THE CHADSIAN EPIPHANY 2005
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dr J P Cassidy With the horror of the tsunami still very much in consciousness, wishing people a Happy New Year becomes not just a greeting but an act of hope. Many of you are parents now, and when you heard the horrific stories of parents losing grip of their children and watching them wash away, you, like me, might have looked down at the faces of your own children: for a moment you would have been seized with a fragmentary glimpse of the horror of it all. Those of you who are not parents would, no doubt, have had parallel experiences as much the same horror found its way to your hearts. In such a context, it seems almost banal to write about what’s happening in College. Tragedy has a habit of putting things into sharp perspective, and yet tragedy also has the habit of forcing us to ask hard questions about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. The asking of such questions is almost always a good thing for anyone, even a college, to do.
That said, may I also take this opportunity to thank all those members of staff who work so hard, both upfront and in the background, to sustain the College. You’ll read news of what many of them have been up to throughout this issue of the Chadsian. May I also thank the hundreds of you who have supported the College this past year. I look forward to meeting you at the various reunions scheduled for this year.
NEW BAR OPENS IN QUAD Chad’s staff were quick off the mark to ‘test’ the new bar in the Centenary Quad. Principal Joe Cassidy serves Tony Bell, the College’s Catering Manager, the first (half) pint. The College Bar also had a refit over Christmas: the Bar has been expanded and a new wooden floor installed. Blueprints have been drawn up for a new entrance to the bar, ‘widening access’ in another way…
ALAN KLOTTRUP, MBE
One of my hopes over the years for St Chad’s has been to rekindle some of the passion for justice that was the hallmark of our College’s beginnings. ‘Justice’ is too often an abstract, or even a politicised, term; but the term came to special life for many of us when we, along with millions of others around the globe, decided to support the tsunami victims. All of a sudden, typical questions about fairness and giving to everyone their due were subsumed into a deeper sense of profound fellow-feeling, a spontaneous sense that we ought, one way or the other, to do the ‘right’ thing. It would be nice to think that what we do in the College grows out of a similar, ongoing sense of responsibility for our shared humanity. Collegiate living offers so many opportunities to allow the fundamental questions to be asked no matter what we are studying. Indeed this can be a litmus test for determining whether we’re doing the ‘right’ thing as a College. My prayer for the new year is that we at St Chad's are brave enough to open our hearts to our world and to let the world’s sharp concerns push us towards living more vital, more committed lives.
Alan Klottrup, former Senior Tutor and Honorary Schoolmaster Fellow of the College, was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list. The award was in recognition of his many contributions to the community, not least to St Chad's College. The whole college community warmly congratulates Alan not only on this honour, but on his adding even more letters after his name: he’s at 21 now and still going strong…
COLLEGE GYM RELOCATED The College gym is being relocated from Grad’s House to a newly re-developed site underneath the Moulsdale Dining Hall. The 700 square feet of additional space were made available following the recent replacement of the College’s ancient boilers with a modern heating system.
NON VESTRA SED VOS
FR TREY GARLAND AND FR ROBERT MACSWAIN Alex Standish, Director of Development Trey and Rob have recently been appointed as members of St Chad’s Chaplaincy Team, so we decided to interview them for The Chadsian. Fr Trey Garland is an Episcopal priest from Houston, Texas. He joined St Chad’s in October 2004 and is studying for his PhD in the University’s Department of Theology and Religion. His research topic is Church liturgies between the Sarum Missal and the 1559 Book of Common Prayer with emphasis on rubrics and he is scheduled to complete his doctorate in 2007. Fr Rob MacSwain is an Episcopal priest from Edenton, North Carolina. He studied in Edinburgh and was formerly a research assistant to Archbishop George Carey at Lambeth Palace. His PhD research focuses on the work of Austin Farrer (1904-1968), the Anglo-Catholic philosopher, scholar and preacher who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford.
Rob: The en-suite facilities are bliss! I’m a bit older than most of the Trinity residents, but it’s a pleasant community. I spend much of my time working in my room, but take most of my meals in College, so it’s really a hall of residence on the other side of the river. Q: What are your views on the newly re-decorated College bar? Rob: It’s a vast improvement, although I’m not a regular customer. The no smoking policy makes it much more congenial. Trey: The new bar is phenomenal. It’s an amazing transformation and so much friendlier. It was hard to beat the atmosphere before, but there has been a huge improvement. Q: Where is the ‘heart’ of the College – the bar or the chapel? Trey: For me, Chad’s is a complete package. Groups mix at meals, for sports, during social activities. The heart of the College is the whole community.
Q: Why St Chad’s? Trey: It maintains tradition with a definite Anglican flavour.
Rob: I would have to say the heart of the College is the bar, whereas the chapel is the soul.
Rob: Chad’s was the obvious choice in Durham. It comes closest to my own sacramental and spiritual identity. Q: What are your impressions of St Chad’s and of Durham? Rob: Chad’s is a very friendly, fun-loving community. It’s manageable in size and also academically serious. Durham is a bit smaller than I thought, but the natural beauty of the area and the Cathedral makes up for any deficiency in size! Trey: The College is small and welcoming. It doesn’t feel like an institution - more like a family environment. Durham is larger than the two previous towns I’ve studied in. We didn’t even have a grocery store!
Q: How have you found living in Trinity Hall? Is there any sense of isolation from the rest of College? Trey: Trinity is without a doubt the best post-grad facility on offer in the UK or the US. I feel quite privileged to live there, but there’s no division between Trinity and the rest of Chad’s. I see 70-85 percent of Trinity residents in College or in the bar. It’s where we crash for the night, but we are busy outside Trinity throughout the day.
Q: Where do you see the focus of your personal ministry as a priest? Rob: My role is changing. I arrived here as a post-grad, but also a priest. Now I’m part of the team chaplaincy. I’m still trying to discover my role. My primary ‘ministry’ so far has been to my twelve tutees. Trey: My ministry is mostly outside chapel. As a priest, I’m called to be a sign of Christ in the world, so my ministry is outside chapel boundaries, although the liturgy is very important. Q: A team chaplaincy is a new model for St Chad’s. What is your strategy? Trey: A team ministry is a more North American approach. I hope we will focus on access for everyone – down in the bar, or elsewhere. People shouldn’t have
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to search for us and I want us to be as visible as we can be.
JUNIOR COMMON ROOM REPORT
Rob: Our greatest challenge will be communicating as a team with members of College. We are an ecumenical team with diverse traditions and I see this as a strength, as long as we share a common vision and purpose.
The Michaelmas term is always a defining time for any Exec, with the arrival of one hundred fresh-faced first years and the hectic activity of Freshers’ Week. Happily, owing to excellent planning by the Social Committee (led by Simon Arloff, the Social Secretary) the first week of the academic year was a resounding success: a river cruise, a day tour of the North East to Whitley Bay via the Angel of the North and Newcastle and a memorable time had by all.
Mark Wallace, Senior Man
Q: Do you feel being a post-graduate is a bonus when working with students? Rob: It’s a definite advantage being a student as it helps me relate to students and their needs. It remains to be seen how I will balance the demands on my time and energy. Trey: I feel I can identify with other students. Like them, I have to balance student work with my role in the team chaplaincy and my social life. We have the benefit of a shared experience.
The Freshers have shown themselves, the day of their arrival, to be healthy contributors to the life of the College as well as its institutions, bolstering the life of Chad’s including its Rugby and other sports teams, the Choir and the JCR in a wide variety of ways. At the start of the second century of study in Durham for St Chad’s College, it has been immensely pleasing to see the future - for the next three years at least - shaping up to be an active and successful one. It has been good to see the new Fenton library and gym facilities developing. It has been even better to have the College include the undergraduates in the development programme.
Q: What do you see as the best – and worst – aspect of life in a small community? Trey: The best aspect is community life – seeing people you know. Some other colleges are huge, but here you can get to know the student body. The worst aspect is that everyone knows everything. Word gets around whether the story is true or false! Rob: The best aspect is knowing many people – by face if not by name. The worst relates more to Durham. It’s very small and there is little privacy, which is fine as long as you behave yourself! Q: Finally, what contribution do you hope to make to Chad’s? Rob: As an American student who is very appreciative of the English theological and spiritual tradition, I hope I can remind British students of the richness of their own tradition. I’m also looking forward to completing my first year. Trey: I’d like to enable others to practice the presence of Christ. The Chaplaincy Team consists of Fr Trey Garland, Fr Rob MacSwain, Dr Alan Klottrup, Dr Margaret Masson, Scott Opperman and Prof Fred Robinson. It includes representatives of the Church of England, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the United Reform Church.
The standing of Chad’s amongst Durham’s other Colleges has continued to strengthen, as our representatives on the Student Union Committees have taken an eager role in debates on University-wide issues as well as those confined to Chad’s, an extremely important part in proving that independent status does not mean isolationism. A notable achievement was St Chad’s polling the highest turnout ever of any Durham College in cross-campus elections held late in the Michaelmas term, a record previously held by Collingwood. One sad note was the departure of the Chaplain, Chris Cook, who was well known by many of the JCR’s members as a friendly and reliable College Officer to whom many turned for advice and support, and many more for a chat or intellectual debate. The College has, however, welcomed comment from myself, the JCR Welfare Officers and various undergraduate interest groups on the new Chaplaincy Team model, and it is pleasing to see our requests and recommendations being implemented.
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AN ICON OF SAINT CHAD
During my own years at St Chad’s, the rebus rested upon the mantle in the SCR and I often smiled at the wry visual puns on the founders’ names.
Nils Halker I was seated in the quire of the cathedral one Sunday morning, when a dignified-looking woman of perhaps 75 leaned over to me and asked, ‘What college are you from, dear?’ ‘Saint Chad’s,’ I replied. ‘Oh!’ she exclaimed, ‘My husband was there fifty years ago,’ indicating the equally dignified-looking man seated on her other side. Over the next several months as we became better acquainted, we discovered we had many coincidental interests and associations. Eventually they insisted that I come visit them during the summer at their home in Wensleydale. The couple was Kathleen and Harry Tyler, and I soon came to consider them my adopted English grandparents. Harry delighted in taking me on driving tours around the Yorkshire Dales, all the while telling me wonderful stories of his years as an army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War, and of his cherished time at Saint Chad’s College. On one particularly memorable driving tour, we got rather lost in a dramatically bleak and windswept stretch of countryside. We came upon a wellweathered sign directing us ‘To Hellwith.’ He turned to me and, in his rich military-cum-priestly baritones, confidently declared, “Nils, I think we are having an adventure!” Later, with our adventure behind us and a comforting pint before me, he told me a story that has remained with me: “I was summoned to the Principal’s house on a matter of some urgency. I was terrified that the principal – Pop Whiting – was going to send me down. I ran frantically all over college trying to find a decent gown, as mine was in such a frightful state of disrepair. I arrived at his house, out of breath and my heart racing, and he very genially invited me in and offered me a glass of sherry.
On another visit to the Tylers’, we decided Sunday morning to go to Durham to attend the cathedral. Fr Tyler wore his Chad’s tie. We drove up to Palace Green, where an attendant was actively attempting to discourage all comers. Fr Tyler wound down his window and explained we were coming to the service. The attendant immediately brightened up and directed us to a parking place. As we pulled away Fr Tyler remarked, “He saw my tie; it was the tie.” Not too many years later, an oblongshaped packet arrived in the post from Yorkshire. The moment I saw it, I had a sinking feeling in my heart. The packet contained a note from Mrs Tyler that her husband had passed away. The packet also contained his St Chad’s tie. When I stood in the Great Hall of Durham Castle to receive my MSc, Mrs Tyler was in the audience with my parents. And I was wearing Fr Tyler’s tie. I have always thought it remarkable that the bond amongst Chadsmen is multigenerational. This phenomenon may not be unique to St Chad’s, but I would like to believe that in at least some small respect it is. Perhaps it is because we are relatively so few in number that when we see another wearing the tie that doesn’t seem to match anything in our wardrobe we simply stand amazed. Perhaps there was something in the daily cycle of life at Chad’s, which has changed very little over the years, that had formed us — as a naughty wag in 1905 remarked, we Chadsmen are those “Whose ways are like your colours, indescribable...”
“Tyler,” Pop Whiting began, “I have this idea for a panel above the mantle in the SCR. I want it to represent the founders of this college. Could you design it for us? And I’ll find someone to carve it.”
But then I discovered that this bond extends beyond the confines of St Chad’s College, Durham. I learned that a friend of mine attended St Chad’s College, Saskatchewan, Canada. I soon found myself assisting arrange, and warmly welcomed to, a reunion of Canadian Chadsmen (or Chadonians, as they prefer) on the Feast of St Chad. So perhaps this bond has to do with the person of our obscure Celtic patron?
The design I came up with had the St Chad’s cross in the middle, and in the four quadrants representations of Fr Moulsdale, Mr Horsfall, Canon Body and of Pop Whiting. But I did not see the finished product until nearly forty years later, after it had been moved from its original location in the South Bailey.”
Like many of my contemporaries at both St Chad’s colleges, and undoubtedly like many who came before and who have come after, I have a great appreciation for the iconography of the Eastern Church. I have a small icon corner in my home and some years ago I had the idea of including an icon of St Chad.
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I searched through many catalogues; searched the Web and queried many friends and colleagues, but was unable to find one. A few years earlier, I found an icon of St Cuthbert in the catalogue of an Orthodox monastery in Massachusetts. They had quite a few other Celtic saints on their list, so I rang them to ask if they had an icon of St Chad. The monk with whom I spoke told me that they did not, but he gave me the name of an iconographer. I did nothing further at that time, and nearly forgot about my original idea. With the approach of our college’s centenary, the idea of commissioning an icon of St Chad came back. In August of 2003, I contacted Fr Michael Hampel to determine if the College would like receive such a gift. (Having worked in the church for much of the past twenty or so years, I well know that some donations are more welcome than others!) He quickly responded that he thought it was a splendid idea. I rang the monastery in Massachusetts, as I had longsince mislaid the name of the iconographer and was informed that he - most inconveniently - had since been consecrated a bishop. The monk suggested I ring the abbess at the sister convent, who was also an iconographer. It took me some time to get hold of her, as she was in Russia. When she returned, I learned that she had just been commissioned to write an iconostasis and would be unavailable for the next year to eighteen months. However, she suggested I contact Andrij Maday in Cleveland, Ohio.
I first spoke with Andrij on 16 October 2003, exactly one year before the Chapel Centenary Dedication. He was available and interested in writing the icon, although he had no familiarity with Chad. I put together a packet of background information and images, including the biography of St Chad by Pop Whiting. Andrij completed the icon in January, and I was delighted beyond words. For the better part of the next year, my home was graced by this glowing window into heaven. A fortnight before the Chapel Centenary Dedication Service, there occurred in Minneapolis another festal liturgy — my marriage to Heather Leigh Forrester. Thanks to a happy combination of her perceptiveness and my transparency, she suggested that we come to England for our honeymoon, beginning in Durham. I imagine there are not too many new wives who would suggest to their husbands that they begin their life together by attending a reunion at his old college! With the icon securely packed in my suitcase, we began the journey that would take us fully one-quarter of the way around the globe. We reached London, blearyeyed, early the following morning. We made our way to King’s Cross to catch the mid-morning train to Durham. During the entire jet-lagged journey I watched my bag more vigilantly than I had ever done before. Everything in my suitcase was replaceable — save for the icon. I fretted the entire way; wouldn’t it be ridiculous to travel all this distance only to lose the icon in transit?! As we paused in Darlington station, I recalled that this was where I used to be met by Fr Tyler for our adventures in the Dales. A short time later, and without incident, we and the icon arrived in Durham. We stayed at the home near Neville’s Cross of my estimable Chad’s contemporary, Adrian Wright and his rare wife, Fenella. They saw to it that we were restored to full vigour in preparation for festivities of the next day. Saturday morning brought rain. I put on Fr Tyler’s tie, enclosed St Chad in several layers of plastic, and we set out for the Peninsula. As we crossed Palace Green and approached Bow Lane, two dons emerged from Abbey House. One of them espying my tie, smiled and observed, “Ah! A Chadsman!” By the time we reached the college we were thoroughly sodden. My spectacles completely fogged up when I stumbled into the sacristy to present the icon to the college chaplain, as I simultaneously and unceremoniously tried to find something to wipe my glasses so I could actually see him!
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The sacristan helpfully found a place for my dripping coat and umbrella, and I discovered that the other figures in the room included the current Principal, Joe Cassidy, and the Principal from my final year at Chad’s, David Jasper. With greetings exchanged, acquaintances renewed, my vision restored and my composure regained, I took a seat in the chapel next to my wife. We had some time to meditate quietly, and to watch many familiar faces enter and take their places. Soon the chapel was filled to near-capacity, with the choir occupying two extra rows of chairs in the centre aisle. The altar party entered to Westminster Abbey and the icon made its formal entry into the chapel, borne by Chris Cook. The room was filled with hearty singing and the splendid fragrance of the Queen’s frankincense. When the Gospel was announced and the book censed, I was twice transported back in time: first because the deacon reading the Gospel was my contemporary, Nils Chittenden, who is perhaps the only other Chadsman with that forename. Then I travelled back a few more years, recalling then-Principal Fr Ronald Trounson who, after censing the book, would wave aside any smoke impudent enough to remain before him. The sermon was delivered by Professor Jasper. He had uttered but a few sentences when we heard a smoke alarm go off outside the chapel. A few moments later, the alarm inside the chapel joined in. Strangely — but perhaps not so strangely — nobody seemed the slightest bit concerned. Indeed, the many bemused smiles around the chapel testified to the fact that we all had experienced such technological intrusions in our worship before. The Principal instructed our homilist to carry on, which he did. Professor Jasper preached with clarity and aplomb over the klaxon. The alarm was at last silenced and the service continued. During the distribution of communion, the choir sang Bruckner’s sublime Locus iste, “This place was made by God, a priceless sacrament; it is beyond reproach.” Before the dismissal, we raised our voices in a stirring rendering of Sons of St Chad. I found the hymn quite moving, because I don’t think I had expected I would sing that hymn in that place surrounded by so many familiar faces. I tried to inscribe every fleeting sensation in my memory, as I simultaneously wondered if such a moment would ever be repeated. The line,
“Brothers whom we no longer here shall see,” particularly resonated deep within me. In the midst of this unexpected wave of emotions, Fr Cook blessed the icon, censed it and sprinkled it with holy water. We sat for the concluding voluntary, Bach’s ebullient Prelude in G Major. One of my favourite works by Bach, it had been the recessional at our wedding two weeks earlier. After the voluntary, as I exchanged greetings with old friends, the chapel slowly emptied. I took one last moment to gaze upon the icon and, as I had seen many Orthodox Christians do in their churches, I kissed the image of my patron. This small task accomplished, we went to the Quad to join the rest of the congregation in breaking our fast. Nils Halker first attended St Chad’s as an undergraduate IES student in 1985–1986. He returned as a postgraduate in 1988, earning an MSc in ecotoxicology. He is Director of Teacher Education at the Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul.
CHAPEL RETREAT TO HOLY ISLAND NOVEMBER 2004 Sarah Hards Our plans for this weekend began with a walk from the mainland over to Holy Island and face the frozen North Sea. Despite initial trepidation, many of our number managed all the way bare foot! There were a few life-or-death moments, particularly when Richard walked through a ‘puddle’ which turned out to be a pit of quick-sand! Of course this was a moment too good to miss and a photo shoot was called before anyone rushed to his rescue. Our coach had arrived late to pick us up from Durham and we were lucky to make it all the way before the tide came in. Feeling quite accomplished, we all brushed ourselves down and prepared for the weekend ahead. We began with Mass celebrated by Fr Chris in the parish church and we met with Fr Damian, the parish priest. We were very lucky to be able to stay at Marygate House, where the staff kept us fed, watered and very comfortable throughout our stay. There was opportunity to join the staff for prayers and compline in the
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basement prayer room of the house.
of laying before God emotions, questions and sufferings using physical representations.
We spent a lot of time exploring the island, finding geographical wonders, spiritual retreats and reminders of those Northern saints. We were blessed with beautiful weather, as despite being quite cold there was lots of sunshine! Daniel also realised the extent of his fame, finding that the folk of Lindisfarne had not only named a bay after him, but a street as well! We also spent time joining in with the worship in the parish church and Fr Chris led various meditations over the weekend, based around different aspects of the island in relation to our individual pilgrimages of faith and life in general. We used music, light, objects from the island and biblical passages to aid these meditations. There was also a room set aside for ‘creative worship’ where we could express our faith and experiences of the island through drawing, painting and clay. The meditations and creative materials were in Cambridge House just down the road from Marygate, which meant there was a certain sense of removal from where we slept, ate and chatted, it became a place of contemplation and prayerful worship.
After a very good final supper at Marygate House, we all piled into the coach and marvelled at the distance we had walked to get onto the island and dozed as we journeyed back to Durham.
CHAPEL CHOIR REPORT Daniel Sandham, Organ Scholar This academic year has seen the reintroduction of choral scholarships in Chad’s. At the beginning of term we appointed Rachel Seth-Smith, Claire Thornley and Leo Selleck as choral scholars, and they are already proving to be worth their weight in gold, not only musically, but also in terms of the administration of the Choir. A particular highlight of the term was the choral scholars singing Compline, candlelit, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, with a congregation of around 30. The start of term was something of a baptism of fire for our numerous new members. Just eight days after our first rehearsal together we sang to a full Chapel at the Centenary Dedication Festival. The hymns and the Mass were sung with great gusto, and the Choir sang Bruckner’s motet Locus iste.
On the Saturday night we kept the silence in the house until after Morning Prayer on Sunday morning. For most of us this was our first experience of a silent retreat and even though for a short period of time, it was definitely regarded as a positive experience by the majority. Although, it probably explained why the Chad’s contingent sang the loudest at the parish Eucharist later that morning! Sunday afternoon made way for exploring the abbey ruins and for Evening Prayer with The Revd Kate Tristram who came especially to preach her sermon for us as the first of two sittings! Afterwards, Fr Chris concluded the weekend with the final meditation and people brought various objects that had represented different things to them over the weekend as a way
In addition to the weekly services in Chapel the Choir sang Evensong at Wakefield Cathedral in November. We are exceedingly grateful to Mervyn Ellis, an alumnus of Chad’s, for setting this up, and for his help and support on the day. The Choir sang Stanford’s Evening Service in B flat and Harris’s anthem, Holy is the true light, before having a very enjoyable - if not somewhat quirky - meal in a half-Italian, half-Mexican restaurant! The Choir also participated in the Advent Procession in the Cathedral, fifty years since Canon Theo Wetherall led an Advent Meditation in the Chapel. In addition to the music which has become synonymous with Advent at Chad’s, the Choir also sang Andrew Carter’s arrangement of the carol, Angelus ad Virginem. Looking further ahead, there are plans for another Cathedral visit in the Epiphany Term and the Choir will be singing services at Worcester Cathedral for the week beginning 11th July 2005. It will be the first time
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the Choir has ever undertaken a full week’s residence at a Cathedral.
er public memorial service being held later the same day. Despite being mainly attended by family and school friends, the memorial service drew a large number of mourners from the University - a testament to Vik’s widespread popularity in Durham.
Socially the Choir is as active as ever. Last term’s Social took the form of a children’s party in the Horsfall Room, including pass-the-parcel, musical chairs and rather ominous vodka jelly-babies! A very successful term ended on a sad note, when the Choir sang at a farewell Eucharist for the Chaplain and his family. We thank Chris and Joy for all they have done, and assure them of our very best wishes and prayers for the future.
In a moving ceremony, testimonies to Vikram were read by those close to him, each paying tribute to his unremittingly cheerful nature and ceaseless kindness, as well as mourning the loss of such a talented individual. These speeches were punctuated with both classical and contemporary musical passages, incorporating both Bach and Longview, in reference to both Vikram’s musical ability and eclectic taste. In October a memorial service was held in the College Chapel for Vik. It was an emotional and touching service dedicated to a friend of many who will be sadly missed in the months and years ahead.
CHRISTOPHER VIKRAM SINGH 1985-2004 Jonny Allinson Christopher Vikram Singh, a student of Classics and English at St Chad’s College, died in a tragic railway accident in August 2004. Those who knew Vik faced the start of the new academic year without a friend whose short spell at the university enriched the lives of many students. Having started Durham in October 2003 Vik was a friendly and well-loved member of both St Chad’s and the university as a whole. On top of the time spent working on his course, Vik was a keen participator in many extra-curricular activities. As a skilled guitarist he expressed his musical talents as a member of more than one band, performing at many social events as well as dedicating his time to both the sky-diving and film-making societies. On a less formal level he was also a keen film and TV buff, ready to impart his encyclopaedic knowledge of these media to anyone prepared to listen. Those at the university who knew him will remember his complete regard for his friends and his willingness to help all those he knew. In a statement echoing the feelings of the entire student body of his college, Chad’s Senior Man Mark Wallace mourned the tragic loss: “The death of a young person is always shocking and sad, but Chris’ death particularly hit the tight-knit community of Chad’s because he was such a genuinely nice guy. There’s no better or more suitable way to describe him - a great bloke.” A private funeral for Vik’s relatives and close friends was held at his local church in Wimbledon, with a larg-
COLLEGE CENTENARY EXHIBITION Events to celebrate the College’s Centenary in 2004 concluded with Non Vestra Sed Vos an exhibition of documents, photographs and memorabilia illustrating the history and development of St Chad’s College from its earliest days at Hooton Pagnell through to the present. The exhibition was hosted by the University Library at Palace Green during November and was viewed by some hundreds of visitors. There was particular interest shown in the representative selection of Eucharistic vestments and Communion plate which was on display, as well as the reconstruction of the original Chapel altar, complete with embroidered frontal and brass missal stand. A further exhibit illustrated the life and work of Revd Dr Stephen Moulsdale, the College’s Principal from 1904 until 1936. There was also a rare opportunity to view some of the College’s early books and manuscripts. An exhibition catalogue has been produced and this includes a brief history of the College. Copies are still available from the College Development Office, priced at £4.00 (including postage).
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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AT SAINT CHAD’S
to ask critical questions about major themes and to become more rounded human beings with wider horizons and wider world views.
Revd Nils Chittenden Throughout length and breadth of the country transferable skills programmes have, over the last eight years or so, burgeoned like field mushrooms. Their genesis has largely been down to the Dearing Report and its collaborative agreement between industry and government of the key, generic skills regarded as either essential or desirable in those entering the world work and training. It was in this spirit that the college set up its own Transferable Skills Programme (TSP) in 1999, and it turns out to have been a prescient move, because for a time it was the only such programme in any of Durham’s colleges. The university itself had a brief foray into a similar programme - as did another, adjacent, college - but then Chad’s was back to flying the flag for transferable skills on its own. There is a sense in which a purist type of transferable skills programme can be a rather dull affair. There are plenty of them around (although not in Durham) and they are full of indicators, outputs, targets and other government-speak. The list of the key skills, for instance, is in this mould. One of them is called ‘application of number’ and I wish that I had claimed a pound coin for every time someone had asked me what it was (it means arithmetic and maths). The major aim of these kinds of transferable skills programmes is about employability, and the ‘transferability’ of skills is a recognition that no job, these days, is for life, and that a many skills are useful anywhere, to any employer. It is clearly useful for the college to be offering a programme that seeks to provide the additional skills, or awareness of skills, that will help our leavers to enter the world of work more confidently and competently, but we wanted to offer a programme that was qualitatively different from these more mechanistic and, dare I say, dull approaches. At a time when the world of education and training (including in some instances higher education) is being turned into a qualifications-factory, we wanted to inject humanity, citizenship and social responsibility. We wanted the programme to be about helping all our members of college (students and staff alike) to become more inquisitive about the world around them,
And so the new-look TSP was born. It would combine an appreciation of the skills indicators with the more visionary aspects. We encouraged our tutors to help their tutees take stock of the ‘key’ skills (à la Dearing) which they had developed before and during Chad’s. We organised events in college which dealt with developing these: events to improve assertiveness, events to write better essays, dissertations and presentations, events to compile better CVs. We also wanted to introduce the themes of citizenship and social responsibility and critical questioning, and decided to do this in a way which was not overly didactic and not hugely directive: participation on the TSP is, after all, voluntary, and there is also something rather exciting in reaching one’s own conclusions about something when presented with sufficient evidence, rather than being told what to think. And so I came up with what was called at the time ‘The North East Uncovered’. The formula was simple. We would take a minicoach of 22 students plus myself and Professor Fred Robinson and our Head Porter, Norman Wilkie, to different parts of the region. We would combine the tourist trail with the less appealing, but extremely authentic, realities of the region: a region which is currently the most deprived of the nine English regions, a region where Durham city centre is almost entirely unrepresentative of the rest, and a region where post-industrialisation has left a legacy of poverty, deprivation and unrest, albeit from the ashes of which occasional phoenixes emerge. We would leave on a Saturday morning, visit real-life people in real-life places, have a college packed lunch, go to another few places and then have dinner together in a hostelry local to where we happened to be. We would get back to Durham about nine or ten at night. We would have had immersed ourselves in all sorts of experiences of the region for twelve hours: we would have had been challenged, entertained and we would have learnt, and we would have had fun – lots of it. It was not long before these trips became very quicklysubscribed and universally dubbed, by popular acclaim, ‘Grand Days Out’!
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What a marvellous picture of the region we have gained as a result – for those that have attended a GDO (Grand Day Out). And almost all of our undergraduates have been on one. For two years we offered, at the special request of the JCR, a Freshers’ Week GDO, to which about 80 per cent of freshers have come along. This particular GDO outlined all the salient points of Tyneside (an area which is a microcosm of the story of the north east region) and they have proved memorable in so many ways. There have been so many unforgettable times on our GDOs over the last three years, but there are a few that particularly stick in the memory. Apart from being (literally) dived-bombed and severely pecked-at by some very disgruntled Artic terns on the Farne Islands (hermitage of St Cuthbert), and gathering with the whole freshers’ year group around the Angel of the North, there was the miners’ celebration at Woodhorn Colliery Museum and Norman Wilkie with a group of students around him describing what it was like to be a coal miner (drawing on his experience of 30 years as a miner). There was a tour by Chad’s alumnus, Fr Mike Dixon, of eco-friendly self-build housing in rural Northumberland. There was a visit to the University of Durham’s Queen’s Campus at Stockton. We also made a - rather unsettling - walk across the glass roof of the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, and there was lunch in the dining room of the SS Olympic (the almost-identical sister to the SS Titanic) – now in an hotel in Alnwick. There was a tour of a furniture recycling scheme on the Woodhouse Close estate in Bishop Auckland and there was a visit to a First World War ‘living history’ day at Wheatley Hill (a County Durham former pit-village). And this is just a small sample of our activities Perhaps one of the most important visits we made – given the global context – was our visit to a mosque in Newcastle. For most of our group it was their first visit to a mosque and a vital contribution to the college’s mission to social justice. From the major tourist landmarks to the most forgotten parts of the region, the Grand Days Out have given a generation of Chad’s students an insight into the
real north east – with all of its splendour and all of its depression. For some students it has proved a key part of their student experience and in some cases has challenged and changed their perceptions not just of the region but of the economic and social context and the way policy is – and could be – shaped. For this reason alone the GDOs have been an important contribution to college life, but the fact that they have been such great fun and good socialising as well has made the experience doubly worthwhile. I feel immensely privileged to have been able to put together and take part in these and, indeed, the whole TSP programme and I will miss it all greatly. For my part, I have learnt an immeasurable amount and thank our students for all of their support, participation and friendship over the last four years. I wish them all the very best, as well as those who will take TSP forward into its next chapter. Nils has been appointed as Chaplain of St Mary’s College, Durham. We all wish him well in his new post.
NEW DIRECTOR OF TSP Scott Opperman has been appointed as Director of TSP. A native of Detroit, he is completing a PhD in theology at the University. Besides directing TSP, he is a Chaplaincy Team member, a tutor and the SubWarden of Trinity Hall, an adjunct instructor at Ushaw College and an academic tutor in the Department of Theology and Religion. Scott plans to enhance and expand TSP with a particular emphasis on social analysis and action skills. He also hopes that TSP will complement the College’s Tutoring and Chaplaincy programmes. Each term, TSP will offer a weekly presentation and/or activity every Wednesday, three North East Immersion Trips and three TSP Formals during which a noted academic or professional will make a presentation in the Quad before dinner. Following wide consultation with the College community for input into future TSP offerings, many of these suggestions have already been incorporated in the programme for the Epiphany Term, including presenta-
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tions on ‘Pursuing Postgraduate Studies,’ ‘Understanding and Appreciating Differing Personalities,’ ‘Beyond the Bailey: Making Sense of County Durham,’ ‘Feminism: Differing Interpretations and Lived Realities,’ ‘Discernment and Decision-Making’ and ‘Cultural Understanding and Appreciation.’ North East Immersion trips for the Epiphany Term have included ‘Exploring Major North East England Cities and Collieries’ and ‘Newcastle History and Neighbourhoods.’ Professor Colin Warbrick, a Durham law professor, spoke to a full-house on ‘Human Rights and the Response to Terrorism’ before the first TSP Formal of the year and Bishop David Jenkins will make the next presentation.
SPORT AT ST CHAD’S WOMEN’S RUGBY Ellie Hunt, Captain Last year, a group of delicate young women from St. Chad’s, helped by some of the boys from the men’s team, set up the St. Chad’s College Women’s Rugby Football Team. I don’t think at the time when we originally signed up, that many of us knew how tough it was going to be, or that it was going to be one of the most enjoyable decisions of our lives. Among the many problems faced by the team, the most crucial was probably the fact that whereas boys are taught rugby from an early age, we were starting from scratch with absolutely no ideas of the rules. The team kit was also an area of large debate, with pink being a popular decision for the strip, much to our coach’s disappointment, but ultimately it was decided that it would have to be Chad’s green that we would play in.
confident. Slowly we picked up the rules and with the influx of the new Freshers this year, our team has gone from strength to strength until we felt ready to play our first match. I don’t think I could have been more wrong about my fears. Although Hatfield got an early lead, the team kept fighting and never once gave up, showing determination, some brilliant (and very brave) tackling skills and the typical Chad’s spirit we are famous for. Though, at some points throughout the game, we had to stop the referee to explain what a lot of the terms he was using were. The supporters were also great. Most of the men’s team turned up, admitting that they just wanted a good laugh but instead were very impressed by the level of our game, which only improved throughout the match. Our forwards are probably the strongest part of out team and now the boys are asking us for tackling tips. We may have lost our first match 15-5 to Hatfield though the teams spirits were so high after finishing you could have been forgiven for thinking we had won and the match was a lot closer than the score possibly represents. We’re now looking forward to our next match against Trevs (and possibly our first victory!?), just as soon as our bruises from last week have gone down. I am very confident that in the future, the women’s rugby team will grow and eventually enjoy some of the success that the men’s squad has, and I am very proud to lead my girls onto the pitch.
MEN’S RUGBY Matt Holdstock, Captain
One of my personal fears was that none of the girls would want to be in the scrum and that when it came down to a match, having a Hatfield player running towards them at full speed would send most girls running in the opposite direction. Trying to convince a team of well educated beautiful young women that what they want to do on a Sunday morning is get muddy and possibly hurt is quite a difficult feet.
Men’s rugby has continued to flourish this season carrying on from last year’s astounding successes. This year’s intake of Freshers saw the squad’s numbers swell, with St Chad’s now having enough players to field two full XVs. However, for now we have decided to maintain a single squad, keeping our eyes on the ultimate prize: to be champions of DUAU Division One and to gain promotion to the Premiership for the 2005-2006 season.
However, training went well through all weathers, be it rain or snow, and slowly but surely we became more
Perhaps for the first time in its history, the Chad’s team is fielding a capped international player. Tomas
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Bieliauskas, who has represented Lithuania as a regular member of his country’s national squad joined St Chad’s in October as a post-graduate. He has settled in well as a flanker and scored the winning try in the College’s Floodlit quarter-final game against Grey (B) at the Durham City RFC ground in February. The DUAU league opener saw Chad’s beating St Cuthbert’s (B) 16-8. The team clearly settled into their stride as in their next match they beat tough opponents Hatfield (B) 29-7. Old rivals Hatfield played well, but Chad’s just proved too much for them throughout the second half. The next match was against Grey (B) and the score tells its own story: a 79-8 victory for Chad’s. John Snow College failed to show for the game and Chad’s was awarded a 40-0 walkover. Next came a hard fought match against tough opponents Hild Bede (B), but the Chad’s lads still came out on top with a solid performance of 22-10. At the beginning of the Epiphany Term St Chad’s is the clear leader at the top of Division One, having achieved the maximum number of league points from games played and with a whopping 186 points scored and just 33 against. The squad is also through to the semi-finals of the Floodlit Plate competition. Following last year’s very successful tour to Prague, the team is planning to head back to the same city in September for return matches against Slavia Prague (a national premiership side) and the Charles University XV. If any keen rugby fans amongst the alumni would like to sponsor the College squad, please contact the Development Office.
THE BOAT CLUB Clare Holman, SCCBC Captain
next 3 races and narrowly missed out on being in the final, which is a very good showing from such a small college. The top men’s crew and top women’s crew then both competed in York Small Boats Head where both did respectably despite the adverse weather conditions. The highlight of the term was Senate Cup in which we had the top two men’s fours and the top women’s four racing. The first men’s four came 4th overall in colleges beaten only by two other colleges, a surprise for everyone I think! The second men’s four also did very well finishing in the top half of the colleges. The women also did well coming 5th overall for women compared to the other colleges. In Durham Small Boats Head both Men’s crews did extremely well, with the First IV coming fifteenth out of all competitors and being beaten by only three college crews, coming second in the Senior Three category overall. This has been a very successful beginning to the academic year that we hope will be continued into the coming season during which we have Men’s and Women’s Head of the River Race in London. Hopefully Chad’s can again show just how successful we can be despite being such a small college. Times and dates of Men’s and Women’s Tideway can be found on the back of The Chadsian. If you are in London on either of these dates, please do come along and cheer us on!
ST CHAD’S ROWING ASSOCIATION There has been a very encouraging response from alumni following the launch of the new Rowing Association. A meeting for Association members (and those interested in joining) is being organised at the College during the Alumni Weekend (8-10 April) and will be held at 1 pm on Saturday 9 April in the Wetherall Library. The main subjects for discussion will be the sporting and social calendar for 2005-2006, a committee structure for the Association and ideas for the new Boat House Appeal.
Rowing this year got off to a bit of a slow start due to the weather being appalling for the first few weeks of term, but once we had got over the worst of it, Chad’s rowers showed their skill once again. We had a men’s novice four race at the Novice Cup and although they lost their first race they ended up in the loser’s plate where they proceeded to win their
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MEN’S HOCKEY
changes of address and other contact details.
Chad’s is enjoying a very encouraging season in Men’s Hockey under the leadership of captain Will Roger, with the real possibility of promotion from Division One to the DUAU Premiership league in 2005. Since October, the squad has played eight league matches, of which four have ended in victory for Chad’s, while a fifth resulted in a 3-3 draw with Snow College.
Alumni are always welcome to visit the College. If you would like to arrange a tour during term time, please contact the Development Office and a member of the Development team will be happy to show you the latest developments.
This season, Chad’s has notched up wins against Trevelyan, John’s, Collingwood and Snow (in an exciting return match). The only defeats to date have been a 51 win for Castle, a 3-1 win for Aidans (who are currently top of Division One) and a 1-0 loss to St John’s in a match played the morning after the Candlemas Ball (with the Chad’s team still wearing black tie and one brave-hearted Scot still sporting his kilt.)
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL St Chad’s Women are maintaining pole position in Division One this season, having won four out of their six matches so far. In the opening two games of the season, Chad’s battled hard, losing by a single goal to both St Aidan’s College and Hild Bede. Once in their stride, however, Chad’s Women have proved unstoppable, trouncing Castle in a five-nil victory and securing comfortable wins against Collingwood, Ustinov and St Mary’s. Let’s hope that this success continues; who knows, maybe promotion beckons?
OTHER SPORTS RESULTS… In Men’s Football, St Chad’s have beaten Grey 2-1. In Netball, the Women secured their first win of the season with a 29-21 victory over St Aidan’s.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alex Standish (St Chad’s 19821986) is now responsible for the Alumni Association, as well as serving as Director of Development. Please help him to keep our Alumni database up to date by notifying us of
REUNIONS IN 2005 We are delighted to invite our Alumni to two reunion events this year. The Southern Reunion is once again a two-day affair, with a Friday evening drinks reception at the Royal Commonwealth Society (25th February) and a Saturday morning service and reception at St Matthew’s Church Westminster (26th February). You are, of course, encouraged to come to both events if you wish. The Reunion Ball will take place in College on the weekend of the 8-10 April and a booking form is enclosed with this mailing. The weekend will begin with drinks on Friday evening, followed by a Eucharist in Chapel on Saturday and the Ball will take place that evening. The weekend will also provide an opportunity for meetings of the newly formed Rowing Association and the College Foundation. Those who attended last year will remember how enjoyable the weekend was, and many of you have asked for an encore. If you haven’t visited College for a few years, you’ll be surprised at how many things have changed, while so many things have remained the same. And if you haven’t seen people from around your own era recently, no doubt you’ll be surprised by the mix of the new and the old (and the inevitably older). We look forward to welcoming you back to your College and hearing your news.
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ALUMNI NOTES AND NEWS
STAFF NEWS
Courtney Atkin (Chad’s 1940-1949) has recently been in touch with the College and sends his greetings. Describing himself as “one of St Chad’s black sheep”, he asks us to pass on the information that he was ordained in middle age and, after retirement, became the author of A Significant Accident. Alumnus Fr Steve Hayes was ordained deacon in the Orthodox Church by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim, Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria, in the Church of the Annunciation in Pretoria, South Africa on 25 July 2004. Chad’s alumnus Martin Delap (Chad’s 1982 -1984) recently completed a mountaineering expedition up Aconcagua in Argentina to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. He has set up a web page giving details of his efforts; and donations to the campaign can be made through the following site: www.justgiving.com/martindelap2005 Paul de Thierry (Chad’s 1990-93) ‘retired’ after nine years of stockbroking in the City in July 2002. He is now managing Duba Plains Safari Lodge which is located in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Paul can be reached by e-mail at: ws14@bushmail.net St Chad’s graduate, Gwyneth Herbert (1999-2002) opened the prestigious London Jazz Festival in London in November, a far cry from the ‘Jam Nights’ held at Van Mildert College at which she regularly used to perform whilst in Durham and also once at our very own Candlemas Ball. Enjoying a meteoric rise to critical acclaim, Gwyneth’s new album, Bittersweet and Blue was released in the autumn and can be found in all good record stores now. The Revd Graham Marshall has composed a Centenary Chorale for orchestra which he has given as a gift to the College. The Chorale is, in music, a symbol of everything that the College has been as well as being a vision of the future. Last July the Oldham Symphony Orchestra played another of Graham’s compositions Riley's Reward in a concert. Graham’s Shaking Strings pieces were included by the Ensemble Liverpool in a concert in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral last year, and his recent Wind Quintet will feature in a workshop for wind and brass players in early March. Please send us your own news for inclusion in future issues of The Chadsian by post c/o the Development Office, St Chad’s College or by e-mail to chads.development@durham.ac.uk.
Susan Mather has been appointed Personal Assistant to the Principal. Her previous job had been College Admissions Secretary and she will keep some of her admissions-management duties. We wish Susan well in her new post.
CONCERT SERIES In recent years, during Epiphany term, a series of three or four concerts has been organised in college to promote the musical life and talents of St Chad’s. This year, there is the potential for a top-notch series of two lunchtime events and a Sunday evening finale in St Oswald’s Church. The concerts have tended to include music of all genres and this year’s offerings will hopefully be as diverse as ever. From Busted to Berlioz, from Palestrina to Miles Davis, this is a superb platform for everyone at Chad’s, of all musical persuasions and levels, to perform in an informal and openminded atmosphere. The first concert took place on 13th February. The remaining performances will be held on Tuesday 22nd February at 1.20 pm and Sunday 13th March at 8 pm in St Oswald’s Church, Durham.
48TH CANDLEMAS BALL The College’s annual Candlemas Ball was held in February and was, by common consent, one of the best organised and most enjoyable on record. The Latin American theme featured a Carnival Feast and a Salsa band. Congratulations are due to Head Steward Hannah Eisen and the Candlemas Committee.
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TRAIDCRAFT FELLOWSHIP
CONFERENCES & PILGRIMAGES AT ST CHAD’S
Applications are invited for this visiting fellowship, created jointly by The Traidcraft Foundation and St Chad's College. The fellowship may usually be held for a period between two and six months. The purposes of the fellowship are: To encourage theological reflection on issues relating to Traidcraft's mission of fighting poverty through trade, which can be used to inform the development of its own policies and practice and to inform wider thinking on such issues. In particular it is To provide opportunities for deeper reflection by practitioners of fair and ethical trade especially from the developing world, and build up a network of former fellows who can continue to engage with Traidcraft and each other. To stimulate the St Chad's College community to engage with issues of social action and global justice, and to be challenged by views from other parts of the world. The Fellowship Committee will be particularly interested in applicants wishing to reflect on one of the following areas, but are open to proposals for other subjects of study that are relevant to the Fellowship's purposes. The engagement of Christians in the campaign for trade justice. Constructive engagement - how far can you go? Christian and/or inter-faith understanding of poverty. Faith-based community economic development -motivations and methods. The Christian as fair-trade consumer - arm's length charity or passion for justice? Within these five broad areas, the Fellowship Committee will seek a more specific and clearly-defined study proposal from applicants.
The days are gone when the College could survive on government funding alone. Hence, during the vacations, we open our doors to conference trade. Through conferences the College is able to generate significant funds which are used to fund our building and renovation projects. If you are a member of an organisation or an academic body that holds conferences and meetings, please consider using St Chad’s College as your venue. Our rates are very attractive and the College can cater for all conference needs. You would also be supporting your College financially by bringing your business to us! Situated directly opposite Durham Cathedral, St Chad’s College is an ideal base for a pilgrimage to the many sites of Celtic North East England. The College has considerable experience in organising pilgrimages on behalf of visiting groups, and can do so to suit any particular length of stay and budget. In addition to the Cathedral itself, which contains the tombs of St Cuthbert and the Venerable Bede, Durham is ideally suited for visits to many of the other key sites in the region including Lindisfarne, Jarrow and Hexham. If your parish, organisation, or school group is interested in visiting the North East for a retreat or pilgrimage, we would be delighted if you chose to make St Chad’s your base. We can either lead your pilgrimage for you and arrange visits to important sites or leave the design of your itinerary up to you. Our full board rates are very competitive, and we can cater for any group large or small.
Applicants need not have had an academic background, but must be able to engage with others at a post-graduate level. Applications from those who have been engaged in trade and/or fair trade, especially in the developing world, are particularly welcome.
To enquire about arranging a conference or pilgrimage at St Chad’s, please contact James Randle by email J.D.Randle@Durham.ac.uk or telephone 0191 334 3344, or take a look at the College’s website.
Chadsians are urged to encourage applicants or even to consider applying themselves. For further information, contact the Principal or access the College's website at http://www.dur.ac.uk/StChads/jobs.html
We are offering an additional 10% discount on the reduced alumni rates to alumni who book B&B accommodation in College between 16 - 28 August 2005. To book please call 0191 334 3358.
Special Offer
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The Chadsian aims to keeps our alumni in touch with the College and with each other. It is published twice a year by St Chad’s College, Durham.
DIARY DATES 2004 - 2005
News, articles and photographs to be considered for inclusion in The Chadsian should be sent to The Development Office, St Chad’s College, Durham, DH1 3RH. Fax: 0191 334 3371. E-mail: chads.development@durham.ac.uk
Following discussions with the JCR, the traditional St Chad’s Day celebrations and special events, including the Festival Eucharist, will take place on Sunday 6 March. Alumni are particularly welcome to join us on this occasion.
This edition of The Chadsian and all future issues will be made available on the Alumni section of the College’s website. If you would prefer to read The Chadsian online, please contact the Development Office with your e-mail address and, rather than send you a paper edition, we will notify you when the next edition is online for you to enjoy.
February 25 Alumni Southern Reunion, Royal Commonwealth Society, 18 Northumberland Avenue, London. 4.30 pm. Meeting of the Foundation 6.00 pm. Drinks 26 11.00 am. Eucharist at St Matthew’s Church, Westminster. 12.30 pm. Buffet Lunch
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ST CHAD’S DAY
March 1 Principal’s Feast 2 St Chad’s Day. 5.00 pm. Said Eucharist in the College Chapel 5 10.30 am. Women’s Head of the River Race 6 St Chad’s Day celebrations. College run around Palace Green 12 noon and Festival Eucharist in the College Chapel at 5 pm. Preacher Prof Fred Robinson 7 5.15 pm.Cathedral Evensong sung by the Chapel Choir 17 St Patrick’s Day. SCR Special Formal 18 Epiphany Term ends 19 10.00 am. Men’s Head of the River Race April 8 Alumni Reunion Weekend: the Quad Bar will be open from 6 pm. 9 1.00 pm. Rowing Association Meeting in the Wetherall Library 2.00 pm. Foundation Meeting in the SCR 3.30 pm. Eucharist in the College Chapel 6.45 pm. Champagne Reception 7.30 pm. Reunion Gala Ball 10 11.15 am. Cathedral Eucharist 25 Easter Term begins June 24 Easter Term ends 28-1 July University Congregation
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