is responsible for Archbishop Rowan’s personal, nation and international Roman Catholic relations. He also maintains relationships with certain religious communities.

Dr Colin Podmore

I was born and brought up in Cornwall and read Modern History at Keble College, Oxford. I then worked for a year in a German boarding school, trained as a teacher at Selywn College, Cambridge, and taught German for two years in a Church of England comprehensive school in Chorley, Lancashire. From 1985 to 1988 I did doctoral research at Keble. My D.Phil. thesis was eventually published as The Moravian Church in England, 1728-1760 (Oxford, 1998).

In 1988 I was appointed to the staff of the General Synod. I was Assistant Secretary of the Board for Mission and Unity (1988-1991), with responsibility for Interfaith Relations and New Religious Movements, as well as for implementation of the Meissen Agreement with the German Protestant Churches. From 1991 to 1999 I was Assistant Secretary and then Deputy Secretary of the Council for Christian Unity (1991-1999), with responsibility for European ecumenical relations. In that capacity I commissioned, edited and published Roger Greenacre's book The Catholic Church in France, held a day conference for Church of England dioceses twinned with French, Belgian and German Catholic dioceses, and attended the regular joint meetings between English ARC, French ARC and Belgian ARC.

I have worked in the Central Secretariat of the Archbishops' Council since 1999, as Secretary of the Liturgical Publishing Group (1999-2002), Secretary of the Liturgical Commission (2002-2009), Secretary of reviews of the process for appointing diocesan bishops and making other senior church appointments (1999-2001, 2005-2007), Secretary of the House of Clergy of the General Synod and of the Dioceses Commission (2002-2011).

I was appointed as Clerk to the General Synod, Director of the Central Secretariat and Director of Ecumenical Relations in 2011. As Director of the Central Secretariat I head one of the eight divisions into which the Archbishops' Council's staff are divided, with responsibility for 24 colleagues, ten of whom report directly to me. The Central Secretariat includes the staff of the Synod and of its main commissions and committees, the ecumenical staff and the Research and Statistics department; the National Safeguarding Adviser also reports to me. As Clerk to the Synod I am responsible for all matters concerning the General Synod and lead the staff team that services it. As Director of Ecumenical Relations, I am Secretary of the Council for Christian Unity (of which the Anglican half of English ARC is a committee) and lead the ecumenical staff team.

I have published a book and various articles on Anglican ecclesiology - latterly focusing on the history and ecclesiology of the Episcopal Church in the USA.

Archbishop Bernard Longley

Archbishop Bernard Longley was born in Manchester on 5 April 1955, was ordained Bishop and appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Westminster on 24th January 2003, and was installed as the ninth Archbishop of Birmingham on Tuesday 8th December 2009. As Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster he was Head of the Diocesan Pastoral Board and had pastoral responsibilities for the Deaneries of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Marylebone, Tower Hamlets, and Westminster.

Archbishop Bernard Longley studied at Xaverian College and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and New College, Oxford. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton on 12th December 1981 at St John's Seminary, Wonersh, and was Assistant Priest at St Joseph's, Epsom, and Chaplain to Psychiatric Hospitals. From 1987 to 1996 he was on the staff at St John's Seminary, Wonersh, teaching dogmatic theology. In 1991, he was appointed Surrey Chairman of the Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Commission for Christian Unity and in 1996 became National Ecumenical Officer at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

In 1999 he was appointed Moderator of the Steering Committee of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and also Assistant General Secretary of Catholic Bishops' Conference with responsibilities for Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs.

Archbishop Longley authored the Catholic Commentary on the Agreed Joint Statement by the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission - "Growing towards Unity and Mission" (2007). He was appointed Roman Catholic Co-Chairman of the International Roman Catholic-Anglican Commission in 2012 and a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation in 2011. He is Roman Catholic Co-Chairman of the English Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee and Chairman of the Bishops’ Conference Department for Dialogue and Unity.

Bishop Paul Hendricks

Born 18th March 1956, the first of four children. Grew up in Orpington, Kent.

Holy Innocents Primary School and St Mary’s Grammar School, Sidcup.

Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1974-77. Subject: Physics.

Worked at GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, 1977-79.

Studied for the priesthood at the English College, Rome, 1979-1985.

Ordained deacon 1983, priest 1984.

Assistant Priest, St Boniface, Tooting, 1985-89.

Philosophy Lecturer and Bursar, St John’s Seminary, Wonersh, 1989-99.

Parish Priest, Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, 1999-2006.

Auxiliary Bishop for SW Area of Southwark Archdiocese, from 2006.

I enjoy walking, novels (anything from JK Rowling to Jane Austen), classical music, model aircraft.

I look after two elderly cats (previously strays).

Ecumenical interests and experience:

Member of Bishops’ Conference Department of Dialogue and Unity

Representative at CTE; Trustee of CTBI.

Member of English ARC since 2008.

Chair, Churches Together in South London; Chair, Croydon Churches’ Forum.

Member of Catholic-Oriental Orthodox Forum since 2007.

Particular interest in Receptive Ecumenism.

Have known Bishop Richard Cheetham since we were Physics students in the same year at Corpus.

Also one of the four Christian Presidents on Christian-Muslim Forum, since 2010.

Also interested in new religious movements, since I was a governor of Inform (at the LSE).

The Revd Canon John O’Toole

John O’Toole was born in Dublin in 1950. The family moved to Chatham, Kent when he was 8 years old. He attended both Catholic and non-Catholic schools and then read history at King’s College, London. He was ordained priest in 1978, the year of the three Popes! He has served as an assistant priest in Lewisham and Merton and as Parish Priest in St Paul’s Ecumenical Parish, Thamesmead and St Andrew’s, Thornton Heath. He has also worked at diocesan level both as an RE Adviser and as an Adult Formation Adviser and nationally as a team member of the Catholic Missionary Society, leading parish and school missions. In 2011 he was appointed to his present post as Dean of St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. He is also the RC Co-secretary of the English Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee (English ARC) and has been a member of English ARC since 2001.

Mrs Louise Walton

Louise Walton is the Roman Catholic Chaplain and the Joint Co-ordinating Chaplain at the University of Greenwich. Born and raised in an interdenominational family, (Anglican paternal family, Catholic maternal family), she is married to Oliver, an Anglican, and her brother and sister are likewise Catholics married to non-Catholics. Louise read History and Ancient History at Exeter University, followed by a Master of Arts in Mediterranean Studies for which her dissertation focused on ancient Greek ‘religion’, cosmology, ethnicity and identity. She subsequently studied for and gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Christian Theology through Heythrop College, University of London.

Since leaving Exeter, Louise worked as a Catholic Parliamentary Intern in the Houses of Parliament with John Battle MP, the then Prime Ministers’ Envoy to the Faith Communities. At the end of the internship, Louise became the Executive Assistant to Paul Avis and Martin Davie in the Council for Christian Unity in the Church of England for three years until taking up the post at Greenwich.

In addition to her interests in religion, history and politics, Louise speaks French and German and is particularly interested in music. Her work at Greenwich is with students and staff of all faiths and no faiths, providing personal, academic and English Language support as well as guidance on British culture. Her liturgical life at Greenwich and opportunities for Christian prayer and discussion often are ecumenical, and she continues to worship regularly in both her local Catholic and Anglican parish churches.

Dr Alana Harris

Following a Masters of Divinity at the Melbourne College of Divinity (which included a unit on ecumenism studied with Rev Dr Charles Sherlock, member of ARCIC), I completed my Doctorate at the University of Oxford examining the transformations in the spirituality and social identity of English Catholics through the period of the Second Vatican Council. My academic research interests encompass Christian ecumenism, inter-religious dialogue (and diasporic communities in Britain) as well as 'everyday lived religion' and its intersections with gender, ethnicity and class. I am the Darby Fellow in History at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, where I teach nineteenth and twentieth century British and European history.

Mr Anthony Castle

After twelve years in seminaries, Anthony worked for ten years in the Roman Catholic ordained pastoral ministry, in Peckham, SE London and then at Abbey Wood, SE2. In both parishes much youth work was done, with 10 youth groups running in the last parish. In 1969, Tony was appointed National Catholic adviser to the N.A.Y.C. by Cardinal Heenan. The GLC started building Thamesmead on the Woolwich Arsenal in 1969 and Tony and Fr Frank O' Sullivan were appointed the two Catholic members of the Thamesmead Ecumenical Team ministry, the Anglican leader of which was, first, Bishop John Robinson, then Bishop David Shepherd. The Team established the Thamesmead Christian community and, in 1972, worked together to provide a shared church.

Convinced of a vocation to marriage Tony reluctantly left the active ordained ministry in 1972 and married in Sept 1973. Possessing a teacher's certificate there was first a teaching post, and then, in 1976, Tony joined the Catholic Publishing company of Mayhew-McCrimmon. At the same time he was editor of 'Christian Celebration' an international liturgical journal.

After 10 years in Catholic publishing, with many ecumenical contacts, Tony returned to teaching in the post of Head of RE at St Bernard's High School, Westcliff, Essex, where he taught for 20 years. During that time Tony served several times as chairman of local Churches Together Committees and served the Brentwood Diocese as theology lecturer for the Catholic Certificate in RS and Diocesan Inspector of Schools. Over the past 40 years Tony has had over 60 books published, some internationally. (See www. tonycastlebooks .com) Now retired Tony currently serves the Diocese of Brentwood as Chair of the Ecumenical Commission and Ecumenical Officer.

Tony and his wife, Liz, have four children, all active Catholics, and seven grandchildren.

Mrs Dora Nash

Dora Nash is a Cambridge graduate and mother of four, originally from Preston in Lancashire. She has taught Religious Education in maintained and independent Catholic schools for much of the past 30 years, retiring in 2011 as Head of Department at The Oratory School near Reading where she was also Head of Sixth Form. She has taught PGCE students at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham and wrote one of the course books, “Sources of Faith”. Dora has also been involved in sacramental preparation in parishes, particularly Confirmation and Marriage, and is the author of two best-selling catechetical books on First Communion (Jesus Comes To Me) and Confirmation (Confirmed in the Faith). She is currently working as development officer at The Oratory School. Other interests include the Lake District (camping and fell walking) and travelling Europe by train.

The Revd Robert Byrne

Fr Byrne was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester; King's College, London; and the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. Fr Byrne entered the Birmingham Oratory in 1980 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1985. In 1990 he was part of a group from Birmingham which moved to St Aloysius parish Oxford to found what was to become the Oxford Oratory in 1993. He was Provost from 1993 until 2011. In 2000 he became President of the Permanent Deputation of the International Oratorian Confederation. He has been a prison chaplain since 1988. He was appointed a Governor of the Oratory School, Woodcote in 1996 and appointed Ecumenical Officer for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in January 2012.

The Revd Dr David Cornick

General Secretary, Churches Together in England

I am a United Reformed Church minister. Most of my career has been based in ecumenical teams of varying kinds – university chaplaincy, ecumenical parish, theological education (I was for 9 years on the staff of the Cambridge Theological Federation, latterly as Principal of Westminster College). That was followed by a spell as the URC’s General Secretary, and for the last 4 years I’ve been with Churches Together in England.

Academically I’m interested in church history, the Reformed tradition and its spirituality, and the history and theology of ecumenism. Most of my writing has been in those areas. I’ve been a Fellow of Robinson College Cambridge since 1997 and act as their very part-time Director of Studies in Theology.

I hope I bring to English ARC a passion for ecumenism, and a pleasure in seeing the deepening relationship between two communions that I respect deeply. I also hope that I can inject into the Group an awareness that what they do has inevitable repercussions for the wider Christian community in England.

Mr Francis Bassett

Francis has worked for the Church of England nationally since 1978 firstly at the Church Commissioners, then at Church House Westminster in the General Synod Office and, since 2001, in the Council for Christian Unity. Bringing people together for the meetings and visits of English ARC has been a very enjoyable part of his ecumenical work in the CCU. He conducts the Church House based Deansbank Singers who are to give a concert of Lenten and Palm Sunday music at St Matthew’s Westminster in late March. He plays the organ at his local church, St Barnabas Manor Park in London E12. He is also Minutes Secretary for the Newham Deanery Synod and convenes the local Friends of the Earth group.