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ORDINATION

Bishop Townshend announces that the following will be called to the Diaconate at a service of Ordination to be held on the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, 11 June 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at a location in London to be confirmed.

Clergy are invited to vest, the colour being red.

  • Mrs. Allison Agius
  • Ms Tianna Gocan
  • Ms Maya-Melé Okazaki
  • Mr. Gerard Phillips
  • Ms Janet Ternes

Please hold our ordinands in your prayers as they prepare to receive Holy Orders.

APPOINTMENT

Bishop Townshend announces the appointment of the Reverend Stan Fraser as the Interim Priest-in-charge of St. Mary’s, Windsor (Walkerville), effective 1 May 2025.

SPECIAL MISSION OF THE BISHOP

Bishop Townshend announces the establishment of the Community of the Good Shepherd as a Special Ministry of the Bishop under Canon 12, effective 13 April 2025.

The Good Shepherd is a ministry to the Filipino community (and friends) in London and surroundings and is led by the Reverend Agustin Lizardo. The Good Shepherd has been meeting as a Special-Ministry-in-formation since Easter Sunday 2024 and is now gathering at the former Trinity Church, Lambeth.

A Celebration of New Ministry will be held there on Saturday, 10 May 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

RETIREMENT

Bishop Townshend has accepted the request of the Reverend Lorraine Brooks to retire as Deacon with special responsibility for pastoral care, St. Paul’s, Stratford.

Lorraine was ordained to the diaconate on 31 May 2016 and has been an active member of the College of Deacons since that time. She had a significant part in the life of in the parish even before her ordination, serving as a licensed lay reader, treasurer, and churchwarden as well as beginning the pastoral ministry that she exercised as a deacon. We are grateful for Lorraine’s faithful service to the Church and wish her well in retirement.