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2016 / 2017 ST STEPHEN’S HOUSE NEWS 2 St Stephen’s House News 2016/2017 Principal’s welcome Contents elcome to the WCollege Newsletter On the cover for 2016/17. St Stephen’s An illuminated House continues to character from prosper, and this year has a medieval seen many encouraging new developments. antiphonal which There has been a tremendous response belonged to the 12 A Caribbean 10 The College in the early 1960s from benefactors wishing to support our placement Cowley Fathers appeal to establish an Endowment Fund for the College, and we congratulate in News in brief ............................................................3 Calais refugee crisis relief work ..............................16 particular the Very Revd Rick Lawson Building bridges .......................................................5 Music at the College ..............................................17 (SSH 1981–3) on his admission to the Interview with the new Vice Principal ......................6 Bishop Edward King in stained glass ......................18 Vice-Chancellor’s Circle in recognition of his Legacy giving ............................................................8 Fact File: The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics ......20 generosity to the College. Mr John Booth, Fundraising update ...................................................9 Where are they now? .............................................21 who is already a member of the Chancellor’s Life at St Stephen’s House in the early 1960s ........10 The Principal’s Perspective .....................................22 Court of Benefactors, continues to A Caribbean placement ..........................................12 2016 examination highlights & leavers information ..23 support all aspects of our work with great SJE Arts ...................................................................14 How to support St Stephen’s House ......................24 generosity, for which we are very grateful. This year saw the tenth anniversary Editor: Rachel Makari College staff list of the admission of PGCE students to the With many thanks to all contributors. Principal: Canon Dr Robin Ward College, and it was really pleasing to have Vice Principal: Fr Mark Clavier St Stephen’s House Senior Tutor: Dr Mark Philpott admitted our one hundred and fiftieth student 16 Marston Street Tutor: Fr ‘Akma’ Adam among this year’s cohort. The core work of Oxford OX4 1JX Tutor: Mother Lucy Gardner Registered charity number: 309693 Librarian: Catherine Hilliard the college in training priests for the ministry Bursar: Michèle Smith of the Church of England in the Catholic Development, Fundraising & Alumni Relations Assistant Bursar: Caspar Doyle tradition goes on, and as I write we have been Rachel Makari Development Director: Rachel Makari Director of Development & Alumni Relations SJE Arts Manager: Sally Doyle celebrating the ordination to the priesthood of 01865 610489 / [email protected] SJE Arts Front of House: Sonia Gonzalo Delgado our largest group of deacons for many years. College Accountant: Alison Parker Conferences & Accommodation Accounts Assistant: Janice Anderson I hope that this Newsletter will give you Caspar Doyle Academic Secretary: Stephanie Sparkes a good sense of how much is going on, and Conferences & Accommodation Manager College Secretary: Rebecca Rainbow 01865 613504 / [email protected] how there is reason for optimism as we face the future. SJE Arts General College Enquiries Sally Doyle Rebecca Rainbow SJE Arts Administration College Secretary By Canon Dr Robin Ward 01865 613507 / [email protected] 01865 613500 / [email protected] 2016/2017 St Stephen’s House News 3 News in brief Faith festival in Lodz, Poland Lodz, Poland, as part of their training here at Save the dates! the College. • Friday 16th June 2017 – College The festival, which hosted more than Garden Party & Alumni Reunion six thousand young people of over 79 • Friday 15th September 2017 – 2017 nationalities, focused on Christian unity and College Alumni Reunion celebrating the differences in denominations • A European alumni event is also being and cultures. considered; please get in touch to register SSH ordinands Stephen Mills and Martha Weatherill with Bishop Martin Warner at ‘Paradise in the City 2016’ in Many thanks to the Bishop of Chichester, your interest: [email protected] Lodz, Poland the Council for Christian Unity, the Chemin SSH ordinands Martha Weatherill and Stephen Neuf Community and St George’s Trust who Staff news Mills recently attended ‘Paradise in the City’ in supported this work. • Fr Mark Clavier has now joined the College as Vice Principal following the Summer music schools announcement of his appointment last The Choral Institute at Oxford, which takes year. place at St Stephen’s House, looks forward to • Alison Parker has recently joined SSH its fifth year of educating international choral as the College’s new Accountant. Her conductors in 2017. Under the Co-Direction background includes various roles of Honorary Research Fellow and Music in charity finance, most recently as Faculty member Dr James Whitbourn, this Finance Director at Bath Festivals. year’s Institute attracted conductors from The Choral Institute rehearsing in the College Chapel • Rebecca Rainbow recently took up the many parts of the world, including America Oxford University’s Department of Continuing post of College Secretary and PA to the and Australia and involved five members Education, in line with plans approved by Principal. of the Music Faculty on the teaching staff. House Council to develop the College as an • Paul Taylor has joined the College Plans are now well advanced for three more international centre of excellence in music maintenance team on a permanent summer music courses at St Stephen House’s education during the summer months. We basis having assisted in an ad hoc in 2017, in choral singing, choral composition look forward to filling our church, chapels and capacity for a number of years. and opera, to be offered in conjunction with cloisters with wonderful music. • Susan Keeling, who many students will fondly remember from their time at SSH, SSH donor joins Vice Chancellor’s Circle left the College in Spring 2016 having One of the College’s most significant donors, the College. This prestigious accolade was given held the position of College Secretary and the Very Revd Rick Lawson, the Dean of Salt in recognition of his extensive support over the PA to the Principal since October 2008. Lake City, has been admitted into the Vice last ten years, most recently with his commitment She was thanked by the Principal for her Chancellor’s Circle following his nomination by to support the College’s Endowment Fund. significant contribution to College life. 4 St Stephen’s House News 2016/2017 1876 Society launched Cricket success Named after the year that the St Stephen’s House MSc Education (Learning the two teams played on Sunday 5th June, College was founded, The & Technology) student Subhan Ahmed led the with Subhan’s team scoring 260 (in 40 overs) 1876 Society is a new alumni 1876 Pakistan Society to victory this summer when it for the loss of 6. Batting first, the Pakistani and friends society that has Society faced the Indian Society (led by Vijay Pamu of team was able to restrict the Indian team at been established to connect old members Green Templeton College) on Oxford’s cricket 254, resulting in a close win and a defence of of the College and its wider supporters, fields. Continuing a decade-long tradition, their title. and provide a community of stewardship to support the future work of St Stephen’s Honorary Fellowship House. Please do contact the College Sue Waldman has been made an Honorary interests include Development Office for further details and Fellow of St Stephen’s House in recognition of serving as a trustee to join: [email protected] her considerable contribution to the successful on the development establishment of SJE Arts, the College’s board for the Congratulations to… concert and arts venue. European Union • SSH alumnus Mark Fox, who has been Sue, who previously spent over 20 years at Baroque Orchestra, made Honorary Lieutenant Commander The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, has given and as a volunteer at in the Royal Naval Reserve, one of just invaluable assistance to the College in its work the Temple Church, London. Many thanks to 30 such posts. Mark is affiliated to HMS over recent years. Her many other charitable Sue for all her continued help. Kent. • Ordinand Orazio Camaioni on his recent Venerable English College in Rome exchange marriage to Silvia de Angelis. SSH ordinands Nicholas Walters and Scott and attending classes at the Angelicum, • Roger Coleman have been selected to take part in one of the Pontifical Universities. Scott Preece (SSH the Church of England’s ecumenical adds: ‘We hope to learn how ecumenical 2003–2006) exchange programme with the Venerable co-operation is viewed in the Roman Catholic on being English College in Rome. After a month Church, and how we can build a good made the of learning Italian, they will be spending a relationship with our brothers and sisters in new Archdeacon of St Helen’s and semester with the seminarians there, taking Christ, and perhaps even enjoy a negroni or Warrington. part in their worship and community life, two while we’re there!’ • Ordinand student Monographs selection David SSH student Jongkyung Lee has had his The Oxford Theological Monographs D’Silva and DPhil thesis (They Will Attach