We are very pleased to welcome two Ordinands (trainee vicars) to St Andrew’s this Autumn; Katie Brett and Fay Rowland.
Katie comes to us having studied Theology at the University of Exeter and at Trinity College Bristol. She will be continuing to study by completing further research as part of ordination training at Westcott House, Cambridge.
Katie says “Over this year, you will probably see me popping up in meetings, asking questions, or serving in different ways so that I can gain more experience of ministry. A big part of my training is to reflect on what I read, see, hear, and do. I am excited to get to know St Andrew’s congregations better over this year as we seek to know Christ, grow in discipleship, and deepen our love of God together”.
Fay will be studying part-time alongside teaching maths and writing a book! She is taking a two-year Masters degree in Theology at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, after which she is hoping to be ordained at Peterborough Cathedral in the summer of 2027.
Fay says “I’m still somewhat bemused by the thought of me in a dog-collar. When God started prodding me about this, about a decade ago, I was none too keen. Clergy? Me? My first enquiries floundered in a quagmire. But God wasn’t giving up and, after two-and-a-half years of selection process here I am”.
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