2012 – 2013 T HE Y EAR IN R EVIEW C AMBRIDGE T HEOLOGICAL F EDERATION Contents Page Foreword from the Bishop of Ely 3 Principal’s Welcome 4 Highlights of the Year 7 The Year in Pictures 7 Cambridge Theological Federation 40th anniversary 8 Mission, Placements and Exchanges: 10 • Easter Mission 10 USA Exchanges 11 • Yale Divinity School 11 • Sewanee: The University of the South 15 • Hong Kong 16 • Cape Town 17 • Wittenberg Exchange 19 • India 20 • Little Gidding 21 Prayer Groups 22 Theological Conversations 24 From Westcott to Williams: Sacramental Socialism and the Renewal of Anglican Social Thought 24 Living and Learning in the Federation 27 Chaplaincy 29 • ‘Ministry where people are’: a view of chaplaincy 29 A day in the life... • Bill Cave 32 • Simon Davies 33 • Stuart Hallam 34 • Jennie Hogan 35 • Ben Rhodes 36 New Developments 38 Westcott Foundation Programme of Events 2013-2014 38 Obituaries and Appreciations 40 Remembering Westcott House 48 Ember List 2013 49 Staff contacts 50 Members of the Governing Council 2012 – 2013 51 Editor Heather Kilpatrick, Communications Officer 2012 – 2013 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Foreword from the Bishop of Ely It is a great privilege to have become the Chair of the Council of“ Westcott House. As a former student myself, I am conscious just how much the House has changed through the years to meet the changing demands of ministry and mission in the Church of England, elsewhere in the Anglican Communion and in the developing ecumenical partnerships which the Federation embodies. We have been at the forefront in the deliberations which have led to the introduction of the Common Awards. At the same time, we have guaranteed our continued use of the Tripos and BTh as The Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely academically challenging frameworks for theological study which can lead on to higher degrees. The Church continues to need scholarly clergy who are recognisable to the Academy, whether those clergy are serving in parishes, in chaplaincies or as full-time theological educators. Our primary duty and joy is the formation of ordinands. Westcott is a generous and hospitable community in which people gather to study together, eat together and worship together. The Eucharist is at the centre of all that we are and do, shaping ordinands, staff and families as the Body of Christ. We aim to be a healthy community in which people can become fully alive as human beings reflecting the glory of God. We aim to create the setting within which people acquire the habits of holiness which will serve them through a lifetime of service in changing circumstances. More and more, Westcott House is keen to resource its graduates and other clergy through the emerging work of the Westcott Foundation. Learning needs to be life-long if we are to maintain the individual resilience of clergy and the call of the whole Church to be imaginative, creative and courageous in the service of the gospel. We have confidence in the ministerial priesthood and continue to imagine ways in which to respond to the needs which experienced clergy share with us. Westcott House is confident in its identity but not complacent about sustaining quality. An exceptionally good external inspection of our life and learning last year gives us hope and strength to press ahead with even more ambitious plans to improve and extend our accommodation and teaching spaces so that more ordinands, clergy and independent students can benefit from all that Westcott House has to offer as Christ welcomes us as the friends he has chosen.” 3 2012 – 2013 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Principal’s Welcome The challenges the Church of England has of Theology and Ministry at Durham with experienced this past year have underlined for responsibilities for the new Common Awards. those of us involved in ministerial education that For the year 2013-14 onwards, the Ministry we are preparing clergy not to look inwards but Division have removed the “Bishops’ Agreed outwards, and to offer pastoral, spiritual and Maximum” number of ordinands that each prophetic care to the whole community – to theological training institution can admit. We have neighbour and nation. We are preparing clergy consequently been able to accept over ten more who will have the confidence and trust in God than we have had this past year. There is a limit not to be swayed by anxieties about money and beyond which we would cease to be a supportive numbers – faith, not anxiety, being the requisite formational community, but that limit is higher than for true growth. We are preparing clergy who can we have been able to reach until now. Our total engage constructively with difference, and find community of ordinands and ministerial students that when they open themselves to others of including exchange students for 2013-14 is 85. The Revd Canon Martin Seeley different experiences and views, by the grace of Principal God, both are changed. As we welcome and pray for Archbishop Justin and give thanks for his quick energy and quick mind, This year’s very full Westcott community has essential as he faces huge challenges, so we brought these charateristics together, engaging welcome his predecessor as our new neighbour. creatively with its own diversity and living out a Rowan Williams arrived as Master of Magdalene particular concern for those in need both within College in January and has been into Westcott on Cambridge and further afield, in the midst of the various occasions, as well as providing a cameo commitments of community life and theological contribution to the returning ordinands’ farewell study. We continue to live with the myriad video to this year’s leavers! He has offered to challenges from higher education and changes in undertake one official contribution in Westcott theological education. The Cambridge Theological each term – teaching, leading a quiet day, presiding Federation, for which I am now serving as and preaching, for example. It is a great joy and President, applied for and was granted “exceptions” privilege to have him so close by and to witness from the new Common Awards, allowing us to him relishing his new role. continue to offer, alongside the Common Awards, Cambridge University BA (Tripos), BTh and CTM. One of my most powerful experiences of attending We are particularly pleased about the BTh since to those in very different circumstances from my that allows us to continue to provide a two-year own was when in April this year I revisited degree programme with Faculty of Divinity Shanghai and Hong Kong to continue to develop teaching for those suitably qualified who are over the relationships we have with the China Christian the age of 32 (as well, of course, as those under 32). Council in Shanghai and the Church in Hong We are delighted that Mike Higton, currently the Kong. Once again, my generous host was the Revd Academic Co-Director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Professor Eric Chong, Master of St John’s College Programme, has been appointed Professor in the University of Hong Kong. In Shanghai I met 4 2012 – 2013 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Shanghai Community Church with the Revd Bao and David Shi Li, who was on sabbatical at communities. Through the work of a diverse and energetic national Westcott in Autumn 2011. We made plans for future sabbatical Advisory Group, and the development of partnerships with visitors and for further partnerships in theological education. The individuals and organisations, we are looking forward to more Revd Guo Feng took me to places in Shanghai I had not visited significant developments next year. You will find the programme for before, including the extraordinary Shanghai Jewish Refugees the coming year later in this Review. Museum, commemorating the 23,000 Jews who fled from Hitler to Shanghai when European countries would not accept them. I have been writing excitedly about building and development plans In Hong Kong the Revd Paul Tong, who forged the link between for three years now, and we are on the verge of making some Westcott and Hong Kong with Bishop Peter Walker, hosted a significant steps. Because it has been three years since our plans dinner in support of our sabbatical programme, and the Westcott were first drawn up, and our needs and aspirations have matured, as alumni held another dinner at which Dr Gareth Jones, the new I write this we are going through revisions that will enable us to be Principal of Ming Hua Theological College was also a guest. He confident that the plans will serve our present and future needs. and I have agreed to start a student exchange programme in the Resolving the shortage of student accommodation becomes acute Autumn of 2014. with the closure of Wesley, at least in its present form, at the end of this academic year. In order to ensure an effective fund-raising The Westcott Foundation, our vehicle for clergy and lay leadership campaign we have made some staff changes and additions. Heather development programmes, has made a number of significant strides Kilpatrick is taking on the role of Campaign Manager, while forward this year. We have been running very successful one-day continuing to serve as my PA and Communications Officer. Before programmes looking at theological themes in relation to the she came to Westcott, Heather was Development Director of liturgical year (Incarnation in preparation for Christmas, Atonement Selwyn College where she ran a very successful capital campaign. in preparation for Holy Week and Easter) and a range of other She is joined by Gill Jolly of Achieve Consultants, a fundraising topics, including a very effective day on the use of social media.