Westcott House Open Day, 6 February

This year's Open Day will be Saturday 6 February 2010. All Westcott House alumni are welcome, and we will be in contact soon with details.

Invitation to Candidates

All candidates for ordination in the Church of England are invited to visit Westcott House. You are welcome to come on formal Candidate's Days or to arrange an informal visit on another day. Please contact Margaret Winterbourne at 01223 741000 or general-enquiries@westcott.cam.ac.uk.

Report on A Particular Place Conference and An Evening With Stanley Hauerwas

Forthcoming in November 2009. Please check again at the end of the month. Thank you.

New Staff

Westcott House is pleased to welcome the following new staff members for the academic year 2009-2010. More information to come soon on the staff page.

The Revd Dr Will Adam (Priest in Charge, St Andrews, Girton and Ely Diocesan Ecumenical Officer) joins us as Tutor in Applied Ecclesiology.

The Revd Angela Tilby (Vicar of St Bene’t’s, Cambridge) returns to the Westcott House staff as Tutor in Early Church History.

The Revd Dr Tiffany Conlin (Chaplain, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge) joins us as Acting Director of Pastoral Studies.

Dr Elizabeth Phillips joins us as Tutor in Theology and Ethics.

Mr Jeff Phillips joins us as Tutor in Theology and Philosophy.

An Evening with Stanley Hauerwas, 16 September

As part of our forthcoming conference, 'A Particular Place: Theology for the Future of Parish Ministry', keynote speaker Stanley Hauerwas will hold an evening open to the public in which he will introduce his forthcoming memoirs, Hannah's Child, and take questions about his work. This open evening is on 16 September at 8pm, Wesley Methodist Church, Cambridge (CB1 1LG, at the corner of Christ's Pieces and Short Street).

The conference is a three-day event, 16-19 September. It is open to clergy and lay leaders, and there are places remaining. For more information on the conference, please click here.

May Sunshine

'Canon Law for the newly ordained' with the Revd Will Adam (far right), Leaver's 'life and Service' class, enjoying the May sunshine.

Climbing frame

The Children and Families' Rep, Adrian Cooke erects a new climbing frame for ordinands' children in New Court, Westcott House (below, the finished work).

Exchange Programme

In a prestigious Exchange Programme funded by the Foreign Office and supported by Lambeth Palace Sonia Lotfi and Fatma Mohammad (centre) students at the al-Azhar University visited Westcott House for three weeks and Bonnie Evans-Hills (front far left) a student from Westcott went to al-Azhar.

The life of Westcott was deeply enriched by their visit and students at Westcott were able to enhance their study of other faiths. Sonia and Fatma took part in a wide range of lectures and seminars, as well as visiting Lambeth Palace and meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury and visiting the St. Philip's multi-faith centre in Leicester.

(Above) Fatma, Sonia and Bonnie visiting the St. Philip’s Centre in Leicester with Bishop Tim Stevens (centre) and Revd Andrew Wingate Director of the Centre, far left.

(Above) Bonnie and Sonia meeting David Miliband MP at the al-Azhar Centre in Cairo.

Bonnie with the Ethiopian community at the Anglican Cathedral in Cairo.