College of the Resurrection

College of the Resurrection
The College of the Resurrection
Location
Mirfield, West Yorkshire
UK
Information
Type Anglican theological college
Motto Surrexit alleluia!
Established 1903
Principal Fr Peter Allan CR BA (Oxon) [Acting Principal]
Staff 5 full-time tutorial staff
Affiliation Church of England
Website

The College of the Resurrection, popularly known as Mirfield, is an Anglo-Catholic theological college of the Church of England at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, founded in 1903. The college has close links to the Community of the Resurrection. It trains both men and women for the priesthood.

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Daily life

All resident students are expected to attend Mattins and Evensong every day. On most days the college says Mattins and celebrates Low Mass in the college chapel and joins the Community of the Resurrection to sing Evensong. Saturday is the normal day off each week when there are no obligations. On Sundays, students are expected to join the Community for the Solemn Mass. Later in the morning, final-year students normally go to a local parish church as part of their pastoral formation.

Single students live at the college, married students in nearby houses owned by the college. The married-student houses range in size from two to four bedrooms and none are more than a ten minute walk from the College.

University of Sheffield

The college, along with the YMC, began a new relationship with the University of Sheffield in 2010. This partnership with the University's Department of Biblical Studies,[1] means that students are now able to take University of Sheffield BA degrees in Theological Studies as part of their preparation for ordained ministry. A range of MA degrees are also on offer to any student, ordained or lay, in Theology and Ministry and also drawing on the particular specialisms in Biblical Studies and also the study of Liturgy. Students on any of these courses are full students of the University of Sheffield and therefore have access to all its facilities, including the Students' Union, libraries and computer centres.

Yorkshire Ministry Course

The Yorkshire Ministry Course (YMC), was established in 1970 as the North West Ordination Course. It was renamed in 1980 as the Northern Ordination Course. It took students from the dioceses of Chester, Blackburn, Liverpool and Manchester.

In 2008 the Northern Ordination Course was renamed and relocated. It is now the Yorkshire Ministry Course and is located on the Mirfield site along with the college, centre and community. It now mainly serves the dioceses of Ripon & Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, York and Wakefield.

Programmes

The following programmes are offered in partnership with the University of Sheffield:

  • BA (Honours) in Theological Studies

Normally three years full-time, but candidates who have a good honours degree in a subject other than Theology, or the equivalent of Level 1 in theological study, may be admitted to the degree at Level 2 and so complete the course in two years.

  • MA in Ministry and Theology

One year full-time, two years part-time or three and a half years on a professional development pathway. This is available for ordination candidates and others who have a 2.1 or above in a first degree (BA or equivalent) in Theology/Religious Studies. Humanities, social science or other subjects are considered, where the applicant can show evidence of relevant experience, background or private study in Theology.

  • MA in Ministry and Biblical Studies

One year full-time, two years part-time or three and a half years on a professional development pathway. This programme allows students to draw on the expertise of the Department of Biblical Studies at Sheffield, while following a programme of study that maintains a focus on the practice of Ministry.

  • MA in Liturgy

One year full-time, two years part-time or three and a half years on a professional development pathway. This programme allows students to focus their studies on Liturgy, while still offering the opportunity to draw from other areas of Theology and Biblical Studies.

  • Research degrees: MA by Research, MPhil, PhD

Candidates may apply via the College for a research degree of the University of Sheffield, provided that appropriate supervision can be arranged either at the College or in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University.

Ecumenism

The college has had a long relationship with other Christian faiths, accepting students from many denominations outside of the Anglican Communion. Here are some examples:

  • An annual scholarship for graduate students of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
  • Student exchanges between Resurrection and the Lutheran Theological Institute in Sibiu.
  • Helping to found the Romanian Orthodox parish of Saint Macarios the Great, Mirfield, in 2004.
  • Accepting students from the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
  • Accepting both Roman Catholic seminarians and Methodist students for ordination on exchange visits from their own colleges..
  • Accepting students and priests from the Oriental Orthodox Church.
  • Working closely with the Armenian Apostolic Church.

In the early 1990s, a not inconsiderable number of recent former students became Roman Catholics (following the path of a former principal, Fr Denys Lloyd) in response to liberal developments in the C of E.

Teaching staff

  • The Revd Fr Peter Allan CR - (Doctrine and Moral Theology)
  • Ken Farrimond - (Church History, Missiology and Pastoral Theology)
  • The Revd Ben Gordon-Taylor - (Liturgy and Ecclesiology)
  • The Revd Jennifer Cooper - (Systematic Theology and Pastoral Theology)
  • The Revd Fr George Guiver CR - (Liturgy)
  • The Revd Fr Nicolas Stebbing CR - (New Testament Greek)

References

  1. ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/bibs/theology

External links

Coordinates: 53°40′56″N 1°42′47″W / 53.6821°N 1.7130°W / 53.6821; -1.7130


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